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DESCRIPTION:November 6\, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm    \n    \n      \n\n\n\n 
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 \n              \nWatch the recorded webinar\n\n\n\nPasscode: 4vz@EtIN\n\n
       \n\n    \n\n\n              \n\n\n              Background\n        
   \n  \n\n    \n\n              \n\n\nThis webinar is part of a project sp
 onsored by the Inter-American Development Bank’s Amazonia Forever program.
  The project is entitled Innovation and Science for the Operationalization
  of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus within the Framework of the Amazon Regiona
 l Observatory. This project is focused on the development and application 
 of modelling tools in an integrated multi-sectoral planning process based 
 on the water-energy-food nexus approach.\n\n\n\nThe objective of this proj
 ect is to operationalize an integrated water-energy-food nexus modeling to
 ol(s) that allows the exploration of different physical and socioeconomic 
 scenarios in the entire Amazon basin. This project leverages the experienc
 e acquired and efforts made by the Bank and client countries in areas such
  as water\, agriculture and land use\, energy and climate change.\n\n\n\nT
 he knowledge and tools developed through this project will support an inte
 grated\, multi-sectoral (nexus) approach to policy development and investm
 ent in the Amazon Basin. This will promote coherent\, collaborative enviro
 nmental governance to understand tradeoffs and maximize synergies and co-b
 enefits while minimizing vulnerabilities\, risks\, and unintended conseque
 nces. This capacity is needed to address priority regional transboundary p
 roblems in the Amazon Basin such as the lack of integrated water resources
  management\, water pollution\, biodiversity loss\, effects of extreme hyd
 roclimatic events\, and land use change\, among other issues.\n\n      \n
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     \n\n\n\n\n\n              \n\n\n              Objectives of the Webina
 r\n          \n  \n\n    \n\n              \n\n\nThis webinar will illustr
 ate and provide hands-on the operationalization of the water-energy-food n
 exus model developed for the Amazon River Basin through interactive visual
 ization dashboards. The main objective of this webinar is to collect input
  from participants to improve these operational dashboards.\n\n\n\nSpecifi
 cally\, the webinar will focus on capacity building of analytical capabili
 ties to address the following challenges that were identified in consultat
 ion with ACTO Member Countries:\n\n\n	Water balance across the Amazon water
 shed sub-basins.\n	Ecological flow rates and their role in the water balanc
 e.\n	Water quality dashboard.\n	Impact of nexus intervention types: hydropow
 er\, irrigation\, reforestation.\n\n\n      \n\n\n\n    \n\n              
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   \n\n\n              Expected Outcomes\n          \n  \n\n    \n\n       
        \n\n\nThe expectation is that\, by the end of the webinar\, partici
 pants will have strengthened their skills and abilities\, especially in:\n
 \n\n	Understand the scope of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus modeling activitie
 s in the basin\, specifically the implementation of the HydroBID-WHATIF ((
 nexus) model.\n	Provide input to the process of improvement of the operatio
 nal visualization dashboards of the nexus model.\n	Promote the participatio
 n in the discussions and analyses that will be carried out in the tasks in
 cluded in the Project's Work Plan.\n	Gain experience in the use of the oper
 ationalized nexus model through a participatory and inclusive process of d
 iscussion and analysis.\n\n\n      \n\n\n\n    \n\n              \n\n     
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              Registration\, Meeting Link\, Language and Certification\n   
        \n  \n\n    \n\n              \n\n\nRegistration is closed. You may
  watch the recorded webinar here. Passcode: 4vz@EtIN\n\n\n\nThe webinar wi
 ll have simultaneous translation into English and Spanish.\n\n\n\nUMCES wi
 ll issue certificates of participation to registered participants.\n\n    
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   \n\n    \n\n              \n\n\nThe Technical Webinar will have a durati
 on of 90 minutes\, with the following sessions:\n\n\n\nWebinar Opening and
  Introduction of Presenters (10 min)\n\n\n	Workshop Opening (IADB)\n	Introdu
 ction of Nexus Team Specialists\n\n\n\n\nNexus Readiness Exercise (Interac
 tive) (5 min)\n\n\n\nNexus Model Operationalization Results and Discussion
  (15 min)\n\n\n	Introduction to the Nexus project background and objectives
 \n	Nexus model operationalization approach: introduction\, basic principles
 \, application(s) and limitations - considerations for its implementation 
 in the Amazon River Basin\n	Nexus model operationalization results: dashboa
 rd design\, software needed\, navigation\, analysis and interpretation of 
 model results.\n	Process of identification of new analytical needs and impl
 ementation in the nexus model dashboards.\n\n\n\n\nHands-on exercises usin
 g the Nexus Model Dashboards (60 min)\n\n\n\nThis hands-on session will fo
 cus on the use of the model dashboards to generate results that can be use
 d to identify and prioritize policy and infrastructure needs for water-ene
 rgy-food nexus issues in the Amazon Basin under three development narrativ
 es: Business-As-Usual\, Extractive and Sustainable\, explored with the use
  of the Nexus Dashboards currently operationalized through ACTO’s Amazon R
 egional Observatory.\n\n\n\nModerated discussion on the use of the operati
 onalized Nexus model (20 min)\n\n\n\nBased on the experienced obtained usi
 ng the operationalized Nexus modeling dashboards\, participants will be en
 couraged to share their feedback\, vision of other challenges and opportun
 ities of the Nexus approach and modeling tools for the Amazon River Basin.
  This discussion will be live using prompted questions in interactive form
 at\, plus oral discussions.\n\n\n\nClosure Discussion on the Project’s Wor
 k Plan and Next Steps (10 min)\n\n\n\nThis session will consist of a prese
 ntation of the next stages involved in the Nexus project and a preview of 
 the next webinars in this series.
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Identification of Analytical Needs and Definition of New P
 roducts
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 cal-needs-and-definition-of-new-products
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