TWA Water Hub | Myanmar
The Water Agency started operations in Myanmar in 2015. Since then we have been working towards a more transparent water sector in Myanmar, aiming to increase cooperation between government, universities, private and public organizations. A large part of southern Myanmar consists of a delta, vulnerable for floods and extreme weather. There are...
The city of Yangon is one of the most vulnerable cities worldwide to climate change, suffering from widespread flooding during the monsoon while experiencing severe water shortages in the dry season. Starting in 2019, through a joint initiative of lo...
Hello, this is Yati from The Water Agency Myanmar. Her current position is the project consultant starting to join earlier this year. Since she has the background knowledge with civil, structural, water, environmental and Metocean engineering, s...
From this webinar, you can get the information concerned with how to incorporate climate change impact into flood risk assessment; safe inflow design flood selection for dams; climate change considered hydro-meteorological response of particular rive...
With the collaboration of Myanmar Water Partnership (MMWP), Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Development (IWUMD), Global Water Partnership and The Water Agency, the virtual webinar was successfully organized to promote and strengthen the k...
As part of the Thaketa Climate Adaptation Pilot Project, mid-point review surveying throughout the Thaketa ward-5 community was carried out to asset the level of involvement as of project Phase I (November 2020). The survey was carried out 6th-9th Ja...
The objectives of the webinar are to strengthen the knowledge and awareness of flood management from various perspectives to the participants and to establish a network for the exchange of information related to this webinar's theme. Date - 3 January...
The Thaketa Climate Adaptation Pilot Project takes place in Ward 5 of Thaketa, a township in the city of Yangon (Myanmar). In the pilot project, we are developing an innovative community-driven stakeholder participation process for designing and impl...
With the support of NUFFIC Orange Knowledge Program, the six-week "Teaching for Learning" Program had been initiated online together with the staffs of the University of Yangon, VU Amsterdam and The Water Agency During the kick-off meeting in March 2...
The evaluation study is commissioned by the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on behalf of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The evaluation assesses G4AW's objective to improve food secur...
On November 24, 2020, update call of Thaketa Climate Adaptation for Water Security Pilot Project was done with local government, Yangon City Development Committee by organizing the virtual online meeting amid COVID pandemic. The call was to shar...