SAMBRO Training of Trainers

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Objectives

1. Train and certify a set of Master Trainers:
   • with an overview on Geographic Information System (GIS) essentials for enabling country context data for risk mapping
   • Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) administrative, implementation, and operational procedures
   • Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) content standard and operating procedures
2. Develop capacity among the Master Trainers for:
   • Collaborating with their National Agencies for developing risk mapping advocated predefined alert areas for impact-based alerting
   • Building Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) capacity within their country for implementing CAP procedures
   • Implementing the CAP-enabled SAMBRO for improving multi-agency situational-awareness and all-hazard all-media warning capabilities

Announcement

Takes place	Monday, 31 August to friday, 11 September 2015
Hosted by the	​Asian Institute of Technology Geoinformatics Center
At location	Address : Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand (​MAP VIEW)
Funded by	​United National Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

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Facilitators

• Francis Boon, Sahana Software Foundation
• ​Nuwan Waidyanatha, Sahana Software Foundation
• ​Manzul Hazarika, Asian Institute of Technology Geoinformatics Center
• ​Syams Nashrrullah, Asian Institute of Technology Geoinformatics Center
• ​Biplov Bhandari, Asian Institute of Technology Geoinformatics Center
• ​Atiq Ahmed, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center

Program

The program comprises a series of components:

• Learning objectives - The take away from the course module. You are expected to learn and master the course material in order to achieve the overall goal of becoming a master trainer.
• Schedule - Time table indicating the course (or activity), the time period, and the name of the Instructor. The program will follow the schedule as per the indicated time. In general the course begins at 8:45 am and finishes at 5:00 pm each day with two tea breaks (morning and afternoon) and a lunch break.
• Assessments - The Instructor will ask the Trainees to complete the assessments at the end or during the course. They may comprise tutorials or exercises. The Trainee must complete the assessment and score a minimum score to be certified.
• Evaluation - These questionnaires are for the trainees to evaluate the performance of the Instructor as well as the module and the course material.

NOTE :: You should arrive at 8:30 am on each day to attend to any of your job related work such as reading / sending email. The sessions will begin sharp at 8:45 am. During the sessions you are not allowed to attend to other official or personal matters.

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DAY 00: Arrival

Sunday 30th August - Participants from Maldives, Myanmar & Philippines arrive at AIT

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Day 01: Multi-hazard Early Warning

Module description (SAMBRO 201) - Opening seminar for participants to gain exposure to other regional Early Warning System (EWS) initiatives.

Learning Objectives

• Exposure to other similar and possibly associated initiatives in the region

NOTE - learning objectives for the GIS sessions are explained in Day 2 of the program Schedule - Monday 31st August

Time	Action	Facilitator
09:00 - 09:30	Registration, Opening, and Program	Manzul H.
09:30 - 10:30	Session I: Introduction to GIS	Syams N.
10:30 - 11:00	Tea/ Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	Session II - Introduction to GIS	Syams N.
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:00	Session III - Sendai Framework of Disaster Risk Reduction and Scope of Expansion of Multi-hazard EWS in the AP Region	Atiq A.
15:00 - 15:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30	Session IV - Strengthening of Multi-Hazard Coastal EWS in the AP Region: Experiences and Lessons	Atiq A.
16:30 - 17:00	Session V - Discussion	Atiq A.

Slides

• Introduction to GIS
• Map Projection

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​GIS Introduction Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 02: GIS Techniques and Tools

Learning Objectives

• Understanding GIS data standards and formats required for various GIS software tools
• Learning to format data for the software tools including Sahana
• Working with Web GIS tools for managing and sharing GIS data across platforms
• Learning to setup and customize a Web GIS data aggregator

Schedule - Tuesday 01st September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Syams N.
09:00 - 10:00	Session I - Practical: Getting started with QGIS	Syams N.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Session II - Practical: Working with vector data	Syams N.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:00 - 14:30	Session III - Practical: Working with raster data	Syams N.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Session IV - Practical: Online resources: WMS, WFS	Syams N.
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ALL DAY	SAMBRO Technical Team work	Francis B., Biplov B.

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Day 02 Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

Slides

• QGIS Training

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Day 03: Sahana Technical Training

Learning Objectives

• The evolution and need for Sahana and it's humanitarian open source community
• Exposure to other Sahana deployments and their utility, with hands on exercises
• Understanding the Sahana software architecture, modules, and data structure
• How to install, configure, and operationalize the Sahana Web2Py software platform
• Simple Sahana coding task to realize how the platform works

Schedule - Wednesday 02nd September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Francis B.
09:00 - 10:00	Session I - Introduction to Sahana	Francis B.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Session II - Hands on with Sahana	Francis B.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:30 - 14:30	Session III - Technical Training	Francis B.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Session IV - Customising Sahana	Francis B.

Slides

• Introduction to Sahana
• Technical Training
• Customising Sahana

Exercises

Instructions	DM Cycle	Demo
1. Community Resilience Mapping	Preparedness	​CRMT Test
2. News Feeds	Preparedness & Response	​DRMIS Demo
3. Situation Reporting	Response	​RMS Dev
4. Vulnerability Mapping	Preparedness	​RMS Dev

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Day 03 Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 04: SAMBRO GIS Work Flows

Module description (SAMBRO 105) - Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker Geographical Information System Work Flows

Learning objectives

• Exposure to Sahana GIS module, data structure, and standards
• Formatting GIS data for importing in to Sahana and exporting out of Sahana
• Developing various customized GIS data layers for visualization
• Carrying out risk assessments for developing predefined alert area polygons

Schedule - Thursday 03rd September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Francis B.
09:00 - 10:00	Session I - Sahana GIS	Francis B.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
10:00 - 12:00	Session II - Adding Layers to Sahana's Map	Francis B.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:30 - 14:30	Session III - Title TBA	Francis B.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Session IV - Creating predefined alert areas	Francis B.

