HELPING Working Groups

Science for Solutions decade: HELPING – Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world.

Science for water solutions decade: HELPING – Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world. Read the Concept Note and follow the process through the time plan. The overarching goal is understanding hydrological diversity and integrating knowledge across scales and regions.

Theme 1
HELPING with global and local interactions

Research Goals	Outcome / Product Goals	Community Goals
Understanding local hydrological processes	Case-studies populating the Digital Water Globe platform	Meta-analysis (synthesis) for joint global description of diversity
Understanding differences and similarities between regions	Large-sample datasets; Tools for monitoring or assessments	Collaboration between people at similar conditions worldwide
Understanding global-local interactions	Methods to link global estimates with local conditions	Recognition when implementing general policy at local level

If you cannot access the online Google form, please contact the IAHS office on [email protected] for more assistance via a .pdf form. The Working Groups have been built by the community by submitting a proposal. The list of suggested Theme 1 Working Groups follows below, along with their related proposal document as well as a sign up form.

• • REHYDRATE - REtrieve historical HYDRologic dATa and Estimates: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here. 
  • Decomposing Complexity: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here. 
  • The Digital Water Globe HELPING with global and local interactions: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Urban Water - Urbanization phenomenon and adequate water management strategies: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • From local to large scale human-water dynamics: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Comparative understanding of runoff generation processes from global experimental watersheds: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Water for biodiversity in a changing world: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Understanding drivers and feedbacks of soil moisture variability across scales, from local to global: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Local and indigenous knowledge in hydrology: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Deep explanation and evaluation of hydrological Changes for local solutions (DEEHCLS): View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Effective Aquifer Governance for Agriculture: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Hydrologic Design - Solutions and Communication: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Water Quality Under Global Changes: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Development and application of river basin simulators: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Ensuring evidence-based findings: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.

Theme 2
HELPING with holistic solutions for water security

Research Goals	Outcome / Product Goals	Community Goals
Understanding potential and challenges with mitigation methods (for floods, droughts, water quality/pollution)	Catalogue of solutions and potential effects; Tools for evaluations	Empowered hydrologists in water security
Understanding sectorial nexus of problems/solutions	Guidelines for assessments of solutions, which effects several sectors	Participation in trans-disciplinary analysis and applied research
Nature-based solutions for achieving water security	Catalogue of NBS; Guidelines; Synthesis	Foster sustainability and green societal transition

If you cannot access the online Google form, please contact the IAHS office on [email protected] for more assistance via a .pdf form. The Working Groups have been built by the community by submitting a proposal. The list of suggested Theme 2 Working Groups follows below, along with their related proposal document as well as a sign up form.

• • Water footprints for water security: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Drought in the Anthropocene: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Participatory Water Systems: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Near-term (annual to decadal) forecasts of water availability: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Acceptance of Nature-based solutions and their implementation in guidelines: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Droughts in Mountain Regions: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Water's integral role in the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Green infrastructure measures for flood protection: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Enhancing the resilience of the Water - Energy - Food (WEF) Nexus: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Water systems analysis for integrated planning and management: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.
  • Stepwise ecological restoration of watersheds: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.

Theme 3:
HELPING with cross-cutting goals

Research Goals	Outcome / Product Goals	Community Goals
Integrating new technologies with existing	New data sources in open data repositories	Facilitate evaluation/application of current concepts and study new hypothesis
Co-creating hydrological knowledge between people and between disciplines	Catalogue of local associations, Methods and training in co-creation activities, Database of good examples merging practical/indigenous knowledge with evidence-based science	Engage with local people globally, Enhance science communication, inclusiveness, and applications of citizen science, Foster transdisciplinary research

If you cannot access the online Google form, please contact the IAHS office on [email protected] for more assistance via a .pdf form. The Working Groups have been built by the community by submitting a proposal. The list of suggested Theme 3 Working Groups follows below, along with their related proposal document as well as a sign up form.

• • Strategic UN-Collaboration Group (SCG-Hydro): View the proposal document. Join the working group.
  • Outreach, Communication and Science Interfaces: View the proposal document. Join the working group.
  • Local and Indigenous water resource knowledge: View the proposal document. Join the working group.
  • WATER & HEALTH - Integrated water pollution solutions to tackle the water and health nexus: View the proposal document. Join the working group.
  • Co-Creating Water Knowledge: View the proposal document. Join the working group
  • Sensors for & by the people: View the proposal document and join this Working Group here.