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DETAILED CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Kodwo ANDAH (formerly, Emmanuel Churchill ANDERSON)DATE OF BIRTH: December 11, 1947PLACE OF BIRTH: Tarkwa, GHANANATIONALITY: GhanaianIDENTIFICATION: Ghana Government Passport No. H0076396QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. (Hydrology and Water Resources), M.Sc. (Civil. Eng. - Hydraulic Structures)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISEMy professional experience covers a variety of activities including research, teaching, organisation, resourcemobilisation, developing and maintaining working contacts with both Italian and foreign institutions, relevantUnited Nations bodies and water related ministries and institutions, especially in the developing countries. Iwas the Co-ordinator of the Water Resources Research and Documentation Centre (WARREDOC) from itsinception in 1985 until 1994 during which I co-ordinated both the scientific and technical activities and alsothe secretariat. From 1994 to date, I became the scientific Co-ordinator with supplementary responsibility asthe Acting Director till 2002. My professional activities include amongst others, formulation and organisationof research programmes in collaboration with both local and foreign institutions; collection, analysis anddissemination of information related to water resources management in developing countries; organisation ofadvanced courses and graduate programmes tailored to regional or country needs and also organisation ofseminars and workshops relevant to hydrology, and water and environmental resources management. Throughthese activities, I have progressively acquired advanced level of knowledge in water and environmentalresources management within a multidisciplinary context and developed a rich documentation system on waterresources, especially covering Africa and Asia.Since 1985, I have also maintained regular collaborative relationship with such water related institutions inGhana like, the Water Research Institute, Water Resources Commission and the Ministry of Water Resources,Works and Housing and contributed in an advisory capacity to the final editions of the African Water Vision,Ghana Water Vision, the Draft Ghana Water Policy and the recent Draft IWRM Strategies and PolicyDocument of GhanaAt the international level, I have followed with deep interest the various international fora from Dublin to theHague in the unfolding events towards the preparation of the World water Vision, in particular the AfricanWater Vision and their respective Framework for Action and also the activities of the Global Water Partnership(GWP) and for the past 5 years been collaborating with UN Water Africa as a resource person.For the past 29 years, I have acquired an extensive experience in co-ordinating multidisciplinary andmulticultural working teams in water resources management activities with special reference to humanresources development and capacity building for developing countries.Specific professional experience and skills cover the following:v progressive development of a strong knowledge base on hydrological modelling and water resources

assessment and management through research and supervision of course projects (about 204 casestudies, list can be provided) with majority from African and Asian countries), distributed as follows:

Ø Hydrology and Water Resources Assessment and Management - 62Ø Water Supply and Sanitation- 27Ø Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management - 25Ø Agrometeorology, Irrigation and Drainage - 39Ø Water Resources Planning and Administration - 28

v Water resources assessment in various climatic set-ups and influence of climatic variability on waterregimes.

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v Analysis of problems inherent in water supply systems in expanding large cities such as leakage andunaccounted for water (e.g. Dar El Salaam, Addis Ababa, Accra etc.).

v Application of quantitative geomorphology to river network analysis for hydrological informationtransfer to ungauged sites, especially necessary for mini hydro-energy and small water resource projectsurvey.

v Analysis of structural and non-structural approaches to improvement of irrigation efficiency with casestudies on Gezira irrigation scheme in Sudan, the Nile Delta irrigation schemes of Egypt and the Tonoirrigation project in Ghana.

v Management and control of reservoir sedimentation and siltation in irrigation canals.v Perception and prediction of floods and their mitigation, including analysis on flood warning processes

and systems and also on communication of risk perception.v Challenges and perspectives in managing hydroclimatic disasters for sustainable development:v Analysis of water management policies including institutional aspects with special emphasis on Sub

Sahara Africa.v Promotion, organisation and co-ordination of international scientific meetings on contemporary

hydrological and water resources problems, including three successful workshops in Addis Ababa andNew Delhi.

v Identification and preparation of project proposals for both Italian and international funding agencies.v Extensive experience in the preparation and editing of scientific and technical reports and proceedings of

meetings, including Technical Documents of WMO and Scientific Papers for Journal of Natural Hazards(Kluwer Academic Publishers).

The Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs approved a training Course proposal on Integrated Water ResourcesManagement for Sub Saharan African Countries which I prepared based on the Dublin Principles, AfricaWater Vision and the Hague Ministerial Declaration. The 6-month course was held from 23rd September 2002to 23rd March, 2003.The activities of the Water Resources Research and Documentation Centre (WARREDOC) under my co-ordination have brought together about 300 engineers, hydrologists, geologists, agronomists, and others inwater related fields from 37 African countries, 17 countries of Asia, and 7 Latin American countries underthe umbrella of the International Advanced Course on Water Resources Management. I have also organisedfollow-up workshops in Addis Ababa and New Delhi.I have also established working network of experts and personnel from various water resources agenciesworldwide, especially in developing countries and also with relevant UN organisations. I also have a highpropensity for public relations and for travelling.

Computer knowledge: Extensive use of Data Bases and MSOFFICE package with networking abilities,including desktop publishing. Various computer applications in water resources and hydrological modellingincluding GIS related software.

RESIDENCE AND TRAVELS ABROADStudies: Ex USSR from Aug. 1972- Nov. 1978 and Dec. 1979 - Jan. 1984Work: Italy from January 1984 to dateMissions: France, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, USA, Canada,Egypt, Austria, Czech Rep., Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tadjikstan, Moldavia, Nigeria, Kenya,Cameroon, South Africa, Mexico, Togo, Ivory Coast, England, Turkey.

HONOURS: Ghana@50 Award by the Ghana Embassy in Italy for Academic Excellence as part of thecelebrations for the 50th Independence Anniversary of Ghana. Honorary Secretary of the Italian NationalCommittee of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO.

LANGUAGES: Mother Tongue: FANTIOther Languages READ WRITE SPEAKENGLISH Excellent Excellent ExcellentRUSSIAN Excellent Good GoodITALIAN Good Good GoodFRENCH Good Fair Fair



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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONDec. 1979-Apr. 1983: Ph.D. in Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources. Patrice Lumumba Peoples'Friendship University, Moscow (postgraduate studies). THEME OF DISSERTATION: Characteristics of theWater Regime of the Rivers of Ghana as a Basis for their Multipurpose Utilisation (in Russian). Theresearch essentially covered the hydrological basis for water resources development in Ghana and providedthe necessary framework for hydrological information transfer to any river section using quantitativegeomorphological (Hortonian Stream Ordering) and statistical techniques. A systems approach which isespecially useful in situations of insufficient and unreliable hydrometeorological data and can find applicationsin the survey of mini hydroenergy resources and other small scale water projects.Philosophical Long Essay: The Dialectics of the Thoughts of Kwame Nkrumah, in partial fulfilment ofPhD.1973-78: M.Sc. Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Structures) Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University,Moscow, U.S.S.R.-Faculty of Engineering:; PROJECT - The Bui Multi-purpose Hydroproject on theBlack Volta (hydropower and Irrigation). The project involved the design of a 100-metre dam on the blackVolta river to serve for hydro power generation of about 300MW and an irrigation farm of about 30000 hectaresfor rice, cotton and maize production. Two design options were carried out involving a buttress dam and anearth filled dam and the earth dam was chosen as the optimum design based on technical, economic and socialcomputations. Design of irrigation main canal and the secondary distribution canals up to the farm level.Diploma (Interpreter) in Russian - English LanguageSept.-Nov.,1978: Modelling of Channel Flow Processes. Univ. of Lumumba, Moscow.1966-69: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. Department of Electrical Engineering - NotCompleted.

PRE – UNIVERSITY EDUCATION1960-64: Government Secondary Technical School, Takoradi. General Certificate of Education-OrdinaryLevel: GRADE ONE1964-66: University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. G.C.E. Advanced Level PASSES in Physics, PureMathematics and Applied Mathematics.1972-73: Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow, U.S.S.R. -Preparatory Faculty: SubjectsPassed: Russian Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Technical Drawing and History of the SovietUnion.

