Overview - Project Description

In 1993 the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), with the support of the World Bank, started to promote the development of a World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS). This global network of reference stations is being developed through regional components with the aim of promoting modern technologies and a regional approach to water related problems, by improving the capacities of the hydrological services and by encouraging co-operation between hydrologists.

The first regional component, called MED-HYCOS, concerns the riparian countries of the Mediterranean Sea with a possible extension to Black Sea as additional funds would be made available to the project. Another regional component is now being implemented in Southern Africa (SADC-HYCOS) with the financial support of the European Union and with WMO as the supervising agency and other components are at different levels of development such as AOC-HYCOS and Congo-HYCOS in West and Central Africa, SADC-HYCOS in southern Africa, CARIB-HYCOS for the Caribbean basin, IGAD-HYCOS for Eastern Africa, Nile-HYCOS for the Nile river basin and Baltic-HYCOS for the Baltic Sea basin.

2. Implementation strategy for the MED-HYCOS programme

The scientific and technical meeting organised in Montpellier, May 17-19, 1995, which was attended by representatives of WMO, the World Bank, participating countries and partner organisations, has accepted the offer from ORSTOM (the French Institute of Scientific Research for Development through Co-operation) to host the Pilot Regional Centre (PRC) at the AGROPOLIS scientific campus, in Montpellier, France.

The PRC is in charge of the co-ordination of the activities related to the implementation of the project during its start up period, from May 1995 to May 1998, and serves as a focal point of a dynamic network grouping the MED-HYCOS programme partners.

The PRC operates under the authority of the Regional Co-operation Group (RCG) composed of the representatives of the countries and the organisations involved in the programme. The RCG is responsible for the definition of strategic, technical and operational aspects of the program. The countries involved contribute to the success of the programme by their participation in activities for which their expertise and skill are well established.

The RCG has mandated the Initial Co-ordination Group (ICG) to help the PRC in its work. The ICG is presently composed of 7 countries :

Bulgaria,
France,
Italy,
Malta,
Rumania,
Spain,
and Tunisia

and 5 organisations :

WMO,
the World Bank,
FRIEND-AMHY (Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data-Mediterranean and Alpine Regions),
MEDIAS-FRANCE ("Groupement d'Intérêt Public" federating the activities of the French research organisations for the global environment)
and ORSTOM.

3. Immediate objectives

An implementation strategy has been set up for the first three years of the programme (May 1995 - May 1998).

In March 1995, the Initial Co-ordination Group defined five immediate objectives and decided to create four working groups or Regional Task Forces (RTF) :

objective 1 : implementation of the Data Collecting Platforms (DCP) network for the acquisition and remote transmission of hydro-meteorological data (RTF 1),
objective 2 : design and implementation of the computerised regional data base (RTF 2),
objective 3 : support for the national hydrological services through the procurement of new equipment and the organisation of training sessions (RTF 3),
objective 4 : creation of an information infrastructure to facilitate communication and co-operation between countries and other programmes for development (RTF4),
objective 5 : implementation of a regional network for electronic communication.

Table 1 in Annex 1 lists the countries involved in the project and gives some information about their involvement.

Annexe 2 gives the list of the Med-Hycos national representatives.

4. Activities conducted in 1996

The PRC has organised two meetings in 1996, the first ICG meeting in March, and the RTF1 first meeting in September/October. Activities in 1996 were limited due to the late signature of the agreement between ORSTOM and WMO.

However, the PRC kept contact with most of the countries involved in the project and undertook a large number of activities connected with the commissioning, test, set up and shipment of the DCPs to countries, as well as the preliminary development of the regional data base and the implementation of the WEB site on INTERNET.

4.1. PRC activities

In 1996, the PRC was installed in the Lavalette building, offering a 100 m² office platform, with mainly a SUN computer, two microcomputers, a METEOSAT data reception station and a workshop for DCP testing and programming.

ORSTOM Staff involved

Six members of ORSTOM staff were at the disposal of PRC for varying periods in 1996 :

Marc Morell, hydrologist research engineer, project co-ordinator (2 months)
Manuelle Perraud-Rival, administrative secretary, in charge of the administrative work connected with the project (6 months)
Jacques Colombani, hydrologist, director of research, in charge of the international relations connected with the project (6 months)
Robert Gouyet, hydrologist researcher, designer and webmaster of the project INTERNET site (6 months)
François Chevenet, computer engineer, in charge of the development and implementation of the regional data base (4 months)
Pierre Marchand, electronic engineer, in charge of commissioning, test, set up and shipment of the DCPs, and involved in the training sessions (4 months)

Operation

In 1996, Marc Morell carried out three missions (Taormina, Beyrouth, Bucarest) and Jacques Colombani one mission (Damas), both providing opportunities for promoting the project :

Taormina (Sicilia), June 96 : contact with J-M Martin (Water Task Force, European Union)
Beyrouth (Lebanon), October 96 : contact with S. Catafago (Med-Hycos representative) and W. Najem (CNRS and Water Council)
Bucarest (Romania), November 96 : contact with M. Marinel Ioana, Director of the National Hydrometeorological Institute (INMH), M Stanescu and Liliana Fugaciu (INMH - Med-Hycos representative)
Damas (Syria), December 96 : contact with Minister of Irrigation Abdel Rhaman Madani, Vice Minister Barakhat Hadid and with ACSAD.

4.2. ICG meeting

The Initial Co-ordinating Group met in Montpellier in March 1996.

Countries represented :

Bulgaria, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, and Romania;

Organisations represented:

WMO, The World Bank, FRIEND-AMHY, MEDIAS-FRANCE and ORSTOM

Israel and the Palestinian Territories were also invited to attend (only Israel was represented) as well as the following organisations :

METEO-France, VERSEAU,
Regional Direction for the Environment , France
Montpellier District.

