Contact Persons
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Dr. Ahmad M Manschadi, Centre for Development Research / ZEF; manschadi@uni‐bonn.de •
Mr. Alireza Salamat, Regional Centre on Urban Water Management‐Tehran (RCUWM); [email protected]; [email protected] •
Mr. Shahram Khorasanizadeh, Regional Centre on Urban Water Management‐Tehran (RCUWM); [email protected] •
Dr. Zakir Khalikulov, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (ICARDA‐PFU); ICARDA‐[email protected]; [email protected] Republic of Uzbekistan
Center for Development Research
Training Workshop on
Challenges of Sustainable Water
Use in Arid and Semi-arid Regions
under Conditions of Climate Change
28 Sep-01 Oct 2009
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Climate Change factsheet
www.water.ca.gov Program for the 2-day guided tour in Khorezm
Date: September 30 - October 1
Organizer: ZEF/UNESCO project, Urgench, State University of Urgench (UrdU)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009, Mamun Academy, Khiva
9:00 – 10:00
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 – 12:30
Water availability and climate change in Khorezm Region
Dr. Ihtiyor Bobojonov (former IPSWaT stipend, Uzbekistan)
Drinking water supply in Khiva
Head of Urban Water in Khiva
Break
16:00 – 17:00
The dynamics of groundwater table and salinity over 17 years in
Khorezm
Dr. Mirzakhayot Ibrakhimov (ZEF / UNESCO Project)
17:00 – 19:00
Visit the old city of Khiva
19:00 – 22:00
Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:00 – 09:45
Departure for “Landscape Segment”, the land & water
restructuring site of ZEF/UNESCO project
09:45 – 11:00
Visit “Landscape Segment”
11:00 – 11:30
Departure for ZEF/UNESCO project office in Urgench
11:30 - 12:30
Discussion
Lunch
14:00 – 15:00
Afforestation of marginal cropland for climate change mitigation
Junior Professor Dr. Asia Khamzina (ZEF/ University of Bonn)
15:00 – 17:00
Visit and Tour to the Amu Darya river and Urban Water Supply of
Urgench city
17:00 - 19:00
Dinner
Dinner in Khiva
12:30 – 14:00
19:15
Center for Development Research
Lunch
12:30 – 14:00
15:30 – 16:00
Republic of Uzbekistan
Break
Irrigation water management in Khorezm region
Dr. Iskandar Abdulaev (ZEF / UNESCO Project)
14:00 – 15:30
Meeting with Prof Eshchanov, Rector Urgench State University
10:00 – 10:30
Departure to Tashkent
Training Workshop on
Challenges of Sustainable Water
Use in Arid and Semi-arid Regions
under Conditions of Climate Change
28 Sep-01 Oct 2009
Tashkent/Urgench,
Uzbekistan
Workshop
Programme
Monday, September 28, 2009, Tashkent
8:30 – 9:00
Registration
Opening Ceremony
8:30 – 09:15
Options for agricultural practices to mitigate climate change
impacts in rural areas in Khorezm
Dr. John Lamers (project coordinator in Uzbekistan)
09:15– 10:30
Improving regional agricultural water use efficiency using remote
sensing-based models
Dr. Christopher Conrad (University of Würzburg)
Keynote Addresses:
German Ambassador to Uzbekistan (Mr. Matthias Meyer)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Tashkent
9:00 – 9:45
Republic of Uzbekistan Representative
RCUWM Representative (Dr. Homayoun Motiee)
ZEF/UNESCO Khorezm Project (Dr. Ahmad M. Manschadi)
ICARDA-PFU Representative (Dr. Christopher Martius)
9:45 – 10:30
Climate Change and Water Resources in Central Asia: IPCC
Assessments as a Plea for Closer International and Interdisciplinary
Cooperation
Prof. Dr. Eckart Ehlers (ZEF / University of Bonn)
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00 - 11:45
Transboundary water management in Central Asia
Prof. Victor Dukhovny (SIS-ICWC)
11:45 – 12:30
Impacts of climate change on urban water management
Dr. Alireza Massah (RCUWM-Tehran)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Climate change in Central Asia: Past and future trends in temperature
and rainfall patterns
Prof. Dr. Ernst Giese (University of Giessen)
15:00 – 15:30
Break
15:30 – 16:15
Climate change impacts on water resources and role of International
Hydrological Programme (IHP)
Dr. Anil Mishra (UNESCO)
16:15 – 17:00
Impacts of climate change on agricultural water use
Dr. Christopher Martius / Mrs. Kirsten Kienzler (ICARDA – Tashkent)
17:00 – 17:45
Improving water use efficiency
Dr Saied Nairizi (RCUWM-Tehran)
Break
10:30– 11:00
BMBF Representative (Dr. Helmut Loewe)
11:00 - 11:45
Adapting cropping systems management to climate change:
scenario analysis using crop models
Dr. Ahmad M. Manschadi (ZEF / University of Bonn)
11:45 - 12:30
GIS and remote sensing products in regional information systems