SHORT COURSESMay 7-8, 2003: Training Course on Modelling of Water Distribution Systems (WATERCAD), organisedby HAESTAD Methods of USA at WARREDOC, Perugia.February 17-20, 2003: Intensive Course on Radar Hydrometeorology. (Prof Earle William, MIT,Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA)November 5–9, 2001: Advanced Studies on Coupling of Hydrological Flood Forecasting with WarningSystems. (Prof. Jiri Zezulak, Agricultural University of Prague, Czech Republic)July 16-20, 2001: Summer School on Hydrologic Assimilation with Remotely Sensed MeasurementsCOURSE I: Models and Observations for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. (Prof. Dara Entekhabi, 48-331 MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA)COURSE II: Hydrologic Data Assimilation. (Prof. Dennis McLaughlin, 48-209 MIT, Cambridge,Massachusetts 02139 USA)From 1999-2000, participated in various courses in a 2-week annual summer school – Hydro-GeologicalHazards Studies organised by WARREDOC at Perugia, including:Ø Flood Management Decision Making (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Istvan Ijjas of Budapest Technical University)Ø Landslide Monitoring and Mitigation (Lecturer: Dr. Stanislav F. Novosad of NOVOSAD IG/EG

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Ø Modelling Hydrological Extremes for Water Resources Management (Lecturer: Prof. Istvan Zsuffaof Budapest Technical University)

Ø Warning systems and Emergency Preparedness. (Lecturer: Dr. Eve Gruntfest of University of Colorado)Ø Architecture of hydrological forecasting and warning systems (HFS) (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jiri

Zezulak of Prague Agricultural University).Ø Making Landslide Information Heard, Understood, believed and Relevant (Lecturer: Dr. David

Howell of USGS)Ø Nov. 25-29, 1991: Technical Course on “Monitoring and Modelling of Groundwater

Contamination”, organised by TECHWARE ITALIA (Technology for Water Resources), Genoa, Italy.Ø June 20-24, 1988: Summer School on "Hydrology as a Physical Science", organised by the Institute of

Hydraulics, University of Genoa, Genoa Italy.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS2003-date: Member of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)1983-84: Member of the International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR).1984-Date: Member of the Italian Association of Hydraulic Engineers.1987-Date: Member of the American Geophysical Union (A.G.U.).1987-Date: Member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (I.A.H.S.).1991-Date: Member of the International Natural Hazard Society.

PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITYIndependent Consultant – Research and development in Water and Environmental Resources Assessment,Monitoring and Management; Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) ; Nexus of Water for Health,Water for Food and Water for Energy.Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment into Ghana and Africa for Water and Energy infrastructuredevelopment.

• Promoted a joint venture between a South African Energy company and A Ghanaian counterpart fora 50MW Solar energy project in Northern Ghana. Already procured an Independent Power ProducerLicence.

• Currently working on MOU between an Italian Gas company and a Ghanaian firm for the developmentof downstream LPG storage, bottling and distribution systems.

AddressITALYVia Giacomo Puccini 115, Ponte Felcino,06134 Perugia, ITALY.Tel. +39075 5918497 (home), +39 388 1153471 (mobile)Email: [email protected]

GHANANp.2 Pawpaw VenueEast Legon, AccraTel: 00233 541052673; 99233 503264871Email: [email protected]

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Immediate Past Employment: Oct. 1985 – June 2013: University for Foreigners of Perugia, ItalyResponsibilitiesFrom 1994 to June 2013: Scientific Co-ordinator of the Water Resources Research and DocumentationCentre (WARREDOC), Italian University for Foreigners, Perugia, Italy.From 1994 to Dec. 2001: Acting Director of the Centre.From Oct.1985 to 1994: General Co-ordinator1986 to Date: Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources - Main Areas: Hydrometeorological DataCollection Network Design and Measurements; and Drainage Basin Geomorphology.Ex-officio member of the Scientific and Directive Councils

Address: Water Resources Research andDocumentation Centre (WARREDOC,University for Foreigners, Villa laColombella, 06134 Colombella (PG), ItalyTel.: 0039075 5746524Fax:0039075 6910167

Director: Prof. Roberto ChionneUniversity for Foreigners,Piazza Fortebraccio 106100 Perugia, Italy.Tel. 0039075 5746523Fax: 0039075 6910167



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Duties included:Co-ordination of Secretariat and Research ProgrammesØ Organisation of International Scientific MeetingsØ Organisation and coordination of an Annual International Advanced Course on Water Resources

Management for water practitioners from Africa, Asia and South and Central America at postgraduatelevel

Ø Formulation and coordination of capacity building programmes tailored to the needs of developingcountries, based on contemporary scientific, technological and policy developments

Ø Preparation of project proposals and final reportsØ Resource mobilisation for research and capacity building projects from both Italian and international

sourcesØ Development and establishment of relations with the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, relevant UN

bodies, European Union and creating a network of academic and research institutions both local andexternal and also hydrological and water resources institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Ø Representation of the Centre at various international meetings and joint research projectsØ Maintaining contacts with past participants of our courses and other programmesØ Preparation of annual budget estimates and financial accounts of the Centre.The main research activities of the Centre in which I participate and co-ordinate include:Ø Geomorphological Characterisation of River Networks and Hydrologic Response.Ø Analysis of Extreme Hydrological Events (Floods & Droughts) in a Regional Context in Relation to

Influential Physical-Climatic Parameters.Ø Analysis of Water Resources Systems (Reservoirs, Water Supply Systems, Irrigation Systems,

Hydroenergy, Sedimentation in Reservoirs).Ø Modelling of Agricultural Droughts for Optimal Irrigation Planning and Crop Yield.Ø Policy and institutional aspects of Water Resources Development and Management.

Other Responsibilities:1990-2001: Co-ordinator of the Focal Point set up specifically for the activities envisaged under the IDNDRfor the European Mediterranean countries.From 1989 to 2005: Co-ordinator of an annual one-month Summer School: "Hydrogeological HazardStudies" co-sponsored by the Italian National Research Council and the United States Geological Survey(USGS), addressed to young researchers and practitioners, mainly from European countries.1991-1998: Team Leader of a research project on an experimental basin involving the monitoring of physicaland agrochemical water quality processes in an upland catchment of the Tiber river basin in Central Italy. Theresearch covers the study of rainfall distribution, infiltration processes, hydrological response at the basin scaleand water quality variations in a reservoir due to agrochemical uses and vegetation decay. This project hasbeen envisaged under the UNESCO AMHY-FREND programme.From 1988 to 2010: Coordinated the activities of the Italian National Committees of IHP, ICID, and IAHSand also HOMS Reference Centre.As an inter-university centre we draw on expertise from local and foreign institutions and also experts fromrelevant U.N. organisations. At the peak of our activities, I co-ordinate about 45 visiting professors andresearchers annually and generally supervise 4 researchers and 8 auxiliary staff.

Previous PostsJan.1984-Oct.1985: Research Engineer, Hydraulics Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.Member of a research team on the application of quantitative geomorphology to river drainage networkanalysis, based on Hortonian stream ordering techniques. Supervision of M.Sc. thesis preparation by final yearstudents. Translation and editing of scientific and technical documents in English. Carried out hydrologicaland water resources studies on some typical Mediterranean river basins in the Ligurian region of Italy usinggeomorphologic (Hortonian) distributive characteristics as a basis for hydrological information transfer,necessary for creating the hydrological basis for upland catchment water resources development. Participatedin an experimental project on real time monitoring of agrometeorological parameters of selected crops forimproved irrigation efficiency in conditions of insufficient water supply. Participated in the national project



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“Energy” of the Italian Ministry of Energy. Supervised 2 final year students in the preparation of MSc. thesisand collaborated with a PhD student on Geomorphology of river networks.

