Contact Persons Republic of Uzbekistan • Dr. Ahmad M Manschadi, Centre for Development Research / ZEF; manschadi@uni‐bonn.de • Mr. Alireza Salamat, Center for Development Research Regional Centre on Urban Water Management‐Tehran (RCUWM); [email protected]; [email protected] • Mr. Shahram Khorasanizadeh, Regional Centre on Urban Water Management‐Tehran (RCUWM); [email protected] Training Workshop on • Dr. Zakir Khalikulov, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (ICARDA‐PFU); Challenges of Sustainable Water ICARDA‐[email protected]; [email protected] Use in Arid and Semi-arid Regions under Conditions of Climate Change 28 Sep-01 Oct 2009 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Climate Change factsheet www.water.ca.gov Program for the 2-day guided tour in Khorezm Date: September 30 - October 1 Organizer: ZEF/UNESCO project, Urgench, State University of Urgench (UrdU) Republic of Uzbekistan Wednesday, September 30, 2009, Mamun Academy, Khiva Meeting with Prof Eshchanov, Rector Urgench State University 9:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:30 Break Irrigation water management in Khorezm region Center for Development Research 10:30 - 11:30 Dr. Iskandar Abdulaev (ZEF / UNESCO Project) Water availability and climate change in Khorezm Region 11:30 – 12:30 Dr. Ihtiyor Bobojonov (former IPSWaT stipend, Uzbekistan) 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Drinking water supply in Khiva 14:00 – 15:30 Head of Urban Water in Khiva Training Workshop on 15:30 – 16:00 Break The dynamics of groundwater table and salinity over 17 years in Challenges of Sustainable Water 16:00 – 17:00 Khorezm Dr. Mirzakhayot Ibrakhimov (ZEF / UNESCO Project) Use in Arid and Semi-arid Regions 17:00 – 19:00 Visit the old city of Khiva under Conditions of Climate Change 19:00 – 22:00 Dinner in Khiva Thursday, October 01, 2009 Departure for “Landscape Segment”, the land & water 9:00 – 09:45 restructuring site of ZEF/UNESCO project 28 Sep-01 Oct 2009 09:45 – 11:00 Visit “Landscape Segment” Tashkent/Urgench, 11:00 – 11:30 Departure for ZEF/UNESCO project office in Urgench Uzbekistan 11:30 - 12:30 Discussion 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Afforestation of marginal cropland for climate change mitigation Workshop 14:00 – 15:00 Junior Professor Dr. Asia Khamzina (ZEF/ University of Bonn) Visit and Tour to the Amu Darya river and Urban Water Supply of Programme 15:00 – 17:00 Urgench city 17:00 - 19:00 Dinner 19:15 Departure to Tashkent Monday, September 28, 2009, Tashkent Tuesday, September 29, 2009, Tashkent 8:30 – 9:00 Registration Options for agricultural practices to mitigate climate change 8:30 – 09:15 impacts in rural areas in Khorezm Opening Ceremony Dr. John Lamers (project coordinator in Uzbekistan) Keynote Addresses: Improving regional agricultural water use efficiency using remote German Ambassador to Uzbekistan (Mr. Matthias Meyer) 09:15– 10:30 sensing-based models Dr. Christopher Conrad (University of Würzburg) Republic of Uzbekistan Representative 9:00 – 9:45 RCUWM Representative (Dr. Homayoun Motiee) 10:30– 11:00 Break BMBF Representative (Dr. Helmut Loewe) Adapting cropping systems management to climate change: ZEF/UNESCO Khorezm Project (Dr. Ahmad M. Manschadi) 11:00 - 11:45 scenario analysis using crop models ICARDA-PFU Representative (Dr. Christopher Martius) Dr. Ahmad M. Manschadi (ZEF / University of Bonn) Climate Change and Water Resources in Central Asia: IPCC GIS and remote sensing products in regional information systems Assessments as a Plea for Closer International and Interdisciplinary 11:45 - 12:30 to support climate change analysis 9:45 – 10:30 Cooperation Dr. Gerd Ruecker (DLR) Prof. Dr. Eckart Ehlers (ZEF / University of Bonn) 12:30– 13:30 Lunch 10:30 – 11:00 Break Impacts of climate change on water resources lakes of the world: Transboundary water management in Central Asia 11:00 - 11:45 13:30– 14:15 Case study of Lake Superior in Canada Prof. Victor Dukhovny (SIS-ICWC) Dr. Homayoun Motiee (RCUWM-Tehran) Impacts of climate change on urban water management 11:45 – 12:30 Dr. Alireza Massah (RCUWM-Tehran) Water balance modeling under data-limited conditions, Central Asia 14:15 – 15:00 in focus Mr. Abror Gafurov (IPSWat – University of Stuttgart, Germany) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Climate change in Central Asia: Past and future trends in temperature 15:00 – 16:00 Short presentations by the participants (max. 6 presentations) 13:30 – 15:00 and rainfall