On 30th June, ICEM and IRIMHE convened the first of four workshop sessions for the Technical Assistance project funded by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and High Technology Fund and administered by the Asian Development Bank – TA-9440 MON: Implementing Innovative Approaches for Improved Water Governance.
Objectives of the workshop sessions include providing an orientation of the key software and data components of the Mongolia Water Governance Spatial Decision Support Tool (DST) that is a key deliverable under the TA (https://dss.icem.com.au/mon9440); and to provide technical guidance in the management of the DST. This first workshop session was presented by Dr Richard Cooper (ICEM, TA International Database Management Specialist) and Ms Gurjav Batkhishig (IRIMHE, TA National Database Management Specialist).
The first workshop session invited representatives of multiple river basin authorities across Mongolia, including from the Kherlen, Orkhon-Chuluut, Altain Uvur Gobi, Tuul, Khüisiin govi-Tsetseg nuur, and Khar Nuur-Khovd river basins; and government staff members from IRIMHE and the Water Agency. Participants had the opportunity to learn about the key software and data components of the Mongolia Water Governance Spatial Decision Support Tool and gained practical experience in accessing and editing datasets from the State Water Database.
Future workshop sessions will provide further technical guidance on the management of the Decision Support Tool, including related to both the backend (GeoServer) and frontend (R Shiny) software components, and in managing its database. The DST contributes spatial data infrastructure to the Government of Mongolia in supporting the management of water resources by facilitating access, visualisation, and exploration of national water-related data and information.
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