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

HELP是联合国教育科学组织（教科文组织）在国际水文方案领导下开展的一项跨领域、跨学科的举措，通过为水法和政策专家、水资源管理人员和水科学家建立一个框架，共同解决与水有关的问题，为流域综合管理创造一种新的办法。从技术角度看，水文学为环境、生命和政策服务的广泛目标是加强以流域为框架的面向实地的实验性水文学（规模可达104至106平方公里）。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）的意见将在这些集水区，解决最关键的政策和管理问题，认为？用户？在不同的生物物理和社会经济环境下，同时考虑到可持续发展的需要。希望这一新的方案是真正的？用户驱动？需要政策和便利的积极参与（水和土地资源管理者）团体制定政策议程，并确保科学成果通过修订政策和管理实践有益于社会需求。根据最初的HELP目标，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的计划指导。 为北美HELP流域之间以及北美和南美流域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.