The regional workshop explored possibilities for regional cooperation on transboundary flood forecasting and warning in the South Asian Region (SAR), in support of The World Bank’s South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI). The workshop took stock of existing flood forecasting and warning efforts in South Asian Region (SAR) countries; featured technologies and learn from experiences from […]

The project aims to develop and implement a functional agromet advisory service in 2 pilot sites (Paro and Sarpang), assess the Department of Agriculture (DOA) technical capacity for agromet services, and provide training on crop modeling, decision support systems (DSS), and integration of climate information in farming system models to develop adaptive capacity to mitigate […]

The consultancy project assisted the World Meteorological Organization’s Climate and Water Department (CLW) in preparing an end-of-project summary report on the Canada Project’s activities, achievements, and tangible outcomes at user level in South Asia and Third Pole region. Activities undertaken include: desk study of Canada Project materials regarding South Asia and Third Pole region that […]

The project developed materials for and delivered a training program on end-to-end early warning, for Relief and Resettlement Department staff at national, regional, and township levels

The project aimed to build capacity of National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, Bhutan, on flood forecasting. It involved development and installation of hydrological model and flood forecasting system.

The project aimed at enhanced delivery of and user responses to flood forecast and warning information. Key activities included establishment of participatory phone-based data collection system from manual water level gauges; dashboard development for flood early warning at Flood Forecasting and Warning Center; development of flood risk maps; and local level capacity building on flood […]

The project aimed at strengthening regional cooperation on early warning for transboundary river basin floods. It involved review of current challenges, opportunities, and status of regional cooperation for transboundary river basin floods, and recommendations on establishing a new regional cooperation mechanism, through a multi-stakeholder process.

The project aims to develop capacities for effective Climate Services in Bhutan. This will be achieved through the enhancement of the capacity of the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) in developing and applying climate services for decision-making in climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, water resources, energy, health and disaster risk reduction through […]

SASCOF-13 gathered NMHSs of the South Asian region to prepare consensus seasonal climate information on regional scale, as guidance to the preparation of national level climate outlooks. Involvement of users from key sectors facilitated NMHS interaction with its users, to understand and enhance the use of climate information.

The project assisted BRAC in developing standard operating procedure (SOP) for disaster management, under BRAC’s Disaster, Environment and Climate Change program, to minimize losses from natural and man-made disasters. Key activities included SOP design and development, simulation workshop design to test SOP, guidance to emergency response training manual adaptation, and development of evaluation methodology for […]

The project established a climate risk management field school in Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It involved curriculum adaptation; training material development; 6-day training of block level agriculture officers as trainers; and training of 30 lead farmers from various blocks of the district, over one planting season. Deliverables included inception report, training modules, […]