GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub---------
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
A reliable and acceptable quantity and quality of water, and managing water-related risks for all is considered by the United Nations to be "the critical determinant of success in achieving most other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)".
Water is essential for human life, but also necessary for food and energy security, health and well-being, and prosperous economies. However, some 80% of the world's population live in areas with threats to water security; the impacts of which cost $500bn a year. Progress in meeting SDG6 (Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all), has been slow and in May 2018 the United Nations reported that "The world is not on track to achieve SDG6". Improvements that increase access to water or sanitation are undone by pollution, extreme weather, urbanization, over-abstraction of groundwater, land degradation etc.
This is caused by significant barriers that include: (1) Insufficient data to understand social, cultural, environmental, hydrological processes; (2) Existing service delivery / business models are not fit for purpose - costs are too high, and poor understanding of local priorities leads to inappropriate investments; (3) Water governance is fragmented and communities are engage with, and take responsibility for, water security; (4) Pathways to water security are not adaptable and appropriate to local context and values.
These barriers are inherently systemic, and will require a significant international and interdisciplinary endeavour. The GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub brings together leading researchers from Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia and the UK. Each international partner will host a Water Collaboratory (collaboration laboratories) which will provide a participatory process, open to all stakeholders, to jointly question, discuss, and construct new ideas to resolve water security issues.
Through developing and demonstrating a systems and capacity building approach to better understand water systems; value all aspects of water; and strengthen water governance we will unlock systemic barriers to achieving water security in practice.
Water is essential for human life, but also necessary for food and energy security, health and well-being, and prosperous economies. However, some 80% of the world's population live in areas with threats to water security; the impacts of which cost $500bn a year. Progress in meeting SDG6 (Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all), has been slow and in May 2018 the United Nations reported that "The world is not on track to achieve SDG6". Improvements that increase access to water or sanitation are undone by pollution, extreme weather, urbanization, over-abstraction of groundwater, land degradation etc.
This is caused by significant barriers that include: (1) Insufficient data to understand social, cultural, environmental, hydrological processes; (2) Existing service delivery / business models are not fit for purpose - costs are too high, and poor understanding of local priorities leads to inappropriate investments; (3) Water governance is fragmented and communities are engage with, and take responsibility for, water security; (4) Pathways to water security are not adaptable and appropriate to local context and values.
These barriers are inherently systemic, and will require a significant international and interdisciplinary endeavour. The GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub brings together leading researchers from Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia and the UK. Each international partner will host a Water Collaboratory (collaboration laboratories) which will provide a participatory process, open to all stakeholders, to jointly question, discuss, and construct new ideas to resolve water security issues.
Through developing and demonstrating a systems and capacity building approach to better understand water systems; value all aspects of water; and strengthen water governance we will unlock systemic barriers to achieving water security in practice.
Planned Impact
The UN estimates the annual costs of damage from flooding, inadequate water quality, sanitation, hygiene, and water scarcity to be US$500 billion. Some 2.1 billion people worldwide lack clean accessible water. By 2025, half of the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas. The ultimate reach of the Hub's research is potentially huge. However, the main immediate beneficiaries are:
- International agencies (e.g. UN Habitat) who shape international policy, monitor SDGs, manage processes such as the World Water Data Initiative;
- Local and national government responsible for improving water security;
- Local NGOs and community groups who represent local citizens' interests in water security;
- Utilities responsible for designing, operating and maintaining water infrastructure;
- Charities and industry (e.g. Oxfam, Arup) who deliver water projects around the world and also influence policy and practice;
- Investors (e.g. World Bank) who can influence financial policy and unlock funding to enable water security;
- Technology SMEs (e.g. EnviroWatch) who are developing innovative technologies e.g. sensors, that have the potential to transform innovation in the water sector; and,
- Professional bodies and networks (e.g. ISPRS, WATERLAT) who set international standards and connect across entire industries or groups, and are able to disseminate to the groups that they represent.
Impact and collaboration with partners will be managed by a dedicated Impacts and Communication Officer, to ensure we maximise opportunities and reach. An International Advisory Board, chaired by Prof. Leo Heller (UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation), with representatives from key end users will help to steer the research and enhance dissemination and uptake.
Our Pathways to Impact and Theory of Change have been developed in consultation with our project partners, and are organised around five impact priorities:
1. Leading an integrated agenda for Water Security in partner countries through our Water Collaboratories.
2. Catalysing change, building partnerships and international cooperation - to unlock investment and improve integrated water management.
3. Accelerating innovation in water security policy and practice - working with businesses to speed up knowledge transfer.
4. Interdisciplinary research leadership in Water Security - adding value to other international research, and helping to sustain a healthy global research base.
5. Advocacy and education - raising awareness of, and support to tackle, water security issues.
Our Collaboratories provide a key vehicle for impact as they convene relevant water security stakeholders. Over 45 partners have indicated their support for the Hub so far. Through our collaboratories we will build capacity and foster an inclusive approach to water security using mechanisms such as co-creation workshops, capacity building using e.g. serious games, and training in the use of new techniques.
Many of the partners highlighted in their letters of support that their focus on delivery limits their time and opportunities to engage in research. Therefore, a key knowledge transfer mechanism will be to embed researchers into partner organisations on long term secondments. This provides both the skills and time to create strong, long lasting, partnerships and build long term capacity.
A regular newsletter, public website, twitter, blog, webinars, stakeholder day at our annual assembly, and other mechanisms will provide regular updates to our project partners. We will also present our work at international conferences, hosting side events and sessions where possible. The Hub will hold a one off conference in its final year to showcase and disseminate our work in depth.
We have a total flexible funding allocation of £3.6m, which can be accessed for impact activities.
- International agencies (e.g. UN Habitat) who shape international policy, monitor SDGs, manage processes such as the World Water Data Initiative;
- Local and national government responsible for improving water security;
- Local NGOs and community groups who represent local citizens' interests in water security;
- Utilities responsible for designing, operating and maintaining water infrastructure;
- Charities and industry (e.g. Oxfam, Arup) who deliver water projects around the world and also influence policy and practice;
- Investors (e.g. World Bank) who can influence financial policy and unlock funding to enable water security;
- Technology SMEs (e.g. EnviroWatch) who are developing innovative technologies e.g. sensors, that have the potential to transform innovation in the water sector; and,
- Professional bodies and networks (e.g. ISPRS, WATERLAT) who set international standards and connect across entire industries or groups, and are able to disseminate to the groups that they represent.
Impact and collaboration with partners will be managed by a dedicated Impacts and Communication Officer, to ensure we maximise opportunities and reach. An International Advisory Board, chaired by Prof. Leo Heller (UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation), with representatives from key end users will help to steer the research and enhance dissemination and uptake.
Our Pathways to Impact and Theory of Change have been developed in consultation with our project partners, and are organised around five impact priorities:
1. Leading an integrated agenda for Water Security in partner countries through our Water Collaboratories.
2. Catalysing change, building partnerships and international cooperation - to unlock investment and improve integrated water management.
3. Accelerating innovation in water security policy and practice - working with businesses to speed up knowledge transfer.
4. Interdisciplinary research leadership in Water Security - adding value to other international research, and helping to sustain a healthy global research base.
5. Advocacy and education - raising awareness of, and support to tackle, water security issues.
Our Collaboratories provide a key vehicle for impact as they convene relevant water security stakeholders. Over 45 partners have indicated their support for the Hub so far. Through our collaboratories we will build capacity and foster an inclusive approach to water security using mechanisms such as co-creation workshops, capacity building using e.g. serious games, and training in the use of new techniques.
Many of the partners highlighted in their letters of support that their focus on delivery limits their time and opportunities to engage in research. Therefore, a key knowledge transfer mechanism will be to embed researchers into partner organisations on long term secondments. This provides both the skills and time to create strong, long lasting, partnerships and build long term capacity.
A regular newsletter, public website, twitter, blog, webinars, stakeholder day at our annual assembly, and other mechanisms will provide regular updates to our project partners. We will also present our work at international conferences, hosting side events and sessions where possible. The Hub will hold a one off conference in its final year to showcase and disseminate our work in depth.
We have a total flexible funding allocation of £3.6m, which can be accessed for impact activities.
Organisations
- Newcastle University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Medical Research Council (Co-funder)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Co-funder)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Co-funder)
- Fundación Empresarial para el Desarrollo de Yumbo (FEDY) (Collaboration)
- Secretaria de Medio Ambiente del Municipio de Jamundí (Collaboration)
- Asociación de Usuarios de Aguas del río Guabas (ASOGUABAS) (Collaboration)
- National Natural Parks of Colombia (Collaboration)
- OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES (Collaboration)
- Argos Group (Collaboration)
- Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) (Collaboration)
- Instituto Nacional de Salud (Collaboration)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (Collaboration)
- Corporación Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca (CVC) (Collaboration)
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Collaboration)
- Contraloría de Santiago de Cali (Collaboration)
- Fundación para la Protección, Conservación y Vigilancia de los Recursos Naturales del Sur del Valle (FUNECOROBLES) (Collaboration)
- Asociación Campesina el Pepino (Collaboration)
- Corregimental Association of Peasant Users of Gabriel Lopez Cauca Acuc GL (Collaboration)
- Instituto Mayor Campesino (Collaboration)
- Delhi Jal Board (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Federación de Acueductos Comunitarios del Valle del Cauca (Collaboration)
- United States Agency for International Development (Collaboration)
- Autonomous University of Occident (Collaboration)
- Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria (Collaboration)
- Unidad Ejecutora de Saneamiento del Valle del Cauca (UESValle) (Collaboration)
- Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca (INCIVA) (Collaboration)
- Government of Colombia (Collaboration)
- ValleCaucana de Aguas SA ESP (Collaboration)
- Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI) (Collaboration)
- Texas A&M University (Collaboration)
- UNICEF (Collaboration)
- Sociedad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados del Valle del Cauca SA ESP (Collaboration)
- Fundacion Biodiversa Colombia (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- Vanuatu Cultural Centre (Collaboration)
- Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Collaboration)
- University of Valle (Collaboration)
- Unión Sindical de EMCALI (USE) (Collaboration)
- Minciencias (Collaboration)
- Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (ACODAL) (Collaboration)
- Asociación de Organizaciones comunitarias Prestadoras de Servicios Públicos de Agua y Saneamiento en Colombia (Collaboration)
- EcoKnights (Project Partner)
- Ministy of Agri & Natural Res, Ethiopia (Project Partner)
- Reg Council Enviro Policy + Water Res (Project Partner)
- Central Water Commission of India (Project Partner)
- The Centre for Urban and Regional Excell (Project Partner)
- Indah Water Konsortium (Project Partner)
- World Health Organization (Project Partner)
- Binary Asylum (Project Partner)
- AQUACOL (Project Partner)
- Wolf and Wood (Project Partner)
- International Centre for Biosaline Agric (Project Partner)
- Abay River Basin Authority (Project Partner)
- Matrix Development Consultants (Project Partner)
- UN Habitat India (Project Partner)
- Int Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (Project Partner)
- WWF South Africa (Project Partner)
- Ministry of Earth Sciences (Project Partner)
- Int Soc Photo + Remote Sensing (Project Partner)
- National Water Services Commission (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Global Flood Partnership (Project Partner)
- Oxfam (Project Partner)
- Waterlat (Project Partner)
- Commission for Recovery of the River Cau (Project Partner)
- The Flow Partnership (Project Partner)
- UES Valle (Project Partner)
- Envirowatch Ltd (Project Partner)
- Government of Malaysia (Project Partner)
- Rift Valley Lakes Basin Authority (Project Partner)
- Municipal Companies of Cali (Project Partner)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Project Partner)
- Ministry of Science and Technology (Project Partner)
- Ministry of Water, Irrig & Elec Ethiopia (Project Partner)
- Delhi Development Authority (Project Partner)
- Awash River Basin Authority (Project Partner)
- TickTock Games Ltd (Project Partner)
- Indian Council Research on Int Eco Rel. (Project Partner)
- Green Earth Society (Project Partner)
- SAJ Ranhill (Project Partner)
- Syarikat Air Johor - Johor Water Company (Project Partner)
- National Capital Region Planning Board (Project Partner)
- World Bank (Project Partner)
- Green Power Foundation (Project Partner)
- Department of Irrigation and Drainage (Project Partner)
Publications
Abera W
(2019)
Characterizing and evaluating the impacts of national land restoration initiatives on ecosystem services in Ethiopia
in Land Degradation & Development
Acharya K
(2020)
Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory.
in Water research
Acharya K
(2020)
Chlorination effects on DNA based characterization of water microbiomes and implications for the interpretation of data from disinfected systems.
in Journal of environmental management
Adimassu Z
(2020)
The influence of grazing and cultivation on runoff, soil erosion, and soil nutrient export in the central highlands of Ethiopia
in Ecological Processes
Alemu A
(2023)
Filling data gaps using citizen science for flood modeling in urbanized catchment of Akaki
in Natural Hazards Research
Ali A
(2023)
The impact of wastewater-irrigated urban agriculture on microbial quality of drinking water at household level in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
in Urban Water Journal
Ali AS
(2023)
Fecal Contamination in the Wastewater Irrigation System and its Health Threat to Wastewater-Based Farming Households in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
in Environmental health insights
Alvarez-Pugliese CE
(2021)
Water footprint in gold extraction: A case-study in Suárez, Cauca, Colombia.