The list of participants is given in Annex 3.

A report of the meeting is available on INTERNET as "MED-HYCOS Initial Co-ordinating group, first meeting (Montpellier, 5-7 March 1997)".

4.3. Implementation of the immediate objectives

4.3.1. Objective 1: Implementation of the network of DCPs

The technologies selected for the Med-Hycos Project have already demonstrated their reliability by large telemetered networks in West Africa (for example, the World Health Organisation (WHO) with its the onchocercosis programme (OCP)). Remote transmission of the data via METEOSAT allows the remote monitoring of the equipment and real time availability of the data for the assessment and management of water resources.

PM 46 Data collecting platform
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4.3.1.1. Technical specifications of DCPs

In June 1995, the PRC proposed to RCG and to WMO (executive agency of the project) technical specifications for the Med-Hycos DCPs.

A manufacturer CEIS-TM (Toulouse, France) was selected to provide the first 20 DCPs.

The DCPs are equipped with «intelligent» sensors. They permanently measure water level, rainfall, air and water temperatures, and may be equipped with additional sensors (13 possibilities) to measure water quality variables (pH, turbidity, conductivity, etc.) and climate variables (humidity, solar radiation, wind, etc.). All these data are transmitted through METEOSAT satellite. Each country will receive in real time its own data measured by its own stations.

4.3.1.2. Test and shipment of DCP

A purchase order for 20 DCP was sent by WMO to CEIS-TM in February 1996. The DCPs were delivered the beginning of August 1996 and tested and set up at the PRC. In March 1997, 7 of them were sent to the following countries : Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey.

The second delivery, probably in May 97, may concern Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Malta, etc.

The other DCPs would be sent to the countries fulfilling the following conditions :

The country is eligible for World Bank funding
The project document has been be signed by the government
EUMETSAT application form has been transmitted to WMO
One technician of the country concerned has taken part in a training session for the operation and maintenance of the DCPs.

4.3.1.3. RTF1 training session, September-October 1996

A training session was organised for the operation and maintenance of the DCPs for 16 hydrologists from the following countries :

Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malta, Moroco, Tunisia, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Romania and Ukraine.

The list of the participants is given in Annex 4. Participants are the members of the provisional RTF1.

Training began in Toulouse (CEIS-TM, 23 - 27 September 1996) and continued at the PRC in Montpellier (30 September - 4 October). The training enabled participants to present their organisation, the characteristics of their working environment , the equipment they were using and also the constraints limiting their activities.

The report on this meeting is available on INTERNET.

4.3.2. Objective 2 : implementation of the Regional Data Base

During the meeting of the Initial Co-ordinating Group, the PRC puts forward a proposal for a development project for the regional data base. The project, which was first evaluated by some members of the ICG, was then adopted.

The choice was made of a secured data base, resident on a work station, managed with SGBD ORACLE and interfaced with NETSCAPE so as to be available on an internal network and/or on INTERNET.

Initially only data collected by MED-HYCOS DCPs would be managed :

water level and discharge
rainfall
water temperature
air temperature.

Real time data from the MED-HYCOS network would be validated by the participating countries and transmitted ,as soon as possible on a regular basis, to the PRC. Historical data from the Mediterranean networks would be used with the real time Med-Hycos data, especially for the preparation of hydrological products. Additional information on catchment characteristics and on water resource management in the region would complement the data base.

The regional data base is shared between the MED-HYCOS partners, and, under certain conditions, will be made available to other users.

The dissemination system would connect the PRC with national agencies of participating countries and other regional and international data bases. The possibility to transfer data onto CD-ROM together with the results from regional hydrological studies is under consideration. A prototype of the data base : Hydro-Meteorological System (HMS) would be in two parts. The first part, the data base itself called Hydro-Meteorological Data (HMD) and the second one , the management software, called Hydro-Meteorological Tools (HMT). This prototype would be presented to the RTF2 members in June 1997.

For the moment, this task consists in the management and numerical/graphical processing of hydro-meteorological data via the World Wide Web (W3).

The W3-to-Database connectivity use the Tcl/Tk language as a basic programming environment, especially with the Tcl/Tk plugin, which enables a powerful Human-Machine interaction inside W3 documents.

The information system is based on :

the Oracle relational database management system (server side) dealing with hydro-meteorological data such as streamflow discharges, temperature, rainfall, and so on,
a Tcl applets (tclets) library (running on the client side) using the Tcl/Tk plugin and dealing with data edition, graphical representations for exploratory data analysis (Tukey, 1977) and statistical analysis.

Depending on user interaction, the tclets use the HTTP protocol for querying the database towards, OraTcl CGI scripts, OraTcl is a well known Tcl extension from T. Poindexter that provides access to a Oracle Database server, and, Tcl CGI scripts managing i/o C programs for multivariate analysis methods such as Principal Component Analysis.

At present, the MED-HYCOS information system is still under development, but the first results are decisive.

The Tcl/Tk plugin enables dynamic graphical methods inside W3 documents with good performances. These methods have two important properties : direct manipulation and instantaneous change (Becker, Cleveland & all, 1987).

The Tcl/Tk environment simplifies the system's architecture through its homogenization. For instance OraTcl instead of Pro*C for the SQL queries, Tcl instead of Perl and Tcl/Tk for applets.

4.3.3. Objective 3 : support for the national hydrological services

During the RTF1 meeting held in Montpellier in September 1996, initial exchanges took place among partners on computer tools and hydrometric practices that are presently used by their hydrological agencies.

Further meetings planned in 1997 would allow this survey to continue and a list of the equipment and training requirements would be prepared.

The RTF3 meeting, expected to take place in September 1997, would review surveys carried out in this domain and would propose a list of equipment and software to be purchased by the project as well as training sessions to be organized.

