{"id":5144,"date":"2021-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/news\/risks-mapping-in-the-volta-basin-vfdm-train-technicians\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:03:42","slug":"risks-mapping-in-the-volta-basin-vfdm-train-technicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/fr\/news\/risks-mapping-in-the-volta-basin-vfdm-train-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Risks mapping in the Volta basin, VFDM train technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To this end,&nbsp;a online first national technical workshop on flood and drought risk mapping in the Volta basin was carried out with technicians in each of the six countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali and Togo)&nbsp;of the Volta basin&nbsp;with the support of the&nbsp;CIMA&nbsp;Research&nbsp;Foundation in collaboration with IVM Institute for environmental studies from the&nbsp;Vrije University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/risk_mali-1.jpg\" height=\"303\" width=\"640\">A second technical workshop was held in each of the six target countries from end September throughout October 2021 with the objective to develop the knowledge necessary for the assessment of vulnerability and impact to floods and exposure to drought.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/afrique-ouest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/04\/risk_ghana-1.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"640\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The development of the VOLTALARM Early warning system-based platform myDEWETRA as one of the activities of the VFDM project requires to develop flood and drought risk maps in each of the Volta Basin countries using the newly collected information and the existing one available from global, 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