in Heliyon
Amali A
(2020)
Non-conventional sources of agricultural water management: Insights from young professionals in the irrigation and drainage sector *
in Irrigation and Drainage
| Title | 20 minute video with research updates from 7 sub-basins of the Upper Cauca River Basin |
| Description | 20 minute video with research updates from 7 sub-basins of the Upper Cauca River Basin |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | By sharing in detail with the other Collaboratories the work being carried out in Colombia, the aim is to identify areas of collaboration with other researchers in the Hub |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyU9WH1qKI |
| Title | 6th Annual Water Forum video |
| Description | In collaboration with the Universidad del Cauca, the Uni Valle team produced a video summarizing the 6th Annual Water Form |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Visibility of community and institutional stakeholders in collaboration and sharing research on water and food security in the UCRB |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/seguridadhidricacolombia/posts/pfbid0BfYWH41KMwJLQDKx6siThnLCWUCvkXbNRQ2x88... |
| Title | A Tale of Yamuna Short Story (India) |
| Description | Photo Story titled 'A tale of Yamuna' submitted by Jyoti Sharma and Kamakshi Thapa for Water Science Policy Competition 2022. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Participation in making invisible impacts around and on grounwater visible. Further impacts will be known after the competition results are out. |
| Title | A story of a village Khader in Yamuna Floodplain (India) |
| Description | Photo Story titled 'A story of a village Khader in Yamuna Floodplain' submitted by Ankush for Water Science Policy Competition 2022. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Participation in making invisible impacts around and on grounwater visible. Further impacts will be known after the competition results are out. |
| Title | Adapting to change in divine association with water (India) |
| Description | Participation in World Water Day Photo Contest organized by Lions Club Seregno AID, Italy in cooperation with UN Water and with the patronage of the European Community. The motive of this event is to draw public attention to the critical issue of water in our times, with special focus on access to good water. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The proceeds of the competition will be devolved for co-financing international aid project in favour of communities in need of "Water for Life". |
| URL | https://worldwaterday.it/en/ |
| Title | Artisanal Fishing practices in Jamundí, Paso de la Bolsa (Colombia) |
| Description | Artisanal Fishing practices in Jamundí, Paso de la Bolsa |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The image was shown at the Hub Assembly, ECN showcase |
| Title | Closing of Water and Food Security Diploma Course (Colombia) |
| Description | Video showcasing the closing ceremony of the water and food security diploma course in Cauca including testimonies from community participants, cultural dances, and a trade fair |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The video was widely shared on social networks, and we received many inquiries about participating in a future diploma course or workshop. |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/ShareCauca/videos/clausura-diplomado-share/1565305897245235/ |
| Title | Communitary Information System (CIS) (Colombia) |
| Description | 1.5 minutes video summarizing the importance of information and data management by rural water communities |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Sharing to other commuinities the impact and adventages os CIS |
| Title | Community water management RRF Results (Colombia) |
| Description | 6 minutes video with the results of the RRF "Challenges and Opportunities of Community water Management in rural areas of the Upper Cauca River Basin during the pandemic". |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | By sharing the findings with the RRF project, public policy reccomendations for community water management were generated. The main reccomendation is to generate a normative and regulatory framework for community water management systems that considers their collective character and also a comprenhensive vision of the basin. |
| Title | Development of the first test module on river bed filtration EMCALI- Pt. 1 and 2 (Colombia) |
| Description | Informative video of Luis Dario Sánchez, Edgar Quiroga, and others who are spearheading this unique project for water availability in Valle del Cauca |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | More visibility and awareness around this project, which is the first of its kind in Latin America. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOTUHbkzqhU |
| Title | El Paso de la Bolsa Rural Museum (Colombia) |
| Description | Through dialogues around fishing, stories of the practice, agriculture, gastronomy, oral and cultural traditions, it was sought that the voices of all people help to the appropriation of the historical heritage of the territory. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | It highlighted the different traditional knowledge of all generations of people in this territory. |
| Title | Institutional videos |
| Description | Two institutional videos from Fecoser and Acuacol on community water management |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Stakeholder and hub project cooperation for making 2 institutional videos od Fecoser and Acuacol on community water management |
| Title | MUISKA: An approach to analysing water-insecurity risks at the basin level - English version |
| Description | In this video, inhabitants of the municipality of Cajibío, Colombia describe their struggles with water insecurity in the region. Researchers from the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds explain the MUISKA approach to analysing multiple risks based on participatory research. Project Lead: Dr Carolina Montoya Pachongo, University of Leeds. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | This video in English is publicly available on YouTube, and the research team has disseminated it on social media and newsletters. Also, they shared the video with research participants so they could also share it with other relevant parties in the region. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McxNeKgrQFY |
| Title | MUISKA: Un enfoque para analizar riesgos sobre inseguridad hídrica en cuencas hidrográficas - Spanish version |
| Description | In this video, inhabitants of the municipality of Cajibío, Colombia describe their struggles with water insecurity in the region. Researchers from the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds explain the MUISKA approach to analysing multiple risks based on participatory research. Project Lead: Dr Carolina Montoya Pachongo, University of Leeds. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | This video in Spanish is publicly available on YouTube, and the research team has disseminated it on social media and newsletters. Also, they shared the video with research participants so they could also share it with other relevant parties in the region. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtu8M-N9UbY |
| Title | Mirroring Groundwater Photo Story (India) |
| Description | Photo Story titled 'Mirroring Groundwater' submitted by Shambhavi Gupta for Water Science Policy Competition 2022. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Participation in making invisible impacts around and on grounwater visible. Further impacts will be known after the competition results are out. |
| Title | Nature Based Solutions Course (Colombia) |
| Description | Video of the Hub researchers and participants of the Nature Based Solutions course held by Univalle and Unicauca |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The positive feedback in the video (and the course overall) led to plan a part 2 of the course that is more practically focused with hands-on projects. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8-MAbpSqT0 |
| Title | PSE Infographic (Colombia) |
| Description | The infographic summarizes the main factors that influenced the implementation of 5 payment programs for water environmental services in the Municipality of Cali, Colombia. The research was led by Paola Arias Arévalo and Nicol Pachecho Valdés, both researchers from the WS 4 Values of the Colombian Hub. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | It highlights the integration of plural values and objectives in PES programs, providing support for both sustainable productive projects and community-based organizations, using a participatory and deliberative approach, among others. |
| Title | Stakeholder video in Cauca |
| Description | 7 minute video about water security from Stakeholders in Cauca |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Sharing amongst other collaboratories to understand perspective of local Caucanos. |
| Title | The Sowing of Water (Colombia) |
| Description | 2 minute video summarizing the process of "sowing water" in the indigenous reservation of Kisgó in the department of Cauca |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Since the video is in English, it allows for cross-cultural understanding of water conservation practices done in indigenous Andean communities |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw_XNH2K0_8 |
| Title | The political leaderhip of women in the Upper Cauca River Basin |
| Description | This video was made in collaboration with the leaders Dany Mileydi from the community of Bocas del Palo and Nelly Guapacha from the community of Hormiguero, both Afro-descendant women political leaders who fight for the conservation of their territories, ecosystems and the Cauca River. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | This video sought to make visible the political leadership of Afro-descendant women in the Upper Cauca River Basin. |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J-wt2rK_erjUbTlQh6Zz92cq5INNzvDz/view?usp=drive_link |
| Title | Values exhibition photos |
| Description | Series of photos documenting the Colombia Collaboratory Values Exhibition |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Dissemination of artwork and artists who participated in the Values Exhibition |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/seguridadhidricacolombia/posts/pfbid04rCj6AE4ppMXysTFa6WhVpK9ug2GGi5BFT64aE... |
| Title | Video of the recurrence ring diagram for water use practices (Colombia) |
| Description | Video of the recurrence ring diagram for water use practices |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Video of the recurrence ring diagram for water use practices. |
| Title | World Water Day video |
| Description | Video created for 2023 World Water Day highlighting Unicauca's work distributing 1,000 water filters in rural areas of the UCRB |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Diffusion of research activities and results with international audience |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIiLBVy7tRk |
| Description | The Hub's vision is to enable a step change in water security through developing and demonstrating a systems approach to enable integrated and sustainable water management. This requires integrating research across all aspects of the water cycle and a range of disciplines. Although the Hub lost one third of its budget due to an ODA Budget Review, and therefore unlikely to fully realise the full potential of the original vision, we have still managed to achieve substantial impact! 1. Water Collaboratories. We have developed the concept of a Water Collaboratory (Collaborative Laboratory). This provides a co-creative stakeholder engagement process for solving complex problems. Our Water Collaboratories are inclusive and open to all stakeholders to meet on a basis of mutual respect, to jointly question, discuss, and construct new interdisciplinary ideas to resolve water security issues. Although Collaboratories have formed around this shared principle, each has adapted to the local development context, ambition, culture, and setting thereby ensuring improved uptake of research findings. Participation in the Collaboratories has increased over the years, through new mechanisms (especially those developed during COVID) and with new actors, organisations and communities. 2. Systems approach. We have undertaken four iterative phases of systems mapping in all our Collaboratories. These initially helped us identify data and information requirements, gaps in the research programme, facilitate and prioritise interdisciplinary interactions, and helped each collaboratory build a shared understanding of what needs to work well to realise water security. Subsequently, we are working with stakeholders to identify interventions, and to guide decision pathways; we intend to release a systems framework 'manual'. 3. Data integration. Systems decisions start with data and information about all aspects of a system, which need to be integrated appropriately to facilitate this. Following an interdisciplinary review of water related data, we have developed a data platform for all the collaboratories. The platform has been designed to host and manage a wide range of different types of data from the water system (including qualitative), be scalable, support visualisation and sharing. We are continuously evaluating this with respect to the need for data gathering in basins (working with observations, citizen science data, remote sensing products and organizational data) and how different types of data can be integrated to aid decision making at different scales. 4. Water security risks. A systems approach to water security requires that risks are assessed consistently, and interactions understood. To date, risks such as flooding, drought, pollution and public health are handled using different approaches by different organisations. We have developed a framework for integrating and managing different water security risks in an integrated manner. Working with all stakeholders we have populated this with our data, modelling and understanding of our case study river basins to identify priority risks or 'hotspots' of risk that can be tackled with particular solutions. Climate change impacts and adaptation features heavily in all our basins; this is explicitly considered by all our Collaboratories. 5. Valuing water. Many of the social, environmental and cultural values of water are overlooked - which leads to poor choices about water management (from individual up to catchment scales), limited investment, and failures in water security. Our framework to allows these different values to be reconciled and used to inform decisions; this is being demonstrated in Ethiopia. Our collaboratories play a key in this by engaging communities and other stakeholders; new methods and approaches to identifying and celebrating different values of water have been developed and we plan an online and physical exhibition of some of these in the coming year. We have developed a set of resources and platform to support participatory methods, processes and training which we host on our website; this continues to grow as the research programme develops. 6. Water governance. Decision-makers sometimes act in ways that are detrimental, rather than beneficial, to overall social welfare and human rights. Many stakeholders, especially communities, are unable to engage with these processes, and take responsibility for, water security. We have mapped stakeholder power in our Collaboratories, and are implementing a Problem-Driven approach, which explicitly embeds questions of power and resource allocation in wider challenges of how to manage supply and demand in water systems, and helps to identify windows of opportunity for change. Each Collaboratory has joined and/or helped to set up locally relevant platforms for water management at all levels. In some cases, even reaching national policy definition. In other cases, bringing together polycentric governance structures that support community voices. |
| Exploitation Route | We are working with partners in our case study regions and from international organisations to help take the research forward. We update our findings as the project comes to an end. |
| Sectors | Education Environment Other |
| URL | https://www.watersecurityhub.org/ |
| Description | Narrative Impact The Hub is a complex, interdisciplinary, international project, addressing water security and climate change challenges in real systems. Despite the ODA cuts and COVID-19 pandemic, our impact goal remains the adoption of a systems approach in the delivery of sustainable water security in the four collaboratory sites. We believe this remains achievable within our reduced budget constraints. The Hub's impact speak clearly to SDG6 (Water and Sanitation for all) and contributes towards other SDGs (especially SDG13 Climate Action and SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities). Our Collaboratories are central to emergence of these impacts, facilitating partnerships and creating relationships between researchers, project partners, stakeholders, and communities in both our DAC partner countries and the UK. These are long-term processes that have been challenged by budget cuts, the pandemic, and geopolitical crises (civil disobedience in Colombia and civil war in Ethiopia). As we move into the final year of the programme with funding restored, we continue to ensure our research is of the highest international standard and tackling global challenges as exemplified by the SDGs, whilst also informed by local needs to realise the potential of the Hub's impact in the countries where we work. 1. Policy The Hub engages with national governments to create a policy environment that supports sustainable economic development with an emphasis on water resource management, water sensitive planning, and climate adaptation strategies. These consultations include National Capital Region Plan, 2041 (India); Master Plan for Delhi, 2041 (India); Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, 2020 (India); Smallholder Irrigation Development (Ethiopia); Water Sector Transformation 2040 (Malaysia). Our researchers are leading or contributing to working groups that cover Water, Agriculture and Food Security (Ethiopia); Water Resource Management (Ethiopia); Climate Change Adaptation Framework (Malaysia); Malaysia Adaptation Index (Malaysia); Water Security in the Delhi City Knowledge Cluster (India). In Malaysia, the Hub is directly supporting the government to deliver the Twelfth Malaysia Plan at federal and state scale. Drawing upon our contribution to the UN Encyclopaedia of SDGs, we recommended that multiple values of water (economic, social, cultural and environmental) be explicitly recognised in the Ethiopian National Water Policy to address value conflicts and manage trade-offs. In Colombia, researchers are contributing to the country's second National Water Policy (Política Nacional para la Gestión Integral del Recurso Hídrico: 2022-2034). Most notably, our work on risk modelling, which shows how climate change is increasing flood risk and reducing water resources in the Ganges, is now being applied, at the request of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, to address water security in the Delhi NCT region. 2. Capacity UKRI is internationally recognised for investing in innovative future thinking. This funding has enabled the Hub to build capacity within our DAC partner institutions. In Colombia, Miniciencias (the national Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation) approved a second research proposal from Universidad del Cauca that is developing existing work on COVID-19, water security, and bioeconomy. This will enable continued bi-directional research with indigenous and peasant communities, building capacity through recuperating water and land sovereignty. Following the creation of the Centre for Water Studies at SPA New Delhi, researchers created a New Model Curriculum for Bachelor of Planning and Master of Planning for the All India Council for Technical Education. This course embeds water into technical education of India's planning institutions, contributing to the capacity building of future planning professionals. Our water sensitive planning approach is already being implemented by the Agra Development Authority on a greenfield development site of 410 hectares. This is directly predicated on the Hub's work, and we expect to generate long-lasting impact on planning solutions for India's cities. Johor State Water Regulatory Body (BAKAJ) has been deeply engaged in our research from the project's beginnings, a relationship that has generated further funding for co-designed research activities. Our work fills gaps in current knowledge enabling BAKAJ to improve water quality. This directly benefits water users across sectors (domestic, agricultural, industrial) in the basin while contributing to overall ecosystem and environmental health. Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) have a long-standing relationship with Hub researchers, who have trained several AAWSA staff members, including Jemila Mohammed. Jemilia was jointly trained by IWMI, Addis Ababa, and Newcastle University - providing her with the necessary skills to take on the leadership role as Head of Wastewater Quality Control Laboratory on a major World Bank investment in a new laboratory to improve wastewater treatment for Addis Ababa. AAWSA have consequently gathered evidence to understand the link between water pollution, poor sanitation, and water quality in their local context. We contributed to the United Nations Encyclopaedia of the UN SDGs and the 2020 WHO technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance. The Hub was invited to contribute to the FCDO Briefing on Water Governance, Finance, and Climate Change, which was circulated among UK diplomats and partners globally as a mechanism to generate interest in raising water up the diplomatic development agenda. 3. Decision-making The Hub's stakeholders are already seeing the benefits of adopting a systems approach to build cross-sectoral capacity, include community voices, and enable integrated water management. Working with Colombian community water supply organisations, our researchers exposed the vulnerability of existing water regulatory frameworks. The resulting policy guidelines, presented at a forum for engaging with the Vice Ministry of Water and Sanitation of Colombia, form the foundation of a comprehensive action plan for the Upper Cauca River Basin that guarantees the human right to water. In Ethiopia, the establishment of a new relationship between the Legedadi reservoir operators and downstream communities who are negatively impacted by the operator's practises has led to exchange of information and early warning notifications and flood risk information to reduce damages caused by reservoir operations. In Malaysia, we are supporting BAKAJ to become the IRBM authority, taking on new responsibilities in the process and representing an early success that enables the integration of research outcomes into policy and practice and provides a model of IRBM that could be adopted by other Malaysian states. In India, our researchers are directly influencing several national agendas that identify pathways for sustainable economic development with an emphasis on water and sanitation, water sensitive planning, and climate adaptation strategies. This academic leadership speaks directly to Prime Minister Modi's 'water revolution'; water availability and access is a critical factor for the socio-economic development of the country. 4. Cultural Central to the Hub's impact is the Collaboratory model; a co-creative stakeholder engagement process for solving complex water security problems and conflicts. This has helped stakeholders understand complex socio-ecosystems, recognise interactions between the systems' components and actors, and ultimately create sustainable public policy for water and food security, health, and climate change adaptation. In all our collaboratories, communities are working as citizen scientists to assess water quality and gather data on climate impacts on water variability. From planning to fieldwork and analysis, community members have an active voice in what is done and how information is used. This citizen science programme (i) fills the data gap for risk assessment, (ii) enhances community understanding of their environment; and (iii) better engages communities in discussions about water management to inform adaptation strategies. Community voices are often side-lined or ignored in decision making processes and the validity of citizen science data questioned. Integration of these voices and data into research, policy, and practice marks a success in bringing to light the burden of water insecurity on the socially vulnerable or marginalised, and enabling holistic solutions for equitable decision making. 5. Health and wellbeing Our research is informing practices that will improve the health of citizens. Our pioneering Lab in a Suitcase, developed by Newcastle University, is being rolled out in our Ethiopia and Malaysia Collaboratories, and is a key activity underpinning our burgeoning ASEAN Health Network. In Colombia, the integration of advanced technology with indigenous and local knowledge enabled a rapid response to COVID-19, which helped indigenous and peasant communities ensure water and food security in rural territories (Misak community and Andean indigenous reservation of Kisgó). Our research has mapped hotspots of COVID-19, accessibility (or not) to water security services, incidence and mortality. This led to development of a Health Vulnerability Index based on evaluation of social and health inequalities and mapping of different social variables by spatial distribution. This enabled our researchers to provide advice on COVID-19 transmission dynamics to the municipality of Cali and the department of Valle, which has enabled agile decision making, to target water security (supply and sanitation) and other interventions, based on the identification of hot spots. In Ethiopia, our research is informing local policy in Addis Ababa, showing that water usage increased during the pandemic increasing disruptions. This is important to understand how water security changes during a pandemic that relies on water and sanitation as a first line of protection, and target investment if needed. These methodologies can be rolled out elsewhere to support COVID-19 or other outbreaks. The continued relationship with AAWSA and provision of training enabled the first ever in-depth survey of microbial water quality, leading to World Bank investment for further analysis of wastewater in the region. This is continuing to be tested and developed in other low- and middle-income countries, as well as in the UK. 6. Gender Since our inception, the Hub has recognised that gender is one of a number of characteristics that intersect to create inequity both within our research team and across our challenge-led goals. Within the research team, we are actively championing the advancement of female early career researchers e.g. by taking on management roles, promotion to senior research roles, leading the early career network, and co-editing the ECR book (accepted for publication in 2024 by International Water Association Publishing). The Hub's capacity to directly address gender inequity and related inequalities has been enhanced by the recruitment of several early-mid career researchers who are reframing our research focus on gender within a framework of intersectionality, and the explicit introduction of feminist ethical perspectives in the Hub's ethics research framework. Members of the Hub contributed a section on the structural gender inequalities of water to the FCDO Briefing Pack. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Education,Environment,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Advisor of governance-governability processes of the CRC (environmental authority) in the department of Cauca (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Improved environmental sustainability |