4.3.4. Objective 4 : creation of an information infrastructure

The Med-Hycos forum was set up in April 1996 and can be accessed by all those interested in the project at the following address but it was not really success.

A Web server was therefore developed at the following address : .

This Web site is a part of the MED-HYCOS project, and its aim is to allow better communication between the hydrological departments of the area, and to give to outsiders surfing on the Internet, lot of them being scientists, information on the water problems and fresh water data of the Mediterranean and Black Sea countries.

The main purpose of this site is to provide administrative and technical information on the project, on the hydrological measurement stations and on the hydrological departments involved in it.

First a home page, which is a summary of the following information :

a "News" page, where the last additions to the site are listed ;
information on the meetings of the project, reports on the past meetings, advertising for the future meetings ;
information on the training programs, in the same way ;
administrative information, like documents about the set-up of the project ;
technical information on the Data collecting platforms ;
presentation of the hydrological departments which are members of the project, with a special page for each country's representative with their e-mail ;
presentation page for each of the hydrological stations to be included in the project ;
some pages about the Web site, with lists of Web addresses related to hydrology;

This Website is intended to be a test version, to allow members of the project to get used to communicating on the Internet.

A graph shows the increasing number of visitors, as a moving monthly mean which is computed every decade.

A significant number of hits or connections cannot be identified, but using those which can be, we can see that those coming from the MED-HYCOS related people are slowly growing. This number will increase even more in the future, as new hydrological departments now have access to the Internet.

The final version of the Web site will include the use of a database (see immediate objective 2).

The meetings of RTF4 (communication) and RTF2 (database) are scheduled to take place in Montpellier in July. They will deal with a lot of questions, and among them the future of this site, as well as with its connection to the database, and with the related data policy.

Moreover, a logo and a poster were prepared. They are also available on magnetic support.

4.3.5. Objective 5 : implementation of a regional network for electronic communication

Missions were undertaken in 1996 by the WMO in two countries (Tunisia and Morocco) . Proposals have been made for the use of either the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) of WMO or/and Internet for the reception and dissemination of the data collected by the Med-Hycos network and transmitted by METEOSAT to EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany and to the PRC.

4.4. Summary of PRC expenses in 1996

The detailed PRC expenses are shown in Annex 5. The main headings of expenses are as follows in $US :

1 - RTF1 training Sept/Oct 1996 44 000,00

2 - Test of the first 20 DCPs before shipping 5 000,00

3 - PRC running costs 18 000,00

4 - Equipment purchase 2 412,06

5 - Missions 1 039,82

TOTAL 70 451,88

4.5. WMO/ORSTOM agreement

The agreement signed between WMO and ORSTOM set up the precise responsibilities of the PRC in implementing the objectives of Med-Hycos for the years 1996 and 1997. In fact, because of delay, the activities would be running until March 1998.

The complete text of the agreement is presented in Annex 6 with two additional annexes.

5. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR 1997

In 1997, the main goals for the PRC are :

to organise meetings and training sessions related to project activities in the participating countries ;
to assess abilities in each participating country and each organisation in order to fully participate in the different fields of the project such as : administration, technology, scientific support, training ;
to schedule the developments required in terms of computing remote sensed data and for information processing necessary for the operational data base ;
to propose products that would be developed and distributed ;
to propose co-operation agreements with international organisations and regional or international programmes ;
to prepare outlines for agreements with countries willing to increase their participation in Med-Hycos, (additional sites to be equipped, national contribution to Med-Hycos activities, financial arrangements, data dissemination procedure, etc.).
to propose an electronic communication system between the Med-Hycos partners.

The countries collaborating with the PRC would be expected :

to install the Data Collection Platforms;
to set-up the regional data base;
to set up the information dissemination system;
to prepare and distribute reports ;
to organise training sessions on collection, transmission, and processing technologies and information dissemination ;
to exchange management software and tools especially in order to process raw data .

During this period, the PRC would rely on additional structures able to take responsibility for specific activities. Sub-regional centres throughout the Mediterranean region would subsequently emerge according to the potential of each country and/or organisation.

Co-operation and exchange would be established with national data bases and other global observation systems, programmes and projects such as GCOS, GTOS, GRDC in Koblenz, GEMS/WATER centre, FRIEND-AMHY and FRIEND-AOC (West and Central Africa).

The PRC would maintain close links with institutions and organisations working on the Mediterranean basin in the field of environment in general and especially with those working in the water resources field, such as FAO, UNESCO, the Blue Plan, the World Council for Water. In addition, the Med-Hycos project would favour close co-operation with other HYCOS regional components and in particular with African projects (AOC and SADC).

Annex 7 gives the schedule for the activities planned for 1997.

6. Conclusion

Between March 1996 and March 1997, the foundations of the Med-Hycos project were built :

definition of the immediate objectives of Med-Hycos by the ICG ;
procurement, test and set up of the first 20 DCPs and organisation of a training session on installation, operation and maintenance ;
shipment of the first DCPs to participating countries;
preparation and signature of an agreement between ORSTOM hosting the PRC and WMO (executing agency) ;
development of the regional data base ;
creation of a forum and establishment of a Web server.

The activities of the Med-Hycos project in 1997 should significantly increase due to financing facilities. This budget would be administrated by the PRC and its partners, under the control of WMO, executing agency.

The main objectives in 1997 are to :

install a network of 30 data collection platforms ;
set up a regional data base, with data collected in real or near real time, complemented with historical data and accessible by Internet ;
network hydrological partners in the project who would be asked to increase their capacity to produce and exchange high quality hydrological information.

Thus, the Med-Hycos PRC and partners need to keep in mind that the Med-Hycos project, presently in its initial phase, ultimately intends to become a concrete example of co-operation all around Mediterranean Sea especially to support water policy and sharing of information.

