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伙伴的合作，确定研究和教育重点领域，并成立工作组，以便后续制定研究和教育计划。该小组将发起一项国家和流域规模的综合合作研究方案，为跨界政策的制定和管理提供科学和技术基础。PIs已经确定亚的斯亚贝巴大学（AAU）、阿姆哈拉地区农业研究所（ARARI）、Arbaminch大学（AMU）、Bahir Dar大学（BDU）、尼罗河流域倡议（NBI）办公室、国际水管理研究所(IWMI)-东非、山地研究小组和阿瓦洛农业技术作为主要的伙伴组织。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达尔举行。讲习班将包括每个参与的尼罗河流域国家和国际公认的技术专家的技术介绍、全体会议和小组工作会议以及技术实地考察。讲习班的产出将出版会议纪要和网页、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流域生态水文和气候学方面具有丰富的经验、专业知识和影响力。拟议的讲习班将利用最先进的研究，加强和推进对尼罗河流域水预算基本过程的理解，以发展预测脆弱性的新能力。此外，跨界水问题是严重的全球挑战，为受影响国家之间的真正交流和研究合作创造机会可能导致共同接受的管理原则，从而促进经济和政治稳定。这次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，并讨论跨界管理、土地利用/覆盖变化以及对全流域水资源的政策影响，这些可能适用于全球河流系统。

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.