| Description | Advisory council member (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://dda.org.in/pdf/july13/Final%20MPD%202041%20-%20e%20Gazette_%20English.pdf |
| Description | Assist in the preparation of the Delhi Master Plan, 2041 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Draft Master Plan of Delhi, 2041 Improved environmental sustainability |
| URL | http://dda.org.in |
| Description | Contribution to BOND SDG review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.bond.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bond_sdgreport2022.pdf |
| Description | Contribution to consultancy services to evaluate the draft of the National Capital Region (NCR) Plan, 2041 including chapters on water and sanitation. This work has been completed and the report is submitted to the NCR. Water Sensitive Planning has been included as a part of water policies of the NCR plan (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Improved accessiblity of public services |
| Description | Ecosystem Services Payments with governance approach in Jamundi City (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Environmental Management Plan of Cali City- DAGMA (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.cali.gov.co/loader.php?lServicio=Tools2&lTipo=descargas&lFuncion=descargar&idFile=43280 |
| Description | Expert review for WHO Small Water Systems guidance |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Inclusion of water security issues at regional level |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.valledelcauca.gov.co/codeparh/ |
| Description | Influence on AICTE Syllabus for Planning (India) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Improved educational and skill level of workforce |
| Description | Influence on Delhi Master Plan 2041 (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Improved environmental sustainability |
| URL | https://dda.org.in/pdf/july13/Final%20MPD%202041%20-%20e%20Gazette_%20English.pdf |
| Description | Influence on Layout Planning in Agra, Uttar Pradesh (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Influence on NCR regional plan (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Influence on NCRPB Regional Plan 2041 (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Improved environmental sustainability |
| URL | http://ncrpb.nic.in/pdf_files/DraftRegionalPlan-2041_English.pdf |
| Description | Influence on National Wetland Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Influence on policy (India) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://rurban.gov.in/doc/Model_Planning_Guidelines_for_Rurban_Cluster.pdf |
| Description | Influence on the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region Master Plan (India) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Initiatives for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: Current Situation and Challenges. Prepared for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the UK Science & Innovation Network, and the Wellcome Trust [co-authored by D Graham]aham |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Key points taken from report Executive Summary: • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-when microbes (i.e., bacteria and fungi) develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to combat them-is a public health threat and global priority. Resistant pathogens can cause infections in humans that are difficult or impossible to treat. • Scientific evidence shows that antimicrobials and antimicrobial-resistant microbes are present and can persist and travel (spread) through the environment (waterways and soils). Human activity can contaminate the environment with antimicrobials and antimicrobial-resistant microbes, which can accelerate the development and spread of resistance. • Contamination can occur from human and animal waste, pharmaceutical manufacturing waste, and use of antimicrobial pesticides for crops; however, the scale and risk associated with this contamination is not fully understood. There are outstanding scientific questions related to the presence and impact of antimicrobial-resistant microbes in the environment and the direct risk posed to human health. • The environment is a key element of the One Health framework. It is necessary to better understand risks, prioritize action to address antimicrobial-resistant microbes in the environment where potential risks to human health are greatest, and cultivate a collaborative global approach. • Scientific review suggests that there are actions that could improve understanding and guide action: - A better understanding of hospital waste treatment in different global settings is a priority, requiring establishment of evidence-based waste standards and implementation of effective waste management practices and capabilities where interventions are most needed. - Good hygiene and sanitation, including effective waste disposal and treatment, are important ways to mitigate the risk of antimicrobial-resistant microbes in the environment associated with human waste and wastewater contamination. - When feasible, contamination by animal waste could be reduced by improving antimicrobial use, developing alternative disease control methods (e.g., vaccines), and improving the quality of the rearing environment to help reduce the need for antimicrobials. - Agreement on a discharge limit for effluents leaving manufacturing sites and standardized monitoring and reporting of effluent levels could significantly reduce contamination and potential human health risks associated with exposure to resistant microbes in the environment. - Potential risks from using antimicrobials on crops could be reduced through greater global transparency of antimicrobial use, implementation of best management practices when applying antimicrobials as pesticides, and greater use of alternative disease prevention and treatment strategies. • To maximize potential impact, align activities to address antimicrobial-resistant microbes in the environment (e.g., addressing knowledge gaps) with existing global public health and development efforts, such as Sustainable Development Goals; the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative; and the Global Health Security Agenda. |
| URL | https://wellcome.org/sites/default/files/antimicrobial-resistance-environment-report.pdf |
| Description | Institutions for sustainable groundwater allocation and adaptation |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Invited to lead on review of UNICEF Bangladesh MICS water quality 2019 programme |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Joint Study on Water Security |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Model Curriculum on Water Management to be prepared for All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Model Curriculum for All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Improved educational and skill level of workforce |
| URL | http://www.aicte-india.org |
| Description | National Policy for Collaborative Platforms for Water Management (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.minambiente.gov.co/index.php/noticias/4781-se-instala-segunda-plataforma-colaborativa-de... |
| Description | Participation in the construction of the Payments of Ecosystem Services public policy of Jamundí, Valle del Cauca (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in the construction of the governance strategy of the Cauca River Collaborative Platform (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Policy for the Integral Management of Water Resources of the Administrative Department of Environmental Management - DAGMA Mayor's Office of Santiago de Cali |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | REAL-Water Advisory panel |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Review of Naticonal Capital Regional Plan, 2041 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | NCRPB Draft Regional Plan, 2041 Improved environmental sustainability |
| URL | http://ncrpb.nic.in/ |
| Description | Richard Dawson appointed to UK Government's independent Committee on Climate Change |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The committee provides independent advice to government. They oversee the 5 yearly climate change risk assessment, mandated by the 2008 Climate Change Act and assess the UK's progress in terms of adaptation to climate change impacts. |
| URL | https://www.theccc.org.uk/about/asc-members/ |
| Description | Sanitation and Water for All, research and learning partner |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.sanitationandwaterforall.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022SMM-SWA%20Climate%20Task%20... |
| Description | Science and technology advisor for the department of Cauca's government office (Colombia) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Improved environmental sustainability |
| Description | Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Published by World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and World Organisation for Animal Health [D Graham co-author] |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | This document defines the six Action Areas that need to be addressed to reduce global AMR, especially in LMICs via full WaSH implementation. The Technical Brief has been translated into six languages so far and is underpinning One Health solutions to AMR around the world. |
| URL | https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240006416 |
| Description | UNICEF WASH-Bat - Katrina Charles and Rob Hope invited for expert consultation on climate-related indicators |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Under the Chairmanship of Professor Ashok Kumar a high powered committee was set up by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to prepare the Model Curricula for regularly taught planning courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Both courses now include a new elective titled "Water Security and Planning". Model Curricula will be followed by all accredited planning institutions in the country. (India) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Improved educational and skill level of workforce |
| Description | WHO/FAO/OIE Policy linking WASH Implementation and AMR Mitigation |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | The policy provides evidence that implementing WASH and decentralised sanitation can reduce AMR spread in LMICs. The formal WHO/FAO/OIE Policy Brief has not yet become public (expected April 2020), but its content already has been shared with some governments and evident changes are occurring on the ground. One of the goals of the Brief is to provide a template for developing AMR National Action Plans, which was among key elements contributed by our work. |
| Description | Water Research Foundation International Water Research Summit on COVID-19 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | A framework for sustainable aquaculture within peri-urban green infrastructures protecting the Gulf of Thailand from eutrophication |
| Amount | £252,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T012471/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | A suitcase laboratory for the water industry |
| Amount | £8,736 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NU006927 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | AI for climate action Innovation Research project |
| Amount | $46,998 (USD) |
| Funding ID | IDRC-SIDA-RUFORUM/WASCAL/A2063-IRG/2022 |
| Organisation | Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Uganda |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 01/2024 |
| Description | Bioeconomic strengthening for social and productive reactivation based on the supply of water ecosystem services in the context of climate change and the challenges of Covid19, in prioritized municipalities of the department of Cauca. |
| Amount | $ 2,194,821,644 (COP) |
| Funding ID | ID82936 |
| Organisation | Minciencias |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Colombia |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2024 |
| Description | Community signators of the PES Agreements in Jamundí |
| Amount | $ 60,000,000 (COP) |
| Organisation | Innovation Cluster |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Comprehensive water quality monitoring where there is no laboratory |
| Amount | £225,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ICA\R1\191241 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 10/2022 |
| Description | Embedding Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Childhood Malnutrition Studies in South Asia into World Health Organisation (WHO) Policy |
| Amount | £27,033 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Enhancing River Basin Governance in Malaysia by Rating the Performance of Biophysical, Socio-economic and Institutional Capacity Utilizing Aggregated Sustainability Indicators System |
| Amount | RM125,000 (MYR) |
| Organisation | University of Technology, Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Exposure to heavy metals and its association with KIM-1 levels of Kidney patients under dialysis in Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia (Research project). |
| Amount | SFr. 15,000 (CHF) |
| Organisation | Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 10/2022 |
| Description | GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub (Supplementary Activity on Sanitation Mapping and excreta flow analysis in Barapullah Basin) |
| Amount | £8,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Inequalities in accessing water among Delhi residents since the introduction of the lockdown measures, Sarah Cooper |
| Amount | £8,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | NIHR Financial Assurance Fund |
| Amount | £37,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | Newcastle University Engagement and Place Fund (Colombia) |
| Amount | £2,396 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2023 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Newcastle University Global Partnerships Funding Scheme (Colombia) |
| Amount | £4,658 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2023 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | Quantifying Perceptions of Antibiotic Resistance and its Causes to Promote Decentralised Wastewater Treatment |
| Amount | £14,700 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2019 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Rapid identification and effective communication of waterborne hazards in emergencies |
| Amount | £19,948 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | FoDT3\192032 |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 08/2020 |
| Description | Researcher Links Climate Challenge |
| Amount | £8,750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Roadmap for the National Agenda on Water Sector Transformation 2040 (WST 2040) Development Study (Malaysia) |
| Amount | RM869,715 (MYR) |
| Organisation | Academy of Sciences Malaysia |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Science and Technology (S&T) Clusters |
| Amount | ₹9,842,000 (INR) |
| Organisation | Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | India |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | TMDL at Skudai River, Johor (Malaysia) |
| Amount | RM480,000 (MYR) |
| Organisation | Balak |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Towards resilience to pluvial flood events |
| Amount | £253,013 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/S005994/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | Water Reallocation Mechanisms: Global Synthesis and Lessons for the Middle East and North Africa |
| Amount | $64,125 (USD) |
| Organisation | World Bank Group |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Water Security: WASH Status and Water Governance in Siem Reap River (Malaysia) |
| Amount | RM22,300 (MYR) |
| Funding ID | 226900-IG7 |
| Organisation | Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | water@leeds |
| Amount | £500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Title | ???? CLIMEX - Climate Explorer for India |
| Description | CMIP 6 Climate data is being downloaded, and served through dasboard developed: ???? CLIMEX - Climate Explorer for India : https://jalsuraksha.iitd.ac.in/climatechange/index.html |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It enables real-time monitoring of water quality and quantity, enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving decision-making for sustainable water management on IIT campus |
| URL | https://jalsuraksha.iitd.ac.in/climatechange/index.html |
| Title | Akaki social mapping and stakeholders analysis (Ethiopia) |
| Description | Survey data for Akaki river susb-bassin in the upper Awash catchment social mapping and stakeholders' analysis in water pollution |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Data generating for interventions and awarensess creations |
| Title | CRV Water Governance (Ethiopia) |
| Description | Survey data for CRV water governance and seccurity challenges |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Data availability and awareness to the concerned stakeholders including policy makers |
| Title | Chlorination effects on DNA based characterization of water microbiomes and implications for the interpretation of data from disinfected systems |
| Description | The data set is the detailed OTU table for all the samples used in this study. The samples include, i) commercially bought bottled water from Tanzania, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal, ii) Tap water from UK and iii) lake water before and after chlorine treatment. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Chlorination_effects_on_DNA_based_characterization_of_water_... |
| Title | Collection of historical satellite images for land cover analysis (Colombia) |
| Description | Images from Landsat, Sentinel-2 and Planet sensors have been collected in order to cover information over the last 10-15 years over the UCRB to perform both historical and recent analysis. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Ease of access to climate and land cover data for the Cauca team. Beforehand data was across many different sites, with difficulty to acquire information, sometime having to wait weeks for entity to send specific information. |
| Title | Computer model/algorithm (Colombia) |
| Description | Hydrological Model (Hydrological Response Units) for Palacé basin |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This model was developed for a paper proposal by Tatiana Solano, Diana Ruíz, Rachael Maysels, and Viviana Camacho which has been send into IWA and waiting for a response. If approved, the model that was developed will be published in this paper. |
| Title | Daily rainfall and temperature data (Ethiopia) |
| Description | Time series of daily rainafll and temperature data. These data are being used for climate clustering research. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | These data are being used for climate clustering research. |
| Title | Data to support the publication "Unknown risk: assessing refugee camp flood risk in Ethiopia" |
| Description | This dataset supports the publication "Unknown risk: assessing refugee camp flood risk in Ethiopia". This dataset contains the delineated boundaries for 24 refugee camps in Ethiopia. Also included are refugee camp building footprint data (where available). All datasets are in shapefile format. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/7956971 |
| Title | Data underpinning article Performance Gaps of Sustainability Features in Green Award-Winning University Buildings |
| Description | The repository contains data underpinning the publication Performance Gaps of Sustainability Features in Green Award-Winning University Buildings |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Data_underpinning_article_Performance_Gaps_of_Sustainability... |
| Title | Domestic Water use Practices in Cali |
| Description | Domestic Water use Practices in Cali. 597 registers |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It will help to practitioners and researchers to the construction of environmental education programs and policies in Cali |
| Title | Faecal pollution source tracking in the holy Bagmati River by portable 16S rRNA gene sequencing |
| Description | The excel spread sheet, named "Combined_Genus_OTUTableRoot_complete_bagmati_data_final" is the processed MinION 16S rRNA sequencing data of water samples from Bagmati River (Kathmandu, Nepal) in the form of OTU table. The water from the Bagmati River were sampled from different locations in three different time points. All other excel spread sheets are metadata that were used for multivariate analysis in this study. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Faecal_pollution_source_tracking_in_the_holy_Bagmati_River_b... |
| Title | Geocoded Covid19 and death cases accross the UCRB (Colombia) |
| Description | "Spatial distribution (geocodes, maps) of COVID19 cases and deaths across the Upper Cauca River basin-UCRB, and its impacts on multiple dimensions of social determinants of health, including access to water and sanitation." |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Access possibility of COVID19 cases and deaths across the UCRB |
| Title | Housing facility and access to drinking water (Ethiopia) |
| Description | These data present information on housing facility and access to drinking water for the Abbay River Basin. These data obtained from Central Statistical Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia. These data is generated by Water and Land Resources Center (WLRC). These data are useful for making housing and water security studies in the Abay River Basin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These datawere used to characteriz housing and water security conditions in the Abay River Basin. |
| Title | Human biomonitoring data (Ethiopia) |
| Description | Human biomonitoring data (the level of heavy metals in nail samples and the concentration of Kidney biomarker (KIM-1) in urine samples) from residents of Addis Ababa,Upper Awash. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This data is being analysed to evaluate the association between exposure to heavy metals and Kidney injury among residents living in the potentially more polluted downstream (Akaki-Kality) area of Addis Ababa, in comparison to the upstream area (Gullele). For this, KIM-1 was used as a biomarker for Kidney injury and heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, As) as indicators of exposure. |
| Title | Implementation of Algorithms for Land Cover and Risk Analysis (Colombia) |
| Description | The number of methodologies were reduced and selected in the data analysis technique step are being implemented as open source algorithms in python. These algorithms are semi-automatic and allow to obtain information for land cover classification and risk assesment. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Open-source algorithms available to perform classification and risk assessment for the department of Cauca. |
| Title | Koka reservoir water quality (Ethiopia) |
| Description | The data was collected for water quality analysis and model development |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Awareness for status of the lake |
| Title | Long-term mean climate - Abbay Basin (Ethiopia) |
| Description | These data present long-term mean climate information for Abbay River Basin. The climate data include long-term mean rainfall, mean temperature, minimum temperature, maximum temperature, humidity, and radiation for 301 grid points. It also present elevation for this grid points. Temperature and rainfall data processed from ENACT (Enhancing National Climate Services). The remaining data are processed from Climate Research Unit (CRU). These data is generated by Water and Land Resources Center (WLRC). These data are prepared to make raster data using GIS to produce useful climate maps. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These data are prepared and being used to make raster datafor GIS based climate maps applicatin and applying for climate clusterization for the Abbay basin |
| Title | MODFLOW - Groundwater Model |
| Description | MODFLOW is a finite-difference groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling program. This model allows to develop a numerical representation (i.e. a groundwater model) of the hydrogeologic environment at a field site. It uses the finite-difference method to divide the groundwater flow model domain into a series of rows, columns and layers, which defines a unique set of grid blocks (i.e. model cells) to represent the distribution of hydrogeologic properties and hydrologic boundaries within the model domain |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Outputs from MODFLOW model shall be used to assess the impact on groundwater availability under various scenarios (baseline, climate change, increased groundwater usage etc.). |
| Title | Metagenomic water quality monitoring with a portable laboratory |
| Description | 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data (CSV files from Epi2Me) and Matlab files used for the data interpretation |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Metagenomic_water_quality_monitoring_with_a_portable_laborat... |
| Title | Monthly rainfall and temperature (Ethiopia) |
| Description | These are monthly rainfall and minimum and maximum temperatures for Abbay River Basin. It also present elevation information for recording station. These are raw data obtained from National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia. These data is generated by Water and Land Resources Center (WLRC). These data are useful to conduct hydroclimate analysis for Abbay River Basin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These data are being used for hydroclimate analysis and climate clustering applicatin for Abbay River Basin. |
| Title | Population by age and sex for the Abbay Basin (Ethiopia) |
| Description | These data present population nuber by age and sex and for urban and rural areas based on 2007 census. These opulation data obtained from Central Statistical Agency (CSA) of Ethiopia. These data is generated by Water and Land Resources Center (WLRC). These data are useful for socioeconomic studies. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These data are used to characterize socioeconomic condition in the Abbay River Basin |
| Title | RRF Agroecology (Colombia) |
| Description | RRF Agroecology |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This course included three modules to address territory-water-food relations, the preparation of fertilizers and own inputs under the approach of agroecology, and the strengthening of the network of custodians of native seeds. |
| Title | Raw RNA-sequencing reads for PSR1 over-expression time course |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/1116/ |
| Title | Realtime data collection using smart sensors in IIT Campus |
| Description | Flow meter, Pressure,groundwater level and water level gauge are installed in IIT campus and data is being logged in realtime using online dashboards. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This is an interactive online tool providing comprehensive climate data and analysis for India, aiding researchers, policymakers, and the public in understanding climate patterns and trends. |
| URL | https://jalsuraksha.iitd.ac.in/nmcg/login.php |
| Title | Remote sening based water quality model (Ethiopia) |
| Description | The model is developed for lake water quality monitoring |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | For water quality monitoring |
| URL | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing |
| Title | Social stability (Colombia) |
| Description | Social Stability of PracticeIndex for Washing clothes, Body Washing, Toilet Use, Handwashing, Brushing teeth and Dishwashing |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Algorithms and cluster analysis model testing: Based on the data gathered in the On-line test for the practice of Body Washing. This model was developed by David Chaquea ECR and Environmental Sciences PhD. student |
| Title | Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) - Hydrological Model |