The technological progress and the lessons to be learned may be useful in the near future in other HYCOS components/projects in Africa (AOC - SADC) and in the Caribbean area (CARIB).

In conclusion, the Med-Hycos project would be a catalyst for closer collaboration between the main actors in the water sector in the Mediterranean basin, hopefully including the Black Sea.

Annex 1 : the situation of the countries in the MED-HYCOS project

	Eligibles	MED sea	Black sea	RTF 1	RTF 2	RTF 3	RTF 4	Internet connection	Access Eutmetsat	signature of the Project Document	PCD selected
Albania		Y		Y		P			Y		Y (2 DCP)
Algeria		Y		Y	Y			P		Y	Y (2 DCP)
Palestinian Territories		Y						Y
Bosnia Herzegovina	N	Y		Y
Bulgaria	N	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y (2 DCP)
Cyprus		Y		Y		P	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y (1 DCP)
Croatia		Y		(Y)				Y	Y	Y	Y (1 DCP)
Egypt		Y						Y
Spain	N	Y		Y		P		Y
France	N	Y
Georgia	N		Y				Y	Y
Greece	N	Y		(Y)				Y
Israel		Y		(Y)						Y	Y (1 DCP)
Italy	N	Y		Y			P	P
Jordan		Y		(Y)						Y	Y (1 DCP)
Lebanon		Y		Y		P					Y (1 DCP)
Macedonia		Y		Y				P	Y	Y	Y (2 DCP)
Malta		Y		Y	Y			Y		Y	Y (2 DCP)
Morocco		Y		Y		P				Y	Y (2 DCP)
Moldavia	N		Y
Portugal	N	Y						Y
Rumania	N		Y	(Y)	Y			Y
Russia	N		Y
Slovenia		Y		Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y (1 DCP)
Syria		Y					Y
Tunisia		Y		Y		P			Y	Y	Y (2 DCP)
Turkey		Y		(Y)	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y (2 DCP)
Ukraine	N		Y	(Y)				Y
Yugoslavia	N	Y		Y			Y	Y

