📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
PPSTI_102_2026
Project Title
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Building Resilient Water Security in Developing APEC Economies through Open Environmental Data and Digital Risk Tools.
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
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General Project Account
Sub-fund
None
Project Year
2026
Project Session
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Session 1
APEC Funding
84,677
Co-funding Amount
2,000
Total Project Value
86,677
Sponsoring Forum
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APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI)
Topics
Environment; Emergency Preparedness; Science and Technology
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Malaysia
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Indonesia; Korea; Russia; Chinese Taipei; Thailand
Expected Start Date
01/11/2026
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2027
Project Proponent Name 1
Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin
Job Title 1
Associate Professor
Organization 1
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
Telephone 1
+601132690788
Email 1
mohamadfaiz@umk.edu.my
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
Not Applicable
Organization 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Mohamad Faiz Mohd Amin
Project Summary
Floods and droughts increasingly threaten water security and economic resilience across developing APEC economies. Although environmental data are increasingly available from open sources, many economies lack the capacity to translate them into practical, policy-relevant risk information. The project will develop the Open-Data Flood and Drought Risk Screening Toolkit (otherwise known as Water Risk Screening Toolkit or WATRIS, for short), a written, guidance-based APEC Publication supported by editable Excel templates and introductory Geographic Information System (GIS) workflows. WATRIS will include a curated open-data inventory, indicator-selection framework, preliminary screening methods, interpretation guidance and two applied APEC economy case examples. A four-day Regional Capacity-Building Workshop with Hands-on Training will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in August 2027. Days 1–3 will provide classroom-based training, while Day 4 will comprise a technical visit to NAHRIM, subject to confirmation and APEC approval. The project will produce Workshop Training Materials, a Final Project Report and a Policy Brief to support scalable, low-cost and replicable water-resilience planning across developing economies.
