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Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management in Pacific Island Countries
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Demonstration Projects designed for IWRM
implementation.
The Global
Environmental Facility (GEF), through UNDP, signed an agreement with SOPAC to
develop an innovative programme on Sustainable Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM) in the Pacific. The project is being developed by the countries
through IWRM Focal Points supported by SOPAC and in collaboration with UNDP,
UNEP and partners in the Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water
Management. The project will support the implementation of the Pacific Regional Action
Plan on Sustainable Water Management that aims to improve the assessment and
monitoring of water resources, reduce water pollution, improve access to technologies,
strengthen institutional agreements, and leverage additional financial resources in
supporting IWRM.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Project
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2007
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Regional Energy Meeting 2004 (REM2004)
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Regional energy meeting organised, convened and a record
produced and disseminated.
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Energy (E)
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Activity/Task
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2005
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Community Risk Programme
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The objective of this project is to improve hazard assesment and risk management practices to build safer communities. Support is offerred on a need basis.
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Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
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Project
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2001
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Pacific Island Climate Update (ICU)
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ICU produced, published and disseminated to the climate
sensitive sectors including water managers, energy
managers and disaster managers.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Bulletin/Newsletter
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2005
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Pacific Islands Climate Update (ICU)
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ICU produced, published and disseminated to
the climate sensitive sectors including water
managers, energy managers and disaster
managers.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Bulletin/Newsletter
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2009
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Develop new capacity building / training opportunities for in country counterparts across the various work areas of OIP
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Capacity building is an integral component of all OIP Programming and is always undertaken where and if appropriate.
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Human Resources Development (HRD)
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Programme
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2008
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Regional proposals submitted to the EU- Water Facility
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2 regional proposals were submitted to the EU- Water Facility 1st call for proposals on behalf of the Pacific ACP States. The first one was regarding the Pacific HYCOS Project. A second project to establish a regional IWRM
Resource Centre and support of in-country
national consultations was unsuccessful in the
1st Call. The proposal was resubmitted in the 2nd Call with results expected in 2006.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Proposal
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2006
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Seismic Profiling and Bottom Sampling between Northern New Caledonia and Ontong Java Plateau
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Planning for a EVA VITI cruise to be carried out on R/V Coriolis in late 1981 by ORSTOM, including a bathymetric survey of the d'Entrecasteaux Ridge preparatory to a more detailed and precise bathymetric project, using Sea-Beam, on R/V J. Charcot in 1983-1984. GEOVAN II cruise to be carried out on R/V Coriolis in late 1981 to early 1982 by ORSTOM and CCOP/SOPAC, including seismic refraction studies on the d'Entrecasteaux Ridge and on the West Torres Massif.
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Minerals (M)
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Activity/Task
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1981
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Regional Bathymetric Map
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To update the bathymetry map of the Southwest Pacific region, which was originally compiled and hand drafted in 1983. In 1983 SOPAC produced a geophysical atlas of the South Pacific on a scale of 1: 6442 192, with contour intervals of 500m. This bathymetry chart has been extremely popular, with some 10 000 prints, from two print editions, in circulation. The present map is hand drawn and includes the Southwest Pacific region only. Since the production of this map SOPAC has acquired in its deepsea database, an enormous amount of data including bathymetric information from cruises and surveys in the region. In addition to these, SOPAC has acquired bathymetric data for the Federated
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which are both located in the North Pacific region.
Consequently, an upgrade of the current chart is both timely and appropriate. It is envisaged that the upgrade will be digital and will include the northern parts of the Pacific as well.
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Coastal Processes (CP)
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Map/Chart
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2000
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World Water Day 2004
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Provision to members countries of a
campaign strategy with proposed activities
catalogue, publication material, articles for
newspapers and magazines, financial
support for advertising in-country.
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Water and Sanitation (WS)
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Event
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2004
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Compendium