National Water Resources Management and Irrigation Strategy Implementation

Transaction Technical Assistance (TRTA) for assisting the Government of Uzbekistan in the preparation of the new national water strategy and the implementation of major reforms in the water resources and irrigation sectors articulated in the Concept through a range of … Read More

Assessment of green, gray and hybrid solutions for flood- and mudflow risk mitigation in the Kara Darya River, the Kyrgyz Republic

Assessment and reporting on flood- and mudflow causes, risks and impacts, assessment and identification of mudflow mitigation and risk reduction measures. This includes baseline secondary data and information collection, updating the proposed approach, development of detailed methodology and update of … Read More

Water sector financial governance gap analysis in Central Asia: from planning to practice

The consultancy delivers I. Water financing gaps report: with a. Conducting a review of critical financial needs of the water sector, concentrating on mostly major infrastructure; b. Understanding major water infrastructure priorities of the member states (with regional significance); c. … Read More

Cross-border dialogue on climate, water and security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan

GIZ supports the Green Central Asia initiative, to address high vulnerability to climate change. A Regional Action Plan was drafted to launch a Regional Policy Dialogue along four thematic pillars for adaptation: water, land, waste and institutional instruments. In this … Read More

Erdenet Climate Resilience Project – Project Implementation Support

The EBRD is developing a project together with the Province of Orkhon and Erdenet Water and District Heating Company, to rehabilitate and construct flood protection structures and water supply network system in the Erdenet city in Mongolia. Actual services provided … Read More

Climate-Resilient Water Sector in Grenada (G-CREWS) -Consultancy in water resources management and water utility management

The project Climate-Resilient Water Sector in Grenada (G-CREWS) aims at mainstreaming and implementing climate resilience throughout Grenada’s entire national water sector. The project’s holistic approach addresses two main climate risks and vulnerabilities of Grenada: freshwater availability and disaster preparedness. The … Read More

Analysis for the Don River Basin Management Plan (RBMP) – Component 2, Analysis of climate change impacts in the Siversky Donets River Subbasin

The Siversky Donets River sub-basin has been subject to significant developments over recent years. The project reviews already existing activities related to the rational use, protection, rehabilitation of surface and groundwater resources, improvement the ecological status of water bodies, and … Read More

Assessment and mitigation of Akagera river avulsion

The Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project (RFHP) is currently under construction. Upstream of the project site, shortly before the former confluence of the Nyabarongo and Akagera rivers, an avulsion has occurred and the Nyabarongo river is now flowing directly into Lake … Read More

Proposed Landslide Risk Management Project – Preparing the Investment Feasibility Study

Support of ICEM in development and preparation of proposed investment project for landslide risk management in line with ADB and government requirements, including of all necessary studies. The project will reduce the risk of landslide events. Interventions are both structural … Read More

Developing Capacity for Climate Resilient Road Transport Infrastructure

Rwanda’s road vulnerability to climate-change has increased steadily in the last decades. This includes vulnerability to land erosion and landslides as well as flooding, resulting in road damage and service interruptions. The Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) is the main … Read More

NDRMP-Cons-01: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Government Institutions

The project enhances the institutional capacity of ministries and line agencies for coping with natural hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides, mud flows, avalanches, floods and droughts to minimize the loss to human, property, and social and economic infrastructure. The project … Read More

Strengthening Somali Capacity to Address Disaster Risk Management

Somalia’s development challenges are enormous. Decades of conflict, political instability, persistent drought and famine have disrupted delivery of desperately needed services, devastated human capital and physical infrastructure, and contributed to systematic impoverishment and displacement of the population. In addition, Somalia … Read More

Technical Evaluation of Water Resilience and Disaster Early Warning Communication Measures in Marshall Islands

Targeted and evidence-based evaluation in partnership with existing national, regional, and community stakeholders and systems to strengthen and support the existing drought response coordination mechanism led by the RMI Government (i.e. the Emergency Operation Centre / NDMO and the WASH … Read More

Climate Change Adaption Modules for University Level Education

The overall objective of the project is the development of curriculum for a climate module for various study programmes for universities in Somalia. The designed climate module shall be designed for inclusion in study programmes referring to environmental and natural … Read More

Training and Awareness Raising of Risk Mapping for Badakhshan Province

This assignment supports the “Badakhshan Natural Disaster Prevention” project with training and awareness raising measures for previously developed disaster risk maps. Actual services provided by our staff within the assignment: Development of disaster risk map booklets with maps about floods, … Read More

Assessment of Early Warning Systems for inland and coastal flooding in Papua New Guinea

The purpose of this work is to assess the status of Early Warning Systems (EWS) and the emergency communication network for inland and coastal flooding and to provide recommendations for the improvement of the same and/or establish new systems. Specifically, … Read More

Macro level study on the integrated development potential of sand-river wadis

Macro level study on the integrated development potential of sand-river wadis of Somaliland and Puntland. The study aims to define the hydrological principles that should be followed for improved planning, operation, maintenance and management of water resources in Somaliland and … Read More

Recovering Living Conditions and Building Resilience of Communities Affected by the 2013 Floods in Cambodia

Study on community safe areas negatively affected by the 2013 floods. The overall purpose of the consultancy is to assess the condition and potential flood safety of identified community safe areas in flood prone areas in Sereisophon and Mongkul Borei … Read More

Responding to Climate Change in Mozambique, Phase III – Development of a Flood Extension for the Zambezi DSS and Real Time Flood Forecasting Pilot

  The project expanded the Zambezi Water Resources Decision Support System (ZDSS: hosted at http://hydro.poyry.at/zambezi/) developed by Hydroc under INGC Phase II to include flood inundation mapping and zoning under a variety of potential development options and climate change scenarios, … Read More