1. ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE
OF HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
AND PROPOSALS FOR
IMPROVEMENT (Part II)
Vladimir Tsirkunov (GFDRR)
Bruce Stewart (Consultant)
The World Bank Group
Rome, Italy, 8 December 2016

2. MOTIVATION
WMO and the World Bank (GFDRR and WPP) are concerned that the role of NHSs is not widely recognized by governments and development community
In most developing countries the state of NHSs and provision of hydrological services are inadequate
ongoing creation of sectoral/basin networks and services is not the best solution
Current international investments and technical assistance programs supporting hydrological services are rarely sustainable, often overlapping and not effective
The “voice” of NHSs is not sufficiently “loud” at the national and global level
Need to scale up efforts supporting NHSs globally following the path of NMSs and climate services

3. Significant increase of support to NMHSs (selected WB portfolio)
Yemen: 19M (PPCR)
Moldova: 5.5M (IDA+GFDRR)
Afghanistan
Russia: 139.5M (IBRD)
Central Asia: 28.9M (IDA/PPCR+GFDRR)
Nepal: 31M (PPCR/IDA)
Bhutan
Niger
Haiti: 5.5M (PPCR)
Vietnam: 30M (IDA)
Mali: 29M (GCF/GFDRR)
India
Jamaica: 6.8M (PPCR)
Lao PDR
Senegal
Philippines
Honduras & Nicaragua
Ghana
Myanmar: 30.1M (IDA)
Nigeria: 7M (IDA)
Ethiopia: 10M (IDA)
Peru
Pacific (Samoa, Tonga): 26.95M (IDA)
Uruguay
São Tomé and Príncipe
Uganda
Bangladesh:
127.8M (IDA)
Cameroon
DRC：8M (GEF/GFDRR)
Zambia: 8M (IDA)
Mozambique: 21M (PPCR/IDA/NDF)
Malawi
Tanzania
Madagascar
Sri Lanka
WBG projects under implementation
WBG projects in preparation
GFDRR TA only

4. Can recent trend in strengthening NMSs be repeated for NHSs?
There are many similarities between the state of NMSs and NHSs but there are many differences
NHSs are more diverse institutionally, lower in public sector hierarchy, smaller, less visible
NHSs are dealing with more localized, watershed specific processes and issues which are more difficult to address with “from the sky” (remote sensing…)
WMO global support infrastructure (e.g. global/regional forecasting centers) is less developed for NHSs
Still the directions of NHSs modernization would be similar to the ones being tested for NMSs…

5. Investment Approach Service delivery Modernization of infrastructure
NHSs should be the center of efforts. Institutional strengthening and capacity building comes first
Advocacy - more efforts are needed to convince the governments of socio-economic value of NHSs
Long-term resourcing of O&M is always a challenge
Modernization investments must be substantial and integrated to achieve transformation
Need for a long-term engagement (10+ years is preferable)
Better coordination among development partners
User satisfaction
Service delivery
Modernization of infrastructure
Capacity buiIding and institutional strengthening

6. PHASE 3. SUMMARY ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Do we agree with a services based approach?
Are we correct in our current level of assessment? We need confirmation of this from the NHS perspective
Is there any knowledge on how to develop sustainable NHS model?
Are there cases of successful NHSs which can be studied and presented for broader dissemination?

7. Thank You