WMO activities in flood management

Climate Change and River Basin Managementin the Dniester

Chisinau, 9-10 July 2013

WMO activities related to flood management

Mission

“to support countries in the integrated management of floods within the overall framework of Integrated Water Resources Management.”

Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM)

Joint Initiative between World Meteorological Organization andGlobal Water Partnership

Founded in 2001

Contributors Japan, USAID and Switzerland

In-kind contribution from Japan, Germany, Italy

Main activities relevant for the DniesterField Demonstration Projects

Strategic advice and capacity building

WMO activities related to flood management

APFM Field Demonstration Project

Status Intension for a Pilot Project, currently in the proposal phaseImplementation depends on funding from USAID

Field Demonstration Project on Transboundary Flood Management in theDniester Basin in Moldova and Ukraine

Stakeholders WMO through its Associated Programme on FloodManagement (APFM), UNECE, Zoï Environment

Network

Objectives

I facilitate the modelling and mapping of extreme flood risks;

II foster real-time exchange of data and information,transboundary flood forecasting and early warning;

IIIpromote and strengthen the use of flood information toenable the basin authorities and population to effectivelyrespond to flood risks at different levels.

WMO activities related to flood management

Partners from specialized institutes in various disciplines, that could possibly be integrated in Dniester activities.

APFM’s network of Support Base Partners

WMO activities related to flood management

Global Flash Flood Guidance (GFFG)

Cooperative initiative to aid in reducing loss of lives due to flash floods globally.GFFG is an approach to address flash floods on a global scale with regional components.

Goal to implement technologies that provide guidance for early warnings of flash in countries where no such flash flood early capacity exists,

to provide a guidance tool for National Meteorological and Hydrological Service to develop flash flood warnings.

Cooperation World Meteorological Organization (WMO), U.S. Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / National Weather Service (NWS), Hydrologic Research Center (HRC)

Regional implementation since 2006,in 51 countries worldwide