	Countries which received DCP on April 97
	Others planned in 1997

Annex 2 : List of the Med-Hycos countries representatives

ALBANIA M. NURI Miron Engineer Institute of Hydrometeorology Rruga. Durrësit, 219 TIRANA Phone : (355-42) 23518 / 22439 Fax : (355-42) 23518 Telex : HIDMET TIRANA	ALGERIA M. DEMMAK A. Principal Director of ANRH Agence Nationale des Ressources Hydrauliques Ministère de l'Equipement Clairbois Avenue Mohammedi-Bir-Mourad - Raïs 16 000 ALGER Phone : (213-2) 565029/565198 Fax : (213-2)560564/542542 Telex : 62 139
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA M. HADZIC Dzevad Hydrometeorological Institute Bardakcije 8 71000 SARAJEVO Phone : Fax : 387 71 524 040	BULGARIA M. DIMITROV Dobri National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Bulgarian Academy of Science Forecasting Department 66, Tzarigradsko Shosee boul 1184, SOFIA Phone : (359-2) 88 23 08/72 22 71 Fax : (359-2)97 335 69 Telex : 22490 RTH SF/BG Email : idobri@hp.cfd.meteo.bg
CROATIA M. ZUPAN Milan Head of Hydrological Department Meteorological and Hydrological Service Gric 3 10 000 ZAGREB Phone : (385-1) 435 125 Fax : (385-1) 273 325 Email : zupan@cirus.dhz.hr	CYPRUS M. IACOVIDES Iacovos Senior Hydrogeologist Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Water Development Department CY - 1413 NICOSIA Phone : (357-2) 30 30 54 Fax : (357-2) 30 45 39 Telex : 5533 WDD CY Email : ydrologi@cytanet.com.cy
EGYPT M. EZZAT M.N. Head of Nile Water Sector Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources Cournich El. Nile Imbaba - Giza CAIRO	FRANCE M. HUBERT Pierre Président du Comité Français des Sciences Hydrologiques Ecole des Mines de Paris 35 rue St Honoré 77305 FONTAINEBLEAU Phone : (33) 01 64 69 47 40 Fax : (33) 01 64 69 47 03 Email : hubert@cig.ensmp.fr
GEORGIA M. BERADZE Nikoloz I. Deputy - Minister of Environment Protection and Head of the Department of Hydrometeorology 150 pr. Davida Agmashenebeli TBILISI 380012 Phone : (995 32) 95 36 82 Fax : (995 32) 95 50 06 Telex : 21 29 68 METEO SU Email : GGc@iberiapac.ge	GREECE M. NIKOLAKAKOS G. Director Hellenic National Meteorological Service El. Venizelou Str. 14, Hellinikon 167 77 ATHENES Phone : (30-1) 962 94 15 Telex : 21 52 55
ISRAEL M. KESLER Shmuel Director Hydrological Service P.O. Box 57081 IL 61570 TEL AVIV Phone : (972-3) 561 86 76 Fax : (972-3) 561 69 53	ITALY M. BATINI Giuseppe Direttore Generale Servizio Idrografico e Mareografico Nazionale Dipartimento per i Servizi Tecnici Nazionali Via Curtatone 3 I-00185 ROMA Phone : (39-6) 495 79 42 Fax : (39-6) 495 79 47
JORDANIA M. QUNQAR Edward Hydrogeologist/Project Coordinator Ministry of Water and Irrigation Planning Development and Information Directorate PO Box 2412 AMMAN Phone : (962 6) 68 31 00/68 01 00 Fax : (962 6) 67 91 43/68 08 71	LEBANON M. CATAFAGO Selim Bureau du Ministre des Ressources en Eau et Electricité du Liban E. D. L. 13ème étage Rue du Fleuve BEYROUTH Phone : (961-1) 44 47 00 Fax : (961-1) 44 96 39
MACEDONIA M. DIMITRIEVSKI Vitomir Director Republic Hydrometeorological Institute of Macedonia Street Skupi b.b., SKOPJE 91 000 Phone : (389-91) 22 79 54/36 21 16 Fax : (389-91) 22 68 39/36 11 93 Telex : 38 95 13 92 RHMZ Email : radica@tmet.rthsf.meteo.bg	MALTA M. RIOLO A. Chief Executive Water Services Corporation Qormi Road, LUQA LQA 05 Phone : (356) 24 98 51 Fax : (356) 22 30 16 Email : ariolo@maltanet.omnes.net
MAROCCO M. BEN BIBA Majid Chef de la Division des Ressources en Eau Direction Générale de l'Hydraulique Rue Hassan Benchekroun AGDAL RABAT Phone : (212 7) 77 86 66 Fax : (212 7) 77 60 81 Telex : PLANEAU 36082	MOLDAVIA M. GREPACHESKY I.V. Hydrometeorological Service (Chimet), 193 Grenoble 277043 CHISINAU Phone : (373-2) 57 35 60 Fax : (373-2) 57 36 36
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY M. HISHAM I. Zarour Palestinian Water Authority Po Box 891 RAMALLAH West Bank Via Israel Phone : 972 2 574 7311/7312 Fax : (972 2) 574 7300/ (001 903) 561 69 53 Email : pwahiz@pwa.pna.org	PORTUGAL M. REIS PASCOAL - A.C. Head of External Relations Instituto da Agua Avenida Almirante Gago Coutinho, 30 1000 LISBOA Phone : (351-1) 847 06 10 Fax : (351-1) 840 92 18
ROMANIA Ms.FUGACIU Liliana Head of Informatic Systems Designing Team National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Sos. Bucuresti-Ploiesti 97 BUCHAREST 71552 sect 1 Tel : (40-1) 679 28 85 Fax : (40-1) 230 31 43 Email : liliana@meteo.inmh.ro	RUSSIA M. BEDRITSKY A.I. Head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring 12 Novovagankovsky Street 123 242 MOSCOW Phone : (7-95) 252 14 67 Fax : (7-95) 252 11 58/252 94 84/252 55 04 Telex : 41.11.17 RUMS RF
SLOVENIA M. MUZIC Anton Adviser-Hydrological Systems and Forecast Hydrometeorological Institute of Slovenia Vojkova 1b 1001 LJUBLJANA Phone : (386 61) 320 947/327 461 Fax : (386 61) 13 31 396 Email : Tone.Muzic@HMZ.sigov.mail.si	SPAIN M. RODRÍGUEZ FONTAL Alberto Jefe del Servicio de Hidrologia y usos del agua Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente Direccion General de Obras Hidraulicas - S.G. Servicio Geologico Despacho 757 Plaza San Juan de la Cruz 28 071 MADRID Phone : (341) 597 76 17 Fax : (341) 597 59 09 Email : mopta06@sarenet.es
SYRIA M. EL-DIN Jamal Jamal Ministry of Public Works and Water Sources Irrigation and Resources Department P.O. Box 4451 DAMASCUS	TUNISIA M. KALLEL Ridah Direction des Ressources en Eau Service Hydrologique 43 rue de la Manoubia 1008 MONTFLEURY TUNIS Phone : (216 1) 49 08 00 Fax : (216 1) 39 15 49
TURKEY M. ÖZGÜLER Hamza Hydrologist- meterological Engineer DSI ( State Hydraulic Works) Genel Mudurlugu, 06100 Yucetepe ANKARA Phone : 90-312 417 83 00/2175 Fax : 30 - 312 417 13 78 Telex : 42 305 DSIM TR Email : dsigmmi@servis.net.tr	UKRAINE M. LIPINSKY Viacheslav Chairman State Committee of Ukraine for Hydrometeorology 6, Zolotovoritska Street 252601 MSP, KIEV 34 Phone :(380 44)221 93 33 Fax : (380 44) 229 49 07 Telex : KIEV HIMET 33 14 61 Email : lipins@meteo. freenet.kiev.ua
YUGOSLAVIA M. MAKSIMOVIC Slavko Director Federal Hydrometeorological Institute Bircaninova 6, P.O. Box 604 11001 BELGRAD Phone : (381 11) 646 555 Fax : (381 11) 646 369 Telex : 12937

