User consultation

GlobWetland Africa User Consultation - Agenda & Presentations

17-18 July 2013, 09:15 – 18:30 ESA-Esrin, Frascati, Rome (Italy)

17 July 2013
08:30-09:15	45’	Workshop registration
Opening and Keynote presentations
09:15-09:30	15’	Welcome and workshop objectives	Marc Paganini, ESA
09:30-09:40	10’	Introduction of the participants	All
09:40-10:00	20’	The post-2015 Ramsar strategic plan and the State of the World Wetlands (SOWW)	Nick Davidson, Deputy SecretaryGeneral, Ramsar secretariat
10:00-10:20	20’	The Ramsar convention in Africa	PaulOuedraogo, Ramsar secretariat
10:20-10:40	20’	The ESA Tiger initiative, looking after water in Africa	Benjamin Koetz, ESA
10:40-11:00	20’	GEO-BON, the Global Wetlands Observing System (GWOS) and its regional implementation in Africa, GWOS Africa	Lammert Hilarides, WI
11:00-11:20	*20’*	Coffee break (James Cook room)
"state of the art" satellite technologiesfor different domains of wetland EO applications.
11:20-11:35	15’	Overview of remote sensing opportunities for the inventory, assessment, monitoring of wetlands	Marc Paganini, ESA
11:35-11:55	20’	Remote sensing of wetland land cover types and surface water dynamics using optical sensors	Kathrin Weise, JOP
11:55-12:15	20’	Remote sensing of wetland land cover types and surface water dynamics using microwave sensors	Christiane Schmullius, University Jena
12:15-12:35	20’	Identification and delineation of wetlands as a support to wetland inventory	Manfred Keil, DLR
12:35-12:50	15’	Remote sensing of surface water quality (chlorophyll concentration, suspended sediments, dissolved organic matters)	Carsten Brockmann, Brockmann Comsult
12:50-13:05	15’	Assessment and monitoring of wetlands, Mangroves	Richard Lucas, Aberystwith Univ, UK
13:05-13:20	15’	Mangrove stand mapping in East Africa - from cases to needsand purposes	Nico Koedam VUB, Belgium
13:20-14:20	*60’*	Lunch
14:20-14:40	20’	Tailored change analysis and indicators for satellite based wetland monitoring	Kjell Wester, Brockmann Geomatics
14:40-15:00	20’	Wetland hydrology and modelling at water basin level	Zoltan Vederdy, ITC
15:00-15:20	20’	The challenge of connected quality: wetland suitability for migratory birds in the Western-Greek bridgehead from and to Africa assessed by high-resolution optical data	Ron Merken, VUB, Belgium
15:20-15:40	20’	Exploitation perspectives from dense time series of 10m Sentinel-2 optical data	Eric van Valkengoed TerraSphere, NL
15:40-16:00	*20’*	Coffee break
Presentations and expectations from the Ramsar regional networks in Africa
16:00-16:15	15’	MedWet, the Ramsar Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative and its Mediterranean Wetland Observatories (MWO)	Laurent Chazée, Tour du Valat
16:15-16:30	15’	NIGERWET, the ramsar regional network for the Niger river basin	Ali Loaoual ABAGANA
16:30-16:45	15’	WACOWET, the Ramsar West African Coastal Zone Wetlands Network	Abdou Salam Kane
16:45-17:00	15’	RAMCEA, the Ramsar center for Eastern Africa	Carol Kagaba Kairumba
17:00-17:15	15’	Questions/Answers, Comments	All Participants
Presentations and expectations from the African Water basin authorities
17:15-17:30	15’	ABN- Niger River Basin Authority Autorité de bassin du fleuve Niger	Jean Abdias Compaoré
17:30-17:45	15’	NBI - Nile Basin Initiative/Equatorial Lakes Region IInitiative du Bassin du Nile/Region des Lacs Equatoriaux	Françoise Kayigamba
17:45-18:00	15’	CICOS- International Commission of Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Commmission Internationale Congo - Oubangui - Sangha	Gilbert Madouka
18:00-18:15	15’	Questions/Answers, Comments	All Participants
18:15-18:30	15’	Day 1 wrap-up	Marc Paganini, ESA Paul Ouedraogo, Ramsar secretariat
18:30		Adjourn

18 July 2013
09:00-09:30	30’	Workshop registration
Presentations and expectations from Ramsar national points of contact in Africa
09:30-09:45	15’	Algeria	Salhi Hamida, Algeria
09:45-10:00	15’	Tunisia	Abid Habid, Tunisia
10:00-10:15	15’	Burkina Faso	Blaise Sawadogo, Burkina Faso
10:15-10:30	15’	Questions/Answers, Comments	All Participants
Presentations and expectations from the international organisations
10:30-10:50	20’	IUCNPACO, International Union for Conservation of Nature Programme Afrique Centrale et Occidentale	Prof Aboubacar AWAISS
10:50-11:10	20’	WWF Africa	Laurent Some
11:10-11:30	*20’*	Coffee break (James Cook room)
11:30-11:50	20’	Birdlife Africa	Julius Arinaitwe
11:50-12:10	20’	The Nature Conservancy Global Freshwater Team	Rebecca Tharnme
12:10-12:30	20’	IUCN Pan-Africa Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment	William Darwall
12:30-12:50	20’	Wetlands International	Stefan Flink
12:50-13:10	20’	UNEP WCMC, World Conservation Monitoring Center and the Biodiversity Indicator Partnership	Cristina Secades
13:10-14:30	*80’*	Lunch (ESRIN canteen)
Education and Capacity Building
14:30-14:50	20’	UNESCO-IHE, UNESCO Institute for Water Education	Prof Kenneth Irvine
14:50-15:10	20’	UNDP Capacity Building Network (Cap-Net)	Kees Leendertse
15:10-15:30	20’	Université Senghor-Alexandrie	Martin Yelkouni
15:30-15:50	20’	WSA - Pan African Inter-governmental Agency, Water and Sanitation for Africa	Andrews Nkansah
15:50-16:10	20’	ITC – Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente	Zoltan Vederdy
16:10-16:30	20’	Questions/Answers, Comments	All participants
16:30-16:50	*20’*	Coffee break (James Cook room)
Plenary discussions
16:50-17:00	10’	Preliminary objectives of the GlobWetland Africa project (input from all sections)	Marc Paganini, ESA Paul Ouedraogo, Ramsar secretariat
16:45-18:00	75’	Discussions on GlobWetland III project requirements Project time frame Geographical areas Pilot countries, pilot basins, pilot wetlands Project partnership Which types of Wetlands Mapping, Monitoring and Assessment at river basin scales? Which types of Wetlands Mapping, Monitoring and Assessment at site level? Field validation. Ramsar Indicators of Effectiveness / wetlands-related Indicators Input to GWOS and to the SOWW Co-funding mechanism(s) Education / capacity building	All Participants
18:00-18:10	10’	Modalities for user participation to the GlobWetland Africa project	Marc Paganini, ESA
18:10-18:30	20’	Conclusion and meeting wrap up, follow up activities, calendar	Marc Paganini, ESA Paul Ouedraogo, Ramsar secretariat
18:30		Adjourn