April 1970-Aug.1972: Senior Technical Assistant, Water Resources Research Unit (now Institute), Councilfor Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O.BOX M32, Accra, Ghana.Duties included Collection and elaboration of hydrometeorological data in Ghana. Carried out reconnaissancesurveys for the selection of suitable rainfall and water level gauging stations. For the first time in Ghana, Isuccessfully designed and constructed stilling wells and installed automatic water level recorders over them.Carried out intensive instrumentation of the Densu basin in Ghana, as a representative basin, and effectuatedmeasurement campaigns for rating data at selected control sections. I also successfully calibrated a neutronprobe for soil moisture measurements at selected sites in the Densu basin. Carried out basic statistical analysison discharge data on rivers of Ghana under the UNESCO/IHD programme. Supervised 18 technical assistantsand field workers. I also carried out tests and calibration of geophysical instruments for surveying of aquifersand location of boreholes and actually carried out investigation of groundwater resources in a coastal town inGhana, Senya Beraku, where I led a drilling team to drill boreholes and test their yield characteristics.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESConsultancyApril – October, 2013: UN-Water Regional Consultant for the Mapping and Assessment of Regional-levelCoordination Mechanism within the Water Sector in ECA Member Countries. Contract with ESCAP on behalfof UN-Water.June – October, 2011: Individual Author Contract with UNESCO/UNWWAP for the contribution to thepreparation of The Challenge Area Report, “Africa”, for the World Water Development Report N0.4 (WWDR-4)..April – September, 2011: Special Author Contract with UNESCO/UNWWAP for the write up of Section 7.2“Africa” of the World Water Development Report N0.4 (WWDR-4).April – August, 2009: Consultant, Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection of the NationalResearch Council of Italy. Theme: Technology Transfer and Capacity Building for Sustainable Water andEnvironmental Management.March – December, 2008: Special Author Contract with UNESCO/UNWWAP for the collection of data andinformation for the preparation of case studies on Swaziland, Sudan and Cameroon for WWDr-3 and forWWAP website. Also to facilitate communication with aforementioned country representativesNov. 07-Dec. 07, 2005: Consultant (Special Service Agreement), Southern African Office, United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa. Review and Editing of the Southern Africa Water Development Report.May 15 – Sept.15, 2005: Consultant (Special Service Agreement), United Nations Economic Commission forAfrica – UNECA. Preparation of the final version of the African Water Development Report (AWDR) underthe auspices of UN Water/Africa.February 17 – May 17, 2005: Consultant, Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection of the NationalResearch Council of Italy. Theme: Evaluating River Basins as a Basic Unit for Integrated WaterResources Management.From March 2004-date: Consultant to the Department of the Environment of the Umbria Regional Councilon the formulation of Water Demand Strategies under the general framework of Valuing Water.October 12 – December 31, 2003: Consultant (Special Service Agreement), United Nations EconomicCommission for Africa – UNECA. Preparation of the Interim African Water Development Report (AWDR),under the auspices of UN Water/Africa. The report was based on the methodology of WWAP and the formatof WWDR. Distributed at the Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water, held atUNECA in Addis Ababa (December 8-12, 2003).March – Sept. 2000: Consultant, Italian National Research Council as Scientific organiser and Rapporteur ofan International Workshop on 10 Years after the IDNDR – How Near are we towards Hydro-GeologicalDisaster Reduction, organised under the patronage of the Italian National Research council, WorldMeteorological Organisation (WMO) and UNESCO and held in Perugia from 17-21st July 2000.May-Dec., 1998: Consultant, Italian National Research Council as Scientific organiser and Rapporteur of aScientific Meeting of the Italian National Committee of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) ofUNESCO under the theme WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A VULNEARABLEENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, held in Perugia 23-25 November 1998.



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Aug. 9-29, 1998: Consultant (Special Service Agreement), Hydrology and Water Resources Dept. of theWorld Meteorological Organisation Geneva – Switzerland. Prepared an introduction and motivation for there-classification of Hydrologists and the introduction of Basic Instruction Package into various hydrologicallyoriented university curricula.Feb,-Mar, 1998: Consultant (Special Service Agreement), Hydrology and Water Resources Dept. of theWorld Meteorological Organisation Geneva – Switzerland. Carried out scientific and technical editing of 11Technical Documents on Hydrology.Dec, 1997-September 1998: Consultant, Italian National Research Council as Rapporteur and producer ofproceedings for a workshop on “From Flood Vulnerability to Floods”, co-convened by the Italian NationalCommittee of the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme IHP.Nov.-Dec., 1990: Consultant (Special Service Agreement), Hydrology and Water Resources Dept. of theWorld Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland. Carried out analysis on the state of Africa’scommitment to hydrological data collection and the final formulation and editing of the WMO/UNESCOpublication on Water Resources Assessment. Also prepared a communication on the expected effects ofclimate change on water resources for the Director of the department.1989-1992: Consultant (3 years) to the National Group for the Prevention from Hydro-Geological Disastersof the Italian National Research Council, responsible for External Relations.Aug. 12-23, 1988: Member of a 2-man Technical Mission to the Sudan during the 1988 DISASTROUSFLOODS as a consultant to the General Directorate for Development and Cooperation of the Italian Ministryfor Foreign Affairs and the National Group for the Prevention from Hydro-Geological Disasters of the NationalResearch Council of Italy.Jan.1970-April 1970: Temporary attachment, Water Resources Research Unit, C.S.I.R., Accra, Ghana. Dutiesincluded calibration of automatic rainfall and water level recorders and also collection and elaboration ofhydrological data.

Teaching ExperienceApril-May, 2007: Invited Professor, Technology Transfer and Capacity Building in Disaster Management.Masters Course on Disaster Management 2006/2007 for postgraduate students of the University Pradenaya,Sri Lanka, organized by the Polytechnic University of Ancona under the auspices of ILO.Jan. 22-Mar.9, 2007: Lecture on Disasters Prediction and Perception and problems of communication.Post Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction Short Course on Capacity Building for Disaster Managementwithin a Sustainable Development Framework, addressed to Public Administrators of Sri Lanka,WARREDOC, under the auspices of ILO.Sept. 2002 – March 2003: Lecture on Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management. InternationalAdvanced Course on Integrated Water Resources Management for Sub Saharan African Countries,WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy.June 2000: Invited lecturer: The Role of Uncertainties in Flood Prediction and their Perception throughInformation Media in the Warning Process. TEMPUS Joint European Project Training Course for PublicAdministrators of Civil Protection. Czech Technical University of Prague.1986-1990: Visiting Professor, The Role of Quantitative Geomorphology in the analysis of theHydrological Response at the Basin and Regional Scales. Seminar for Ph.D. students in Hydrology andWater Resources, Hydraulics Institute, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, ITALY.1986-1990: Invited Lecturer, Annual Lectures on Geomorphological Approaches to Water ResourcesAssessment. Postgraduate Course in Hydrology and Water Resources for Latin American Countries, Instituteof Hydraulics, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.Oct.9, 1985: Invited Lecturer, Course on MINI-HYDRO for Africa, Finmeccanica, Rome, under the auspicesof the international school on Solar Energy and other Renewable Energy Sources. Topic: QuantitativeGeomorphology of River Networks and Minihydro Survey.Jan.27-June 27, 1985: Lecturer and Course Assistant, 2nd International Advanced Course on WaterResources Management.(Africa), Italian University for Foreigners, Perugia. Topic: Data Acquisition andAnalysis. Scientific supervision: Selected Case Studies on hydrological and water resources problems inAfricaJune18, 1984: Invited Lecturer, Course on Mini-Hydro for Africa, Finmeccanica, Rome, under the auspicesof the international school on Solar Energy and other Renewable Energy Sources.(SIES)



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Topic: Regionalisation of Hydrological Variables with Special Reference to Stream NetworkCharacterisation.Feb.27-July 27, 1984: Assistant Lecturer and Course Assistant, 1st International Advanced Course on WaterResources Management for Engineers and other Water-related Specialists from Africa. Italian University forForeigners, Perugia. Topic: Problems of Data Collection and Streamflow Regionalisation. ScientificSupervision: Selected Case Studies on Hydrological and Water Resources problems in Africa.