Slides

• Sahana GIS

Exercises

• Coastal Erosion

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 05: SAMBRO MASA Work Flows

Module description: Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker Multi Agency Situational-Awareness Work Flows

Learning Objectives

• Exposure to features for implementing and using SAMBRO for issuing and delivering alerts
• Experience the usability of the SAMBRO MASA features
• Realizing the SAMBRO MSASA workdlow requirements necessary for the country context

Schedule - Friday 04th September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Nuwan W.
09:00 - 09:30	Administering users (Subscribers and Publishers) and assigning roles	Biplov B.
09:30 - 10:00	Authoring CAP templates and CAP messages	Biplov B.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea / Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Authorizing, publishing, and disseminating CAP messages	Biplov B.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:00 - 14:30	Customizing the implementation parameters Localizing the GUI	Francis B.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea / Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Changing the logos and headings to reflect country implementation	Francis B.
17:00 - 20:00	Dinner hosted by GIC	Manzul H.

Slides *​SAMBRO Work Flow

Exercises and Tools

Exercise	DM Cycle	Demo
1. Alerting with SAMBRO instructions	Warning	​SAMBRO Test

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 06: Barcamp

Learning Objectives

Schedule - Saturday 05 September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Nuwan W.
09:00 - 10:00	First set of discussion topics	Francis B.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Second set of discussion topics	Francis B.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:00 - 17:00	Free Time	Manzul H.

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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DAY 07: Rest Day

Sunday 06 September, you are on your own and there are no scheduled activities

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Day 08: Multi-agency Situational-awareness

Learning Objectives

• Perspective of the components of a MASA platform with risk mapping, alerting, and situational-reporting
• Formulating who does what where and when in alerting; i.e. defining hazards, jurisdictions, public/restricted alerts, technologies
• Defining a register of alerting authorities using the organizational management module
• Interpreting the CAP profile by interpreting the CAP implementation procedures

Schedule - Monday 07 September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Nuwan W.
09:00 - 10:00	Session I - Introduction to MASA concepts (Group exercise)	Nuwan W.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30	Session II - Introduction to MASA concepts (Theory)	Nuwan W.
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:30 - 15:00	Session III - Develop the register of alerting authorities (Theory)	Nuwan W.
15:00 - 15:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00	Session IV - Build National Register (Exercise)	Nuwan W.

Slides

• ​SAMBRO 101 - Introduction to Multi-agency Situational-awareness
• ​SAMBRO 120 - Developing a Register of Alerting Authorities

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Day 08 MASA - Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 09: Issuing Alerts and Warnings

Learning Objectives

Schedule - Tuesday 08 September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Nuwan W.
09:00 - 10:00	Session I - Title TBA	Nuwan W.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/ Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Session II - Title TBA	Nuwan W.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:30 - 14:30	Session III - Title TBA	Nuwan W.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea/ Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Session IV - Title TBA	Nuwan W.

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 10: Multi-agency Situational-awareness

Learning Objectives

Schedule - Wednesday 09 September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Nuwan W.
09:00 - 10:00	Session I - Title TBA	Nuwan W.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Session II - Title TBA	Nuwan W.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:00 - 14:30	Session III - Title TBA	Nuwan W.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea/Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Session IV - Title TBA	Nuwan W.

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

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Day 11: Building the Training Module

Learning Objectives

Schedule - Thursday 10th September

Time	Action	Facilitator
08:45 - 09:00	Overview of sessions and agenda for the day	Nuwan W.
09:00 - 10:00	Completing the country context CAP implementations and documentation	Nuwan W.
10:00 - 10:30	Tea/Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Completing the country context CAP implementations and documentation	Nuwan W.
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch (on your own)
13:30 - 14:30	Prepare the country context training material	Nuwan W.
14:30 - 15:00	Tea/Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Prepare the country training plan	Nuwan W.

​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation - At the end of the course, complete the respective

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Day 12: Presentations

Learning Objectives

• Understand the current challenges in the National Early Warning Systems
• Determine the necessary components for an end-to-end response system
• Finalize the next steps with implementing SAMBRO at a National level

Schedule - Friday 11th September

Time	Action	Facilitator
10:00 - 10:15	Welcome and Introductions	Manzul K.
10:15 - 11:00	Country presentations	Abdulla M., Erlington A.
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch hosted by Project
13:30 - 14:30	Barcamp	Nuwan W.
14:30 - 15:00	Wrap up session	Manzul H., Nuwan W.
15:00 - 15:30	Tea/coffee

​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation - At the end of the course, complete the respective

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Day 12: Departure

Saturday 12th September - everyone goes home; end of the training.

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Resources

Training Aids

• SAMBRO Guide
• ​Common Alerting Protocol V1.2 Specifications
• ​Administrative Procedures Registering WMO Alert Identifiers
• ​Administering WMO Register of Alerting Authorities

Evaluations and Assessments

• ​Training of Trainer Assessment to be completed at the end of each module
• ​Course Module and Instructor Evaluation to be completed for the individual instructors for each module at the end of the day

Software

• DMC-SAMBRO - Maldives Disaster Management Center (DMC) server
• DMH-SAMBRO - Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) server
• PAGASA-SAMBRO - Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) server

Country Blueprints

• Maldives
• Myanmar
• Philippines

Participants

1. ​Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
2. ​Disaster Management Center, Maldives Ministry of Disaster Management
3. ​Maldives Meteorological Service
4. ​Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar Ministry of Transportaion
5. ​Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
6. ​Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
7. ​AIT Geoinformatics Center (Thailand)