HELP Workshop Support by ICIWaRM: October 28-30, 2008; Tucson,AZ

HELP是由国际水文学方案牵头的联合国教育科学组织(教科文组织)的一项跨领域和跨学科倡议。HELP正在通过建立一个框架，让水资源法律和政策专家、水资源管理人员和水资源科学家共同解决与水有关的问题，从而创造一种综合流域管理的新方法。从技术角度看，HELP的广泛目标是以流域(最大面积为104至106平方公里)为框架，加强面向实地的实验水文学。将在这些流域中进行与水有关的物理(水文、气候、生态)和非物理(技术、社会学、经济、行政、法律)观测，以解决用户认为的最关键的政策和管理问题。在不同的生物物理和社会经济环境下，考虑到可持续发展的需要。希望这一新计划真正以用户为导向？将需要政策和促进(水资源和土地资源管理者)小组的积极参与来制定政策议程，并确保科学成果将通过修订政策和管理实践来造福社会需求。一个研讨会正在亚利桑那州图森举行，由SAHRA主办，ICIWaRM赞助，以最初的帮助目标衡量，对HELP计划的进展进行十年审查，并为HELP计划的下一阶段提供新的或修改后的计划指导。为北美内部HELP盆地之间以及北美和南美盆地之间的合作奠定基础。

HELP is a cross cutting and transdisciplinary initiative of the United Nations Educational Scientific Organization (UNESCO) led by the International Hydrological Programme.HELP is creating a new approach to integrated catchment management through the creation of a framework for water law and policy experts, water resource managers and water scientists to work together on water-related problems. From the technical perspective, the broad objectives of HELP are to strengthen field-oriented, experimental hydrology using the drainage basin (up to scales 104 to 106 km2 as the framework. Water related physical (hydrological, climatological, ecological) and non-physical (technical, sociological, economics, administrative, law) observations will be made in these catchments which address the most critical policy and management issues as perceived by ?users? under different biophysical and socio-economic environments, taking into account needs for sustainable development. The desire for this new programme to be truly ?user-driven? will require the active involvement of both policy and facilitating (water and land resource managers) groups to set the policy agenda and ensure the scientific results will benefit societal needs through the revision of policy and management practices.A workshop is being held in Tucson, Arizona, hosted by SAHRA and sponsored by ICIWaRM, to conduct a ten-year review of the progress in the HELP program as measured by the original HELP objectives and to provide new or modified programmatic guidance for the next phase of the HELP program. To lay the foundation for cooperative work between HELP Basins within North America and between North America and South America Basins.