Organizational ExperienceFrom October 2007-Oct. 2008: Convener of the international symposium on The Role of Hydrology inWater Resources Management, to be held in Capri, Italy from 13th to 16th October, 2008 under the auspicesof the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and UNESCO. Also a member of theOrganising Committee.From January 2004 – Dec. 2007: Member of the Local Organising Committee, responsible for externalrelations, for the XXIV General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG),held in Perugia, Italy, July 2-13, 2007.Nov. 1999-Sept.2000: Member of the Scientific and Organising Committees and Scientific Co-ordinator ofan International Workshop on 10 Years after the IDNDR – How Near are we towards Hydro-GeologicalDisaster Reduction, organised under the patronage of the Italian National Research council, WorldMeteorological Organisation (WMO) and UNESCO and held in Perugia from 17-21st July 2000.Feb. 1995–March 1996: Scientific co-ordinator of a Country Training Programme: Water ResourcesManagement in Drought Prone Areas for Ethiopia and Eritrea. Resident co-ordinator for 2 months in AddisAbaba for the preparation of course projects and case studies relevant to water resources management indrought prone areas involving Ethiopian and Eritrean participants. Chairman of the organising committee ofthe conclusive international workshop on water resources management in drought prone areas with activeparticipation of water-related ministries and agencies and the UN-ECA experts held in Addis Ababa, 18-22March 1996.Feb.-September, 1993: Member of the Organising Committee of the International Workshop"GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ASSESSING NATURAL HAZARDS, held inPerugia September 20-22, 1993.June - August 1991: Member of the Local Organising Committee for HAZARDS'91, an InternationalSymposium on "GEOPHYSICAL HAZARDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THEIRENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS", convened by the International Natural Hazards Society and held inPerugia, Italy, 4-9 August, 1991.Dec. 1989 -Nov. 1990: Local organiser and Member of the International Co-ordination Group for theWorkshop on "PREDICTION AND PERCEPTION OF NATURAL HAZARDS", held under the auspicesof the IDNDR at Perugia from October 22-26, 1990. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. NationalScience Foundation through the Disaster Research Centre of the University of Delaware and the NationalGroup for the Prevention from Hydrogeological Disasters on behalf of the Italian National Research Councilof Italy.June 8-10, 1987: Local Co-ordinator of a Seminar on WHO HANDBOOK on HUMAN RESOURCES,conducted by Mr. Neil Carefoot for participants of the 4th Course.Oct.1986-Apr.1987: Scientific Co-ordinator of the International Seminar on "Recent Developments andPerspectives in Systems Analysis in Water Resources Management", WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy. Servedon the Editorial Board for the Final Proceedings.

Activities Relevant to Environmental Monitoring and ManagementJan.1995-June 1995: Member of the Organising Committee of the International Workshop on NewPerspectives on Monitoring and Prediction of Flood Hazards in Southern Europe, held in PerugiaFebruary 27-28, 1995. The meeting was financially sponsored by the European Union.1991-94: collaborator of the EEC STORM project (Storm Tracking and Observation for Rainfall-RunoffMonitoring) covering the southern European Mediterranean countries.



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1990-2002: Co-ordinates the Focal Point set up specifically for the activities envisaged under the IDNDR forthe European Mediterranean countries, sponsored and financed by the National Research Council of Italy.Amongst the programmes carried out are the following:♦ Annual Summer School on Hydrogeological Hazards (Floods and Landslides)♦ International Workshop on Artistic Perception of Natural Hazards♦ International workshop on Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards♦ International Seminar on Climate Change and Hydrogeological Hazards in the Mediterranean Area♦ Summer School on Atmosphere and Streams Turbulence♦ International Workshop on New Perspective on Monitoring and Prediction of Flood Hazards in

Southern Europe♦ International Workshop on Integrated Water Research and Technology Development on Water and

Natural Hazards♦ International Symposium on 10 Years after the IDNDR – How Near are we towards Hydro-Geological

Disasters Reduction

Oct. 1987-July 1988: Member of the Co-ordination Committee of the International Workshop on"NATURAL DISASTERS" in European Mediterranean Countries, sponsored by the U.S. NationalScience Foundation and the Italian National Research Council and Co- convened by WARREDOC and MITand held in Perugia from 27th June to 1st July 1988.1985-date: Research Collaborator of Research Line 3 of the Italian National Group for the Prevention fromHydro-Geological Disasters of the National Research Council on "Evaluation of Hydraulic-Geological Riskand Zoning" which covers evaluation of Flood damages and their mitigation involving warning systems.

ACTIVITIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL CHARACTERNov.2011-May 2013: Member of Inter-University Project CUIA on Integrated Management of RenewableEnergy Sources for an Accelerated Development of Agriculture in ArgentinaJan. 2009-Jul. 2011: Member of Inter-University Project CUIA on Renewable Energy Sources (special focuson the Agricultural Sector) Analysis of the legal and regulatory framework applying to RES in Italy and inArgentinaFrom November 2009 – June 2011: Member of Technical Expert Group for the Italian Ministry of ForeignAffairs for the implementation of the Italian Development Cooperation Support Programme to AMCOWFrom February 2007: Member of the Special Group, Round Table for Africa, a forum of the Umbria RegionalGovernment for Sustainable Development Initiatives for the promotion of joint venture and privateinvestments in Africa.February 2006 Dec 2010: Appointed the Secretary to the Italian National Committee of the UNESCOInternational Hydrological Programme (IHP) under a Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of the Environmentand Territory.March 16–23, 2006: Invited Panelist of the Session on Water for Growth and Development in Africa, 4th

World Water Forum, Mexico City. Served also as the Rapporteur.From 2005 to 2007: Member of the UNESCO/Umbria Region Task Force for the transfer of the Secretariatof the United Nations World Water assessment Programme (WWAP) to Perugia, Italy.March 7-9, 2005: Resource person at the UN Water/Africa seminars on Southern African Implementationof Integrated Water Resources Management; and African Gender and Water Issues, Pretoria.From August-December, 2003: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Pan African Implementation andPartnership Conference on Water and the African Water JournalFrom October. 2003: Member of the Review Panel of the African Water Journal under the auspices of theUN Water/Africa, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa – UNECA, Addis Ababa.Jan. 16-18, 2003: Resource Person at the Central African Consultative Meeting on the African WaterDevelopment Report at YaoundeDec. 2-4, 2002: Resource Person at the Ninth Session of the Inter-Agency Group on Water in Africa, held atUNEP, Nairobi.Sept. 16-18, 2002: Resource Person at the First Consultative Meeting on the African Water DevelopmentReport organised by UNECA, Addis Ababa.From April, 2002 - date. Founding member of the West African Dialogue Group on Water, Food and theEnvironment.



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Oct. 2000-2002: Contributing Author on the following: Topic Level; “ Water Resources TechnologyTransfer and Capacity Building”; Article Level: “Water Resources Technology Transfer Tools” and“Water Resources Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination to Developing Countries” underan Author Agreement with the Publishers of the UNESCO-sponsored Encyclopaedia on Life SupportSystems EOLSS.1999-2002: Project Member of EUWATERMAN, European Union SOCRATES/ERASMUS universitynetworking Project on the development of water management policies and teaching modules for Europe co-ordinated by Budapest University of Technology and Economics.Dec. 1998 – May 2001: Member of the Management Committee of the TEMPUS Joint European Project onDECISION MAKING FOR FLOOD PROTECTION as a process of continuing education and institutionalcapacity building for Public Administrators in the Czech Republic engaged in environmental protection andflood disaster mitigation. Co-ordinating Institution: Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech TechnicalUniversity of Prague.Nov. 1995- Mar. 1996: Scientific organiser and co-ordinator of an International Workshop on WaterResources Management in Drought Prone Areas, held in Addis Ababa from 18-22 March 1996 as a crownup activity of a 5-month training course for Ethiopia and Eritrea under the sponsorship of the GeneralDirectorate for Co-operation and Development and the National Research Council of Italy with the activesupport and participation of the Ministry of Water Resources of Ethiopia, the University of Addis Ababa andthe United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).1992-1995: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Natural Hazards. Reviewed scientificand technical papers on hydrological hazards for the journal.Aug.- Dec. 1992: Scientific organiser and co-ordinator of an International Workshop on Perspectives in WaterResources Planning in Asia, held in New Delhi, India in 1992 as a Follow-up meeting with past Asianparticipants of the Course under the sponsorship of the General Directorate for Co-operation and Developmentwith the active collaboration of Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and the Asian Institute ofTechnology, Bangkok.1991-1993: Collaborating author UNESCO IHP-IV Project E-4.1 on Continuing Education in Hydrology".Participated in working Workshops held in Brussels (Belgium) in 1991 and Bergamo (Italy) in 1992.Sept.-Dec. 1987: Scientific organiser and co-ordinator of an International Workshop on Perspectives in WaterResources Planning in Africa, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from December 14-18, 1987 as a Follow-upmeeting with past African participants of the Course under the sponsorship of the General Directorate for Co-operation and Development with the active support and participation of the then Water Resources Commissionof Ethiopia and the University of Addis Ababa.1986-87: Member of the Co-ordination Committee of the WMO-UNDP sponsored course in Nairobi on DataBase Assessment for Water Resource Projects for East African Countries. Participated in Meetings atWMO - Geneva in January 1987 and at Free University - Brussels in July 1987.1986-1988: Member of the Project Group of EEC-sponsored joint Research Programme /WARREDOC-Desert Research Institute of Egypt/ on Techniques for Minimisation of Irrigation Water in Arid andSemiarid Areas. Attended Preparatory Meetings in Cairo in December 1986 and September 1987.

