2023 Japan training participants spearhead series of re-echoing activities
December 18, 2023
Ten participants of HyDEPP-SATREPS Japan Training 2023 conducted a series of re-echoing activities from October to November to share and upskill co-project members and students. Topics discussed are the same as the courses taken by the trainees such as hydro-agricultural modeling technology, flood hazard mapping and risk assessment technology, local economic growth prediction modeling technology, data management technology, and river flow monitoring technology.
In the first part last October 18th, Mr. Paul Edrine Mapoy and Engr. Christine Jane Ramacula (Group 3 members) shared their experiences and learnings in the flood hazard mapping and risk assessment technology course. They highlighted map outputs such as flood hazard and extent maps in the Municipalities of Bay and Pila, Laguna in reference to Typhoon Ulysses. Dr. Joan Cecilia C. Casila and Engr. Bryan Clark Hernandez (Group 2 members), completers of the Hydro-agricultural modeling technology course, gave an overview of WEB-RRI and RRI and provided a tutorial on RRI model simulation using Pampanga River Basin data.
The following day, Mr. Francis John F. Faderogao and Engr. Allan T. Tejada, Jr. (Group 1 members) led the data management technology topic. Both trainees highlighted model selection, bias correction, and statistical downscaling using DIAS.
On October 23rd, Mr. Lusito C. Abueg and Ms. Veronica I. Castillo (Group 4 members) spearheaded the local economic growth prediction modeling technology cascading by emphasizing on the agent-based model (ABM). The trainers also provided a tutorial on how to run the ABM simulation from setting up the Linux System to post-processing using R Studio. In the same session, Dr. Agnes C. Rola (Group 4 sub-leader) provided a policy brief writing workshop to boost the policy brief outputs of the project.
The last part was held on November 9th and delivered by Dr. Roger A. Luyun, Jr. and Dr. Rubenito M. Lampayan (Group 1 & 2 leaders) where they lectured river flow monitoring technology, highlighting the H-Q curve development, different methods of water flow measurements, and instruments including the non-contact current meter.
The HyDEPP-SATREPS 2023 Japan Training aims to enhance knowledge in disaster risk reduction, not only for ten selected participants but also for other Filipino project members and individuals with interests in the four study groups of the project through the series of re-echoing activities.