ANNEX 3 Participants MED-HYCOS - 5-6-7 March 1996
NAME		ORGANISME	ADRESS	PHONE Number	FAX	e-mail
ALESSI Filippo	Councellor Department for National Technical Services	Presidency of the Council of Ministers	Via Curtatone 3 Rome 00185 Italie	(39 6) 4959176 (39 6) 4440701	(39 6) 4959179
COLOMBANI Jacques	Directeur de Recherche	Laboratoire d'Hydrologie ORSTOM	911 Avenue Agropolis BP 5045 34032 Montpellier cedex 1, France	(33) 04 67636422	(33) 04 67411806	colomban@orstom.rio.net
DIMITROV Dobri	Head Forecasting Department	National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology	66 Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd 1784 Sofia, Bulgarie	(359 2) 882308 (359 2) 722363	(359 2) 701005 (359 2) 884494	dobri@forecast.rthsf.meteo.bg idobri@hp.cfd.meteo.bg
FORNACIARI Carlo	Expert Department for National Technical Services	Presidency of the Council Minister	Via Curtatone 3 Rome 00185 Italie	(39 6) 44442673	(39 6) 4959179
FRITSCH Jean Marie	Directeur de Recherche	ORSTOM	911 Avenue Agropolis BP 5045 34032 Montpellier cedex 1 France	(33) 04 67617555	(33) 04 67411806	fritsch@orstom.rio.net
FUGACIU Liliana	Head of Informatic Systems Designing Team	National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology	Sos Bucuresti Ploiesti 97 71552 Bucarest Roumanie	(40 1) 3129842	(40 1) 3129843	liliana@meteo.inmh.ro
HOEPFFNER Michel	Représentant MEDIAS FRANCE	ORSTOM MEDIAS	CNES 18 Avenue Edouard Belin BP 2102 31055 Toulouse cedex	(33) 05 61274215	(33) 05 61282905	hoepffner@medias.cst.cnes.fr
HUBERT Pierre	Président du CNFSH	CIG Ecole des Mines	35 Rue St Honoré 77305 Fontainebleau France	(33) 01 64694740	(33) 01 64694703	hubert@cig.ensmp.fr
KERHERVE Pierre	Fonctionnaire Scientifique	Département de la Veille Météorologique Mondiale OMM	41 Avenue Giuseppe Motta Case Postale 2300 1211 Genève 2 Suisse	(41 22) 7308218	(41 22) 7342326	kerherve@www.wmo.ch
KESLER Shmuel	Director	Hidrological Service of Israel	50 Yermyahou St P.O. Box 6381, Romena II 91063 Jerusalem Israel	(972 2) 381101	(972 2) 388704
KUFFNER Ulrich	Ingénieur Principal des Ressources en Eau	Banque Mondiale	1818 H Street N W Washington DC 20433 USA	(1 202) 4737090	(1 202) 4771981
LANG Michel	Représentant FRIEND-AMHY	Division Hydrologie Hydraulique CEMAGREF	3 Bis Quai Chauveau 69336 Lyon cedex 09 France	(33) 04 72208760	(33) 04 78477875	michel.lang@cemagref.fr
MANGION John	Head Water Production	Water Services Corporation	Qormi Road Luqa LQA05 Malta	(356) 234515 (356) 234130	(356) 223016	ariolo@maltanet.omnes.net
MARCHAND Pierre	Ingénieur d’Etudes	ORSTOM	911 Avenue Agropolis BP 5045 34032 Montpellier cedex 1 France	(33) 04 67636421	(33) 04 67411806	marchand@orstom.rio.net
MATTHEWS Geoffrey	Water Resource Engineer	Banque Mondiale	1818 H Street N W Washington DC 20433 USA	(1 202) 4730354	(1 202) 5221142	gmatthews@worldbank.org
MORELL Marc	Responsable du Laboratoire d'Hydrologie	ORSTOM	911 Avenue Agropolis BP 5045 34032 Montpellier cedex 1, France	(33) 04 67615 25	(33) 04 67411806	morell@orstom.rio.net
NICOLAS Hubert		District Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon Technopole	275 Rue Léon Blum, BP 9531, 34045 Montpellier cedex 01, France	(33) 04 67136000	(33) 04 67136110
PIEYNS Serge	Senior Scientific Officer	Département de l'Hydrologie et des Ressources en Eau OMM	41 Avenue Giuseppe Motta Case Postale 2300 1211 Genève 2 Suisse	(41 22) 7308339	(41 22) 7348250	spieyns@www.wmo.ch
RODRIGUEZ FONTAL Alberto	Chief of Hydraulic Resources Services	Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente	Paseo Castellana 67 Despacho B-609 28071 Madrid Espagne	(34 1) 5977617	(34 1) 5978551
RUSSO Mario	Ingénieur	Ufficio Idrografico e Mareografico Nationale	L/go Frentoni 65100 Pescara Italie	(39 85) 63933	(39 85) 691700
SEHMI Naginder	Senior Scientific Officer	OMM	41 Avenue Giuseppe Motta Case Postale 2300 1211 Genève 2, Suisse	(41 22) 7308358	(41 22) 7348250	nsehmi@www.wmo.ch
SOULIE Michel	Ingénieur Chef de Projet	VERSEAU	Domaine de Lavalette 859 Rue J.F. Breton 34390 Montpellier cedex 01, France	(33) 04 67610400	(33) 04 67522829	colomban@orstom.rio.net