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:Christine Young Adjei, Rhodante Ahlers & Kodwo Andah (2011): Climate Variability and Vulnerability ofRural People in Northern Ghana in proceedings International Conference on Water Resources Managementand Engineering (Editor in Chief Haixia WANG), pp 94-98. ISBN: 978-1-935068-72-3 Copyright © 2011 byScientific Research Publishing (SRP), Inc., USAYoung C., Sven JACOBI & Andah K., (2009) Deriving Optimal Information from Inadequate DataCollection Networks for Water Allocation in Ghana. Presented at the international symposium on The Roleof Hydrology in Water Resources Management, held in Capri, Italy from 13th to 16th October, 2008 under theauspices of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and UNESCO. IAHS Publ. 327,2009, 247-327Andah K. & Biscarini Chiara (2008): How can quantitative geomorphology aid in analyzing thehydrological response of river network. Presented at the international symposium on The Role of Hydrologyin Water Resources Management, held in Capri, Italy from 13th to 16th October, 2008 under the auspices of theInternational Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and UNESCO.



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Andah K. & Donkor S.M. (2007): African Water Development Report - Challenging Decision by UNWater/Africa to Monitor the African Water Vision 2025. African Water Journal, UNECA, Addis Ababa.Andah K.: (2007): The Looming World Water Crisis: Is our Best Enough?, presented at the Conference"Water Resources, Precious Goods for Mankind" at Spello as part of the XXIV IUGG 2007, Spello, July 7.Andah K. and Young C. (2007): Combining Modern and Traditional Knowledge Bases for IntegratedWater Resources Development in Africa. A paper presented at the IAHS session on Knowledge Loss atthe XXIV IUGG 2007), Perugia, July 13.Andah K. & Donkor S.M. (2006): African Water Development Report - A Process towards MonitoringAfrican Water Vision 2025. In Andah and Barluzzi (editors): Water for Life: Water Resources and riskManagement Perspectives Proceedings, Seminar on the International Decade for Action: Water for Life,organized by the Italian National Committee of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO,Perugia, September 3, 2005, Published by Grifo Publishers, Perugia.Andah K.(2003): The River Basin as a Basic Unit of Integrated Water Resources Management. AfricanWater Journal, Pilot Edition, UN Water/Africa, Dec. 2003, pp. 65-81.Andah K. & Andah W (2003).: Water resources Implications of Climate Change Threats in the UpperVolta River Basin. Presented to the International Workshop on Hydrological Extremes and Climate inTropical Areas and their Control, to be held at University of Brescia, 1-3 October 2003.Andah K. (2002): Water Resources Technology Transfer and Capacity Building in Water-RelatedEducation, Training and Technology Transfer, Edited by: Andre van der Beken, in Encyclopedia of LifeSupport Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK,[http://www.eolss.net]Andah K. (2002): Water Technology Transfer Tools in Water-Related Education, Training and TechnologyTransfer, Edited by: Andre van der Beken, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developedunder the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net]Andah K. (2002): Water Technology Transfer and Information Dissemination for Water Resources inDeveloping Countries in Water-Related Education, Training and Technology Transfer, Edited by: Andre vander Beken, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of theUNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net]Andah K.(2002): Information and Knowledge Transfer as a process of Continuing Education inEnvironmental and Water Resources Management. In Andah K. (editor): HYDRO-GEOLOGICALDISASTER REDUCTION: DEVELOPMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES. Proceedings of the InternationalWorkshop on 10 Years after the IDNDR – How Near are we towards Hydro-Geological Disaster Reduction,organised under the patronage of the Italian National Research council (CNR), World MeteorologicalOrganisation (WMO) and UNESCO. CNR publication No. 2508, Grifo Publishers, Perugia, 2002Andah K., Caporali E. & Petrucci A.(2002): Communicating the Warning Message and the RiskPerception of User Communities. In Andah K. (editor): HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL DISASTERREDUCTION: DEVELOPMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES. Proceedings of the International Workshop on 10Years after the IDNDR – How Near are we towards Hydro-Geological Disaster Reduction, organised underthe patronage of the Italian National Research council (CNR), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)and UNESCO. CNR publication No. 2508, Grifo Publishers, Perugia, 2002Andah K. & Caporali E.: Review of Flood Problems in Italy.(2001) In Maresova I. et al (editors) FLOODS,Document of the TEMPUS Joint European Project on Decision Making for Flood Protection, Czech TechnicalUniversity, Prague, 2001.Andah K. & Caporali E.: Floods - Past Experiences with Special Reference to Italy. In Maresova I., AndahK. et al (editors): LAND USE PLANNING IN FLOOD AREAS, (also in Czech language: Operativni RizeniProtipovodnove Ochrany) TEMPUS Joint European Project Training Course English Version, CzechTechnical University, Prague, 2001.Andah K. & Caporali E (2001).: Flood Analysis through Regional Frequency Analysis. In Maresova I.,Andah K. et al (editors): LAND USE PLANNING IN FLOOD AREAS, (also in Czech language: OperativniRizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany)TEMPUS Joint European Project Training Course, English Version, CzechTechnical University, Prague, 2001.Andah K. & Caporali E (2001): Development and Perspectives of Flood Risk Mapping. In Maresova I.,Andah K. et al (editors): LAND USE PLANNING IN FLOOD AREAS, (also in Czech language: OperativniRizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany) TEMPUS Joint European Project Training Course, English Version, CzechTechnical University, Prague, 2001.


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Andah K. & Caporali E (2001).: Floods - From Hazard Prediction to Disaster Warning through the MassCommunication. In Maresova I., Andah K. et al (editors):, OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OFFLOOD PROTECTION (also in Czech language: Operativni Rizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany) TEMPUSJoint European Project Training Course, English Version, Czech Technical University, Prague, 2001.Andah K. & Caporali E.(2001): Floods - Hydrological Basis of Flood Warning Systems. In Maresova I.,Andah K. et al (editors):, OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF FLOOD PROTECTION (also in Czechlanguage: Operativni Rizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany) TEMPUS Joint European Project Training Course,English Version, Czech Technical University, Prague, 2001.Andah K. & Caporali E.(2001): Floods - Flood Emergency Preparedness and the Warning Process inItaly. In Maresova I., Andah K. et al (editors):, OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF FLOODPROTECTION (also in Czech language: Operativni Rizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany) TEMPUS JointEuropean Project Training Course, English Version, Czech Technical University, Prague, 2001.Andah K. (1998): Towards a Multidisciplinary Research Policy on Hydro-Geological DisasterPrevention in Italy. In Andah K. (ed.) MANAGING HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL DISASTERS IN AVULNERABLE ENVIRONMENT, Grifo Publishers, Perugia, 1998.Andah K. & Ubertini L(1998).: Confronting Hydrogeological Disasters in a Vulnerable Environment. InAndah K. (ed.) MANAGING HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL DISASTERS IN A VULNERABLEENVIRONMENT, Grifo Publishers, Perugia, 1998.Andah K.(1996): Institutionalisation of Water Resources Management in Developing Countries -Keynote Address. In Andah K., & Sannoh S. (editors): Water Resources Management in Drought Prone Areas.Proc.of an International Workshop, Addis Ababa, March 18-22, Grifo publishers, Perugia, 1996Sannoh S., Andah K., & Becchi I.(1996): Possible Impacts of Poor Sanitation on Water Supply and HealthConditions of Rural Areas of Sierra Leone. In Andah K., & Sannoh S. (editors): WATER RESOURCESMANAGEMENT IN DROUGHT PRONE AREAS. Proceedings of an International Workshop, Addis Ababa,March 18-22, Grifo publishers, Perugia, 1996Sannoh S., Andah K., & Becchi I.(1996): Building up a Hydrological Basis for Improved Water ResourcesManagement in Sierra Leone in conditions of Insufficient Data. In Andah K., & Sannoh S. (editors):WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN DROUGHT PRONE AREAS. Proceedings of an InternationalWorkshop, Addis Ababa, March 18-22, Grifo publishers, Perugia, 1996Abumoghli I., Andah K. & Adom D.: Field Analysis of Waste Water Re-use in Agricultural Productionin the Amman Area of Jordan. Seminar of the Italian Chapter of ICID, Rome, 1993.Kiwan M.E., Buxton-Tetteh M.A., Adom D.N. & Andah K. (1993): A Multiobjective Supply-DemandModel for Water Resources Planning in the West Nile Delta of Egypt. Seminar of the Italian Chapter ofICID, Rome, 1993.Andah K. (1992): The Role of International Co-operation in Hydrometeorological Monitoring in aChanging Climate. Follow-up Meeting of Past Asian Alumni of WARREDOC, New Delhi. Proceedings Vol.1, pp. 74-79, Perugia, 1992Andah K.; Siccardi F. (1991): Problems of Prediction of Hydrometeorological Extremes in the SudaneseAmbient of the Nile Basin: A Need for International Co-operation. Presented at the IAHS Symposium S1,XX General Assembly of the IUGG, VIENNA, 11-24 August 1991. IAHS Publ. No.201, pp. 3-12,Wallingford, 1991.Andah K.; Elsheikh S.; Kaikai A. (1991): The Effects of Intensive Sediment Transport from the UpperReaches of the Nile Basin on the Management of Water Resources Systems in Sudan. IAHS SymposiumS1, XX General Assembly of the IUGG, VIENNA, 11-24 August 1991. IAHS publ. No.201, pp. 291-300,Wallingford, 1991.Andah K., Siccardi F. (1988); Models of Drainage Networks through Digital Terrain Models. Proc. 19thAnnual Modelling and Simulation Conference, University of Pittsburg, School of Engineering, Vol. 19, part4, pp. 1615-1620, Pittsburg, 1988,.Andah K. (1988): Hydrometeorological Data Collection Network Design and Measurements. LectureNotes, International Advanced course on Water Resources Management, WARREDOC, Italian University forForeigners, Perugia, Italy, 1988.Andah K.; Rosso R. and Taramasso A.C. (1987): The Role of Quantitative Geomorphology in theHydrological Response of River Networks. Proceedings of the International Symposium on " Water for theFuture: Hydrology in Perspective", IAHS Publ. No. 164, Wallingford, 1987.



