ICTs, climate change and water: Call for project and initiative write-ups

<strong>Researchers, practitioners or organisations working in the area of ICT applications for addressing water-related climate challenges in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean are called to share their experiences through short project write-ups.</strong>

This call is being made by The Climate Change and Water (CCW) Program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Through a competitive process, one practitioner per region will be identified from the responses to the call to attend the planned workshop in June/July 2011, where they will have an opportunity to share their work with a diverse range of stakeholders working on ICTs, water and climate change.

All write-ups have to be submitted until May 6 and will be included in an annotated listing designed to address climate-induced water stress, which will be published in late 2011.

This will provide valuable examples of the application of ICTs to address specific climate-related water issues, and also offer contributors an opportunity to reflect on the successes and challenges of their work.

The project write-ups could be about a completed or an ongoing experience and can include:

• Use of ICT-based data collection tools
• ICT applications for analysis and planning
• ICT applications for implementation and management
• Impact modelling
• The role of ICTs in strengthening of decision-making processes and raising awareness among actors

Given the potential of ICTs in enhancing resilience and the capacity of vulnerable communities to cope with water-related effects of climate change, the CCW program is exploring the emerging area of ICTs, climate change and water as a possible avenue for research funding. We recognize that the general field of ICTs, climate change and development is a very new field of enquiry where much remains to be explored – and that even less explored is the field of ICTs, climate change and water.

For more information on this call, please write to Alan Finlay (alan@apc.org). Contributions should be sent to this address too.

Contributions can be in English, French or Spanish and should follow the template in the attached document.

<strong>Deadline: 6 May 2011</strong>