ANNEX 4 : RTF1 meeting : September 23rd-October 4th 1996

NAME	TITLE	ORGANISM	ADDRESS	PHONE NUMBER	FAX	E-MAIL
José Manuel ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ	Jefe de Seccion de Estadisticas y Aforos	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente DGOH y CA	Servicios de Recursos Hidricos - nuevos ministerios - Paseo de la Castellana MADRID ESPANA	34-1-5977605	34-1-5978551	moptma06@sarenet.es
Sandro DI GIANNANTONIO	chef technique	Servizio idrografico e mareografico Nazionale	Largo dei Frentani PESCARA - ITALIA	085-60919 085-61119	39-6-4957945
Angel GRECH	Groundwater operations manager	Water Services corporation	Qormi road - luqa LQA05 MALTA	356-234515 356-25999372	356-25999370	ariolo@maltanet.omnes.net
Ilir HASHORVA	Chief of the laboratory service	Institute of hydrometeorology	Rruga Durrësit, 219 Tirana - ALBANIE	355-4223518	355-4223518
Ivan SMALCELJ	Leader of the electronic laboratory	Meteorological and hydrological service	10 000 Zagreb GRIC 3 CROATIE	385-1-4565601	385-1-278703
Josif MILEVSKI	Chief of Hydrology department	Republic Hydrometeorological Institute of Macedonia	Street Skupi bb 91000 SKOPJE Republic of MACEDONIA	389-91-362572	389-91-361193
Dimiter GAYTANDJIEV	Head of department "Instruments and Automation of the Hydro-meteorological Observations"	National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology	66 Tsarigradsko chaussee - 1784 - Sofia BULGARIA	35-92-722361 35-92-9733578	35-92-9733569	dobri@forecast.rthsf.meteo.bg
Bogdan LUCASCHI	Electronic engineer	National Institute of meteorology and hydrology	97, Bucaresti - Pioiesti - 71552 Bucharest ROMANIA	40-1-3129842	40-1-3129843	liliana@meteo.inmh.ro
Valeri P.VODOLASKOV	Head of international department	State Committee of Ukraine for Hydrometeorology	6, Zolotovoritska Street - 34 Kyiv - 252601 - UKRAINE	380-44-2219392	380-44-2291888	vodolaskov@meteo.freenet.kiev.ua
Nurullah SEZEN	Hydrologist, meteorological Engineer	Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI)	Yucetepe 06100 ANKARA - TURQUIE	90-312-4183406 90-312-4183420	90-312-4171378	dsigmep@servis.net.tr
Issa AL NSOUR	Head of the Surface Water Monitoring Division	Ministry of Water and Irrigation Water Authority Surface Water Monitoring	PO BOX 2412 AMMAN JORDAN	962-6-680100	962-6-679143 962-6-680871
Robert YOUNAN	Assistant Ingenieur au Service Hydrologie	Office National du Litani	Beirut - Bir Hassan	961-1-825431	961-1-449639
Yakov SCHUMACHER	Hydrological Engineer	Hydrological Service - Hydrometry department	Tel Aviv 61570 Po Box 57081 ISRAEL	972-3-5618685	972-3-5616953
Salem NASRALLAH	Ingénieur Hydrologue	Ministère de l'Agriculture Direction Générale des Ressources en Eau	43, rue de la Manoubia 1008 Montfleury TUNIS TUNISIE	216-1-514782	216-1-391549
Lotfi CHARIKHI	Ingénieur Hydrologue Service Réseau Hydroclimatologique	Agence Nationale de Ressources Hydrauliques	Avenue Mahammedi - Bir Mourad Rais - ALGER ALGERIE	213-2-542732	213-2-542543 213-2-542542
Abderafia BENBOUZAIANE	Ingénieur d'étude - Hydrologue	Direction Générale de l'Hydraulique	Rue Hassan Ben Chekroun Rabat Agdal RABAT MAROC	212-7-778727 212-7-779027	212-7-776081
Daniel CREPIN		DIREN - SEMA	30, rue Jules Guesde 34184 Montpellier Cedex FRANCE	33-04-67456030	33-04-67756160
Jacques TAILHAN		DIREN - SEMA	30, rue Jules Guesde 34184 Montpellier Cedex FRANCE	33-04-67456030	33-04-67756160
Claude BENECH		DDAF	19, avenue de Grande Bretagne 66025 Perpignan Cedex FRANCE	33-04-68519500	33-04-68519595
Marc MORELL	Coordinateur du Projet Med-Hycos	ORSTOM	911, avenue Agropolis BP 5045 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1 FRANCE	33-04-67416225	33-04-67411806	morell@orstom.rio.net
Jacques COLOMBANI	Directeur de Recherche	ORSTOM		33-04-67636422		colomban@orstom.rio.net
François CHEVENET	Ingénieur de Recherche	ORSTOM		33-04-67416254		chevenet@orstom.rio.net
Pierre MARCHAND	Ingénieur d'Etude	ORSTOM		33-04-67636421		marchand@orstom.rio.net
Bernard THEBE	Ingénieur d'Etude	ORSTOM		33-04-67416245		thebe@orstom.rio.net
Robert C. GOUYET	Chargé de Recherche	ORSTOM		33-04-67636420		gouyet@orstom.rio.net
Patrick RAOUS	Ingénieur de Recherche	ORSTOM		33-04-67416254		raous@orstom.rio.net
Claudine DIEULIN	Technicienne de Recherche	ORSTOM		33-04-67416230		dieulin@orstom.rio.net
Manuelle PERRAUD-RIVAL	Secrétaire administrative	ORSTOM		33-04-67416224		perraudm@orstom.rio.net

Annexe 5 : Expenses of the Med-Hycos PRC in 1996

CRP expenses are as follows :

1 - RTF1 training Sept/Oct 1996, installation, operation and maintenance of DCPs 44.000,00 US$

2 - Test of the first 20 DCPs before shipping 5.000,00 US$

3 - PRC running costs 18.000,00 US$

4 - Equipment purchase 2.412,06 US$

5 - Missions 1.039,82 US$

TOTAL 70.451,88 US$

ANNEX 6

L'Institut français de recherche
scientifique
pour le développement
en coopération
(ORSTOM)

World Meteorological
Organization
(WMO)

WMO-ORSTOM Agreement
for the execution of the MED-HYCOS project Implementation Programme
by the Pilot Regional Centre
hosted by ORSTOM
Years 1996-1997

Between

the World Meteorological Organization
hereinafter called WMO,
having its Secretariat in Geneva, 41, avenue Giuseppe-Motta Case postale n°2300, CH-1211
represented by its Secretary-General Mr G.O.P. Obasi,

and

l' Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération
hereinafter called ORSTOM
having its headquarters in Paris, 213, rue Lafayette 75006
represented by its Director General, Mr Jean Némo,

Schedule of MED-HYCOS activities

From March 1997 to March 1998

										March
										10	11	12	13
Objective 4 - Information Infrastructure
4.2 - Web site development
Objective 5 - Regional Telecom System
5.1 - Evaluation of GTS/Internet facilities
General Co-ordination
Submission of annual reports

	April					May				June
	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Objective 1 - Network of DCP
1.4 - Training on DCP (in the countries)
1.5 - DCP support missions to countries
Objective 2 - Regional Data Base
2.3 - Procurement of equipement for RDB
Objective 3 -Strenghtening of NHS
3.2 - Procurement of 10 additional DCP
3.5 - Evaluation of requirement for equipment
3.6 - Procurement of additional equipment
Objective 4 - Information Infrastructure
4.2 - Web site development
Objective 5 - Regional Telecom System
5.1 - Evaluation of GTS/Internet facilities
5.2 - Training (in the countries)
5.3 - Procurement of additional equipment
General Co-ordination
Interim Coordination Group Meetings