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Adom D.; Andah K.; La Barbera P. (1987): Decision under Hydrological Uncertainty in the Managementof a Large Reservoir - Akosombo Dam. XIX General Assembly of the IUGG. Proceedings IAHS workshopHW7, Vancouver, 1987.Andah K. (1987): Perspectives in Minihydro Energy Development for Rural Areas. Int. Symposium -Follow Up, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 14-18 December 1987Adom D.; Andah K.; La Barbera P.; Righetti R.; Siccardi F. (1986): The Akosombo Reservoir - Escapingfrom the Crisis. Proc. Int. Conference on Water Resources Needs and Planning in Drought Prone Areas,Khartoum, Dec. 5-12, 1986.Andah K (1986): Water Resources Management and Desertification Processes in Africa - Seminar ofCentro di Ricerca e Documentazione "Febbraio 74" - Rome - May 1986.Andah K. & Rosso R. (1984) Hortonian Approach to Streamflow Regionalisation with ParticularReference to Development of Minihydro-Projects in Ghana. Proc. of XIX Congress of the Italian Institutionof Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures, Pavia, Sept. 6-9, 1984.Andah K.; Raiteri E.; Rosso R. and Siccardi F. (1984): Hydrological Survey of Small HydroelectricPotential of Ghana. Proc. of 1st Int. Conf. on SMALL HYDRO, Water power and Dam Construction,Singapore, Feb. 13-16, 1984.Andah K. (1983): Characteristics of the Water Regime of the Rivers of Ghana as a Basis for theirMultipurpose Utilisation (in Russian). Synopsis of Ph.D. Thesis Lumumba University Press , Moscow,March 1983.

ABSTRACTSAndah K.; Siccardi F.: From Droughts to Floods: The Case of Sudan. Abstract publ., Hazards '91 -International Symposium on Geophysical Hazards in Developing Countries and their Environmental Impacts,Perugia, 1991.Elsheikh S.; Kaikai A.; Andah K.; Adom D.: Effects of Drought and Flood Alternations on SedimentHazards in Sudan. Abstract publ., Hazards '91 - International Symposium on Geophysical Hazards inDeveloping Countries and their Environmental Impacts, Perugia, 1991.Elsheikh S.; Rosso R.; Andah K.: Scaling Problems in Drainage Network Analysis and the HydrologicalResponse. Presented at the XVI Congress of the European Geophysical Society, Wiesbaden. Abstract publ."ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE", suppl. Vol.9, 1991.Andah K.; Siccardi F.: The Need for Meteorological Advance Warning for Flood Prediction in theSudanese Ambient of the Nile Basin. Presented at the XV General Assembly of the European GeophysicalSociety, Copenhagen, 23-27 April 1990. Abstract "ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE", suppl. vol.8, 1990.Andah K.; La Barbera P.; Siccardi F.: Is a Drainage Network from a Digital Terrain Model, a Model forthe Real Network? Presented at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 6- 12 EOSNo. Dec. 1987.

BOOKS AND REVIEWSAndah K. & Barluzzi M.: Water for Life: Water Resources and risk Management Perspectives.Proceedings, Seminar on the International Decade for Action: Water for Life, organized by the Italian NationalCommittee of the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO, Perugia, September 3, 2005, Publishedby Grifo Publishers, Perugia. CNR-GNDCI pub. No.2907, ISBN: 88-88885-04-8Andah K. (2006): Final Version African Water Development Report, Prepared for UN Water/Africa undera special service agreement with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.July-August, 2004: Review of the Draft IWRM Strategies and Policy Document of Ghana, requested by theDirectorate of Water, Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing.Andah K. (2003): Interim African Water Development Report, Prepared for UN Water/Africa under aspecial service agreement with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.Andah K. ed. (2002): Hydro-Geological Disaster Reduction: Developments and Perspectives. Proceedingsof the International Workshop on 10 Years after the IDNDR – How Near are we towards Hydro-GeologicalDisaster Reduction, organised under the patronage of the Italian National Research council (CNR), WorldMeteorological Organisation (WMO) and UNESCO. CNR publication No. 2508, Grifo Publishers, Perugia.



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Bogardi J. & Hartvelt F. eds. (2001): Towards a Strategy on Human Capacity Building for IntegratedWater Resources Management and Service Delivery: Water-Education-Training. UNESCO/UNDPDocument, Contributor.Maresova I., Andah K. et al editors (2001): Land Use Planning in Flood Areas, (also in Czech language:Operativni Rizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany). Document of the TEMPUS Joint European Project on DecisionMaking for Flood Protection, Czech Technical University, Prague.Zezulak J. (2001): Hydroinformatics Selected Issues, Czech Agricultural University Press, Prague –Scientific Review of the book.Maresova I., Andah K. et al editors (2001): FLOODS, document of the TEMPUS Joint European Project onDecision Making for Flood Protection, Czech Technical University, Prague.Maresova I., Andah K. et al editors (2001): Operational Management of Flood Protection (also in Czechlanguage: Operativni Rizeni Protipovodnove Ochrany). Document of the TEMPUS Joint European ProjectTraining Course, Czech Technical University Press, Prague.Andah K. editor (2000): Water Resources Management in a Vulnerable Environment for SustainableDevelopment. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Italian National Committee of the UNESCOInternational Hydrological Programme CNR publication No. 2115, Grifo Publishers, Perugia.1999-2000: Comments on the African and Ghana Water Visions 2025, requested by the Water ResearchInstitute and Water Resources Commission of Ghana.May – July, 1999: Review of the Draft Ghana Water Policy, requested by the Ghana Water ResourcesCommissionAndah K. ed. (1998): Managing Hydro-Geological Disasters in a Vulnerable Environment. SelectedResearch activities of the National Group for the Prevention from Hydrogeological Disasters of the ItalianNational Research Council (GNDCI-CNR) as a contribution to the UNESCO - IHP V, CNR publication No.1900, Grifo Publishers, Perugia.Andah K., Sannoh S. ed. (1996): Water Resources Management in Drought Prone Areas. Proceedings ofan International Workshop, Addis Ababa, March 18-22, Grifo publishers, Perugia.El-Sabh M.I., Murty T.S., Venkatesh S., Siccardi F., Andah K. eds. (1994): Recent Studies in GeophysicalHazards. "Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research" series, Kluwer Academic Publishers,Dordrecht, 1994.van der Beken A (1993).: Continuing Education in Hydrology (co-author). IHP-IV Project E-4.1, TechnicalDocuments in Hydrology, UNESCO, Paris.Andah K., Benedini M. and Harboe R. eds. (1992): Water Resources Management: Modern DecisionTechniques. Seminar Proceedings on Recent Developments and Perspectives of Systems Analysis in WaterResources Management. Balkema Publishers, Proceedings 4, Rotterdam.UNESCO SOURCE HANDBOOK OF CLIMATOLOGY FOR HYDROLOGISTS AND WATERRESOURCES ENGINEERS. Review, requested by WMO, 1991.

