Myanmar Water Journal (April-August 2021)

Myanmar Water Journal (April-August 2021) Welcome to the April-August edition of the Myanmar Water Journal. Providing you the latest news, insights, opportunities, and events from the Myanmar water sector.Spotlights for News based on Water ThemesApril-August Newsletter will be filled with:...

Why inclusive practices are important in water climate adaptation

Social inclusion is utterly important in water climate adaptation. As technical approaches are still dominant in development projects, the locals live in the vicinity are often limited to include their knowledge and experience in tackling climate issues. True value of technical knowledge and experti...

7 important conclusions from World Water Week

28 Aug 2021 - Source: Stockholm International Water Institute - All over the world, people have been shocked by unprecedented floods, droughts, and heatwaves, hard on the heels of COVID-19. By now it should be clear to everyone that we need to build resilience faster. World Water Week 2021 offe...

Join the six-month Young Water Diplomat Program - IHE-Delft

The relevant documents should be submitted before Sep 30, 2021. The Young Water Diplomats Program provides diplomats and professionals with a background in foreign affairs, international relations or international law with relevant and up-to-date knowledge about water, the various challenges water r...

Integrated Flood Resilience Strategy for Yangon City 2021-2040

Background Myanmar's city of Yangon is the largest financial and commercial centre. It accounts for about 50% of the country's industrial capacity, and is the seat of education, art, culture, healthcare, tourism, research and development. Population growth and rapid urbanisation ...

River Water Level Dashboard

Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit - The dashboard is created by Myanmar Geoinformatics Society, shows updates on rising water levels in Myanmar's main river systems. Link to dashboard: https://themimu.info/river-water-alerts

ရေအတွက် အနာဂတ်လမ်းကြောင်း

UC Berkeley မှ ပါမောက္ခတစ်ဦးလည်းဖြစ်၊ ရေ ၄.၀ (water 4.0) ကို ရေးသားသူလည်းဖြစ်တဲ့ ပါမောက္ခ David Sedlak သည် ရေဘက်ဆိုင်ရာ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု အတွက် လာမယ့် အနာဂတ်ရေလမ်းကြောင်းအပေါ်မှာ သူ့ရဲ့ အမြင်ကို ဝေမျှခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ပထမဦးဆုံးကတော့ လူသားတွေဟာ ရေအရင်းအမြစ်များကို ရယူခြင်း၊ သန့်စင်ခြင်း နှင့် ပေးဝေခြင်းများအတွက...

Myanmar Flood Monitoring Dashboard

Source: Myanmar Information Management Unit - The UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) dashboard uses Sentinel-1 radar satellite data to provide projections of likely flood-affected areas using Artificial Intelligence model. Users can select the time period of interest to view Inundated areas...

Register for free - 4th ASEAN-EU Cooperation and Scholarships Day 2021

The ASEAN and the EU will be organizing the "4th ASEAN-EU Cooperation and Scholarships Day 2021." In this virtual event, ASEAN, the EU, their respective Member States, education institutions/agencies will showcase both EU-ASEAN development cooperation projects and higher education opportunities...

Yangon Raincraft: Engaging Local Communities for Climate Resilient Neighbourhoods

The city of Yangon is one of the most vulnerable cities worldwide to climate change, suffering from widespread flooding during the monsoon while experiencing severe water shortages in the dry season. Starting in 2019, through a joint initiative of local and international par...

No help from junta as floods sweep southeastern Myanmar

Local aid groups and volunteers say they have led rescue efforts in Mon and Kayin states   28 July 2021 - Source: Myanmar Now - Junta-controlled authorities have offered no help as floods have inundated homes in southeastern Myanmar, leaving at least hundreds without shelter in the Mon State ca...

Call for applications for the 2022 Nippon Foundation Fellowship - The United Nations

The call for applications for the 2022 Fellowship Programme is open until 24 September 2021  Objectives  The United Nations – Nippon Foundation Fellowship provides Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing States with advanced training on ocean affairs and the ...

Register for Free - The 4th Global World Operators' Partnerships (WOPs) Congress

Event - 18-29 October 2021 — Online Learning from each other, sharing experiences, and inspiring action is a critical way for water and sanitation operators to improve their services and enrich the lives of the people they serve. A spirit of collaboration and solidarity is at the heart of the Global...

The 5Rs in Myanmar

Towards a future federal democratic system where working people can flourish  2 July 2021 - Source: Transnational institute - This primer is about 'the 5Rs' and land and natural resource politics. The 5Rs is a set of five principles: Recognition, Restitution, Redistribution, Regeneration, and R...

Regional Sanitation Expo - Explore, Learn and Develop Innovative Solutions

Despite progress in access to sanitation across the East Asia and Pacific region in recent years, over 360 million people still do not have access to basic sanitation services. Sustainable Development Goal 6 calls for safe sanitation for all by 2030. With this background, UNICEF is organizing a Regi...

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