1. Chris Mannaerts (ITC), AA Work Package 4 lead
GEOXIII Plenary, Capacity Development for GEO & GEOGLAM Side event, November , Sint-Petersburg, Russia

2. is about Water & Climate Challenges in Africa
Environmental Water
Stress, due to:
climate change impacts,
increasing consumption
and demand, water
quality stressors, etc.
2015
2030
Source: Excerpt from the Transboundary Waters Assessment Programme - RIVER BASINS COMPONENT last visited on 15 March Environmental water stress is expected to increase due to climate change (especially in dryer regions and where snowmelt plays a crucial role) and increasing water consumption. Very high and high risk basins/BCUs in 2030 are dominated by areas of high population, high water demand, and/or low water availability or some combination of these, while medium and low risk basins are characterized by lower population, higher water abundance and/or lower levels of industrial development to impact the water resources. The highest risk basins in 2030 continue to be located mainly in water-scarce regions.
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3. objectives and partners
The main objective of AfriAlliance is to foster network connections between African and European stakeholders, to work together in the areas of water and climate innovation, research, policy and capacity development in order to enhance the preparedness of African countries for climate change challenges.
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4. Preliminary gap analysis of existing networking associations
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concept
Serve as an 'alliance of networks' by connecting existing African and European networks
Demand-driven Action Groups – bottom-up solutions
Create shared, demand-driven short term innovation opportunities and long-term research agendas
Coordinate and connect (local) demand and supply through knowledge sharing and technology transfer
Further increase African “Monitoring & Forecasting & data capacity"
Connect with international audience
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activities
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7. CITIZEN-based Water OBS
Monitoring & Forecasting Water & Climate Challenges using a Triple-Sensor Observation approach
M&F INFO WEB SERVICE
SATELLITE OBS
IN-SITU OBS Networks
CITIZEN-based Water OBS
Regional
Local
Country
River
basin

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Workpackage 4 goals
Objective: Building an interoperable web portal providing information on available triple sensor observations: satellites, surface data & citizens
Approach: Development of Web Catalog Service and Toolbox for the creation, maintenance and use of triple sensor metadata elements (ISO/OGC components, previews, example use, request/status maps)
Innovation(s); Satellite a/o surface network H20 geo-information approaches typically used stand-alone; combination with citizen & crowd sourced ground observations on water resources might be a helpful ground truth a/o reality check in e.g. projects, basin areas,,…
Several issues on data flows, analysis, integration and quality controls need to be investigated and solved (Afrialliance WP 4 objective)
Output: Maintainable web portal WCS on W&C challenges in Africa populated with triple sensor metadata and workflows (how-to access and further use data…)
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9. M&F Web Catalog Service*
A Web Catalog Service using open ILWIS 4 Objects (2016) as Tool Framework for Triple sensor geospatial meta data views and guidance for further data acquisition & use
Previews of triple sensor data
using resolution and projection independent
vector, raster, 2D to 4D overlays
Representation of M&F data exploration
& analysis using standardized
“workflows” concept
* v1 Available on-line early 2017
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10. project details & information
5-year project: 4/2016-4/2021
funding by EU H2020 (3.2 million €)
Project coordinator: UNESCO-IHE
(Dr.Uta Wehn)
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thank you
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No
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