In Semptember 2011 Verena Klinger (DLR) and Martin Seiler (lat/lon GmbH) represented the WISDOM project in a metadata expert meeting which was held jointly with the MRC/IKMP in Phnom Penh.  The meeting was planned as a follow-up activity of the 'Workshop on Mekong Delta Coordination and Geo Data Standardization in the Water Sector' which was held in April 2011 on Phu Quoc. Discussions during that workshop showed a high potential for cooperation in the field of metadata exchange and the need for further strategic and technical discussions.

About 1,200 experts participated at the Singapore International Water Week from the 4th till the 8th of July 2011, which was themed "Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment". About 350 oral and poster presentations were given on the impact on water by global population growth, increasing urbanisation and rising emerging economies. The focus at Singapore International Water Week 2011 went beyond urban water solutions and included climate change and management of watersheds and river basins.

The annual meeting of all German WISDOM Project Partners was held at the premises of the DLR in Oberpaffenhofen on the 14th and 15th of June 2011. After a short introduction of the “newcomers” Claudia Künzer reported about project related developments of the last 12 month, such as the successful project start in November 2011, conducted workshops and numerous undertaken field campaigns. This was followed by a brief description of strategic alignments of the project as well as new inter-project cooperation’s.

Vietnam and especially the Mekong Delta is currently under focus of intensive activities of foreign supported environmental projects, funded for example by Danish, Dutch, German, American and international governmental agencies and NGOs to support Vietnam in fighting the predicted effects of a potential sea level rise, caused by global warming. WISDOM together with the Southern Representative Office of MOST organized a workshop on the 28th and 29th of April 2011 in Phu Quoc / Vietnam, to contribute to a better methodological and thematic linkage between the different projects.

The first PhD Scientific Seminar of WISDOM’s second project phase was held between 04th and 07th April in Bonn, organized and hosted by UNU-EHS. The seminar allowed the PhD students to present their research proposals to their fellow researchers within the project. In particular possible synergies and fields of collaboration as well as the integration of research findings into the WISDOM information system could be discussed. In addition, keynote lectures by expert senior researchers from Germany and Vietnam contributed important background information and impulses for the upcoming work.

Under Resources there is the new section Maps which provides information products for the Mekong Delta as maps for download in different resolutions. There can be found maps on inundation and flooding, landcover classifications in different resolutions, water quality products, impervious surface maps and other products. 

This is the direct link to the section.

On November 9th 2010 WISDOM delegates from DLR, Wuerzburg University and CIM/MOST visited representatives of MRC’s Integrated Knowledge Management Program (IKMP) at the new MRC Secretary premises in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Beforehand meetings and discussions showed potentials and needs for stronger cooperation between WISDOM and IKMP on a technical, data exchange and administrative level , as well as for the development of a joint strategy fostering Mekong Basin Development .

The WISDOM Projects results of the project's first phase have been presented on October 29th, at the Greater Mekong Subregion Workshop, held from October 29th to Ocotber 31st in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. The workshops extensive programme featured speakers from Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and China - thus, all the Mekong Basin counrteis were represented. International experts from Germany, Australia and the USA rounded of the Programme.