REPORTS, TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONSAndah K., 2012: Dams in Africa. ICOLD World Declaration: Hydropower Dams for Africa’s SustainableDevelopment. Convegno - Diga 33: Viaggio attraverso 33 dighe nel mondo. Utilizzi, soluzioni costruttive eimpatto socio-economico (Workshop - Dam 33: A journey through 33 Dams of the World. Uses,construction solutions and socio-economic impacts), Magione (Pergia). ItalyAndah K., 2011: Gestione Integrata delle Energie Rinnovabili. Conclusive seminar, Progetto CUIA - Inter-University Project CUIA on Renewable Energy Sources (special focus on the Agricultural Sector),WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy.Andah K. (2009): AFRICA WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Challenges and Processes. Presentedat the G8 Expert Group Meeting: Water and Sanitation for Africa, organised by the Italian Ministry of ForeignAffairs as part of Italy’s chairmanship of the G8, Perugia, April 27-29, 2009Andah K. (2008): Water, Sanitation and Human Wellbeing: Challenges in Africa. World Water DayRound Table Discussion with invited Ambassadors of member countries of ExCo AMCOW on Water,Sanitation and Human Wellbeing, hosted by the Umbria Regional Government (Italy) and held in Perugia,March 22, 2008.Andah K. (2008): Scientific Research and Water Development in Africa – The Present and Future.Keynote Address, Science with Africa Conference, UNECA, Addis Ababa, March 3-7, 2008.



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Andah K. (2006): Interbasin Water Transfer systems: Implications and Lessons Keynote Address, IBWTWorkshop: Developing Guidelines for Inter-Basin Water Transfers for Policy Makers in Africa, IBWTWorkshop, Accra, Sept. 25-29, 2006Andah K. (2006): The African Water Development Report - Challenges and Processes. Presented at theMultistakeholders Session, 4th World Water Forum, Mexico City, 16th to 23rd March 2006Andah K. (2006): Managing Hydroclimatic Extremes for Sustainable Development in Africa, KeynoteAddress at the Scientific Conference on “Water Security and Hydrological Extremes: Towards SustainableDevelopment in Africa” held in Abuja, Nigeria, from 27th February to 2nd March 2006, jointly organized byUNESCO-IHP and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for Nigeria.Andah K (2005): Flood and Drought Disaster Preparedness and Early Warning Systems: Challenges andPerspectives in Southern African, presented as a Resource person at the UN Water/Africa seminar onSouthern African Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management, Pretoria, March 7-9.Andah K (2005): African Water Development Report – the Processes, presented as a Resource person atthe UN Water/Africa seminar on Southern African Implementation of Integrated Water ResourcesManagement, Pretoria, March 7-9.Andah K (2005): Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management, presented as a Resource personat the UN Water/Africa seminar on Southern African Implementation of Integrated Water ResourcesManagement, Pretoria, March 7-9.Andah K. (2003): The African Water Development Report – Tools for Assessment, Monitoring andIndicators in Africa. Presented at the Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water, heldat UNECA, Addis Ababa, December 8-12.Andah K. (2003): Analysis of Significant Indicators for IWRM. Presented as a Resource Person at theCentral African Consultative Meeting on the African Water Development Report at YaondeAndah K. (2002): The Need for Cooperation in Water Resources Research Activities in Africa. Presentedas a Resource Person at the Ninth Session of the Inter-Agency Group on Water in Africa, held at UNEP,Nairobi.Andah K. (2002): Hydrological Basis of IWRM – A Quantitative Geomorphological Approach. Presentedat the First Consultative Meeting on the African Water Resources Development Report organised by UNECA,Addis Ababa.Andah K. (2002): Capacity Building for Water Technology Transfer and Knowledge Dissemination inDeveloping Countries. Presented at the First Consultative Meeting on the African Water ResourcesDevelopment Report organised by UNECA, Addis AbabaAndah K.: Technical Instructions for the Design of Maritime Dykes (English edition) Translation andediting for the Ministry of Public Works and National Research Council of Italy, GNDC publ. No. 1450. Grifopublishers, Perugia, 1996.Andah K.: Directory of Institutions in Hydro-Geological Disaster Activities and IDNDR NationalCommittees. Compiled and edited for the National Group for the Prevention from Hydrogeological Disastersof the Italian National Research Council, 1992.Andah K.: Activities of the National Group for the Prevention from Hydrogeological Disasters towardsand within the IDNDR Programme of the United Nations. Prepared for the Italian National ResearchCouncil, 1991.Andah K.: A Data Bank of Relevant International Institutions under the U.N. International Decade forNatural Disasters Reduction. Prepared for the National Group for the Prevention from HydrogeologicalDisasters of the Italian National Research Council, 1990.Andah K.: Towards a Comprehensive Research Policy for Hydrogeological Disaster Prevention. Reporton the scientific activities of the National Group for the Prevention from Hydrogeological Disasters of theItalian National Research Council, 1990.Andah K., Borsetto M. and Siccardi F.; REPORT ON THE RECENT FLOODS IN THE SUDAN:presented to the General Directorate for Development and Co-operation of the Italian Ministry for ForeignAffairs, on behalf of the National Group for the Prevention from Hydro-Geological Disasters of the NationalResearch Council of Italy, 1988.

Collaborated in the preparation of the following relevant Project Proposals presented to the GeneralDirectorate for Development and Co-operation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ItalianNational Research Council and also to the European Union (EU):



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Ø 2006: Capacity Building for Disaster Management within a Sustainable Development Framework.Project proposal for Post Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction addressed to Public Administratorsof Sri Lanka, approved and financed by the General Directorate for Development and Co-operation ofthe Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and held at WARREDOC from 22nd January to 9th February, 2007under the auspices of ILO.

Ø 2004-2005: Project proposal on Towards an African Regional Focal Centre of Excellence for IWRMCapacity Building, presented to the UN water/Africa and the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs andof the Environment and still under consideration.

Ø 2003: Proposal for a Masters Course on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) forAfrican water related specialist, presented to the UNECA and UN Water-Africa for institutionalsponsorship and for financing by the General Directorate for Development and Co-operation of theItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ø 2001-2002: Joint Research Proposal with the Ghana Water resources Commission on Study on ClimateVariation and Change in the West African Sub-Region and their Impacts on Water Resources inGhana based on Conventional and Remote Sensing Techniques for possible financing by the GeneralDirectorate for Development and Co-operation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and or theEuropean Commission.

Ø 2001: Proposal for a 6-month Training Course on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)addressed to Sub Sahara African Countries, for financing by the General Directorate for Developmentand Co-operation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was accepted and held from 23rd

September 2002 to 23rd March 2003.Ø !995: Proposal for a 6-month Country Training Programme on Water Resources Management in

Drought Prone Areas for Ethiopia and Eritrea, for financing by the General Directorate for Developmentand Co-operation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was held from September 1995 toMarch 1996.

Ø 1995: Conventional and Satellite Studies of Climate and Weather Variations for ImprovedManagement of Water Resources in West Africa. Joint project involving WARREDOC, Centre forRemote Sensing of the University of Bristol, Water Resources Research Institute of Ghana, Laboratoirede Meteorologie Dynamique of the CNRS, France and Direction de l’Eau of Cote d’Ivoire. Presented tothe EEC under the programme, Scientific and Technological Co-operation with the DevelopingCountries.

