International Flood Initiative

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNESCO, WMO, UN/ISDR, UNU, IAHS and IAHR
    Summary:

    International Flood Initiative (IFI) is a joint initiative in collaboration with such international organizations as UNESCO (IHP), WMO, UN/ISDR, UNU, IAHS and IAHR. IFI made its official launch in January 2005 at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) in Kobe, Japan. To coordinate IFI activities, the IFI Secretariat is located in ICHARM, Tsukuba, Japan.

    Project Components:

    The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), building on past cooperative successes, have launched the International Flood Initiative (IFI) to address existing management gaps through a holistic approach and to provide a platform for further collaborative efforts. The initiative will work in close cooperation with the United Nations University (UNU), the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), IAHS and IAHR.

    Expected Outputs:

    IFI’s overall objective is to build the necessary in-Country capacity to gain and advocate for a better understanding and handling of hazards, vulnerabilities and benefits associated with floods. IFI’s specific objectives will enable the countries to:

    • Improve data collection and analysis for flood management
    • Broaden the knowledge-base with respect to the risks and benefits of floods
    • Take advantage of the benefits of floods and flood plains
    • Build on and improve institutional frameworks for flood management
    • Develop area-specific adaptation strategies
    • Develop approaches to assess and reduce vulnerability
    • Improve floodplain management in rural and urban areas
    • Optimize a mix of structural and non-structural approaches to flood management
    • Improve flood forecasting and early warning for both urban and rural areas
    • Increase the effectiveness of forecasts and people-centered early warning systems
    • Improve community responses to flood hazards
    • Strengthen coping capacity to deal with flood risks under climate change
    • Develop participatory approaches to be used in a variety of contexts and cultural settings
    • Increase flood awareness and preparedness with a focus on rural settings
    • Incorporate flood management into school and university curricula
    • Improve in-service training in all aspects of flood management
    • Develop financial mechanisms for transferring risks and sharing losses from floods
    • Increase the effectiveness of forecasts and people-centered early warning systems
    • Improve community responses to flood hazards
    • Strengthen coping capacity to deal with flood risks under climate change
    • Develop participatory approaches to be used in a variety of contexts and cultural settings
    • Increase flood awareness and preparedness with a focus on rural settings
    • Incorporate flood management into school and university curricula
    • Improve in-service training in all aspects of flood management
    • Develop financial mechanisms for transferring risks and sharing losses from floods

    Contacts:

    Ali Chavoshian
    Contact Telephone: +81 29 879 6815
    Contact FAX: +81 29 879 6709
    Address:
    ICHARM/PWRI
    1-6, Minamihara, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken 305-8516, Japan
    E-Mail: info@ifi-home.info

    Project Status:
    Under implementation
    Project Details
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Avatiu Port Development Project

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  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Cook Islands Government, ADB, NZAID, and the European Union
    Summary:

    The Project will rehabilitate and expand the capacity of Avatiu port. The Project comprises

    (i) widening the harbour entrance,

    (ii) dredging to increase the depth alongside the wharf plus dredging and enlarging the ship turning area, and

    (iii) reconstructing and realigning the quay and repairing the adjacent wharf deck.

    The impact will be continued economic growth and improved well-being of the population (the disadvantaged in particular). The outcome will be a secure and efficient port infrastructure in Rarotonga with constraints and safety risks removed.

    Contacts:

    ADB Contact: Emma Ferguson Email: efurguson@adb.org

    Project Status:
    Under Implementation (as of March 2011)
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    Port of Avatiu
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    ADB
    Financing Amount:
    $15,510,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    $2,680,000 (AusAID, NZAID, Government)
    Total Amounts:
    $18,190,000

NAPA Platform

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2009-06-05 21:18
Summary:
Background

The National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) platform is aimed at providing informational support to NAPA country teams, implementing agencies (UNDP, UNEP and World Bank), vulnerability and adaptation experts, and other partners providing NAPA technical assistance. It aims to facilitate the delivery of technical assistance to NAPA teams formulating their NAPA documents, particularly with regards to the synthesis of existing vulnerability and adaptation information, and the formulation of relevant adaptation projects profiles.