Thai-German Seminar on flood prevention measures

Thursday 23 April 2015 15:14
Recently, the Department of Water Resources and German International Cooperation (GIZ) organized the Dialogue forum on “German Flood Protection Strategy ” to introduce the German Flood Protection Strategy as well as the draft Water Resources Management Strategy of Thailand. The forum was held as part of the Thai-German technical cooperation project entitled “Improved Management of Extreme Events Through Ecosystem-based Adaption in Watersheds”, which is supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Photo shows (from left):

Mr. Roland Treitler, Project Director, Improved Management of Extreme Events through Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Watersheds (ECOSWat) project, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Dr. Peer Gebauer, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Thailand

Mr. Thomas Stratenwerth, Head of Division of General, Fundamental, International and European Aspects of Water Management, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)

Mr. Seree Sopondirakrat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE)

Mr. Chaiporn Siripornpibul, Inspector General, MoNRE

Mr. Boonjong Jarusdumrongnit, Deputy Director General, Department of Water Resources, MoNRE

Mr. Hubert Lohr, Managing Director, SYDRO Consult GmbH

Mr. Marcus Hatz, Expert, The German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)