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Global Flood Partnership

cooperation framework between scientific organisations and flood disaster managers worldwide

Global Flood Partnership

develop flood observational and modelling infrastructure, leveraging on existing initiatives for better predicting and managing flood disaster impacts and flood risk globally

Events

Sep 2023

Singapore

Save the date: GFP annual conference, Sept 25-27th 2023

Save the date: the upcoming 3 day international GFP annual conference will held in Singapore, September 25-27

Feb 2023

Online

REGISTRATION OPEN: Copernicus Emergency Management Service - 2nd Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Meeting

The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) is organising the ‘2nd Global Flood Forecasting and Monitoring Mee

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News & updates

March 25, 2023

Welcome new GFP steering committee members

New Members of the GFP Steering Committee:

December 13, 2022

Join the GFP steering committee! (CLOSED)

The GFP wants to expand its steering committee and we are looking for two key voices:

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user stories

A user story helps understanding and communication, particularly of a system and its context

user story

I’m a watershed manager on the Nile. I send out HEC-RAS based flash flood alerts. I want to use historic flood maps to improve my HEC-RAS output so that early warning evacuations are more successful My name is Habib, I’m a watershed manager on the Nile. I send out HEC-RAS based flash flood alerts. I want to use historic flood maps to improve my HEC-RAS output so that early warning evacuations are more successful.

My name is Habib

Humanitarian

I am a strategist for the Rockefeller Foundation disasters program. I want to know which regions to prioritize for flood protection based on population exposed to asset loss so I can optimize the program funding.

My name is Luke

Humanitarian

I analyse the risk to future infrastructure and either issue or deny planning permission depending on the risk. I need data about the flood risk for a region so that I can make an informed decision about whether or not to grant permission.

I’m Mark and I’m a building inspector

Planning

I need to help identify flooded areas for an ongoing flood event. I need to compile existing flood maps on a daily basis to provide a daily map product to management for relief action. I also need to be able to evaluate the data to determine where false negatives and positives may impact my assessment.

I’m Laura and I’m a GIS analyst at FEMA

Humanitarian

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