Twinning European and South Asian River basins to enhance capacity and implement adaptive integrated water resources management approaches – BRAHMATWINN

The overall objective of BRAHMATWINN is to enhance capacity to implement a harmonised integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach in headwater river systems of alpine mountain massifs, as addressed by the European Water Initiative.

Specific attention is given to likely impacts of climate change, and to the transfer of professional IWRM expertise, approaches and tools based on case studies carried out in twinning European and Asian rivers – the Upper Danube River Basin in Europe, and the Upper Brahmaputra River Basin in Southeast Asia.

The overall objective is to be achieved by
(i) assessing climate change impacts for water-soil resources management in trans-boundary basins with significant water storage in snow and glacier covered alpine mountain headwaters;
(ii) developing and applying integrated assessment approaches, and establishing an Integrated Water Resources Management System (IWRMS) toolset;
(iii) disseminating results and contributing to capacity building for the implementation of IWRM plans within the twinning basins. The project consortium is composed of both European and Asian partners.