	July					August				September
	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Objective 1 - Network of DCP
1.4 - Training on DCP (in the countries)
1.5 - DCP support missions to countries
Objective 2 - Regional Data Base
2.1 - Establishment of RTF2
2.2 - RDB development
Objective 3 -Strenghtening of NHS
3.1 - Establishment of RTF3
Objective 4 - Information Infrastructure
4.1 - Establishment of RTF4
4.2 - Web site development
4.3 - Preparation of Newsletter and Brochure
4.4 - Procurement of equipment for desktop edition
Objective 5 - Regional Telecom System
5.2 - Training (in the countries)

	October					November				December
	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
Objective 1 - Network of DCP
1.6 - RTF1 coordination meeting
Objective 2 - Regional Data Base
2.2 - RDB development
2.4 - Support missions and training for RDB
2.5 - RTF2 Coordination meeting
Objective 3 -Strenghtening of NHS
3.3/4 - Test and shipment of 10 additional DCP
3.7 - Training on data processing and product preparation
3.8 - RTF3 coordination meeting
Objective 4 - Information Infrastructure
4.2 - Web site development

	January					February				March
	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
Objective 2 - Regional Data Base
2.2 - RDB development
2.4 - Support missions and training for RDB
Objective 4 - Information Infrastructure
4.2 - Web site development
4.6 - RTF4 coordination meeting
Objective 5 - Regional Telecom System
5.1 - Evaluation of GTS/Internet facilities
5.2 - Training (in the countries)
General Co-ordination
Submission of annual reports
Interim Coordination Group Meetings

ANNEX 8 : E-mail adresses of Med-Hycos Partners

25/3/97

Country	NameSurname	e-mail
BULGARIA	GANEV Georgi	goro@Forecast.rthsf.meteo.bg
BULGARIA	GEORGIEV Vladimir Sharov	director@rthsf.meteo.bg
BULGARIA	DIMITROV Dobri	idobri@hp.cfd.meteo.bg
CYPRUS	IACOVIDES Iacovos	ydrologi@cytanet.com.cy
CROATIA	VUCETIC Tomislav	vucetic@cirus.dhz.hr
CROATIA	ZUPAN Milan	zupan@cirus.dhz.hr
EGYPT	SALEM Naim A.	ma@idsc.gov.eg
FRANCE	HUBERT Pierre	hubert@cig.ensmp.fr
GEORGIA	BERADZE Nikoloz I.	GGc@iberiapac.ge
GREECE	NIANIOS Athanasios	root@hnms.gr
ISRAEL	HISHAM. I. Zarour	pwahiz@pwa.pna.org
MACEDONIA	DIMITRIEVSKI Vitomir	radica@tmet.rthsf.meteo.bg
MALTA	RIOLO A.	ariolo@maltanet.omnes.net
ROMANIA	LUCASCHI Bogdan	lucaschi@meteo.inmh.ro
ROMANIA	FUGACIU Liliana	liliana@meteo.inmh.ro
SLOVENIA	MUZIC Anton	Tone.Muzic@HMZ.sigov.mail.si
SPAIN	RODRIGUEZ FONTAL Alberto	mopta06@sarenet.es
TURKEY	SEZEN Nurullah	dsigmep@tr-net.net.tr
TURKEY	OZGULER Hamza	dsigmep@tr-net.net.tr
UKRAINE	VODOLASKOV Valeri	vodolaskov@meteo.freenet.kiev.ua
UKRAINE	LIPINSKY Viacheslav	lipins@meteo.freenet.kiev.ua
YUGOSLAVIA	MAKSIMOVIC Slavko	slavsko@shmz.ac.yu
WMO	KRAEMER Dieter	dkraemer@www.wmo.ch
WMO	ABRATE Tommaso	abrate-t@gateway.wmo.ch
WMO	KERHERVE Pierre	kenherve@www.wmo.ch
WMO	PIEYNS Serge	spieyns@www.wmo.ch
WMO	SEHMI Naginder	nsehmi@www.wmo.ch
WMO	VILLALPANDO Francisco	rmu@www.wmo.ch
WB	MATTHEWS Geoffroy.	gmatthews@worldbank.org
WB	KUFFNER Ulrich	ukuffner@worldbank.org
FAO	KLOHN Wulf. E	wulf.klohn@fao.org
FRIEND-AMHY	LANG Michel	michel.lang@cemagref.fr
MEDIAS-France	HOEPFFNER Michel	hoepffner@medias.cst.cnes.fr
ORSTOM	FRITSCH Jean Marie	J-Marie.Fritsch@orstom.fr
CRP	MORELL Marc	Marc.Morell@orstom.fr
CRP	PERRAUD-RIVAL Manuelle	Manuelle.Perraud@orstom.fr
CRP	COLOMBANI Jacques	Jacques.Colombani@orstom.fr
CRP	GOUYET Robert	Robert.Gouyet@orstom.fr
CRP	CHEVENET François	François.Chevenet@orstom.fr
CRP	MARCHAND Pierre	Pierre.Marchand@orstom.fr

Med-Hycos - the Project

Report n°4 1996 activities PRC REPORT

SUMMARY

Annex 1 : the situation of the countries in the MED-HYCOS project

Annex 2 : List of the Med-Hycos countries representatives

ANNEX 3 Participants MED-HYCOS - 5-6-7 March 1996

ANNEX 4 : RTF1 meeting : September 23rd-October 4th 1996

Annexe 5 : Expenses of the Med-Hycos PRC in 1996

ANNEX 6

25/3/97

Report n°4
1996 activities PRC REPORT

ANNEX 3
Participants MED-HYCOS - 5-6-7 March 1996