| Description | The SWAT model is a process-based, spatially-distributed and continuous model capable of simulating water balance, taking into account rainfall, evapotranspiration, surface and subsurface runoff and deep aquifer recharge; runoff partitioning into surface and subsurface runoff is based on the curve number (CN) method and a kinematic percolation model. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Outputs from SWAT model shall be used to assess the impact on water availability under various scenarios (baseline, climate change). |
| Title | Soil and crop data (Ethiopia) |
| Description | These data present about soil and crop data for Abbay River Basin. Soil data is extracted from FAO, while the type of crop data produced in the Abbay basin obtained from CSA (Central Statistical Agency) of Ethiopia. The crop data shows areas in hectare for major crops (teff, maize, wheat, sorghum and finger millet) produced in the Abbay River Basin. These data is generated by Water and Land Resources Center (WLRC). These data are useful to make agricultural and water resource management studies |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These data are being used to make agricultural and water resource management technology targeting. |
| Title | Spatiotemporal Variation in Urban Wastewater Pollution Impacts on River Microbiomes and Associated Hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Description | This folder contains data underpinning the publication "Spatiotemporal Variation in Urban Wastewater Pollution Impacts on River Microbiomes and Associated Hazards in the Akaki Catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia" published in the journal Science of the Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153912 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Spatiotemporal_Variation_in_Urban_Wastewater_Pollution_Impac... |
| Title | State of the Art Analysis and Selection of Techniques for the UCRB (Colombia) |
| Description | In depth state of the art analysis about different techniques for land cover classification in different remote sensing sensors and areas around the world have been studied. A reduced number of methodologies have been selected in order to be applied, tested and modified over the UCRB. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Database of remote sensing methodologies suitable and targeted for Colombia and specifically, Cauca |
| Title | UPRB soil type and villages layers (Colombia) |
| Description | Biophysical maps Upper Palacé River Basin |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These layers are usefull to display biphisical propertis of the Upper Palacé River Basin (UPRB). |
| Title | Water footprint (Colombia) |
| Description | Water footprint of the main socioeconomics sectors of the Upper Cauca River Basin and Guachal River Basin |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It allows for identifyng the main socioeconmics sectors and their impact, and also it would help to implement action for water security in the Upper Cauca River Basin and Guachal River Basin. |
| Title | Water footprint at the Guachal River Basin (Colombia) |
| Description | Water footprint at the Guachal River Basin, including main socioeconomical activities |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The datased can help practitioners and researchers to identified economics sectors with high water footprint, leading to better programs construction around the improvement of water quality and quantity. |
| Title | Water quality data on industrial discharges in Upper Awash (physicochemical parameters and heavy metals) |
| Description | Household survey, Key informant interview and focus group discussion data on water value for Akaki and Central rift valley |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The data is being analysed and examined to evaluate the characterstics of industrial effluents in Addis Ababa, Upper Awash. |
| Title | Web modules (Colombia) |
| Description | Web modules for the quantity, quality and continuity of the Acuasur, AcuaNariño and e Mondomo' community water systems. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This Module of community water system was developed by Federico Pinzón amd Mariela García for the Consolidation of a geographic database, associated with indicators of quality, quantity, continuity and schematic cadastral information of the community aqueduct systems. |
| Description | Academic & Research - UAO (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Autonomous University of Occident |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Academic & Research - UniValle (Colombia) |
| Organisation | University of Valle |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Campesino community (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Asociación Campesina el Pepino |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together actors around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Citizen Science, Access to basin, attendees to events, shared local knowledge |
| Impact | Virtual Forums. Multi-disciplinary: biology, ecology, economics, history, sociology |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Campesino community CGL (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Corregimental Association of Peasant Users of Gabriel Lopez Cauca Acuc GL |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together actors around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Citizen Science, Access to basin, attendees to events, shared local knowledge |
| Impact | Virtual Forums |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Centro Cultural de Cali |
| Organisation | Vanuatu Cultural Centre |
| Country | Vanuatu |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We held the Colombia Collaboratory Values Exhibition at this Cultural Centre. The event showcased local community artists from Cauca and Valle del Cauca and was free to attend. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Cultural Centre provided the Colombia Collaboratory with the event space including sound engineers and equipment. |
| Impact | The Values Exhibition as an event was the outcome - recorded in Engagement Activities tab |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Collaboration for water quality work (India) |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Analysis and sharing of water quality data |
| Collaborator Contribution | Evidence generation through spatio-temporal integration of datasets |
| Impact | Ongoing. The datasets generated are being used by the partners for validation of their observations. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
| Organisation | Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We were the first research team demonstrating the characterization of water microbiomes via 16S rRNA gene sequencing using only portable equipment items that readily fit into a suitcase. This suitcase laboratory included the memory-stick sized sequencing device MinION of Oxford Nanopore Technology. We were the first research team to demonstrate the applicability of this device to water quality surveying and faecal pollution source tracking in low income countries where researchers lack access to laboratories with next generation sequencing machines. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Oxford Nanopore Technologies provided a free software license for running the sequencing "offline", i.e. without internet connection. This was crucial for deployment of the MinION device in Tanzania, where power cuts occur quite frequently and may otherwise have had detrimental impacts on the sequencing runs. Oxford Nanopore Technologies also provided advise on purchasing in Africa and their continuing technology developments during the research. Oxford Nanopore Technologies recorded a webinar on environmental DNA analysis with our suitcase laboratory and promotes this webinar via its website resource centre. |
| Impact | This partnership enabled researchers in Tanzania to apply the latest sequencing technology to their work on water security and on-site sanitation in unplanned settlements. It provided new insights into the water quality of different sources, and the findings were shared with local authorities. This partnership resulted in the first analysis of pit latrine sludge and leachate microbiomes independently generated by an African research team to enhance understanding of on-site sanitation systems which serve about one fourth of the global population. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Community Organisation - AQUACOL (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Asociación de Organizaciones comunitarias Prestadoras de Servicios Públicos de Agua y Saneamiento en Colombia |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | "Formal Delegation Representative Agreement Community water management research activities Participation in a webinar (water security) as oral speaker " |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Community Organisation - ASOGUABAS (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Asociación de Usuarios de Aguas del río Guabas (ASOGUABAS) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Community Organisation - FECOSER (Olombia) |
| Organisation | Federación de Acueductos Comunitarios del Valle del Cauca |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement Community water management research activities Participation in a webinar (governance) as a oral speaker |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Community Organisation - FEDY (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Fundación Empresarial para el Desarrollo de Yumbo (FEDY) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Community Organisation - FUNECOROBLES (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Fundación para la Protección, Conservación y Vigilancia de los Recursos Naturales del Sur del Valle (FUNECOROBLES) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Fundación para la Protección, Conservación y Vigilancia de los Recursos Naturales del Sur del Valle (FUNECOROBLES) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement Community water management research activities Participation in a webinar (governance) as a oral speaker |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Community Organisation - IMCA (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Instituto Mayor Campesino |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Delhi Jal Board (DJB) (India) |
| Organisation | Delhi Jal Board |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Team IIT has partnered with DJB to strengthen the data sharing, validation and analysis for better management of water services in the NCT of Delhi. A MoU has been signed for this purpose. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Commitment to enhance the existing water services through scientific evidences |
| Impact | Ongoing. No output yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC) (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | From 27 November - 1 December, Professor Apolinar, Professor Jaime, and Alejandro led a course for the Spatial Ecology research group on territorial co-management |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Doñana biological institute coordinated the course and hosted our visiting Hub members. |
| Impact | Relationship building which has led to a proposal of another course later this year. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Government Agency - ACUAVALLE |
| Organisation | Sociedad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados del Valle del Cauca SA ESP |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Technology, Experience and Knowledge |
| Impact | "Formal Delegation Representative Agreement Tehcnical consultant visits" |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - CODEPARH (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Government of Colombia |
| Department | Consejo Departamental de Política Ambiental y de Gestión Integral del Recurso Hídrico (CODEPARH) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement Participation in decision making processes related to water resources across the UCRB Articulation of the hub project in the Community Information System initiative |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - CRA (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Government of Colombia |
| Department | Commission for the Regulation of Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation (CRA) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - Cauca (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Government of Colombia |
| Department | Cauca Governorate |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Counsel, research results, connections with community projects |
| Collaborator Contribution | State support, social recognition, professional connections |
| Impact | Official advisory position for Prof. Apolinar Figueroa |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Government Agency - Contraloría de Santiago de Cali (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Contraloría de Santiago de Cali |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - DAGMA (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Government of Colombia |
| Department | Departamento Administrativo de Gestión del Medio Ambiente Cali (DAGMA) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement Participation in the construction of the Environmental Management Plan of Cali City |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - EMCALI (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - Gobernación del Valle (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Government of Colombia |
| Department | Cauca Governorate |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - IDEAM (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - INCIVA (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca (INCIVA) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - INS (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Instituto Nacional de Salud |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Geocoding the covid cases data, analyzing and building tableau (dashboard) with maps. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research |
| Impact | Software, dashboards and description analysis of Covid incidence on the UCRB. Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Government Agency - PNN Farallones de Cali (Colombia) |
| Organisation | National Natural Parks of Colombia |
| Department | Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - Secretaria de Ambiente del Municipio de Jamundí (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Secretaria de Medio Ambiente del Municipio de Jamundí |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together actors around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Government Agency - UESValle (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Unidad Ejecutora de Saneamiento del Valle del Cauca (UESValle) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - USE (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Unión Sindical de EMCALI (USE) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social Recognition |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency - Valle Caucana de Aguas SA ESP (Colombia) |
| Organisation | ValleCaucana de Aguas SA ESP |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Government Agency Minciencias (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Minciencias |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Research |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial support |
| Impact | Research Grant |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | HWISE & SEI |
| Organisation | Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am leading an intra-household seasonal survey and international comparative qualitative study on water security decision making and experiences. My team will be implementing the study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration by Wendy Jepson (TAMU) and colleagues and Sarah Dickin (SEI) on development, implementation and analysis of intra-household seasonal survey and international comparative qualitative study, including providing training for early career researchers. |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary - the main disciplinary approaches are from economics, geography, anthropology, with expertise also included from engineer, microbiology, chemistry and climate science. Outputs to date: initial workshop |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | HWISE & SEI |
| Organisation | Texas A&M University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am leading an intra-household seasonal survey and international comparative qualitative study on water security decision making and experiences. My team will be implementing the study. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration by Wendy Jepson (TAMU) and colleagues and Sarah Dickin (SEI) on development, implementation and analysis of intra-household seasonal survey and international comparative qualitative study, including providing training for early career researchers. |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary - the main disciplinary approaches are from economics, geography, anthropology, with expertise also included from engineer, microbiology, chemistry and climate science. Outputs to date: initial workshop |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | NGOs - ACODAL |
| Organisation | Asociación Colombiana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (ACODAL) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Social recognition Technology, Experience and Knowledge |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | NGOs - Biodiversa (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Fundacion Biodiversa Colombia |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | NGOs - CIPAV (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Technology Experience and Knowledge |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Payments for Ecosystem Services (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Secretaria de Medio Ambiente del Municipio de Jamundí |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Support in the construction and implementation of the PES schemes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Monetary Resources for the implementation |
| Impact | 845 ha of water supply areas in conservation and 90 beneficiary families |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Private (Hidropower Generation) (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Argos Group |
| Department | Celsia |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Scalable and Credible African Nature based Solutions for equitable climate resilience (SCANS) |
| Organisation | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Collaborate to apply for the fund call "Equitable nature-based climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa (NERC-UKRI)" on the 13th of September 2023. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Codevelopment of funding proposal. |
| Impact | One grant application: Fund call: Equitable nature-based climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa (NERC-UKRI). Proposal value: £2M. Project Lead: Mark Trigg. Proposal Hub partners: Anna Mdee, Ajay Bhave, Alemseged (IWMI - Ethiopia). Decision: The grant was not awarded. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | State Environmental Agency (Colombia) |
| Organisation | Corporación Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca (CVC) |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Creating communal spaces to bring together stakeholders around risks, governance and value of water security |
| Collaborator Contribution | Government Support |
| Impact | Formal Delegation Representative Agreement |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UNICEF-Ethiopia |
| Organisation | UNICEF |
| Department | Unicef Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Sharing of research, training of staff |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of data and reports |
| Impact | Field sites being agreed for next stage of collaboration |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | USAID - Programa Nuestra Tierra Próspera (Colombia) |
| Organisation | United States Agency for International Development |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Apolinar Figueroa and Rachael Maysels were invited as keynote speakers to a conference organized by USAID and the Governor's office of Cauca to speak about the work being done on food security with the Hub and SHARE |
| Collaborator Contribution | Exposure of research, networking to other non-profit and governmental agencies in the region. |
| Impact | Supports interim outcomes of awareness and relationship building |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Water security risk assessment to produce positive change through engaging and empowering stakeholders. A case study in Yalbac, Belize. |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Department | School of Earth and Environment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborate to develop a light version of the MUISKA approach in Yalbac, Belize. Collaborate to apply for small grant funds to continue work in Belize. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Rachael Carrie collaborated with our research group to adapt the MUISKA approach to the local conditions in Belize, conduct fieldwork activities to develop a light version of steps 1 - 3, and co-wrote two research proposals to apply for small grants. The Belize Maya Forest Trust and Pesticide Control Board participated in the two grant applications mentioned previously. |
| Impact | Two workshops with villagers from Yalbac, Belize (26th June and 1st July 2023). Identification of water insecurity hazards and their consequences. Network of hazards and consequences in Yalbac. Classification of hazards and consequences by scales and dimensions proposed by MUISKA. Participants prioritised one water insecurity problem. Questionnaires administered to 17 households in Yalbac (85%) to identify and quantify trends in water use, and collect information linked to concerns about water quality and quantity issues. A meeting was conducted between University of Leeds, Belize Maya Forest Trust and the Pesticide Control Board (PCB) on 23/06/23 to develop an understanding of the work PCB have conducted to assess pesticides in water in the study area and further afield, and to explore opportunities for collaborative working. An interview was conducted on 05/07/2023 with representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development to explore views on and problematize work needed and that conducted to secure water access in the study area. An interview was conducted on 05/07/2023 with a Mennonite farmer representative to explore views on chemical use for farming, villager concerns, and the potential implications of action on Mennonite livelihoods and productivity. This study has ethics approval MEEC 22-034 by the committee of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences from the University of Leeds. Two grant applications to small funds: 1. Award: Global Impact Acceleration Awards. Project's title: Water security risk assessment to produce positive change through engaging and empowering stakeholders. A case study in Yalbac, Belize. Project lead: Carolina Montoya Pachongo. Proposal Hub partners: Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero, Mark Trigg. Amount requested: £8,849. Decision: The grant was not awarded. 2. Award: LSSI Next Generation Co-Production Impact Scheme. Project's title: Co-creation of a participatory process to assess pesticide risks in water. A case study in Yalbac, Belize. roject lead: Carolina Montoya Pachongo. Proposal Hub partners: Miller Alonso Camargo-Valero, Mark Trigg. Amount requested: £5,000. Decision: The grant was not awarded. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | "Clean The River" Educational Video Game |
| Description | An educational game to teach young children about how river pollutants are caused in developing nations. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The game is publicly available on the web and is in the process of release onto popular application stores for iOS and Android |
| URL | https://waterpurity.github.io/Clean-the-River/index.html |
| Title | "Jalsuraksha" website (India) |
| Description | The website has been created to disseminate all the outputs emerging out of the water security project and create a repository that is easily accessible by all the stakeholders |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Creation of a repository of all the outputs of the research |
| URL | https://jalsuraksha.iitd.ac.in/ |
| Title | Automation coding of recurrence rings diagram (Colombia) |
| Description | This software / code automates the diagraming of the composition of water use practices in a recurrence ring diagram |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | It helps to identify differences among water use clusters |
| Title | Communitty Water Information System "Nuestra Agua" |
| Description | The Information System for Community Management of Rural Water that the communities have called "Nuestra Agua" (Our Water) was developed with Aquacol (Association of community-based organisations providing public water and sanitation services in Colombia). It collects the technical requirements of community water management at the local level, to serve as support for decision-making process in the day to day that the communities face. It also contributes with relevant information to the operation of their water supply systems, |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The community water systems that are making use of the "Nuestra Agua" system have quality information, with structured data to respond to the problems that occur in local contexts and with a tool that improves governance in these rural communities. |
| URL | https://aquacol.org/app-nuestra-agua/ |
| Title | IITD "Aab Prahari" (India) |
| Description | In order to address the water logging issues in urban areas, IIT Delhi has developed a mobile application based on the citizen science approach. In this application, communities and individuals are facilitated to report the real-time incidence of flooding, in and around their surroundings, by capturing the water logging information and sending it to a central server. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Dynamic reporting of flood events by the citizens. |
| URL | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iitdap.abbprahari |
| Title | Nuestra agua Community Water Information System (Colombia) |
| Description | Community Water Information System |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | It is a decision-making tool for rural communities that manage their own water supply systems |
| URL | https://nuestra-agua-aquacol.hub.arcgis.com/ |
| Title | Spatial analysis dashboard of COVID19 cases and deaths across UCRB (Colombia) |
| Description | Spatial distribution (geocodes, maps) of COVID19 cases and deaths across the Upper Cauca River basin-UCRB, and its impacts on multiple dimensions of social determinants of health, including access to water and sanitation. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Accessing COVID cases and deaths data accross the UCRB |
| Title | Water quality data interpretation and waterborne hazard communication application |
| Description | A website to map and share information about water quality with a script to automatically update the website with interpreted data following data submission. The website also provides information on health effects of water pollutants and appropriate treatment methods. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The website may be adapted in collaboration with a local charity to share information about the impact of combined sewer overflows on river water quality. |
| URL | https://research.ncl.ac.uk/waterqualitymaps/ |
