Hydrological Activity Sketch

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Hydrological Gap Sketch

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Detailed Gap Profile

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Hydrological Gap Plan

Philippines

Outline

Detailed Gap Profile

To be completed for each gap of the Hydrological Gap Sketch

The Hydrological Gap

WHY – Threshold Questions

WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW MUCH, WHO

OBSTACLES

The Hydrological Gap Remedy

ORIGIN OF THE GAP REMEDY

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAP REMEDY

ESTIMATED COST OF THE GAP REMEDY

The Hydrological Gap Priority

Draft with comments

Detailed Gap Profile

To be completed for each gap of the Hydrological Gap Sketch

The Hydrological Gap

WHY – Threshold Questions

  1. How is filling this gap expected to improve national water-resources assessments?

(Articulate specificallythat this gap is nationalin scope and is intimately associated with the capacity to conduct comprehensive water-resource assessments. If this cannot be articulated, this gap should be rejected or have appropriately low priority among the other gaps of this Gap Panel.)

  1. What is the potential for new or gained water resources to result from filling this identified gap?

(Articulate specifically the potential that filling this gap has for identifying substantial new or gained water resources. The magnitude of the potential should be a major consideration in the assigned priority of this gap)

WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW MUCH, WHO

  1. Describe in detail the gap in hydrological data/information/understanding

(The WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW MUCH, AND WHO. The WHY has been established in #1 and #2 above.)

It may be useful to consider whether this gap fits any of the sup-topics of WMO Water Resources Assessments:

1. Institutional Framework (are all of the connections/legislation, etc in place)

2. Data Collection, Processing and Retrieval (are all of the required information available)

3. Areal Assessment of Hydrological Elements (framework for analyses)

4. Manpower, Education and Training (Are the capabilities there)

5. Research, technical development and technological exchange

6. WRA Products and Services - fit-for-purpose (possibly should come first - why are we doing WRA)

  1. Describe the existing and the targeted levels of expertise and technology in the area of the gap. Identify the national agencies/institutions/organizations/individuals where the expertise and technology currently exist and where it should be developed/reside.
  2. Level of expertise in area of gap
  3. Existing
  4. Targeted
  5. Level of technology in area of gap
  6. Existing
  7. Targeted
  8. Level of (any other measure) in area of gap
  9. Existing
  10. Targeted

OBSTACLES

  1. What are the obstacles to filling this gap (expertise, training, infrastructure, services, other)?

(Why is it that this recognized gap [national in scope, intimately associated with resource assessment, and with potential for identifying substantial new or gained water] is not currently being addressed by the Philippine water agencies or authorities?)

The Hydrological Gap Remedy

ORIGIN OF THE GAP REMEDY

(DO NOT consider here in detail the specific sources of the Gap Remedy; consider only whether the remedy can be addressed by the country internally or will require involvement of outside partners)

  1. The Gap Remedy will originate:

Locally,

Regionally,

Internationally,

or some combination of the above

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAP REMEDY

  1. Describe the Gap Remedy in general terms
  1. The Gap Remedy is expected to comprise the following specific elements:

ESTIMATED COST OF THE GAP REMEDY

(Order of magnitude, or better if possible)

The Hydrological Gap Priority

Possible ranking factors (Workshop leaders and Gap Panel leaders guide decisions on factors and justification)

Perceived potential for identifying significant new or gained water resources

Hydrological urgency

Interdependencies of this gap with others

Likelihood of successful filling of gap

Relation to historical, current, and/or anticipated water resource problems

Hydrological importance

Hydrological complexity and local considerations

Timing considerations

Others

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Involve the Workshop Panel participants in answering the following ONLY IF TIME IS AVAILABLE AFTERthe above aspects have been fully and completely addressed in detail. The above are critical aspects of the Detailed Gap Profile and it is essential that they are completed with the input of the gathered national experts. The following can be investigated post-workshop as long as all the above details have been thoroughly articulated.

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SPECIFIC SOURCE OF THE GAP REMEDY

For each of the specific elements of the Gap Remedy presented above, identify known agencies, institutions, experts, and organizations with the technical resources to provide those elements (this is not a question on funding sources)

FUNDING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GAP REMEDY

Blank Draft

Detailed Gap Profile

To be completed for each gap of the Hydrological Gap Sketch

The Hydrological Gap

WHY – Threshold Questions

  1. How is filling this gap expected to improve national water-resources assessments?
  1. What is the potential for new or gained water resources to result from filling this identified gap?

WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW MUCH, WHO

  1. Describe in detail the gap in hydrological data/information/understanding
  1. Describe the existing and the targeted levels of expertise and technology in the area of the gap. Identify the national agencies/institutions/organizations/individuals where the expertise and technology currently exist and where it should be developed/reside.
  2. Level of expertise in area of gap
  3. Existing
  1. Targeted
  1. Level of technology in area of gap
  2. Existing
  1. Targeted
  1. Level of (any other measure) in area of gap
  2. Existing
  1. Targeted

OBSTACLES

  1. What are the obstacles to filling this gap (expertise, training, infrastructure, services, other)?

The Hydrological Gap Remedy

ORIGIN OF THE GAP REMEDY

  1. The Gap Remedy will originate:

Locally,

Regionally,

Internationally,

or some combination of the above

DESCRIPTION OF THE GAP REMEDY

  1. Describe the Gap Remedy in general terms
  1. The Gap Remedy is expected to comprise the following specific elements:

ESTIMATED COST OF THE GAP REMEDY

The Hydrological Gap Priority

Possible ranking factors (Workshop leaders and Gap Panel leaders guide decisions on factors and justification)

Perceived potential for identifying significant new or gained water resources

Hydrological urgency

Interdependencies of this gap with others

Likelihood of successful filling of gap

Relation to historical, current, and/or anticipated water resource problems

Hydrological importance

Hydrological complexity and local considerations

Timing considerations

Others

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Address the following ONLY IF TIME IS AVAILABLE AFTERthe above aspects have been fully and completely addressed in detail

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SPECIFIC SOURCE OF THE GAP REMEDY

For each of the specific elements of the Gap Remedy presented above, identify known agencies, institutions, experts, and organizations with the technical resources to provide those elements (this is not a question on funding sources)

FUNDING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GAP REMEDY

Workshop Gap Panel Session B.docx

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