Lead organisation: Institute for Social and Environmental Transition International (ISET)
Partners
- National Center for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (NAWAPI)
- Adaptive Resource Management Ltd
- CARE International
- Da Nang CCCO
- Da Nang University of Technology
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
The Institute for Social and Environmental Transition International (ISET) has created a participatory platform for flood risk management across two provinces, Da Nang and Quang Nam, in central Vietnam. This platform has allowed the provinces to assess the potential flood impacts of current and planned development, as well as upstream reservoir management, and will provide a mechanism for exploring the trade-offs of different development scenarios and pathways. Incorporating the Quang Nam floodplain includes the entire river basin flood plain and its infrastructure into one modeling tool, allowing for integrated planning and decision-making. ISET provided the necessary equipment to improve the local early flood warning systems in two communes, Dai Hong and Hoa Khuong. This included life vests, sirens, generators, flashlights and megaphones, supporting the entire population of both communes – or over 23,000 people.
Key achievement
- 23,751 people use EWS or climate information as a result of pilots.
- 284 community members have participated in CARE’s Vulnerability Assessments and Resilience Action Planning activities
- Quang Nam and Da Nang will receive a new project from GEF/UNDP to support the operation of the RBO in the next 5 year period (2019-2024). Active engagement of Da Nang and Quang Nam DONRE with this project’s design period led by GEF helped to make sure lessons from the ISET project are taken into account.
- Improved visibility and awareness of hydropower on communities.
- Da Nang and Quang Nam’s joint conclusion policy document was facilitated and accelerated by the project.
- 36 knowledge products have been generated – Blog posts: 15, Briefing note: 1, TV reports: 2, Newspaper articles: 17, Case study: 1.