| Description | "Fostering Socioeconomic Development at the Core of Innovation and Entrepreneurship" - Addis Ababa University Research and Fairs Week (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presented on Water allocation planning and management knowledge sharing, networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | "International Collaboration in Water Affairs Innovation" International Symposium (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The symposium was conducted by National Applied Research Laboratories, NARLabs and New Southbound Policy Project Office, MOST. The symposium gathered experts from National Tsing Hua University, National Cheng Kung University, RMIT University, and Adelaide University of Australia, Nanyang Technological University to share experiences of cross-border technology collaboration on water affairs. The symposium also featured scholars exchanging experiences of improving domestic water use through innovative water treatment technologies. As for Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Yusop was invited as the keynote speaker to deliver his knowledge mainly on challenges and opportunity in making water as Sustainable and Competitive Sector in Malaysia. By the end of the symposium, they have a discussion and Q&A from the public to be answered by the speakers. Better understanding of water affairs as well as the experiences faced of each country. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | "Valuing Water" on the occasion of World Water Day-2021.(India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The theme of this year's 'World Water Day' was 'valuing water'. On this occasion, SPA New Delhi organized a stakeholder workshop to revisit and discuss the role of values in making a water-secured future. A series of presentations on the theme was followed by a panel discussion involving practitioners, academicians, politicians, and scholars. Outcomes are as following. 1. Pledge by all participant to use water judiciously and make others aware. 2. Installation of water saving faucet nozzles at SPA Delhi. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 'Adaptation Futures Conference 2020': Session on EU Adaptation Strategy 2021 - Forging a climate-resilient Europe: Key learnings for EU-India Strategic Partnership (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | "Prof. A.K Gosain participated in a thematic session titled """EU Adaptation Strategy 2021 - Forging a climate-resilient Europe: Key learnings for EU-India Strategic Partnership" organized by GIZ India as part of the 'Adaptation Futures Conference 2020' co-hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the World Adaptation Science Program (WASP). It is supported by the Strategic Partnership for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA) project being implemented in India with the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) as the nodal partner Ministry. The SPIPA project is being implemented through the Delegation of the European Union to India, in close collaboration with GIZ India. The panel discussed the key learnings for EU-India Strategic Partnership." Insights sharing, knowledge enhancement, representation at a global stage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 'Lab in a suitcase' could hold the key to safer water and sanitation for millions (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | We were approached by https://www.sciencedaily.com/ after they saw our journal article. staff of IWMI, Newcastle university and AAWSA staff provided an easy to understand story of the work on lab in suit case. Then, the journalists wrote a good story and published it on their website which focuses on science news. We were able to translate our science output to a language that is easily understood by non scientists. As a result, we believe that we are able to share wide range of audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200713125459.htm |
| Description | 2020 Annual Meeting of the African Great Lakes Stakeholder Network (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To strengthen the network of experts on the African Great Lakes and update on the past year's progress of the six advisory groups which are made up of experts from the ten riparian countries of the African Great Lakes. The network of experts on the African Great Lakes strengthened, the advisory groups were updated with the past progresses and a future follow-up meeting set. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.agl-acare.org/2020annualmeeting |
| Description | 2nd Stakeholder Water Security Workshop in Cauca |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | With stakeholders from the department of Cauca attending, we split up into sub-basins in order to assess risks, priorities and to create a participatory map of the different cultural territories. Understanding of water security issues from the perspective of local communities that reside in the river basins, committed delegates from each cultural group to be in communication regarding this project with the University of Cauca, cartographic social maps of water sources, points of pollution, and agricultural activity in each subbasin and interviews with community leaders regarding water security and the potential of working within this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 2nd Stakeholder Water Security Workshop in Cauca (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | With stakeholders from the department of Cauca attending, we split up into sub-basins in order to assess risks, priorities and to create a participatory map of the different cultural territories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 3rdr Meeting of fishermen from the Pacific coast (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Accompaniment of the third meeting of fishermen of the Pacific, in order to recognise the social and environmental problems of fishing in the Cauca River and its tributaries. "a) Identification and assignment of new tasks with the coastal communities. b) Organisation of a follow-up meeting with UCRB fishermen. c) Recognition of results through a report and possible article. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 6th Annual Water Forum in Southwestern Colombia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Coordinated the 6th annual water forum to create a space where our community and institutional stakeholders could share information regarding water and food security, learn from each other, and strengthen the network in Southwestern Colombia. New processes identified among stakeholders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | 9th World Water Forum: "One Water One Health" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A special webinar was held on March 24 at the 9th World Water Forum called "One Water One Health". It was co-hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO), and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and examines "AMR in the Environment" from a One Health perspective, including transmission and spread in water systems. "This session fosters awareness and multistakeholder dialogue that brings together the tripartite organisations namely the UN FAO, WHO, OIE, and UNEP with the government, the private sector, and experts from environment, health, and WASH sectors. The event presents an opportunity to understand the multitude of water and health linkages and antimicrobial resistance from a water environment perspective, specifically the scope of the problem, sources, drivers, transmissions mechanisms, and the implications to global water security and mitigation actions." During the webinar, I spoke about the role of the wider environment on antimicrobial resistance spread. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.fao.org/land-water/news-archive/news-detail/en/c/1477175/ |
| Description | AQUACOL-Univalle Meeting (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | To identify gaps in information management. Andrés Toro and Mariela García Identification of gaps in information management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ARUA 2021 Biennial International Conference - Global Public Health Challenges Facing them in Africa (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The goal was to feature the work the ARUA water CoE is pursuing and also to highlight the use of digital storytelling as a tool for enhancing knowledge co-creation and awareness raising of water challenges in Africa. Digital storytelling is an ancient and modern tool for sharing knowledge, experiences and innovations around a topic of interest and is useful for disseminating research findings. During the Symposium there were two storytelling sessions led by ECRs. Lessons on working on more storytelling for everyone to understand science and intervene. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://arua.org.za/conferences/ |
| Description | Achieving safe drinking water for all in Africa: opportunities for innovation. Afox Insaka |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An insaka focused on discussion of science with African audiences, with presentation from Katrina Charles on Achieving safe drinking water for all in Africa: opportunities for innovation. The outomce was promoting opportunities for innovation in advancing drinking water quality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.afox.ox.ac.uk/category/afox-insakas/ |
| Description | Ag-data hub development for Ethiopia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sharing experience on data sharing particularly on agricultural data Develop framework to build national level ag-data hub |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Agenda AWANI: High Water Usage Rate among Malaysian? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Yusop was invited as one of the invited speakers to a talk show "Agenda AWANI" to talk about the water usage in Malaysia. Topics like "high and unsustainable water usage rate among Malaysians" and "is alteration of water tariff a sensible measure?" were discussed in the show. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/astroawani/videos/524563231656384 |
| Description | Annual Graham Group Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Annual Graham Research Group newsletter available online and set as a pdf to interested parties. It highlight the group's research efforts and compliments the group's research blog. It provides a condensed version for our funders, research partners, university colleagues, alumni, and students as well as friends and family. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/grahamr/?page_id=31 |
| Description | Annual MSME Summit 2022 (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain gave a presentation on "Enhancing Climate Resilience for Sustainability of MSME Sector in India". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Aqua Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Hub research activities - focusing on the impact around the Collaboratories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Article on our work in the Arabic version of the Scientific American magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We developed a rapid and simpler method for quantifying AMR gene transfer in environmental samples. One of the partners in the work was a colleague from Egypt and the work drew a lot of nice attention in the Arabic-speaking world. This led to the Arabic Scientific American doing a piece on our work, highlighting its importance people in their region but also more widely across the emerging and developing world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.scientificamerican.com/arabic/articles/news/tracing-environmental-dimension-of-spread-of... |
| Description | Articulation Meeting with el SENA (National Learning Service) (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Grupo CENOVA SENA Trade and Service Center to discuss collaboration and cross cutting themes Planning cooperation between El Sena and Uni Cauca for research activities in Las Piedras and Palacé basins, building relationship with educational institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Articulation meeting with the SENA education insitute regarding rural entrepreneurship activities )Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Articulate educational programmes in the specific municipalities involved in the hub programe Articulation meeting with the SENA education insitute regarding rural entrepreneurship activities and eductional programes related to water management, agroecological strategies and organizational process for communitiy oerganizatoins. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Asia Water Forum 2022 (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Prabhakar virtually attended the Asia Water Forum 2022. It was discussed how resilience efforts must prioritize capacity building for ground-level water agencies; local ownership; digitalization; and inclusivity, gender equality, and youth engagement. It also explored the importance of water security benchmarking and tools and how accessible and transparent data can lead to improved water planning and policymaking. Knowledge sharing, exposure to the views of distinguished delegates in the domain, capacity building |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Basin Planning and Implementaiton (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Facilitated four days' workshop on the status of Basin Plan Implementation in three basins- Abbay, Awash RVLB strategic Plans, and assessed the draft report of three other basins - WabiShebele, Omo Gibe, and Genale Dawa basins Challenges into the implementation of the existing strategic plans were outlined and forwarded for action to the Ministry. A recommendation was put forward how the Basin High Council be effectively engaged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Briefing of the village heads on the initiation of data collection activity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Held a 1-hour meeting with the village head of Kampung Kelantan to give a briefing about our initiation to conduct research questionnaire-survey Gained community trust and a reserch questionnaire is conduced at the village after obtained permission and acknowledgement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CODEPARH meetings for the discusion of Water Security in the Upper Cauca River Basin and Guachal River Basin (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Contribute to the construction of adaptation and mitigation actions in the face of climate change. The updated document with actions and objectives |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CODEPARH, and Climate change management plan for Valle del Cauca (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Within the climate change plan, actions and projects are proposed that will direct the policy of adaptation and mitigation to climate change over the next 25 years. In this sense, the results obtained within the framework of the HUB were fundamental for this formulation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | COP26 - Panel on infrastructure adaptation to climate change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop at COP26 involving 20 climate change leads from various infrastructure organisations attended a workshop which sparked questions, discussion and follow up activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | COP26 - Workshop on Sustainable Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Event at COP26, chaired by the Danish Ambassador, with politicians, industry and academics from around the world. Follow up discussions around adaptation of the built environment to manage climate change risks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Cambodia study data collection among local community at Siem Reap |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the local community, to collect their drinking water as samples and understand their perceptions and practices towards WASH services and flooding through household survey. During the sampling activity, our team met with the one of the village head and briefed him about our role as well as purpose of the data collection activity. New relationship built with each household; one paper may be produced based on collected findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Can citizen science help to fill hydrology data gaps in Ethiopia? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A blog is prepared and shared on IWMI website, linkedin and research gate One of the readers of our blogged shared an app with us that supports citizen science activity (http://www.crowdwater.ch/). The commissioner of irrigation authority in Ethiopia stress the need to have common platform to share citizen science data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2020/10/can-citizen-science-help-to-fill-hydrology-data-gaps-in-ethiopia/ |
| Description | Central South University presentation, Changsha, China. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to MSc Geospatial Engineering students at hina University, 21/11/20 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Civil Engineering Study Programe Internation Guest Lecutre - Flood Risk Mitigation (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Zulkifli Yusop has been invited as the speaker for Civil Engineering Study Program - International Guest Lecturer on Flood Risk Mitigation, organised by Universitas Jember, Indonesia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Climate Smart Agriculture (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gathering proven Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies from professionals who have been working in the subject areas. Major CSA practices are documented for further refinement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Closing ceremony RRF Agroecology Workshops (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | For the closing event of the RRF Agroecology workshops, we brought together participants from the indigenous Misak community and from ASOCAMPO, a primary campesino community to construct agricultural calendars, present conclusions and reflections from the course, and participate in a seed and agricultural product trade fair. Article in process |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Coffee Hour Talk : Speak up for nature - Climate Change, is it true? (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Coffee Hour Talk : Speak up for nature was conducted by UTM Sustainable Campus team and Dr. Eliza Alias from Hydrology Team was invited to talk about climate change. She elaborated on the definition of global warming, the trend of global warming over the years, the causes and affects to our current situations. At the end of her presentations, she mentioned that we should be prepared by taking precautions, preventions and adaptation to overcome the worst case scenarios impacted by global warming. More discussion will take place, particularly on this issue |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Collaboratory First working meeting, Univalle (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - Held at Univalle, San Fernando. Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca - 24 persons attended the meeting; 9 from government agencies, 2 from communities organizations, and 13 researchers collaborators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboratory first working meeting, Univalle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The main impact was the contributions of the collaborators in the key concepts and in the project's log frame. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboratory second working meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Contributions of all the collaboratorie members to the project work lines (panel discussion and in plenary) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboratory second working meeting , Univalle (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | - Held at Univalle, Santander de Quilichao, Cauca - 31 persons attended the meeting; 6 from government agencies, 2 from NGOs, 2 from private angencies, 2 from communities organization and 19 researchers collaborators - Univalle facilitated the integratio"n |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Collect garbage while exercise Program (KUDAH 2.0) (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The second collect garbage while exercise programme, KUDAH, we chose Gunung Pulai as the venue. Gunung Pulai is located just 45 minutes of drive. It is a fantastic location for hiking, running, and relaxation. Tropical jungle and beautiful views can be found in the distance. We took this opportunity to conduct some leisure activity while enjoying the nature. It is hoped that, through this activity, the public will be able to cultivate feelings of love and be able to take care of the environment so that the Gunung Pulai area is always clean and beautiful. Further activity to be conducted at different areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Collect garbage while exercise Program (KUDAH 3.0) (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "The activity where we collect garbage while exercise or so called as KUDAH. This is the first program jointly organized and the result of synergy between 6 Research Institutes in UTM namely: • Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction (ISIIC) • Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research (ISI-SIR) • Institute of Future Energy (IFE) • Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE) • Institute Of Human Centered Engineering (iHUMEN) • Institute for Vehicle and Systems and Engineering (IVESE) This program was attended by more than 50 participants consisting of research fellows, research officers, assistant engineers, science officers, post-doctoral, executive staff and received full support from the presence of the Director of the Institute and the Director of the Research Centre. We ended this activity with an aerobic exercise led by a professional staff." "Further activity to be conducted at different areas. Outcome for the day : 1) A total of 65.4kg of rubbish was successfully collected around the UTM lake area that is called Tasik Ilmu, the main footpath, parking lots and around the UTM field. 2) This time, each participant has walked over 5,000 steps at least for that day. 3) Increase public awareness to jointly care for and promote environmental sustainability." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Colombia Collaboratory Values Exhibition (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of WS4, the Colombia Collaboratory coordinated a Values Exhibition in which over 50 artists including school kids shared their artwork with the public. The artwork (visual, scenic, literary) represented their own values of water, converging a plurality of water values for the Upper Cauca River Basin. Selected art pieces were chosen to be presented in the Newcastle Values exhibition for World Water Day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Colombian Collaboratory Facebook Page |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Since July 2020, the Colombia Collaboratory has been building a local and regional (Latin America) audience where we promote online events, publications, relevant work, and partner activities Thousands of people engaging with posts, international followers and people sharing events, expanding our voice and our reach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/seguridadhidricacolombia |
| Description | Commonwealth Science Conference 2021 (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Prabhakar Shukla participated as an ECR delegate in the event. He presented a poster on the ongoing water hub research entitled "Groundwater System Simulation of National Capital Territory of Delhi, India". Co-organized by the Royal Society and the African Academy of Sciences, and funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, the Commonwealth Science Conference 2021 will take place virtually from 22-26 February 2021. The conference will bring together outstanding early career researchers and leading scientists from across the Commonwealth to facilitate joint work on addressing global development challenges, to encourage scientific capacity strengthening in Commonwealth countries; and to influence the Commonwealth policy agenda. Dissemination of knowledge and promoting the work being done under the aegis of "Water Security and Sustainable Development" Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/commonwealth-science-conference-2021/ |
| Description | Communication Materials meeting with CRC (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting regarding sharing visual materials and cross promotion for the Hub and CRC projects with representatives from CRC (the regional environmental authority) Access to audiovisual material of Cauca to be able to be used in videos for Hub assembly, building relationship with members of the CRC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Community Strategy Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The University of Cauca met with indigenous Misak leaders and the environmental department of Cauca - the CRC to present this project to the mayor of Silvia, which is located in the river basin. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Community information System Construction related to Water Security (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Advance in the construction of a focused community information system-Communitary Infomation System Meetings with The Executive Unit of Sanitation of Valle del Cauca, AQUACOL and FECOSER (Second Level Community Organizations), CODEPARH (Regional Council for Environmental Policy and Integrated Water Resources Management) and Universidad del Cauca. Advances in the construction of a focused community information system-Communitary Infomation System |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Conference on "Geospatial Policy for National Development" (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participated in two day conference on "Geospatial Policy for National Development" as a panelist in the session on "Water - Sustainable Water Management with Geospatial Technology". Knowledge dissemination |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Conference presentation - Changsha, China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation made on 19th Nov 2019 at ISPRS and GEO Workshop on Geospatially-enabled SDGs Monitoring for the 2030 Agenda (GI4SDGs) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.geoinfobar.com/gi4sdgs/ |
