Building technical capacities on water monitoring, modeling and economic valuation methods

Key capacities for setting-up a sustainable river management, namely hydrological modeling, vulnerability assessments on future floods and droughts and economic valuation methods for identifying suitable ecosystem-based adaptation measures were built on the local and national level. The project introduced drone technology for monitoring the watershed and to improve modeling of future flood risks. A series of trainings, developed together with German research institutes and practitioners, was conducted, containing both theoretical background and practical application in the river basins.

• Sufficient technical and financial capacities of local research institutions • Motivation of single persons, that act as agents of change within their own institution and follow-up on the trainings/ implement the newly gained knowledge into their daily work.

International institutions/ experts need to be aware about the knowledge management as well as learning structures of the local institutions and be willing to adapt their own approach accordingly.