US-Ethiopia Collaborative Workshop: Nile River Water System Under Extreme Conditions

将举办一个关于尼罗河流域在极端干旱和洪水条件下的生态水文学和气候学的区域讲习班。该项目的目标是发展和加强与尼罗河流域国家合作伙伴的合作，确定研究和教育的主要领域，并组成工作组，以便后续制定研究和教育计划。该小组将启动一项国家和流域范围的综合合作研究计划，为跨界政策的制定和管理提供科学和技术基础。投资促进机构确定亚的斯亚贝巴大学(AAU)、阿姆哈拉地区农业研究所(ARARI)、阿尔巴明奇大学(AMU)、巴赫达尔大学(BDU)、尼罗河流域倡议(NBI)办事处、东非国际水资源管理研究所(IWMI)、山区研究小组和Avallo农业技术公司为主要合作伙伴组织。BDU将提供车间设施，并协调车间物流。为期四天的研讨会将在青尼罗河源头的巴希尔举行。讲习班将包括每个参加的尼罗河流域国家和国际公认的技术专家的技术介绍、全体和小组工作会议以及技术实地考察。研讨会的成果将发布会议记录和网页、战略文件、正在进行的研究合作和教育交流。组建的项目团队在尼罗河流域和美国的河流流域生态水文学和气候学方面拥有广泛的经验、专业知识和影响力。拟议的讲习班将利用最先进的研究加强和推进对管理尼罗河流域内水预算的基本程序的了解，以便发展预测脆弱性的新能力。此外，跨界水问题是严重的全球性挑战，为受影响国家之间的真正交流和研究协作创造机会，可促成共同可接受的管理原则，从而促进经济和政治稳定。由该讲习班产生的合作研究项目将增加生态水文学和气候学领域的知识，并处理跨界管理、土地利用/覆盖的变化以及对可应用于世界各地河流系统的流域水资源的政策影响。

A regional workshop on the ecohydrology and climatology of the Nile Basin under extreme conditions of drought and flooding will be conducted. The project has the goal of developing and strengthening collaborations with partners from the Nile Basin countries, identifying research and education thrust areas and forming working groups for a follow up formulation of research and educational plans. The team will launch an integrated national and basin scale collaborative research program that will provide the scientific and technological bases for transboundary policy development and management. The PIs have identified Addis Ababa University (AAU), Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), Arbaminch University (AMU), Bahir Dar University (BDU), Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Offices, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)- East Africa, Mountain Research Group, and Avallo-Agro-Tech as the main partner organizations. BDU will provide workshop facilities, and coordinate workshop logistics. The four-day workshop will be offered in Bahir Dar, at the headwaters of the Blue Nile. The workshop will include technical presentations from each of the participating Nile Basin countries and internationally-recognized technical experts, plenary and group work sessions, and technical field trips. Outputs from the workshop will be published proceedings and a web page, a strategy document, ongoing and research collaboration and educational exchanges.The assembled project team has extensive experience, expertise, and influence in river basin eco-hydrology and climatology in the Nile River basin and in the United States. The proposed workshop will enhance and advance the understanding of fundamental processes governing water budgets within the Nile Basin using state-of-the-art research in order to develop a new capability to predict vulnerabilities. Furthermore, transboundary water problems represent serious global challenges and creating an opportunity for genuine communication and research collaboration among affected nations could lead to jointly acceptable management principles, thereby promoting economic and political stability. Collaborative research projects stemming from this workshop will add knowledge to the fields of eco-hydrology and climatology, and addresses transboundary management, land-use/cover changes, and policy impact on basin-wide water resources that may be applied to river systems world-wide.