| Description | Coordination and promotion of ASOCAMPO forums (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration between Universidad del Cauca, ASOCAMPO, and the NGO Unimos in Spain to conceptualize, plan, and promote a virtual community forum Diverse participation in online forum, empowerment for ASOCAMPO to be the face of and lead their first online activity |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cross-boundary regions and Extreme Rainfall Estimates (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This activity is an event organized by Chang'An University, where Dr. Nor Eliza Alias is invited as a speaker to talk about areas of extreme rainfall homogeneity in Malaysia-Indonesia. The application of he region in the analysis of the impact of climate change is discussed as well. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Data validation for MyRIBASIN biodiversity indicator (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the meeting with SAJ Ranhill is to validate the data collected from their department and other authority. This data will be used for hydrology indicator in Malaysia River Basin Sustainability Index. Water quantity data is validated with Person-In-Charge from SAJ. New data which cover others area in Johor River Basin is expected to be given in the next meeting or communication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data validation for MyRIBASIN biodiversity indicator (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the meeting with Department of Fishery is to validate the data collected from their department. This data will be used for biodiversity indicator in Malaysia River Basin Sustainability Index. Biodiversity data (Number of fish) need to be changed considering the data boundary covers Johor state and not specifically Johor River Basin. New data is expected to be given in the next meeting or communication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data validation for MyRIBASIN water quantity indicator (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the meeting with BAKAJ is to validate the data collected from their department and other authority. This data will be used for few criteria includes in Malaysia River Basin Sustainability Index. Few data for indicators are validate with BAKAJ. New relevant data which cover others area in Johor River Basin is expected to be given in the next meeting or communication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Decentralized WASH Systems to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) workshop (Colombo, Sri Lanka) - David Graham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was presented on behalf of the World Health Organisation. It was held at the IWA Sustainable Development Congress & Exhibition in Colombo (Sri Lanka) to inform and guide practitioners in the water industry about their critical role in reducing AMR via improved water quality. Graham, and two colleagues from IWMI (Sri Lanka) and RIVM (the Netherlands), respectively, presented the workshop, which informed the audience of future guidance from the WHO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Decision Support Modelling Tools for Ethiopia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Developing decisions support modelling tools for monitoring and predicting food security Tools being developed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Delhi Water Forum (DWF) (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the Delhi Water Forum (DWF) event organized jointly by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This is called the Australia-India Water Security Initiative, in which Australia is advising India for developing water-sensitive cities (which is a popular practice in Australia). Delhi has been selected as the pilot city for this initiative. This is a platform for water-related government agencies in Delhi and other concerned stakeholders (think tanks, NGOs, community-based organizations, and researchers) to collectively discuss solutions to make Delhi a water-sensitive city. Knowledge exchange, solution oriented discussions on the key issues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Depth Damage Curve for Flood Assessment (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This activity is an event organized by Chang'An University, where Prof. Zulkifli Yusop is invited as a speaker, representing UTM, to talk about a promising tool depth-destruction curve (DDC) for mitigating or reducing flood risk in a risk-based approach in flood risk assessment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Dialogues among equals in rural diversity.(Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | AQUACOL Diologues: Recognition struggles of community water management in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. . Recognition of struggles of community water management in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discussant on panel about SDG6 (UC Davis and Newcastle University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | UC Davis Global Affairs worked with Newcastle University to present a panel event addressing SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Students from UC Davis and Newcastle University presented their research projects. I was one of 3 faculty from the 2 universities acting as discussants. I spoke about my research within the UKRI GCRF Water Secutiry and Sustainable Development Hub, as well as drawing links between the student papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZeFKDkoFQNKBoJ3BHABS0w |
| Description | Drone flights with key members of the Kishu community (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | With key members of the Kishu comminuty, Esteban and Rachael gave a presentation regarding the technology and use of drones and how they can be utilised within the Kishu community for risk analysis, decision making, and territorial planning. The presentation was followed by 3 drone flights in 3 different areas of the Kisgó reservation and group analysis of the photos/videos captured. Community leaders were very interested in the results of the workshop that they built into the budget to buy a drone and train a drone pilot for the Kisgó reservation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | EPSRC Twenty 65 end of project conference: Global Water Security Challenges and Solutions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online event: EPSRC Twenty 65 end of project conference chaired a session on, 'Global Water Security Challenges and Solutions'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Early Discussion and Collection of Information Related to Johor River |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To discuss with Mr. Tuan Hj. Mohzit on the selection of sampling sites along Johor River, and also to collect relevant information on Johor River. The meeting was set up to meet with Mr. Tuan Hj. Mohzit bin Mohit. He is the right person to discuss sampling locations along Johor River, as he is quite familiar with the area. Few hotspot areas with active human and landuse activities were identified by Mr. Tuan Hj. Mohzit as well. Follow-up meeting with Mr. Tuan Hj. Mohzit bin Mohit will be set up to visit the exact location of the sampling points along Johor River. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Earth Day 2020 Webinar: Sustainable Water Management in Tackling Climate Change (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The webinar is organised by Department of Environment Malaysia. Prof. Zulkifli Yusop was invited as a speaker representing UTM. The moderator was Dato' Seri Ir. Dr. Zaini Ujang, one of the member in International Advisory Board of GCRF Water Hub and Chief Secretary of Minstry of Water and Environment Malaysia. The other two speakers were: YBrs. Mrs. Norlin binti Jaafar, the Director General of Department of Environment Malaysia, and also Ir. Mr. Haji Mansor bin Abd Ghani, Friends of Rivers Malaysia. The webinar is organized to have a dicussion or dialogue between the experts in Malaysia on the sustainable water management in tackling climate change in conjuction with Earth Day 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://enviro2.doe.gov.my/emuseum/Kursusgallery/seminar-khas-webinar-hari-bumi-2020-tajuk-pengurusa... |
| Description | Enumerators Training on Digital Survey Questionnaire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Conducted a 1-hour training session to several enumerators to go through the constructed questionnaire and explain how to key in the data. Team working and relationship formed with the Water for Cambodia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Establishment of multi-stakeholder platform for the sustainable management of land and water resources in CRV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IWMI and SIWI in collaboration with Rift Valley Lakes Basin Development Office, SOS Sahel, and the Nature for Development project implemented by IWMI and other four consortium members has organized two days' workshop to establish multi-stakeholder platform for the sustainable management of land and water resources. We screened the world water day film to bring multiple water value into picture. The workshop was concluded by establishing a platform which will work on several thematic areas including better understanding and awareness creation on water values. Establishment of the platform and follow-up meeting set up |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ethiopia Stakeholder meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research outputs to stakeholders - including MOWIE, Awash Basin Directorate Office and National Meteorological Agency - at national and basin level. Agreement on next phase of research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Ethiopia stakeholder training session Jun 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 23 people from across government agencies (national meteorological agency, water services utilities, basin authorities) participated in 3 day training sessions on climate resilience, water quality and equitable water allocation in Ethiopia. This has raised awareness of the latest science and tools available to manage water security - quality and quantity under climate change - and demonstrated the links between climate and water and supported engagement between different sectors to improve climate resilience in water systems. Participants reported eagerness for further training and engagement, with further individual collaborations also planned to support better decision making for water security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ethiopian Digital AgroClimate Advisory Platform (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sharing information about how agro-climate advisory could be integrated in the agricultural extension system Developing optional framework |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Event "World Environment Day" in SPA Delhi (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IIT Delhi team attended "World Environment Day" celebration in the SPA Delhi campus. The event was organized as part of the Hub level celebration to mark the occasion. Knowledge dissemination, promotion of the Water Security Hub activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Exit recognition of the Bonanza natural reserve of the San Antonio group (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This group visited the reserve to see how ecotourism develops there, the way in which it provides guidance to visitors, coordination and care for the maintenance of the forest. Community learning in ecotourism tours |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Expert Committee Meeting (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to attend the Expert Committee virtual meeting called to review the Action Plans submitted for restoration of stagnant water bodies in compliance to Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders dated 10.5.2019, 25.02.2020 & 01.06.2020 passed in O. A. No 325/2015 in the matter of Lt. Col. Sarvadaman Singh Oberoi Vs Union of India & Ors. Dissemination of information, informed decision making. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Exploring SDGs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Series of lessons, activities and full school assembly exploring SDG6 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | FOCUS Study data collection among indigenous community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the indigenous community, to collect their drinking water as sample and understand their perceptions and practices towards WASH services and flooding through household survey. A follow up activity in the next 3 months; relationship built with each households; one paper may be produced based on collected findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | FOCUS Study data collection among indigenous community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the indigenous community, to collect their drinking water as sample and understand their perceptions and practices towards WASH services through household survey. A follow up activity in the next 3 months; new relationship built with each households; one paper may be produced based on collected findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | FOCUS Study data collection among indigenous community |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the indigenous community, to collect their drinking water as samples and understand their perceptions and practices towards WASH services and flooding through household survey. A follow up activity in the next 3 months; relationship built with each households; one paper may be produced based on collected findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Fieldwork visit to the Upper Meléndez River Basin (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | To know socioecological conflicts and community colective actions around sustainability at the Upper Meléndez River Basin A virtual photographic exhibition will be carried out with the pictures taken by the ecological economics students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Fighting the Next Pandemic: Water quality, antimicrobial resistance, and global health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2020 Newcastle University Alumni Day lecture. 10 October 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/DB5aKt7YdD8 |
| Description | Filming for documentary production (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The filming mission for documentary production were also took miniSASS monitoring sites as well as some of the little Akaki Sites including, Gefersa Dam, around the Netherlands Embassy, around Saris Kokeb Flour Factory, Akaki kalitiy around the Tannery factories etc. In some of the production, the dwellers around the Akaki catchments areas are interviewed Convince decision makers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | First virtual meeting with Nodal Officers from Delhi Jal Board (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | IIT Delhi team attended a virtual meeting with Nodal Officers nominated from Delhi Jal Board for the project "GIS based framework for decision making in present status of water supply, sewage generation and sewage treatment in space and time for NCT of Delhi". The data requirements were shared with them and readily available list of data was sought. "1. A follow-up in-person meeting to be planned. 2. The nodal officers will provide the available raw data with the IITD team." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Flood Disaster Preparedness Webinar (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | UTM team in collaboration with Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia, Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) and Johor Social Welfare Department organized the sharing session as to share the flood disaster preparedness that the citizen can do before it happens. The important tips are the preparation before the floods occurs and the safety precaution that can be taken during the disaster. Besides that, other initiative to reduce the flood risks is to have a Ready2Go Bag (Emergency Bag). The bag should consist of whistle, cash money, emergency kit, power bank to charge the mobile phone, personal hygiene kits, wet tissue, towels, drinking water, ready-to-eat food, torchlight, and important documents. Ms. Nur Hafizah also reminds the participants to always be aware of the temporary evacuation centre that are available in our housing area, so it would be easier to locate if the flood occurs. The webinar was broadcasted via Facebook Live. More discussion/sharing session among the collaborators particularly on flood issues in future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Flood Risk Assessment study data collection among local community in Kota Tinggi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the local community, understand their perceptions and practices towards WASH services and flooding through household survey. New relationship built with each households; one paper may be produced based on collected findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Follow-up meeting of the collective agreement on the incentive of the Payment for Environmental Services program of Jamundí, Colombia. Clavellinas Group. (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the meeting was to plan the action on the collective incentive that the Clavellinas group receives from the Jamundí Payments for Environmental Services program. The community received the second payment of the year, and they maintain the decision to build a bridge for motorcycles, which facilitates the mobility of people from the PES who live further away and are older. Additionally, they will allocate a small percentage to create their own plant nursery. The participatory decision-making process of the Clavellinas group is identified, given that the program has 7 groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Follow-up meeting of the collective agreement on the incentive of the Payment for Environmental Services program of Jamundí, Colombia. Saint Anthony Group. (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The meeting had the objective of planning the farmer's market that they want to recover in San Antonio. And for this, the PES beneficiary community is relying on part of the incentive to develop actions. The main result is the formation of the peasant market of the community of San Antonio, which allows the empowerment of the communities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Follow-up workshop selection of water management alternatives (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Follow-up workshop selection of water management alternatives New tasks identified and assigned; a follow-up meeting set up |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Forum/Talk: Water Security - Be a Part of Our Network (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited as one of the panelists for this online forum/talk organised by NCKU Overseas Hub in Malaysia, to discuss in how to ensure sufficient protection against water-borne pollution and water-related disasters to safeguard sustainable access to acceptable water quality for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being and socio-economic development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | GCRF Introductory Workshop on 18th June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce GCRF project towards the community in Johor, focusing on academcians, state government officers and federal government officers. The aim of these introductory workshops was to introduce GCRF project towards the community in Johor. The workshop was hosted by Hotel Impiana Senai, and the targeted participants were academicians, state government officers and federal government officers that related to water management. On the day of 18th June, approximately 81 participants of state and federal government officers, as well as academicians, attended the workshop and were assigned into groups for group discussions. Each group discussed on the issues, factors, current practices, proposed solutions and barriers of water management in Sg. Johor. The participants were full of enthusiasm and actively involved themselves in the group discussions. Plenty of on-ground expertise and experiences were shared among the participants. Another introductory workshop will be held, where NGOs and community representatives are invited to attend. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | GCRF Introductory Workshop on 25th June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To introduce GCRF project towards the community in Johor, focusing on community representatives and NGOs. The aim of these introductory workshops was to introduce GCRF project towards the community in Johor. The targeted participants were various environment and water related NGOs, local community representatives (i.e.: Penghulu, Ketua Kampung, Tok Batin Orang Asli, and Wakil Persatuan Nelayan). Each group discussed the issues, factors, current practices, proposed solutions and barriers of water management in Sg. Johor. The participants were full of enthusiasm and actively involved themselves in the group discussions. Participants look forward to attend future workshops as they feel that it is a good platform for them to contribute towards developing a sustainable and integrated river basin management of Sg. Johor . Decision to organize another workshop focusing only on the industry is still in progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | GCRF Stakeholder Engagement Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the meeting is to discuss potential collaboration with Q-Life Sciences Sdn. Bhd., which was brought in by Ecoknights Johor (NGO). Q-Life Sciences Sdn. Bhd. was introduced by Ecoknights Johor to GCRF Malaysia Collaboratory, for potential collaboration. Q-Life Sciences Sdn. Bhd. has prepared a presentation about their company, projects done and technology they used to treat water/wastewater. After the meeting, it can be concluded that Q-Life Sciences is more business-oriented. They are looking for business opportunities by promoting to adapt their developed technology to treat water/wastewater. It was a great sharing session on water issues they faced and how they solved the issues. However, in terms of working together in carrying out GCRF research projects, Q-Life Sciences Sdn. Bhd. is less suitable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | GCRF-CRV team Stakeholders' Engagement and Dissemination Workshop (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop aims to disseminate findings of ongoing research works and acquired information and lessons learned related to water resources governance, allocation, and management with the relevant stakeholders'. The workshop also helps to engage stakeholders for identification and prioritization of plausible future scenarios of policy and development for further inclusion of views in the research process, particularly for hydrologic model-based evaluation and analysis Awareness raising and shared understanding on collaborative water governance, validate and disseminate our primary findings, shaping and refining our data for further improvement and publications, papers and articles produced and refined. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | GIS Software Capacitation (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | As part of a series of activities of Social Carography, this capacitation was carried out to follow a participatory workshop where Kisgweños hand drew maps of their territory. This activity taught key actors in the community how to translate their hand drawn maps on to GIS software Google Earth. Community members were given 'homework' to map out the limits of their neighborhoods as well as portray activities, landmarks, and points of interest within their neighborhoods. A follow up workshop will be scheduled to practice georeferencing these locations with GIS software on their phones. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | GIS Software Capcitation with Community Kishu (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This activity was part 2 of a series of GIS capacity building workshops for the community members of the Kisgó reservation. During this activity, the community mapped out the borders of their neighborhoods within the territory and learned how to use a variety of new tools and icons with the free software Google Earth. Strengthen the capacity of Kisgó community members to use GIS software for territorial planning and management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Georeferensation of cassava starch processors (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Georeferensation activities of cassava starch processors in Caldono, Piendamó and Santander, department of Cauca |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Government of Bhutan seminar series to guide policy and practice on water security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | THEUSE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENC E AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT ETHICAL AND GOOD GOVERNANCE Thursday, 20 th May 2021 Water: New Strategies and Technologies for its Management and Use Professor Rob Hope, University of Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | GrahAM Research Group Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This is my group's research blog. I highlights current activities, while listing key engagment activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/grahamr/ |
| Description | GrahAMR Research Group Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The GrahAM Research Group blog highlights the work of the Graham research team, focusing primarily on work surrounding antimicrobial resistance (AMR), taking a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to global health and well-being. The team of researchers, led by Newcastle University Prof David W Graham, utilises a holistic 'One Health Approach', and contributes to several of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our research provides guidance to various international organisations, including the World Health Organisation, and bridges sustainable development, engineering, health, and sociotechnical mitigation options for reducing global AMR. The main topics we explore are the transmission, fate and impact of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment resulting from human activity; energy minimization in water, wastewater and solid waste management systems; the microbiology and ecology of greenhouse gas suppression and production in geochemical settings, especially in Polar regions; and water and environmental quality in the developing and emerging world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/grahamr/ |
| Description | Green Jobs Series 2.0 - 2022 by UNICEF (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain gave a presentation on 'Science of climate change: Implications of vulnerabilities and hazards in mountainous/Himalayan region' during the Green Jobs Series 2.0 organzied by the UNICEF. The objective was to address a key demand expressed by youth, to provide more awareness around the green economy and make opportunities in it more accessible." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | H7O: Global Water Security Innovations and Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organised a major international symposium on water security. Led to follow on interactions with industry and national and international researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | High Level Consultation Workshop on Participatory Park Management Plan Development for Abjata-Shalla National Park (In CRV) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In collaboration with Sustainable Environment and Development Action (SEDA), IWMI organized High Level Consultation Workshop on Participatory Park Management Plan Development for Abjata-Shalla National Park (In CRV) Discussed Participatory Park Management Plan Development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | High-level National Dissemination Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To share the key findings and the impacts of, and lessons learnt from, the scientific enquiries and development initiatives which WLRC implemented jointly with its partners, stakeholders, and beneficiaries, and thereby increase the likelihood for them to be adopted or scaled out; to introduce the range of WLRC's state-of-the-art knowledge-management products, maps and application packages and promote their use and usability by a range of beneficiaries; to learn also from the rich experiences and knowledge of partners and stakeholders; and to lay fertile grounds for future strategic partnerships and collaborations "In addition to effectively communicating the research output on Climate Clustering for Targeting Green Water Management Technologies in the Abby Basin, a policy brief is distributed to impact policy and practices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Hub Air Malaysia Webinar #10 - Stop The River Pollution (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For the tenth session of the webinar, we invited Ts. Dr. Nur Syarmimi Zaidi, one of our research fellows in IPASA, UTM. The topic is about the role and importance of rivers in Malaysia, topic on the water quality. Other than that, she emphasised on the difference of point and non-point of river pollution. If this pollution is not controlled, health rates is decline because of the effects of polluted river water, deterioration of biological systems and diversity. More discussion will take place, particularly on this issue |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hub Air Malaysia Webinar #14: "Is future flood predictable?" - SDG 13 (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "For the 14th webinar, we collaborated with Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE)'s sharing session by inviting Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Yusop, the Co-Investigator from Hydrology team. He started his sharing session with the type of climate and weather-related disaster and the highest or most frequent disaster that occurred based on the statistics from 1960-2019 is flood. Flood Prone Areas in Malaysia, more than 10.1% of the total land mass in Malaysia including Sabah and Sarawak and around 6 million population are affected. The average annual loss is about RM900 mil per year. He also discussed the types of floods that can occur such as flash floods, pensive floods, monsoon floods, river floods, coastal floods, and storm surge floods (rarely occurred in Malaysia). The flood in Malaysia has become worse and difficult to manage. In end of the 2021 to 2022, Malaysia faced a few times flood disaster such as in Klang, Shah Alam areas which are rarely occurred compared to East Coast states areas. He hoped that the Malaysia citizens can be prepared as flood can be seen as unpredictable occurrence. There is a study by Li et al. (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters Volume 47, that rainfall intensity within surrounding Kuala Lumpur is increasing over time. Prof. Zulkifli mentioned one of the key points from the study, where over the past three decades, Kuala Lumpur's urban rainfall extremes have become more intense than the rural areas nearby." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/ResearchInstituteforSustainableEnvironment/videos/508705407830020 |