Ø 1986–1992: Course proposal on a 5-month annual International Advanced Course on WaterResources Management for developing countries, for financing by the General Directorate forDevelopment and Co-operation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ø 1986/88: New Techniques for the Minimisation of Water for Irrigation in Sub-arid Regions. Theproject was under an agreement of technical co-operation between the Water Resources Research andDocumentation Centre and the Desert Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt with initial financial support fromthe EEC.

Ø 1988: Technical-Scientific Co-operation between Italy and Indian Institute of Technology in theHydrological Field.. The project envisaged joint short courses for young Indian researchers and aresearch work involving water resources evaluation of a selected area towards the assessment ofmanagement systems and hydro-agronomic needs necessary to control and develop the area.

Ø 1987: The Influence of Climate Variations and Change (Drought) on the Hydrological Regime andWater Resources in Ghana.). The project was proposed by the Water Resources Research Institute,Accra, Ghana.

SOME RELEVANT MEETINGSMay 19, 2013: Invited Speaker Convegno - Diga 33: Viaggio attraverso 33 dighe nel mondo. Utilizzi,soluzioni costruttive e impatto socio-economico (Dam 33: A journey through 33 Dams of the World. Uses,construction solutions and socio-economic impacts), Magione (Pergia). ItalyMarch 12-17, 2012: Participant of the 6th World Water Forum, Marseilles, FranceNovember 9-13, 2009: Participant, Second Africa Water Week (AWW2), Johannesburg, South AfricaApril 27-29, 2009: G8 Expert Group Meeting: Water and Sanitation for Africa, organised by the ItalianMinistry of Foreign Affairs as part of Italy’s chairmanship of the G8March 16-22, 2009: Participant, 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul Turkey.May 5-11, 2008: Preparatory Meeting for the Summit of African Heads of State and Governments onWater and Sanitation, organised by African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) in Cairo



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March 26-28, 2008: Participant, First African Water Week, organised by AMCOW and AfricanDevelopment Bank (AfDB) in Tunis.March 3-7, 2008: Invited Speaker, Science with Africa Conference, organized by the United NationsEconomic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa.July 2-13, 2007: XXIV General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG),Perugia, Italy.Feb. 27- Mar. 2, 2006: First Scientific Conference on “Water Security and Hydrological Extremes: TowardsSustainable Development in Africa” held in Abuja, Nigeria, jointly organized by UNESCO-IHP and theFederal Ministry of Water Resources for Nigeria.March 16-23, 2006: Invited Speaker, Fourth World Water Forum, Mexico City.March 7-9, 2005: Subregional seminar on Southern African Implementation of Integrated Water ResourcesManagement, Pretoria, organized by the UN Water/Africa.Feb. 12-13, 2004: First Meeting of the European Support Committee for the IUGG XXIV General Assemblyto be held in Perugia in 2007.Dec. 8-12, 2003: Participant of the Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water,organised by African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) and UN Water/Africa, held at UNECA, AddisAbabaMay 5-6, 2003: Participant of the First Water Distribution Modelling Symposium, organised by HAESTADMethods of USA at WARREDOC, Perugia, ItalyJan. 16-18, 2003: Central African Consultative Meeting on the African Water Development Report atYaonde, CameroonDec. 2-4, 2002: Ninth Session of the Inter-Agency Group on Water in Africa, held at UNEP, Nairobi.Sept. 16-18, 2002: First Consultative Meeting on the African Water Resources Development Reportorganised by UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.June 28-July 1, 2002. Participant, International Symposium on The Power of Networking for Water,organised by the European Thematic Network for Education and Training – ETNET 21 for Environment-Water, the TECHWARE and the EUWATERMAN, Budapest, Hungary.April 18, 2002. Participant, Workshop on the Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment, Accra, Ghana.Became a founding member of the West African Dialogue Group.April 15-17, 2002. Participant, African Regional Stakeholders’ Conference for Priority Setting on: Water andSustainable Development in Africa, Accra, Ghana.February 8, 2002. Participant, 1st Seminar on the VI Phase of the International hydrological Programme,IHP, National Research Council, Rome, ItalyJuly 17-21, 2000. Participant, International Symposium on 10 Years after the IDNDR – How Near are weTowards Hydro-Geological Disaster Reduction, held in Perugia, Italy.Nov. 23-25 1998 Participant, Scientific Meeting of the Italian National Committee of the InternationalHydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO under the theme Water Resources Management in a VulnerableEnvironment for Sustainable Development, held in Perugia, Italy.March 18-22 1996: Participant, International Workshop on Water Resources Management in Drought ProneAreas, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Nov.13-17, 1995: Participant, United States-Italy Research Workshop on Hydrometeorology: Impacts andManagement of Extreme Floods, WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy.March 1-2, 1995: Participant, TECHWARE Euro-Workshop on Integrated Water Research and TechnologyDevelopment on Water and Natural Hazards, WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy.Feb. 27-28, 1995: Participant, International Workshop on New Perspectives on Monitoring and Predictionof Flood Hazards in Southern Europe, WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy.Sept. 20-22, 1993: Participant, International Workshop on Geographical Information Systems in AssessingNatural Hazards, WARREDOC, Perugia, Italy.Nov. 1-6, 1992: Participant, International Symposium on Perspectives in Water Resources Planning in Asia,New Delhi, India.August 11-24 1991: Participant, XX General Assembly of the IUGG, VIENNA.March 15-17, 1990: Participated in the 1990 Commemorative Symposium "25 YEARS OF IHD / IHP,organised by UNESCO in co-operation with IAHS, Paris.



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Jun.27-Jul.1 1988: Participant, International Workshop on "Natural Disasters in Mediterranean EuropeanCountries", jointly organised by WARREDOC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Served as apanellist on Droughts.April 26-29, 1988: Participant, First meeting of the WATTS (Water for Agriculture Technology TransferSystem) Advisory Working Group, organised by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO and heldin Perugia.Dec.14-18, 1987: Participant, International Symposium on Perspectives in Water Resources Planning inAfrica, Addis Ababa.Dec.6-11, 1987: Participant of the 1987 FALL MEETING of the American Geophysical Union, SanFrancisco. Aug.9-22, 1987: Participant of the XIX General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesyand Geophysics (IUGG), Vancouver, Canada.Dec. 1986: Participant, International Conference on Water Resources Needs and Planning in Drought ProneAreas; Khartoum, Sudan.Sept. 1986: Participant, XX Congress of the Italian Institution of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Structures, Padua,Italy.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIESHobbies: Table Tennis and Soccer; Reading covering areas like Philosophy, Current Affairs especiallydeveloping economies and technology transfer; and also travellingFrom July 2007: Special consultant to the City Council of Perugia and the Association Umbria-Africa for theorganisation of an International Day of Memory and Reflections against Slavery to be held in Perugia onSeptember 25, 2007’ with the Italian Head of State as a special Guest of Honour and about five African Headsof State are expected to attend.From November 2001: Founding member of the Umbrian Regional branch of “SENIORES ITALIA” a nonprofit making non governmental organisation under the UNDP-UNISTAR Initiative for providing voluntaryconsultancy to developing and emerging countries.1974-77: President, National Union of Ghanaian Students (N.U.G.S.), U.S.S.R..1968-69:• 2nd National Vice-President, United Nations Students Association of Ghana.• Member of the Students’ representative Council and Entertainment Chairman, Independence Hall ofResidence, University of Science and Technology (U.S.T.), Kumasi, GHANA.• U.S.T. Students' Representative Council Member to the World University Service (W.U.S.).1967-69: Regional President, United Nations Students' Association (U.N.S.A.) for Ashanti and Brong AhafoRegions of Ghana.

REFERENCES

Mr. Ben AMPOMAHExecutive SecretaryGhana Water Resources

CommissionP.O. Box CT 5630, Cantoments,Accra, GhanaTel: 002332448741384Email: [email protected]

Dr. Stephen Maxwell KwameDonkor,Holland Africa Research andDevelopment ( HARDI) Ltd,B569/23 Olengle Road, AbekaLa PazP.O. Box 12392,Accra – North, GhanaTel:+ 233208114971 (Ghana)OR +251-912-200987 (Mob.Ethiopia)E mail: [email protected]

Prof. Albert M. WRIGHTPolicy Advisor, UrbanEnvironmental Sanitation Services,485 Harbor Side Str. #707,Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA.Tel. +1 (703) 499 9244,e-mail: [email protected]

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