Roundtable 4C

COORDINATION WITH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES

P. Drobinski & P. Lionello

International coll. & funding

I. COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS• International visibility of the HyMeX program• Integration in broad scientific networks • Highlight of the main HyMeX scientific objectives

Link with WCRP/GEWEX (energy and water cycle: WG2, WG1)• Endorsment • CEOP/RHP

Link with WWRP/THORPEX (extremes: WG3, WG4, WG5) programs of WMO

• Endorsment • T-NAWDEX

Collaboration with MedCLVAR• 3rd HyMeX workshop sponsorship• HyMeX representative in the MedCLIVAR steering committee• Co-organized meeting (e.g. within the Plinius conference in Barcelona

International coll. & funding

Extend and intensify collaboration with other Mediterranean programs (MOON, MEDEX, …) Coordinated lobbying action

II. US COLLABORATION AND NSF FUNDING FOR US HyMeX• Existing proposal: multi-insititutional pre-proposal to the PIRE program at NSF (collaboration with HyMEX/MERMeX) led by E. Anagnostou, entitled "A US-Mediterranean partnership to advance climate change research through the study of the HYDROlogical cycle, extremes and effects on ecosystem processes in the MEDiterranean Basin-HYDROMED" (4 US institutions + institutions from France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt within the framework of HyMEX and MERMeX initiatives): submitted in February 2009.

• Other interest• Precipitation: K. Friedrich (CU Boulder) and J. Wurman (CSWR) - NSF/CSWR DOWs (Doppler on Wheels); J. Van Baelen and US investigator (CSU) - NSF/NCAR wind profiler system and radiosondes (ISS) on a ship; J. Gourley (NOAA/NSSL) - NSSL DOWs; W. Chau-Lee (NCAR)- research interest in a heavy precipitation study over the Med employing ELDORA (NSF/NRL); R. Rotunno (NCAR, research interest); R. Houze (UW), S. Yuter (NCSU) (potential research interest) • Other: A. Mariotti (Univ. of Maryland - climate aspects); V. Kourafalou (Univ. of Miami - air-sea interactions and exchange of waters between the Mediterranean and Black Seas); E. Gruntfest (CSU Colorado Springs - societial impacts)

International coll. & funding

III. FUNDING AT NATIONAL LEVELS• Identification of possible funding agencies in all countries forming the HyMeX « consortium » e.g. in France, the consortium of the main French agencies (CIO) has evaluated the French direct contribution to HyMeX to ~9 M€ (without salaries) between 2009 and 2015 with a peak of ~8M€ between 2011 and 2013.

•Multi-lateral funding: Coordination of national fund raises (ANR, NERC,DFG, …)

IV. PROJETS MÉDITERRANÉENS DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE INTER-UNIVERSITAIRE (MERSI) FROM THE AUF (AGENCE UNIVERSITAIRE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE)10 funded projects: 50% funding, 36 months max., 3 partners min. (2 from the south), 50 k€ max. deadline: August, 31, 2009 for pre-project. 2-3 HyMeX projects max.

• GPS proposal (O. Bock)• Cooperation development with North African countries within HyMeX (visits, grants, workshop, …) in relation with MedCLIVAR networking• Algerian Radar upgrade project

International coll. & funding

V. FIRST CALL FOR STANDARD PROJECTS OF THE ENPI CBC MEDITERRANEAN SEA BASIN PROGRAMME4 Programme Priorities and 10 related Measures ( priority #2: “Promotion of environmental sustainability at the basin level” representing 30% of total budget i.e. 9.8 M€): up to 90% funding, 48 months max., 3 partners min. (1 from EU Mediterranean Countries and 1 from Mediterranean Partner Countries, from 0.5 to 2 M€ per project and at least 50% of the total eligible costs of a project shall be dedicated to activities implemented in Mediterranean Partner Countries deadline: September, 16, 2009. 2-3 HyMeX projects max.

• ii) prevention of natural risks (floods and fires)• iii) water cycle management Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt• ix) adaptation to the effects of climate change.

International coll. & funding

VI. FP7 FUNDING (PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF 2010 FP7 CALL DRAFT)• Early warning systems to predict climate change related meteorological hazards (droughts) in Africa ( WG2)•Building a culture of risk prevention in Europe / Social science research, natural hazards and decision making process ( WG5)• Exploring new GNSS (global navigation satellite systems) applications in EO ( WG2, WG3)• Identification and Networking of EO activities in the Balkan area ( WG2, WG3, WG4)• Impact of ocean acidification in the Mediterranean in a changing climate ( MerMeX,WG4)

VII.SPACE AGENCIES FUNDING•GPM mission•SMOS, …

VIII. UNIVERSITY NETWORKS

International coll. & funding

Coordination needed with the ISSC for bottom-up (information on calls) and top-down (coordination, help in consortium set-up,...) information

Lobbying action to make FP7 call more “Mediterranean”