| Description | Hub Air Malaysia Webinar #14: "Is future flood predictable?" - SDG 13 (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "For the 14th webinar, we collaborated with Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE)'s sharing session by inviting Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Yusop, the Co-Investigator from Hydrology team. He started his sharing session with the type of climate and weather-related disaster and the highest or most frequent disaster that occurred based on the statistics from 1960-2019 is flood. Flood Prone Areas in Malaysia, more than 10.1% of the total land mass in Malaysia including Sabah and Sarawak and around 6 million population are affected. The average annual loss is about RM900 mil per year. He also discussed the types of floods that can occur such as flash floods, pensive floods, monsoon floods, river floods, coastal floods, and storm surge floods (rarely occurred in Malaysia). The flood in Malaysia has become worse and difficult to manage. In end of the 2021 to 2022, Malaysia faced a few times flood disaster such as in Klang, Shah Alam areas which are rarely occurred compared to East Coast states areas. He hoped that the Malaysia citizens can be prepared as flood can be seen as unpredictable occurrence. There is a study by Li et al. (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters Volume 47, that rainfall intensity within surrounding Kuala Lumpur is increasing over time. Prof. Zulkifli mentioned one of the key points from the study, where over the past three decades, Kuala Lumpur's urban rainfall extremes have become more intense than the rural areas nearby." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/ResearchInstituteforSustainableEnvironment/videos/508705407830020 |
| Description | Hub Air Malaysia Webinar: Johor Water Resource Development: Planning, Realities and Challenges (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The webinar aims to discuss about the Johor Water Resource Development on planning, realities and challenges in maintaining the good quality of water resources and how BAKAJ play their role to encounter the challenges in ensuring the development to follow the plan. Better understanding of water resource development in Johor (i.e.: structure, functions, scope and gaps), and also how BAKAJ respond towards a scenario stimulation (i.e.: in the case of pollution). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hub presentation in the regional (Valle del Cauca) board of research (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recognition and commitment to the project by regional institutions at the research board of UESValle, Cali |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hub presentation in the regional (Valle del Cauca) board of strategic projects (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recognition and commitment to the project by regional institutions, and community organisations at board of strategic projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Hub presentation to FECOSER (partnership of community-managed water supply systems) assembly meeting (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recognition and commitment to the project by community organisations (FECOSER) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Hub presentations in the regional (Valle del Cauca) board of research, board of strategic projects and to FECOSER (partnership of community-managed water supply systems) assembly meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recognition and commitment to the project by: regional institutions at the research board of UESValle, Cali; community organisations at board of strategic projects and community organisations (FECOSER) providing institutional and community commitments |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IIT Madras Research Initiatives Spotlight (IRIS) Webinar (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Mr. Sayantan Samui attended the IIT Madras Research Initiatives Spotlight (IRIS) Webinar on "Water and Sustainability through Circular Economy Principles" organized by Indian Institute of Technology Madras. IIT Madras is highlighting the major research initiatives being pursued in emerging areas of global interest and they are reaching out to the international as well as the Indian scientific community and the public to engage with them. The theme of this webinar was "Renewable Energy and Materials for Energy". Awareness gained, Knowledge sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Impacts of COVID-19 on Water Industry: Malaysia Victoria Perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) through its UTMSHINE (Strategy for Harnessing and Inspiring Excellent Researchers) program is conducting a joint-webinar sessions between UTM and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia (UTM-RMIT webinar). The primary purpose of the joint-webinar sessions is to foster stronger collaborations between UTM and RMITs researchers in various field of science, engineering and technology within the scope of Sustainable Development Goals with the aim of disseminating knowledge, sharing of best practices and state-of-the-art findings from both universities (and their partners/ stakeholders) to the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://events.utm.my/event/impacts-of-covid-19-on-water-industry-malaysia-victoria-perspective/ |
| Description | Implementation of agroecology pilot systems (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 20 agroecological pilot systems were co-constructed with indigenous and campesino communities throughout the Upper Cauca River Basin in the department of Cauca. There were implemented over 6 weeks in April and May. Follow up meetings were set for monitoring and workshops |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Inagural Session: Introduction to Ecological Economics (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Weekly seminar coordinated by Mario and Paola from Uni Valle team with the overarching theme of Ecological Economics. Each week invites Colombian and International speakers to explore a different theme within ecological topics, with water often being a central theme. At the beginning of each seminar the Hub is introduced and explained by Mario or Paola. This inaugural session hosted Professor Joan Martínez Alier from the University of Barcelona. Expanded the reach nationally and internationally of the Hub among students, professors and professionals as well as the well respected speakers that participate each week. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapv2J97pM4 |
| Description | India Industry Water Conclave (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain chaired a plenary session themed "Removal of Water Reuse Bottlenecks through Smart, Innovative and Sustainable Solutions" during the India Industry Water Conclave. This session showcased innovative technologies in both industrial and municipal wastewater applications with high potential for replication and the unique solutions they bring to water management which are scalable, replicable and sustainable. Knowledge exchange, generated insights |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | India Rivers Week 2022 (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain attended a session "VIABILITY OF INDIAN INLAND WATERWAYS" during the India Rivers Week 2022 where he was invited as a panelist. This event includes dialogues that will look at the traditional use of rivers as waterways, moving on to viability, impacts and governance aspects of the current plans. The final dialogue will focus on whether we can actually have an alternative vision for the future of waterways in India. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | India Water Impact Summit [IWIS] (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain participated in India Water Impact Summit [IWIS] organized by the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga) led by IIT Kanpur, National Mission for Clean Ganga (Ministry of Jal Shakti) and the NITI Aayog. He was a panel member in two sessions on the themes - "Setting the Goal to determine Healthy Status of the Rivers" and "Establishing Present Condition and Norms for Bio-physical Status of Healthy Rivers in Different Stretches (from Origin to Destination) and setting the Milestones". The thrust of deliberations in the India Water Impact Summit (7th IWIS) is to understand, elaborate, delineate potential causes of divergence, and formulate strategy for convergence through collation of views expressed in Plenary Sessions, Panel Discussions, International Forums, and informal discussions through intense engagement with the most influential players. Knowledge dissemination, informing decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | India Water Week-2022 (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain attended India Water Week-2022 organized on the theme "Water Security for Sustainable Development with Equity". He chaired a panel discussion session on the topic "Aligning with nature while ensuring water security - challenges and opportunity". This event focused on aspects related to cooperation for water amongst all stakeholders and managing the related challenges in the present century for the benefit of the equitable development. Knowledge dissemination, informing decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Industry-Community Dialogue 2023 (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This programme is a collaboration work with the BAKAJ. This is the first dialogue that we grouped community representatives and industry players from oil palm plantation & milling & poultry farming. It aims to provide a platform that both parties can have discussion and sharing on the industrial pollution and some misunderstanding about the industrial waste, discharge, treatment and preventive measures to conserve the river. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Institution Civil Engineers 5th Annual Lecture on Resilience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Climate Resilient Infrastructure", Institution Civil Engineers, Stantec and Heriot Watt: 5th Annual Lecture on Resilience, October 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | International Collaboration in Water Affairs Innovation International Symposium (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The symposium was conducted by National Applied Research Laboratories, NARLabs and New Southbound Policy Project Office, MOST. The symposium gathered experts from National Tsing Hua University, National Cheng Kung University, RMIT University, and Adelaide University of Australia, Nanyang Technological University to share experiences of cross-border technology collaboration on water affairs. The symposium also featured scholars exchanging experiences of improving domestic water use through innovative water treatment technologies. As for Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Zulkifli Yusop was invited as the keynote speaker to deliver his knowledge mainly on challenges and opportunity in making water as Sustainable and Competitive Sector in Malaysia. By the end of the symposium, they have a discussion and Q&A from the public to be answered by the speakers. Better understanding of water affairs as well as the experiences faced of each country. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | International Conference on "Advance Circular Economy and Water Reuse" (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chaired a session in 'International Conference on Advance Circular Economy and Water Reuse' organized on 27 July, 2023 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi by TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Govt. of India , Namami Gange and FICCI, under the aegis of NMCG - TERI Centre of Excellence on Water Reuse. The session deliberated upon the capacity-building needs of industry and government organizations, and how research can be taken from labs to field, pilots to commercialization. Knowledge dissemination, visibility on global stage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | International Conference on "Systems Analysis For Enabling Integrated Policy Making" (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Dhanya CT was invited as a speaker in the International Conference on "Systems Analysis For Enabling Integrated Policy Making" organized by the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. She talked on the topic "Addressing the Water Security of NCT Delhi: Challenges and Way Forward". Knowledge dissemination, representation in global stage, promotion of the water security hub activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | International Conference on "Systems Analysis For Enabling Integrated Policy Making" (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain was the chair cum keynote speaker in the International Conference on "Systems Analysis For Enabling Integrated Policy Making" organized by the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria. He gave his insights on the topic ""Early Warning System Framework using Digital Twins of the River Basins of India". Knowledge dissemination, representation in global stage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | International Online Seminar 2020 - Challenges of Water Resources Management in the New Normal Era (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Zulkifli Yusop has been invited as keynote speaker for this international online seminar organised by Universitas Islam Lamongan, Indonesia, to discuss and share their expertise on the challenges of water resources management in the new normal era. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.timesindonesia.co.id/read/news/295669/prodi-teknik-sipil-unisla-kaji-pengelolaan-air-mel... |
| Description | International Online Seminar 2020 - Challenges of Water Resources Management in the New Normal Era (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | To share information (and learn from them) Prof. Zulkifli Yusop has been invited as keynote speaker for this international online seminar organised by Universitas Islam Lamongan, Indonesia, to discuss and share their expertise on the challenges of water resources management in the new normal era. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | International Seminar: Water Security through Nature-Based Solutions (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Work was carried out on the conceptualization of NbA from different sectors (environment, housing, agriculture, planning), to contribute to a better understanding of the implementation of NbS A working meeting was defined to present in an intersectoral manner a proposal for invlocre SbN in the different ecoregions of Colombia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | International webinar with governments of UK-INDIA-NETHERLANDS on WATER SECURITY: PATHWAY TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FCDO led webinar to discuss WATER SECURITY: PATHWAY TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE as part of a UK-INDIA-NETHERLANDS government collaboration, Wed 9 Dec 2020. British Deptuy High Commissioner for India introduced the session to develop the partnership with Prof Hope providing a global synthesis based on UK science from the REACH and GCRF Water Security Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview and Video Shooting with Director BAKAJ for Virtual Field Trip Video and Collaboratory Presentation Video (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A meeting was arranged to meet with Mr. Riduan, the director of BAKAJ. Purpose of the meeting mainly is to obtain his view and perspective, as one of our main project stakeholders, on issues, challenges, and other related water management matters happening in Johor River Basin. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview of Prof. A K Gosain - "Why Delhi roads get flooded every monsoon" (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Prof. A K Gosain gave an interview to the English news daily "The Hindu" highlighting reasons about "Why Delhi roads get flooded every monsoon". He talks about how a drainage master plan, if implemented, could have offered a lasting solution to the perennial problem of flooding in NCT of Delhi. Awareness to the general public who are primarily affected during floods |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interview of Prof. AK Gosain - "Climate change may result in higher intensity of rainfall in NCR" (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Prof. A K Gosain gave an interview to the English News daily "The New Indian Express" talking about the adverse effects of Climate Change and its specific implications on the National Capital Region in India. He also mentioned about the recent webinar conducted by IIT Delhi in association with the GCRF funded "Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub" in which he moderated the panel discussion on "Climate Change" with various domain experts engaged in lively discussions about its current scenario, impact and solutions in context of Delhi and India, at large. Awareness to the general public and promotion of the Water Security Hub activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Interview on fast fashion/water quality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Reuters on water quality impacts of fashion based on report from Water Witness International. Reproduced by many different media outlets internationally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/fast-fashion-spurs-bleach-like-pollution-africas-rivers-report-... |
| Description | Interview with the FT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview about coastal climate change risks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/5de27c61-0095-4add-8076-7469b27a4bb8 |
| Description | Interviews with planning and engineering departments (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interviews with planning and engineering departments of local authorities, forestry department, fisheries department, planning department to get more understanding of their views on power and their level of influence in decision-making process The interview transcription will be collated and reported as part of the research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Introduction to Online Course Creation for UTM Professional Courses (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To share about the e-learning platform provided by UTM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Investigating the impact of water pollution on ecosystem degradation and human health in Upper Awash (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Bitew Kassaw together with WLRC water quality team conducted sample collection and laboratory analysis with collaboration of Abbay Basin Development Office (ABDO) (for heavy metal analysis) and Ministry of water and Energy (MoWE), Ethiopia. The sampling points are along the river course of Little and Big Akaki and lake Aba-Samuel in-let and out let up until the Awash-Melka Kunture catchment junction point in Upper Awash basin. The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of water pollution on ecosystem degradation and human health. Preparation of two draft manuscripts are underway |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Jal Jeevan Conclave 2023 (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participated in the Jal Jeevan Conclave 2023 organized on the occasion of the World Water Day by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing Council as a guest panelist to share thoughts on the topic "Innovative Solutions and Technology for Public Water Supply Infrastructure". Knowledge dissemination, awareness building |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Joint DST-NWO Mid-term Review Meeting on Indo-Dutch Water4Change Consortia (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended the joint DST-NWO Mid-term Review Meeting on Indo-Dutch Water4Change Consortia as an expert panel member on the Work-package wise presentation WP1-WP5 of Water4Change. Expert opinion sharing and awareness building |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Jury member - FICCI Water Awards (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Jury member for the 11th Edition of the FICCI Water Awards that were conferred during the 9th Edition of the India Industry Water Conclave held on 15 December, 2023 at FICCI Headquarters in New Delhi. He has been on the jury in the previous editions of these awards as well. Expert knowledge utilization |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Key Stakeholders Consultative Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this workshop was to highlight/update the key stakeholders on the progresses made and consult on the way forward Under this project since it's launching a series of meetings and detailed research planning has been conducted. Hence, at this stage the two implementing institutions Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The aim of the workshop was presenting the research activities planned to the key stakeholders with the aim of highlighting on the progresses made and consult on the way forward. A total of 48 participants attended representing 31 stakeholders from Federal, Regional, International and NGO's organizations have attended the consultative workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Keynote speaker Miller Alonso Camargo Valero at 2nd IWA Latin American and Caribbean Young Water Professional Conference: Towards Sustainable Development. 8-12 Nov 2020, Manizales, Colombia. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | There were follow up enquiries regarding this research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://iwa-network.org/events/2do-latinoamerican-and-caribbean-young-water-professional-conferences... |
| Description | Keynote speech at the 2022 IC-ENSURES Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk on the impacts of climate change on cities at the International Conference on Environment and Resource Sustainability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.utm.my/ipasa/icensures2022/ |
| Description | Keynote talk at the 27TH Meeting of the Spanish Society for Microbiology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation at the special symposium at the Spanish Microbiology Society meeting on antimicrobial resistance )AMR). It brought experts from across Europe. Graham's presentation was on environmental AMR spread, including results from the Darwin, Sneaky Bacteria and other projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Kisgó Seed Festival (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Community wide seed festival in the Kisgó reservation celebrating, learning about, and trading seeds. Deeper understanding of seed sovereignty processes, semi-structured interviews with community members, strengthening relationships with the community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Launch event of "Jalsuraksha" website & "IITD Aab Prahari" Mobile App (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A launch event was organized for the "IIT Aab Prahari" mobile app and "Jalsuraksha" website in presence of the honorable Principal Secretary, Irrigation & Flood Control Department. The "IITD ?? ??????" mobile application is developed that uses the citizen science approach. In this application system, communities and individuals are facilitated to report the real-time incidence of flooding, in and around their surroundings, by capturing the water logging information and sending it to a central server. The "Jalsuraksha" website serves as a single platform having all the information related to the work being undertaken in the context of ensuring water security. Collection of real-time information and evidences that shall inform the research study for flood control and better management of water services |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Launch of PRAYAG (Platform for Real-time Analysis of Yamuna, Ganga and their Tributaries) by NMCG (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Union Minister for Jal Shakti, launched the Monitoring Centre - PRAYAG - which stands for Platform for Real-time Analysis of Yamuna, Ganga and their Tributaries at National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) office in New Delhi on 20.04.2023. Prayag is a Real-Time Monitoring Centre for planning and monitoring of projects, river water quality, etc. through various online dashboards such as 1. GIS-based framework for decision making in the present status of water supply, sewage generation, and sewage treatment in space and time for NCT of Delhi (developed by IITD Water Hub team) 2. Ganga Knowledge Centre - Portal, 3. Ganga River Water Quality Information System; etc. Prayag is ready to provide more detailed and accurate Geo-Enabled Decision Support System aligned with the objectives of restoring the wholesomeness of river Ganga in terms of Aviral dhara (continuous flow) and Nirmal Dhara (unpolluted flow) along with preserving its ecological entity, geological entity and Arth Ganga. Geo-spatial simulation will act as a guiding torch for future proposals and align the upcoming activities for effective execution. Utilization of research product developed by IITD team by the stakeholders, dissemination of research outcomes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Launch of SHARE research project (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This event was the official launch of the research project SHARE which is a complimentary project to the Water Security Hub specifically in the Upper Cauca River Basin in the department of Cauca. Participants from all municipalities and communities were invited to learn more about the project,it's connection to the Hub, raise questions, and connect with other participants of the project. Press covered the event and it was shared across several platforms including the University's, CRC, and Town Hall. As this was one of the first events, the project will continue its roll out into the first phase of characterizing the production systems and hydrological systems within the areas of study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/ShareCauca/photos/pcb.110131668074558/110131188074606/ |
