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Capacity Building in Earth

Observation for Water Resources

Management in Africa

The TIGER Initiative

Z. Vekerdy, B. Koetz, Z. Su, D. Fernandez-Prieto, M. Menenti, E. Swinnen, A.M. van Lieshout and

M. Painho

[email protected]

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TIG

ER II

2005-0

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TIG

ER I

TIGER – Next StepsDevelopment of African capacity in Water Management

Scientific

Component

Transition to

Operations

Component

Development and

Demonstration

Component

TCBF extension

TIGER fellowships

TIGER service development

TIGER-NET

TIGER Capacity Building Facility II

TIGER Capacity Building Facility I

Development Line of TIGERDevelopment Line of TIGER

A quick overview

• Two phases:

– 2005-2008

• 50 projects

• 10 demonstration projects

• TIGER Capacity Building Facility I.

– 15 supported projects

– 2009-2012 (2014)

• TIGER Capacity Building Facility II. 2009-2012 (2014?)

– 20 supported projects

– 2012 - 2014

• TIGER NET

• Continuation of the above


12th WaterNet Symposium

26-28. October 2011. - Maputo

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TIGER Capacity Building Facility

• A tool to support the accomplishment of the TIGER research projects

• Responsible for setting up a capacity building plan

and supports the existing TIGER research projects (Phase 1)

• A basis for an infrastructure for future capacity

building activities, 2008+ (Phase 2)

• 15 selected TIGER projects

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Basic activities in TCBF• Core training (basic level)

• Applied short courses (medium advanced)

• Project-oriented supervision (advanced)

• Advanced courses (advanced)

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Core Training

• Distance education courses:

– “Principles of Remote Sensing”

– “Principles of Geographic Information Systems”

• 130 study hours, in six weeks.

• Study material via cd-rom

• Did not require continuous internet access.

• Keeping contact for supervision: Blackboard software, via e-mail, or telephone.

• On-line examination

• Course certificate

• 33 individuals got training

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Applied short courses

• Face-to-face teaching at ITC

– Two persons per project

– Modules of ITC regular courses

– Basic EO knowledge was required

– 25 participants on 33 courses

• Advanced distance courses

– Setup same as in Core Training

– 14 participants

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Project-oriented supervision

• Individual supervision by ITC staff

• Focusing on the particular TIGER research project

• Advanced level

• Most flexible part of the programme

• 21 African researchers

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Distribution of participants in TCBF 1

• 94 individuals

• 22 countries

• 13 TIGER projects + further related institutions and individuals

Algeria, 2

Botswana, 6

Cameroon, 14

Comoros Island, 1

Congo DR, 3

Egypt, 2

Ghana, 1

Ivory Coast, 3

Kenya, 5

Lybia, 1

Madagascar, 2

Malawi, 1

Morocco, 9

Mozambique, 1

Namibia, 3

Niger, 1

Nigeria, 5

Senegal, 6

South Africa, 10

Sudan, 6

Uganda, 5

Zambia, 7

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Phase II

• TIGER II:– Water Research Component

– Water Management Component

• TIGER CBF to support mainly the Water Research Component: 20 projects

• Consortium– European partners:

• International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, ITC, (NL)

• Technical University Delft, TUD, (NL)

• Flemish Institute for Technology Research, VITO (B)

• Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, ISEGI-UNL, (P)

– African Centres:• AGRHYMET Regional Centre, Niger

• Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, RCMRD,Kenya

• Water Research Commission, WRC, South Africa

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TCBF activity focus

• Support of TIGER Projects and TIGER Regional Offices

– Training Sessions

– Tailored Capacity Building Activities

• Communication & Promotion

– Web site

– Scientific conferences

– Special issue of international scientific journal

• Resource Mobilization

– Joint proposals

– Fellowships for degree courses (MSc, PhD)

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13The TIGER Initiative

Number of projects which include

the keyword

Keywords

1 Carbon sequestration; Drought;

Groundwater; Nutrient surplus;

Rainfall; Real-time monitoring;

Sediment transport; Spatial database;

Vulnerability

2 Algal bloom / aquatic plants; Change detection;

Forest cover / biomass; Irrigation / water demand;

Operational monitoring; Risk mapping

3 Land use / land cover change;

Modelling

4 Flood monitoring / water body mapping;

Decision support system, planning

5 Water balance

6 Climate change

7 Water quality

8 Water management

10 Water resources

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Recent and upcoming

December 2011

•Training session at SANSA South-Africa

•Workshop with PI and others in SA

Upcoming events/activities

•Continuous support to research projects

•Presentation of results at for a such as WWF and

AARSE-Conference

•Publications - Articles

•AND…

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Empowerment of Regional Centers:

• Preparation for an African Capacity Building programme for EO in collaboration with the African Water Facility

• Focus on the TCBF Regional Centers: AGHRYMET (Niger), RCMRD (Kenya), WRC (South

Africa)

TIGER Capacity Building Facility: TCBF Extension 2012-13

• Project Extension: • 24 months

• 300 k€ budget

• Start Mid 2012

• Objective:

• Improve Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) by exploiting the advantages of Earth Observation (EO) technology.

• Main Activities:

• Develop and complement Water Observation and Information Systems for monitoring water resources with EO

• Capacity building and training of African water authorities and technical centres

Steering Group:

TIGER NET: EO for Integrated Water Resource Management in Africa

• Project: • 36 months, 2 project cycles

• 1.5 M € total budget• KO Q1 2012

TIGER-NET

Regional

Users

Regional

Users

Regional

Users

Regional

Users

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International Research Studies

• Collaboration between African scientists and European research institutes

• 1 year scientific visits

• Objective: common scientific publication

• Building on TIGER projects

TIGER FellowshipsAfrican – European research collaboration

Side event:

• Title: Satellite Observations Supporting Integrated Water Resources Management in Africa

• Official Launch of TIGER-NET

• discussion and developing with African stakeholders the opportunities for improving

IWRM

• Speakers: TIGER-NET host institutions

ESA booth:

• EO and Water theme

• TIGER & other water related ESA activities

TIGER-NET launch6th World Water Forum, Marseille – March 2012

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