to support climate change analysis
Dr. Gerd Ruecker (DLR)
Lunch
12:30– 13:30
13:30– 14:15
Impacts of climate change on water resources lakes of the world:
Case study of Lake Superior in Canada
Dr. Homayoun Motiee (RCUWM-Tehran)
14:15 – 15:00
Water balance modeling under data-limited conditions, Central Asia
in focus
Mr. Abror Gafurov (IPSWat – University of Stuttgart, Germany)
15:00 – 16:00
Short presentations by the participants (max. 6 presentations)
16:00 – 16:30
Discussion and closing remarks
17:00
Departure to Urgench
Introduction
The world is facing changes at a faster rate than ever seen before. These changes such as population growth, migration, urbanization, land‐use change and climate change / variability will drive the way in which water resources need to be managed in the future. They also call for concrete contributions from water policies and actions to help the world cope with these changes. While climate change has been the most talked about topic, these days, other changes taking place will likely affect water resources and services and their management to a much greater degree. All regions of the world will be confronted with strong and unpredictable impact of climate change on water resources. However, countries and regions under water stress have developed and implemented strategies to cope with extreme pressure on water resources or with substantial institutional changes during political or industrial transition. It is important for water research and water managers to take advantage of this rich experience, to get access to the information and to develop strategies for adapting such experience to special conditions of arid and semi‐arid regions. Warming will certainly cause hydrologic changes that will affect freshwater resources. These are among the most significant potential impacts of climate change. Apparently climate change will present challenges to water utilities and planning now could prevent freshwater crisis in upcoming years. Impacts of climate change in arid and Semi‐arid regions particularly in urban regions could create severe problems and challenges with due respect to sustainable development. This workshop will therefore provide the ground to transfer knowledge and experience to enable regional entities to further investigate and confront with these challenges. Eminent international resource persons will be invited to address the above mentioned issues during this training workshop to promote awareness among mid‐level mangers to contribute to decision making through presenting training materials.
Objectives:
The main objectives of this 2‐day training course would be as follows: a)
To strengthen human resources and institutional capacity building to enhance awareness on global change issues; Date and Venue b) To familiarize participants with climate change / variability concepts and modeling; c) To familiarize participants with concepts and technologies in water resources management for mitigating the impact of water stress and climate change. d) To provide the participants on opportunities to share their ideas and view‐points. The total duration of the training course would be 2 days with an additional 2 days field trip. The workshop will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Workshop Topics
• Introduction to global change and climate variability • Impacts of climate change on sustainable water use • Role of governments/public/civil society in sustainable water use under climate change /variability conditions • Service provision under conditions of climate change /variability • Improving water efficiency • Case studies
Participants
The audience will be mid‐level managers / experts in water resources management, disaster management from various countries in the middle‐east and CIS including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Oman, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as other countries in the Arab and MENA region. The number of participants would be around 30 including 10 from the host country. The participants will be expected to prepare and present their country reports / case studies relevant to the main theme of the workshop. Language of the Workshop
The official language of the workshop would be English. Workshop Fees The fees will be paid for participants from their institutions and organizations. RCUWM can finance a limited number of participants. Field Visit
A technical tour to Urgench and Khiva Regions has been planned for the participants of the course.