| Description | Launching Working (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A multimillion Kunzila project launching workshop funded by the Dutch Government that was attended to share information (and learn from them) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Leadership Training Water Initiative South Asia (WISA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Academics and NGO professionals working on water in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal) participated in a research leadership workshop in Dubai organized by the British Council as part of its South Asia science programmes. Experiences from international collaboration projects were shared with the participants by Prof David Werner, from Newcastle University, who participated as a trainer and mentor for participants from Water Aid, Nepal, Oxfam, Bangladesh and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/davidwerner/2019/12/12/leadership-training-water-initiative-south-asia-wisa/ |
| Description | Lecture "Sowing, harvesting and conserving water" (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference to present different visions of water, communities (indigenous and urban communities, institutions, in urban-rural contexts. A new institutional actor is linked to the hub's collaboration network to support the dissemination of environmental issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Lecture at OMS for Alice in Typhoidland on water quality/climate ("Climate change and water") |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Katrina Charles on research on climate impacts on water quality to academic and practitioner audience. Outcome: Collaboration with researchers on plague on climatic impacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/alice-in-typhoidland |
| Description | Lecture series in Paraguay - Marcos Baluja |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Marcos Baluja was invited to provide a series of lectures and tutorials on environmental AMR in Paraguay related to work from the project. The series spanned August and September 2019, and included six lectures in medical, environmental and governmental agencies, but also meetings with senior politicians, including the the Minister of the Environment. An MOU between Newcastle University UNA in Asuncion, which will lead to mutual projects, and student and staff exchanges between the two universities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Live Broadcast with Astro Awani on high tides phenomenon (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Zulkifli had the opportunity to broadcast live on Astro Awani to share his views on the high tide phenomenon and monsoon rains on floods following the announcement by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) on the matter. More discussion/sharing session among the collaborators particularly on high tide and flood issues in future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Love Johor River Programme (Program Sayangi Sg Johor)(Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This programme is a collaboration work with the local community (clubs, fishermen society). A very eventful day with different activities - colouring competition, cooking competition, KUDAH (cleaning up the river), booths (exhibition), quiz and fishing competition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Media interaction on Delhi Flood - NDTV India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Highlighted the causes behind the recent floods in Delhi from River Yamuna in Nidhi Kulpati's show on NDTVIndia on 13 July, 2023. Subject matter expertize shared |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Media interaction on Delhi Flood - The Hindu (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Spoke about rampant encroachment in the Yamuna floodplains and non-compliance with pertinent National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders in Alisha Dutta and Nikhil M Babu's ground report published in The Hindu on 22 July, 2023. Prof. Gosain is a member of the Principal Committee appointed by the NGT in Original Application No. 06/2012 in the matter of Manoj Mishra Versus Union of India and others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Media interaction on Delhi Flood - The Times Of India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed by The Times Of India's correspondent, Kushagra Dixit, where he warned that the next floods in Delhi could be much worse than this year's floods because much of Yamuna's riverine space has been lost to illegal construction, and the siltation has increased substantially due to the interventions made in the river and its catchment area. He suggested that a team should analyze the depressions behind the river's embankments, demarcate the floodplain and the vulnerable areas, and identify structures for demolition to give the river its land back. Information and subject knowledge shared with wider audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting On Technology And Sustainability For Transforming India (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | "Prof A K Gosain participated as a panel member in this event. The theme for the session was ""Sustainable Resource Utilization"". Broad Issue for Discussion were enhanced energy efficient processes, Environment friendly energy options Optimization of water use, Efficient waste management and value addition." Knowledge dissemination and awareness building |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting and Agreement: Collaborative Platform for the Recovery of the Upper Cauca River Basin (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The members this agreement between public and private entities share the interest of taking individual and collective actions to form the platform collaborative for the recovery of the upper Cauca River basin, within the framework of the constitutional, legal and mission of each entity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting between the Ministry of the Environment, Univalle and PES beneficiaries (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The objective was to communicate the current status of the Payments for Environmental Services program, since the control bodies have been carrying out reviews and impacts of the program. In addition, an approach has been made with the PSA leaders and a master's thesis student to coordinate 5 workshops with the PSA beneficiary community and other people in the area. The main result is the collection of primary data, which will allow to evaluate the impact of the collective PES of Jamundí through economic experiments. Therefore, a thesis work that shows the results is expected. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting for study on assessment of environmental flow of river Yamuna by National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Expert member on the Guidance Committee, attended the meeting through video conferencing to discuss the draft final report submitted by the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee on "Assessment of environmental flow in river Yamuna (from Hathnikund barrage to Okhla barrage)". Informed decision making. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting of REMUS users Melendez River Sub-basin, Cali city (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | REMUS - Reserva Municipal de Uso Sostenible - Melendez River. Virtual meeting with Users, 200 assistants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting of sister Rivers: Magdalena and Cauca. Nation Project (Uniatlántico, Univalle). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Seeks to obtain a look at these two tributaries that are born in the Colombian highlands and are, among many aspects, a source of development for the country. Requests about further participation/involvement and future planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting of the Delhi Water Forum under the AIWASI Project (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Researchers from the IITD Water Hub team attended a stakeholder's meeting of the Delhi Water Forum under the AIWASI Project. Slides were presented on the activities carried out by the team as part of the water security project to the wider audience. Follow-up actions planned, dissemination of the reserach outputs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting to identify needs by stakeholders AQUACOL and FECOSER (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The issues that each of the organizations need to strengthen related to water security were identified and in which the Project can accompany. Accompanying topics included in the action plan of the Hub Project, Collaboratory Colombia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting to validate digitalization of social cartography workshop (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A virtual meeting to share and validate the digitized version of the maps that were created after the social cartography workshop in the reservation of Kisgó. For the first time, the current leaders of the reservation were able to confirm on a map with satellite images of the Kisgó territory the exact limits they consider to mark the reservation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Action for Food Production (AFPRO) (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The meeting was organized to follow-up with AFPRO on the last meeting discussion held with them about their participation in possible ways to collaborate and engage in knowledge exchange. Discussion on engagement with team AFPRO with respect to some activities for which they have in-house capabilities like to conduct resistivity survey and carry out detailed groundwater management studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Action for Food Production (AFPRO) (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The meeting was organized to share with AFPRO some of activities pertaining to their interest and undertaken by the UKRI GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub and invite team AFPRO to participate in possible ways to collaborate and engage in knowledge exchange. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with BAKAJ on TMDL project at Skudai River, Johor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the meeting is to discuss on the TMDL project at Skudai River, Johor. Additionally, the meeting discussed on the suggestion of bringing in Water Resource State Council (Technical Department). The meeting was held to discuss on submitting a proposal for the TMDL project at Skudai River, Johor. Preparation works and also suggestion to bring in Water Resource Johor State Council (Technical Department) to participate in the TMDL project as well. Another meeting will be set up with Johor State Council (Technical Department). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with BAKAJ on collaboration in GCRF Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To introduce GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development hub, and discuss the direction of GCRF research projects with the involvement of BAKAJ. "The meeting is organised to meet with the director of BAKAJ, to inform on IPASA has been awarded GCRF to establish GCRF Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub and the research projects that will be conducted. At the same time, discussions on the future directions as well as role of BAKAJ in the GCRF research projects was carried out as well." Through the meeting, it has been identified that BAKAJ is a key player in the development of Johor River Basin Management (JRBM). Malaysia collaboratory will work together with BAKAJ in setting up integrated river basin management in Johor, while BAKAJ will provide important and necessary information and data required in carrying out the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Bureau of Agriculture (Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Introduce the project and present on the deteriorating trend of the natural resources base - land, water and the hydroecosystem. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with CEO, DJB (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IIT team had a meeting with the new CEO of Delhi Jal Board to apprise him about the project, MoU signed (in presence of his predecessor) and plan for future activities. Future activities planned as per the MoU signed and nodal officers identified for data sharing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Consejo Departamental de Política Ambiental y de Gestión Integral del Recurso Hídrico (CODEPARH) (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To articulate the project in the Community Information System initiative. Andrés Toro and Mariela García Articulation of the project in the Community Information System initiative. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Coofan Indigenous Reservation Authority (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the indigenous community representatives in order to know about their History and life plan water relationships context of the Coofan indigenous community |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Deputy Director of Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To understand the culture and distribution of indigenous people who lives along Johor River Basin and explore the potential cultural value of Johor River Basin. From the meeting, it was known that there are several indigenous villages that leaded by 'Tok Batin' (community representatives) along Johor River Basin. The villagers are still remain the culture and tradition in their daily lifestyles such as fishing, transportation and attire. Inputs on understanding the culture and distribution of indigenous people who lives along Johor River Basin and explore the potential cultural value of Johor River Basin. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Director of National Department For Culture And Arts Johor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To investigate the cultural practice of community along Johor River. From the meeting, it was known that there is belief and cultural practice of 'Orang Seletar' (an indigenous ethnic). Cultural practice of community along Johor River were identified. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with District Officer of Kota Tinggi (Malaysai) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We met with the District Officer of Kota Tinggi to discuss the collaboration of part of our programme with their department - Johor Bersih & KUDAH. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with District Officer of Kota Tinggi (Malaysai) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We met with the District Officer of Kota Tinggi to discuss the collaboration of part of our programme with their department - Johor Bersih & KUDAH. WS4 decided to collaborate with District Office of Kota Tinggi, for the coming programme on 12 February 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with EMCALI representative (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the EMCALI treatment plant manager Water conflict characterization from the water utility enterprise perspective |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Farallones National Park UASPENN representatives (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recognition of water catchments and conflicts in the National park area of the Meléndez Upper river Basin, identification of water catchments and conflicts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Indigenous Kisgo People, Authorities of Kisgo Reservation (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Rachael presented her thesis and RRF Agroecology project to the government body of the autonomous territory of the Kisgo reservation in hopes of collaborating and conducting research activities in the territory. Proposals were well received and approved. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with JACUAVI (Community water utility of Villacarmelo - Cali) (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with JACUAVI's representatives to identify water conflicts in Villacarmelo Water conflicts identification in Villacarmelo - Meléndez Upper river Basin |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Manager Assistant of Tourism Department of South East Johore Development Authority (KEJORA) (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | There is a high value of tourism in Johor River Basin for the current and future planned development by KEJORA to enhance the infrastructure near the river and villages to attract tourists by promoting the tradition and heritage of villagers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Nodal officers from Delhi Jal Board (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our team members went to the DJB office for this meeting. A list of required data was sent to them. The meeting was to try to get the data and understand their system. 1. Follow-up meeting planned 2. Knowledge sharing 3. Project progress shared |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Principal Assistant Director of Department of Environment (DOE) Johor (Malaysia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The value is very much depends on the activities of community who live there. Other than environmental value, there are recreational value at Johor river basin as people fishing there. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The research team at Unicauca sat down with leaders of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca to formally discuss how we can more closely collaborate on events and programs related to water security. Point people were designated between the two groups, and a follow up meeting was set for 3 December to discuss more in detail ways to collaborate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Rural Water Utility (Buitrera-Cali) respresentatives (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | identification of water catchment conflicts of Buitrera township |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with Secretary of Malaysian Historical Society (Johor) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | To understand the history of the Johor River and explore the potential history value of Johor River Basin Inputs on the history of Johor River and its Basin were gained. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Shri Sandeep Kulsreshtha, Delhi Jal Board (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain attended a meeting with Shri Sandeep Kulsreshtha from Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to get a better understanding of the DJB system for the water infrastructure management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Villacarmelo-Cali with Local Board president (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Villacarmelo-Cali Local Board president about the administration of the township related to water resources Planning of activities and involment with the president board in the Water Security Hub project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with senior officers of the Delhi Jal Board for collection of data and information. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A team of three researchers from School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi visited Delhi Jal Board. Discussions were conducted about sharing data and information regarding water supply and demand for Delhi city. This process of data collection continues. After discussions on the project Delhi Jal Board Officers, they agreed to share data on water with us after completion of certain formalities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with the Chief Secretary, NCT of Delhi (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof A K Gosain attended India Water Week-2022 organized on the theme "Water Security for Sustainable Development with Equity". He gave a presentation on the topic "River Basin Management - Understanding the complexities of basin hydrology". This event focused on aspects related to cooperation for water amongst all stakeholders and managing the related challenges in the present century for the benefit of the equitable development. Knowledge dissemination, informing decision making |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This was an impact meeting and interaction. The National Institute of Urban Affairs has been outsourced by DDA to prepare a draft of the Master Plan for Delhi, 2041. After a presentation by the NIUA, dissucsions were held on proposed Master Plan for Delhi 2041. Questions and discussions majorly focussed on future water demand, and water supply. NIUA assured SPA New Delhi about inclusion of our research outcome in the master plan as far as possible. NIUA has agreed to consider our research outcome for inclusion in their policy on water and sanitation in the development plan. NIUA agreed in this meeting that SPA team could come and meet quarterly to discuss progress of Master Plan making. They also assured us about inclusion of our research outcome on water security in the master plan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with the Ríos & Ciudades Foundation, UES, AQUACOL and Univalle (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | To learn about existing digital platforms related to citizen science. Andrés Toro and Mariela García Information gathering about existing digital platforms related to citizen science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with the local Environmental Authority - CVC (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Recognition of water conflicts in the forest national reservation area of the Melénde Upper River Basin Water conflicts identification |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with the officials of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A meeting was attended with the officials of National Mission for Clean Ganga and Delhi Jal Board to apprise them about the research work being carried out by IIT Delhi under the GCRF Water Security project. A proposal to create a GIS based framework for decision making in present status of water supply, sewage generation and sewage treatment in space and time for NCT of Delhi was discussed. This would bring all the data related to these services to a common platform and help in real time monitoring of these services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with the prioritized Rural Community Water Supply Organizations (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | To present the RRF project and define the person who will represent them. Andrés Toro and Mariela García. Asocascajal, Asociación de Acueductos de la Castilla Presentation of the RRF project and definition of the representative person. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meetings with Acuamondomo, Acuanariño, Acuasur (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meetings for the discussion and planning of the community information system Advances on the community information system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meetings with stakeholders of the Melendez River Sub-basin, Cali city (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meetings with stakeholders of the Melendez River Sub-basin, Cali city Fundación Acuarela, Mariposario Azul., Rios y Ciudades (3), Junta de Acción Comunal - Villacarmelo. (Watercolor Foundation, Mariposario Azul., Rivers and Cities (3), Community Action Board - Villacarmelo) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meting with All India council for Technical Education, Government of India, New Delhi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A Postgraduate Model Curriculum has been prepared and submitted, which also included an elective on Water Security. When approved by appropriate committees, it would apply to all approved planning institutions in India. The committee has submitted the postgraduate curriculum to the AICTE after nation wide discussions at various fora. The model curriculum has been accepted but requires final ratification from competent authorities. We are also preparing Model Undergraduate Planning Curriculum for the four year Bachelor of Planning degree programme. This will be submitted before the end of March 2020. Impact on planning academy throughout the country is expected in the next two to three years, when full Model Curriculum gets implemented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Mitigating exposure risks to occupational health and safety hazard for wastewater collection and management in Addis Ababa.(Ethiopia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the meeting was to share the major finding of the "occupational health and safety awareness of sewage collection, transport and treatment workers" survey that we conducted and to receive their feedback on the identified problems in the survey. Moreover, it was also conducted to create awareness on the research activities that are being conducted with the support of GCRF project in Akaki River and wastewater treatment workers. Feedback was received from AAWSA that will help to shape the research activity to have greater impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MoU singed between IIT Delhi and Delhi Jal Board (India) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A MoU was signed with the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to collaborate and partner on shared interests in the area of water and waste water management and policy infrastructure within the overarching domain of water security and its sustainability under present and future climate scenarios. "New collaborative tasks identified: 1. R&D initiatives in the areas of water supply and distribution, waste water conveyance, treatment, recycle/reuse and disposal 2. Development of policy and best practice initiatives for waste water treatment 3. Build shared knowledge platforms and to disseminate data and information 4. Develop Smart Operation and Management framework for DJB's Water Infrastructure 5. Develop continuing education and training modules for in-service officers of DJB" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Moderated a global webinar for the United Nations Environment Programme on AMR in the Environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) held a global webinar on AMR in the Environment, which was broadcast around the world on November 20, 2021. Myself and Prof Yong-Guan Zhu (Senior Scientist at the Chinese Academy of Science) were the moderators. My own role was to bridge between speakers and I chaired a roundtable discussion after the invited speakers presented the work. The webinar has over 9000 attendees, which UNEP announced afterwards was the most attendees they had ever had at public webinar on health-related topics. It was viewed as a huge success and displayed our groups expertise across research themes. After the webinar, I was contacted by senior health officials from numerous countries to discuss the implications of the narrative from the webinar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.koushare.com/lives/room/262942 |
| Description | Mondomo's meetings for waste water management (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting for the tecnical support on waste water management. Mayor's Office of Santander de Quilichao, Aquamondomo, To explore investment planning at Mondomo related with waste water management. Miguel Peña, Natalia Duque, Andrés Toro. Field visit: Mondomo's sewage system and posible location of the waste water treatment plant Presentation of the RRF project and definition of the representative person. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Monthly Meetings with ASOCAMPO (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Monthly virtual meetings with ASOCAMPO to advance Uni Cauca RRF Agroecology project Advancement in research activities, building relationship, better understanding of the basin |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Monthly Meetings with Educational Institute Misak Mama Manuela (Colombia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Monthly virtual meetings with Professors of the k-11 Misak school Mama Manuela to advance Uni Cauca RRF Agroecology project Advancement in research activities, building relationship, better understanding of the basin |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | |