4th Global DWAT Workshop

  

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The Ministry of Environment of Republic of Korea has been working closely with the World Meteorological Organization to enhance water resources assessment and management capacities at the global level. For this purpose, the Republic of Korea developed DWAT, Dynamic Water Resources Assessment Tool (DWAT), designed to help water resource managers and policy specialists identify current and future water management challenges, and compare those with current and past water resources availability. 

DWAT helps improve understanding of the impacts of past and present water management practices on water resources, as well as the interactions between climate, water and landscape. The tool can be used to assess water resources at the operational level in all 192 WMO Member countries. 

DWAT trainings have been performed over several years with experts across all WMO regions, where they were able to apply the tool in a basin of importance to their country.

A 4th DWAT Workshop will be held on 3-4 November 2022 in Vientiane, Laos with possibility of virtual participation. The objective is to share the results of DWAT case studies, understand how the tool can be applied under different basin characteristics and showcase functionalities of DWAT.

For more information on DWAT please check the DWAT Technical note

 

Report of the workshop

 

Agenda

 

Thursday, 3rd November 2022

Time (ICT)

Item

Facilitator

13:30 – 14:00

Registration

All

14:00 – 14:10

Opening of the session and welcome

Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea, KICT and WMO

Dr Hyo Seob Cho, ME

Dr Hwirin Kim, WMO

14:10 – 14:20

Welcome remark

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Department of Water ResourcesMinistry of Natural Resources and Environment

Mr Sengmua Thaopialuang

Deputy Director General of the Department of Water Resources (DWR), Lao PDR

14:20 – 14:50

Introduction of DWAT Workshop

Dr Manshin Han

14:50 – 15:10

Introduction of Needs and Requirements for Water Resources Assessment

Dr Hwirin Kim, WMO

15:10 – 15:30

Presentation for the development of the Dynamic Water resources Assessment Tool

Dr Cheolhee Jang

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee/tea break

15:45 – 16:15

Lessons from operational use of DWAT in the Republic of Korea

Dr Deokhwan Kim

16:15 – 16:45

New approach and strategy for water resources management in the Republic of Korea

Dr Jungsool Park

16:45 – 17:15

Discussion

All

17:15 – 17:30

Wrap up Day 1

Dr Hyeonjun Kim

18:00 – 20:00

Official Dinner

Kindly hosted by Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT)

 

Friday, 4th November 2022

9:00 – 9:05

Short recap

Dr Hyeonjun Kim

9:05 – 10:30

Testing and piloting of DWAT by experts across different RAs with a focus on how to apply the tool to Water Resources Assessments and Management

Dr Erasmo Rodriguez, Colombia

(Join to virtually)

Mr Sysamouth, Lao PDR

Dr Marcelo Uriburu, Argentina

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee/tea break

10:45 – 11:45

Discussion on results of DWAT testing and piloting for enhancing Water Resources Assessments and Management

Dr Hyeonjun Kim

11:45 – 12:30

Discussion on future activities related to Dynamic Water Resources Assessment by RA II including linkages and guidance to activities of WMO

Dr Hyeonjun Kim

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 14:30

Outcomes of the Central Asia DWAT Workshop

Dr Yuri Simonov

14:30 – 15:30

Drafting Session of workshop report and recommendations

Dr Cheolhee Jang  + Dr Hwirin Kim, WMO

15:30 – 15:45

Closure of the Workshop

Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea and WMO

Dr Hyo Seob Cho, ME

Dr Hwirin Kim, WMO