8 May 2020

Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction under the COVID-19 Pandemic – UN HELP draft Principles (Input Requested by 15 May 2020)

In April 2020, the UN High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP) released the Draft Principles to Address Water-related Disasters under COVID-19 Pandemics, and is seeking suggestions and opinions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources (IWR) supported this effort through editorial contributions and technical content. Please send your suggestions and opinions directly to helpprinciples_covid19@wateranddisaster.org by May 15, 2020.  You can access the full draft at www.wateranddisaster.org/cms310261/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/HELP-Draft-Principles-to-Address-Water-related-DRR-under-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-final_29042020-3.pdf.

21 Apr 2020

Just Released – New Report on Shared Vision Planning for Europe’s Tisza River Basin

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources (IWR) just released a report on the use of a multilateral Shared Vision Planning (SVP) Risk-Informed pilot study within Europe’s Tisza River Basin.

9 Apr 2020

Developing Watershed Management in the Dominican Republic Through Shared Vision Planning

team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources (IWR) is working with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a participatory watershed plan in the Guayubin River sub-basin of the Yaque del Norte basin in the Dominican Republic using Shared Vision Planning (SVP) principles.