DEWFORA
Improved Drought Early Warning and FORecasting to strengthen preparedness and adaptation to droughts in Africa
| Coordinatore | STICHTING DELTARES
Organization address
address: Rotterdamseweg 185 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Totale costo | 4˙403˙104 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙490˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) |
| Code Call | FP7-AFRICA-2010 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP-SICA |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2013-12-31 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
STICHTING DELTARES
Organization address
address: Rotterdamseweg 185 contact info |
NL (DELFT) | coordinator | 446˙784.00 |
| 2 |
"UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION -UNESCO"
Organization address
address: PLACE DE FONTENOY 7 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 344˙099.00 |
| 3 |
JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Organization address
address: Rue de la Loi 200 contact info |
BE (BRUSSELS) | participant | 318˙120.00 |
| 4 |
WATERNET TRUST
Organization address
address: KPMG BOTSWANA contact info |
BW (GABORONE) | participant | 285˙969.00 |
| 5 |
EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS
Organization address
address: Shinfield Park contact info |
UK (READING) | participant | 255˙420.00 |
| 6 |
WR Nyabeze and Associates
Organization address
address: "No.400, 16th Road & New Road - Block K East, 1st floor - Central Park, Randjiespark ." contact info |
ZA (MIDRAND) | participant | 215˙856.00 |
| 7 |
MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATION
Organization address
address: Korniche El-Nil contact info |
EG (Giza) | participant | 213˙168.00 |
| 8 |
UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
Organization address
address: PRACA GOMES TEIXEIRA contact info |
PT (PORTO) | participant | 199˙050.00 |
| 9 |
Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
Organization address
address: Telegraphenberg contact info |
DE (POTSDAM) | participant | 171˙746.00 |
| 10 |
POTSDAM INSTITUT FUER KLIMAFOLGENFORSCHUNG
Organization address
address: Telegrafenberg 31 contact info |
DE (POTSDAM) | participant | 168˙618.00 |
| 11 |
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
Organization address
address: Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 7 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 150˙465.00 |
| 12 |
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
Organization address
city: Zaragoza contact info |
ES (Zaragoza) | participant | 147˙000.00 |
| 13 |
COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Organization address
address: "Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria 46" contact info |
ZA (PRETORIA) | participant | 133˙884.00 |
| 14 |
DINDER CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LIMITED
Organization address
address: FIRST HARA 3 A H contact info |
SD (KHARTOUM) | participant | 122˙850.00 |
| 15 |
IGAD CENTRE FOR CLIMATE PREDICTION AND APPLICATION
Organization address
address: Dagoretti Corner - Ngong Road contact info |
KE (NAIROBI) | participant | 91˙443.00 |
| 16 |
INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VETERINAIRE HASSAN II
Organization address
address: AVENUE ALLAL EL FASSI MADINAT AL contact info |
MA (RABAT) | participant | 86˙346.00 |
| 17 |
STICHTING WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL
Organization address
address: HORAPARK 9 contact info |
NL (EDE GLD) | participant | 82˙947.00 |
| 18 |
UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE
Organization address
address: "Reitoria Da Universidade, Praca 25 De Junho 257" contact info |
MZ (MAPUTO) | participant | 56˙235.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The principal aim of the DEWFORA proposal is to develop a framework for the provision of early warning and response to mitigate the impact of droughts in Africa. The proposal has been built to achive three key targets: 1. Improved monitoring: by improving knowledge on drought forecasting, warning and mitigation, and advancing the understanding of climate related vulnerability to drought – both in the current and in the projected future climate. 2. Prototype operational forecasting: by bringing advances made in the project to the pre-operational stage through development of prototype systems and piloting methods in operational drought monitoring and forecasting agencies. 3. Knowledge dissemination: through a stakeholders platform that includes national and regional drought monitoring and forecasting agencies, as well as NGO’s and IGO’s, and through capacity building programmes to help embed the knowledge gained in the community of African practitioners and researchers.
To achieve these targets, the DEWFORA consortium brings together leading research institutes and universities; institutes that excel in application of state-of-the-art science in the operational domain; operational agencies responsible for meteorological forecasting, drought monitoring and famine warning; and established knowledge networks in Africa. The consortium provides an excellent regional balance, and the skilled coordinator and several partners have worked together in (European) research projects, implementation projects and capacity building programmes, thus building efficiently on previous and ongoing projects in Europe and Africa.
The main impact of DEWFORA will be to increase the effectiveness of drought forecasting, warning and response. DEWFORA will provide guidance on how and where drought preparedness and adaptation should be targeted to contribute to increased resilience and improved effectiveness of drought mitigation measures.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Drought and the possible increase of drought events due to climate change could have a severe impact on Africa, unless the continent can predict and mitigate related disasters. As such, the EU is supporting the development of early warning systems and response strategies in the region.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
The Dewfora project has established that at-risk areas in Africa often focus more on drought relief efforts than on adapting to the risk. But both strategies are important and the project aims to provide solutions where existing capacities or resources are lacking.
The team have devised a risk-based approach for establishing and mapping drought vulnerability and hazards. In addition, they are developing high resolution predictions of future climate scenarios, which project a drier southern Africa and wetter eastern Africa.
Researchers are in the process of drafting a framework for the improvement of early drought warning systems, which should be completed during the second half of the project. It is hoped that through close collaboration among scientists, water management agencies and decision makers, the project results will inform policies.
Similar African initiatives have been brought in to achieve these goals and links have been established with related Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) projects. The team have also participated in major events, including the COP17 conference in South Africa and the 2012 World Water Forum in France.
To engage the public, and with the hope of creating a lasting impact, Dewfora will also develop training courses and a YouTube movie once all the project results are in.