Swedish IHP
NATIONAL REPORT ON IHP RELATED ACTIVITIES
Sweden
http://www.smhi.se/svenskaihp
1.
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN THE PERIOD JUNE 2010 – MAY
2012
1.1 Meetings of the IHP National Committee
The committee has regular meetings. During the period June 201-May 2012 seven meetings
where held (24th June 2010, 16th Sept 2010, 31st Jan 2011, 18th Feb 2011, 2 Dec 2011 8th
Feb 2012 and 18th April 2012).
1.1.1 Decisions regarding the composition of the IHP
National Committee
UNESCO:s scientific programs, including IHP, are coordinated by the Swedish
National Commission for UNESCO. With the aim to facilitate communication and
cooperation between the programs and disseminate results from activities to the
National Commission, an expert group with representatives from the committees is
established. The expert group is hosted by the Swedish Research Council. It proposes
budgets to the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO and distributes financial
means between the various programs. The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological
Institute (SMHI) (www.smhi.se) is pointed out by the Government as the responsible
organization for the Swedish IHP and hosts of the Secretariat of the Swedish IHP.
Two committee members represent SMHI. The chair of the committee is the head of
the Swedish Water House (SWH) (www.swedishwaterhouse.se). Also the head of the
Swedish Hydrological Council (SHR) (www.hydrologi.org) is a member of the
committee.
The following have been members of the committee during the reporting period:
Chair:
Karin Lexén, Swedish Water House (Karin.lexen@siwi.org)
Secretary:
Lotta Andersson, SMHI (lotta.andersson@smhi)
Representative in the Swedish expert group and in the Intergovernmental council:
Berit Arheimer, SMHI (berit.arheimer@smhi.se)
Member:
David Gustafsson, SHR (davidg@kth.se)
1.1.2 Status of IHP-VII activities
1.2
Activities at national level in the framework of the IHP
1.2.1 National/local scientific and technical meetings
The Swedish IHP committee was co-convener for the SWH seminar”the role of water
in an urbanized world”, held in connection to the 2011 world water day.
http://www.swedishwaterhouse.se/en/seminars/previous/seminar.html?id=350&year=
2011&type=archive
The workshop ”Water status and hydrological models – handling of uncertainties in
water management” was arranged the 15-16 September 2011. The workshop was
directed towards water administrators and modelers, as a follow up to the
international research workshop described below.
http://www.smhi.se/svenskaihp/aktiviteter/workshop-om-att-anvanda-modeller-ivattenforvaltning-1.17992
1.2.2 Participation in IHP Steering Committees/Working Groups
From 2012, Sweden is member of the IHP Intergovernmental council, with Berit
Arheimer appointed as the Swedish representative in the council.
1.2.3 Research/applied projects supported or sponsored
A ”terminology group”, hosted by SHR has been appointed and sponsored by the
Swedish IHP committee. The task of the group is to establish an Swedish-English
dictionary. The available “Nordic Glossary of Hydrology”, established witin the NHP
1973-1981 framework will be the basis of the new electronic dictionary. The output
aims to be a Swedish contribution to the “Glossary of Hydrology”, published by
WMO.
1.2.4 Collaboration with other national
organizations and/or programmes
and
international
For the 2011 and 2012 World Water Days, SHR has, by appointment by the Swedish
IHP committee coordinated Swedish activities during and initiated new activities
www.vattendag.org
1.2.5 Other initiatives
1.3
Educational and training courses
1.3.1 Contribution to IHP courses
1.3.2 Organization of specific courses
1.3.3 Participation in IHP courses
1.4
Cooperation with the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
and/or international/regional water centres under the auspices of
UNESCO
1.5
Publications
1.6
Participation in international scientific meetings
1.6.1 Meetings hosted by the country
The Swedish IHP, represented by Berit Arheimer, was co-convener of the 2010
World Water Week workshop « Water Quality in Capacity Development: Policy
Options and Practical Solutions in the National and Transboundary Context
(http://www.worldwaterweek.org/sa/node.asp?node=750&selEvent=&selTheme=&se
lYear=&filter=1&mySchedule=&txbFreeText=arheimer&selRegion=&sa_content_ur
l=%2Fplugins%2FEventFinder%2Fevent%2Easp&id=3&event=288).
A scientific workshop ”Nutrient model comparison” was arranged by the Swedish
IHP committee in Söderköping, Sweden, the 28-30th March 2011. The aim with the
meeting was to increase knowledge about uncertainties in model-based information
aimed to be used for decision support. Twenty participants from five countries
participated in the meeting. Seven water and nutrient models where set up for the
Söderköping river basin in connection with the workshop. Revealed uncertainties
were analysed and recommendations for how to deal with uncertainties were
proposed. Documentation is available at
http://www.smhi.se/svenskaihp/Nyhetsarkiv/planned-workshop-on-nutrient-modelcomparison-1.12423
1.6.2 Participation in meetings abroad
Xth Kovacs Colloquium, Hydrocomplexity: New Tools for Solving Wicked Water
Problems, July, 2010, UNESCO, Paris. Lotta Andersson was invited speaker with the
presentation “Use of participatory scenario modelling as platforms in stakeholder
dialogues” http://iahs.info/conferences/2010Kovacs.htm
Sixth World FRIEND Conference, Fez, Morocco, October 2010. Lotta Andersson
presented : “Participatory modelling for locally proposed climate change adaptation
related to water and agriculture in South Africa” and (on behalf of C. Donnely et al)
“High-resolution, large-scale hydrological modelling tools for Europe”.
http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1713.shtml
”Raising awareness and enhancing the adaptive capacity of water resources planning
and management to climate change impacts”, 14-15 November, UNESCO, Paris.
Karin Lexen was invited speaker to the panel.
http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/news/single/article/raising-awareness-andenhancing-the-adaptive-capacity-of-water-planning-and-management-to-climatech/?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=20&cHash=19957e9d8fad58e86fdc202c2374feb7
1.7
Other activities at regional level
1.7.1 Institutional relations/cooperation
1.7.2 Completed and ongoing scientific projects
2.
FUTURE ACTIVITIES
2.1
Activities planned until December 2012
The Swedish IHP committee will host a side-event workshop during the International
Conference on Fresh Water Governance for Sustainable Development - – 5th to 7th Nov
2012, in South Africa. Use of seasonal forecasts and scenario-modelling to facilitate planning
for food security and water quality in the developing world – possibilities and challenges. The
workshop aims to create a meeting place for policy makers and modellers from South and
North who will share experiences and evaluate possibilities and challenges related to the use
of models in a policy context in the developing world, with focus on planning for food
security and water quality. The workshop will be based on experiences from the two
workshops held in 2011. http://www.wrc.org.za/Lists/Events/DispForm.aspx?ID=176
A number of scientific and popular papers related to the two modelling/policy workshops
arranged in 2011 will be compiled.
2.2
2.3
Activities foreseen for 2013-2014
Activities envisaged in the long term