1. Recent Water-related News

1-1 Floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2014.5.18 BBC "Balkan floods: Fears of new surge on Serbia's River Sava" (Link)
2014.5.23 ReliefWeb(assessment capacities project "Floods in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia 23 May 2014" (Link)
2014.7.6 ReliefWeb(UN Country Team in Bosnia and Herzegovina) "Bosnia and Herzegovina - Flood Disaster Situation Report July 6, 2014" (Link)

1-2 Floods in Afghanistan

2014.6.7 BBC "Afghanistan flash flood kills dozens in Baghlan province" (Link)
2014.6.7 Reuter "Flash floods hit Afghanistan, at least 58 dead" (Link)
2014.6.26 ReliefWeb (IOM) "Afghanistan: Humanitarian Weekly Report (13-26 June 2014)"
(Link)

1-3 Floods in China

2014.6.3 Xinhua "Two dead, two missin in China rainstorms" (Link)
2014.6.23 Xinhua "China reports 26 deaths in southern rainstorms" (Link)
2014.7.2 FloodList "134 Killed by Floods in China in 6 Months" (Link)

2. Training Courses, Workshops and Seminars

2-1 JICA training course: Water Related Disaster Management in Asian Region from May 12 to June 6, 2014 supported by IDI

JICA Tsukuba Training course "Water Related Disaster Management (Preparedness, Mitigation and Reconstruction) in Asian Region" was held from May 12 to June 6, 2014 and IDI supported to conduct this course. 10 participants from 6 Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand) took part in this course to study Japanese countermeasures against water related disasters. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Meteorological Research Institute (MRI) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) gave lectures and practices on a wide range of topics, such as precipitation observation, policymaking, community disaster prevention, and so on. The participants visited 6 sites, such as Regulating Barrage for Lak Biwa and Seta River, Re-development project for Amagase Dam, and Kamo River improvement project with residents relocation, under the jurisdiction of Kinki Regional Development Bureau, MLIT and Kyoto Prefecture to understand how to implement policies and plans.

3. Others

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