patterns Prof. Dr. Ernst Giese (University of Giessen) 16:00 – 16:30 Discussion and closing remarks 15:00 – 15:30 Break Departure to Urgench 17:00 Climate change impacts on water resources and role of International 15:30 – 16:15 Hydrological Programme (IHP) Dr. Anil Mishra (UNESCO) Impacts of climate change on agricultural water use 16:15 – 17:00 Dr. Christopher Martius / Mrs. Kirsten Kienzler (ICARDA – Tashkent) Improving water use efficiency 17:00 – 17:45 Dr Saied Nairizi (RCUWM-Tehran) Date and Venue Introduction b) To familiarize participants with climate change The world is facing changes at a faster rate than ever seen before. These / variability concepts and modeling; The total duration of the changes such as population growth, migration, urbanization, land‐use change c) To familiarize participants with concepts and training course would be 2 and climate change / variability will drive the way in which water resources technologies in water resources management for days with an additional 2 need to be managed in the future. They also call for concrete contributions mitigating the impact of water stress and climate days field trip. from water policies and actions to help the world cope with these changes. change. The workshop will be held in While climate change has been the most talked about topic, these days, other d) To provide the participants on opportunities to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. changes taking place will likely affect water resources and services and their share their ideas and view‐points. management to a much greater degree. All regions of the world will be confronted with strong and unpredictable Workshop Topics impact of climate change on water resources. However, countries and regions • Introduction to global change and climate variability under water stress have developed and implemented strategies to cope with • Impacts of climate change on sustainable water use extreme pressure on water resources or with substantial institutional changes • Role of governments/public/civil society in sustainable during political or industrial transition. water use under climate change /variability conditions It is important for water research and water managers to take advantage of this • Service provision under conditions of climate change rich experience, to get access to the information and to develop strategies for Workshop Fees /variability adapting such experience to special conditions of arid and semi‐arid regions. The fees will be paid • Improving water efficiency Warming will certainly cause hydrologic changes that will affect freshwater for participants from • Case studies resources. These are among the most significant potential impacts of climate their institutions and change. Apparently climate change will present challenges to water utilities and organizations. RCUWM planning now could prevent freshwater crisis in upcoming years. Participants can finance a limited Impacts of climate change in arid and Semi‐arid regions particularly in urban The audience will be mid‐level managers / experts in number of participants. regions could create severe problems and challenges with due respect to water resources management, disaster management sustainable development. from various countries in the middle‐east and CIS This workshop will therefore provide the ground to transfer knowledge and including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, experience to enable regional entities to further investigate and confront with Oman, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as other these challenges. countries in the Arab and MENA region. The number of Eminent international resource persons will be invited to address the above participants would be around 30 including 10 from the mentioned issues during this training workshop to promote awareness among host country. mid‐level mangers to contribute to decision making through presenting training The participants will be expected to prepare and Field Visit materials. present their country reports / case studies relevant A technical tour to to the main theme of the workshop. Objectives: Urgench and Khiva Regions The main objectives of this 2‐day training course would be as follows: has been planned for the Language of the Workshop a) To strengthen human resources and institutional capacity building to participants of the course. The official language of the workshop would be enhance awareness on global change issues; English. .