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WATER COOPERATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND POVERTY ERADICATIONImage: P. SerclPasanauri meteorological station during the installation of new equipmentand relief installations, including data transmission from PovodíMoravy’s (the Morava River Authority) new instruments, wasincluded in the HYDROG model in February 2011.The algorithm of computing forecasts for the basin’s closing site atHohenau/Moravský Svätý Ján includes the following steps:1. CHMI’s Ostrava Regional Office computes the forecast for theupper Morava basin down to the confluence with the Beva andtransmits the results to CHMI’s Brno Regional Office2. CHMI’s Brno Regional Office runs the calculations for the Thayabasin down to its inflow into the Nové Mlýny Reservoir and for theMorava basin (from the confluence with Beva to the Strážnice site)3. SHMI computes the forecast of discharge for the Šaštín-Strážeclosing site in the Myjava basin (there is an opportunity torun substitute calculations at the Brno Regional Office) andtransmits the results to CHMI’s Brno Regional Office4. Povodí Moravy transmits the data from the automaticmonitoring network in the confluence area and data fromthe Nové Mlýny Reservoir, including the evaluated expected48-hour run-off, to CHMI’s Brno Regional Office5. CHMI’s Brno Regional Office computes the forecast ofdischarge for the Hohenau/Moravský Svätý Ján site6. The results are transmitted to Lower Austria’s hydrologydepartment and SHMI in Bratislava through the file transferprotocol server by 10.00am7. Hydraulic calculations for the Morava, between Hohenau and itsinflow into the Danube, are run by the Austrian side.Part of the system entails the direct online transmission of measuredmeteorological and hydrological data from measuring stationsbetween CHMI and its Austrian colleagues.International development activitiesThe Czech Republic’s international development cooperation contributesto the development of a system of early warning against floods inMoldova and Georgia. In 2011, the Enhanced Preparedness of Georgiaagainst Extreme Weather Events project was launched. This project,which the Czech Development Agency is carrying out in cooperationwith the Georgia National Environmental Agency (NEA) and CHMI,pursues the objective of building a monitoring system for early floodwarning. Among other things, the project will help toimplement an integrated monitoring system using hydrologicaland meteorological stations.The project transfers the Czech Republic’s experiencewith early flood warning and weather forecasting in acomprehensive system, including data collection (supplyof eight automatic water gauging stations, five widelyfeatured automatic meteorological stations and threeautomatic meteorological measuring posts) and evaluation(supply of specific software for data quality checksand the processing of climatologic and hydrologicaldata). It significantly contributes to Georgia’s preparednessfor extreme weather changes through an expansionand modernization of NEA’s meteorological and hydrologicalmonitoring network. Its added value is knowledgetransfer from the Czech Republic, which is guaranteedby CHMI’s participation in some of the project activities.This knowledge transfer is especially valuable for the useof a relational database for meteorology and hydrology.The main output of the project is NEA’s strengthenedcapacity in the area of forecasting meteorologicaland hydrological threats in Georgia, in order to reduceor mitigate the negative impacts of such disasters.The strengthening of NEA’s capacity primarily entailsincreasing the number of monitoring points, whichwill result in continuous flows of updated and reliabledata. The project will also make it possible to store andanalyse this data, which will support early preparationof accurate forecasts and warnings.Cooperation for the futureThe Czech Republic is situated in the head waters ofthree major European rivers: the Danube, the Elbe andthe Oder. It naturally determines methods and activitiesin flood protection and highlights the role of the floodwarning and forecasting service. As the water quicklyflows downstream and across the borders betweenmunicipalities and nations, cooperation is the key toprotecting human lives and property.[ 247 ]