= Kickoff Workshop - Myanmar =
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== Post event BLOG ==
To be uploaded after the workshop

== Objectives ==
1. Share the project objectives and agree on implementation strategies and plans with all relevant National stakeholders
2. Introduce the all-hazard all-media Common Alerting Protocol standard and procedures and formulate a National working group
3. Assess the current status and capacity for operationalizing a Multi-agency Situational-awareness platform in the Myanmar

== Announcement ==
'''Takes place on''' :: 15th July 2015 [[br]]
'''Hosted by the  ::''' [http://www.dmh.gov.mm/ Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Transport] [[br]]
'''At location    ::''' Address : Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Transport, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar [# map view]
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The [http://www.dmh.gov.mm/ Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Transport] in collaboration with the [http://www.sahanafoundation.org Sahana Software foundation] ('''Sahana'''), [http://www.geoinfo.ait.ac.th/ Asian Institute of Technology] ('''AIT''') and the [http://www.unescap.org/ United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific] ('''UNESCAP'''), will be hosting a '''KICKOFF WORKSHOP''' which is entitled “[http://sahanafoundation.org/cap-on-a-map-kickoff/ CAP on a Map] – Improving Institutional Responsiveness to Coastal Hazards through Multi-agency Situational Awareness.” The workshop, which is tentatively scheduled on 15 July 2015, will be held at Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Transport, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
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The said workshop is one of the activities under the UNESCAP funded project called “Cap on a Map”. Myanmar now joins Philippines and Maldives, which were from the beginning in the project.  It aims to augment the capacities of the national agencies for issuing early warnings using a multi-agency all-hazard/all-media approach and improve the response capacities of Myanmar as a participating country by improving the situational awareness at the time of a disaster. It is being proposed to develop and operationalize a CAP (Common Alert Protocol) enabled [http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/Deployments/SAMBRO Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker] ('''SAMBRO''')  platform in order to provide location specific alerts/warnings and integrate all the stakeholders through a common information exchange hub for better coordination at the time of a disaster.[[br]][[br]]
In view of the above, we would like to invite you or your representative to participate in the workshop.  Please find attached a copy of the program, for your reference. Thank you and we look forward to receiving your response about the matter on your convenient time but not later than '''Wednesday 15 July 2015'''[[br]][[br]]
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== Facilitators ==
     * [# Dr. Dr. Hrin Nei Thiam]
     * [# Ms. Htay Htay Than] - Director, Hydrological Division, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
     * [http://www.geoinfo.ait.ac.th/index.php/about-us-1/our-staff/81-manzul Manzul Hazarika] - Associate Director, Asian Institute of Technology Geoinformatics Center
     * [http://lirneasia.net/about/profiles/nuwan-waidyanatha/ Nuwan Waidyanatha] - Director & Chair Standards/ Interoperability Sahana Software Foundation
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== Schedule and Slides ==
||= '''Time''''''' =||= '''Action ''''''' =||= '''Resource''''''' =||
|| 08:30 - 09:00 || Registration ||  
||||||=  '''OPENING CEREMONY''' =||
|| 09.00 – 09.05 || Opening speech on behalf of Local Organizer ||  DMH  ||
|| 09.05 – 09.10 || Opening speech on behalf of AIT and SAHANA  ||  AIT/SAHANA ||
|| 09:10 – 09:30 || Overview of project on “CAP on a MAP”  ||  Dr. Manzul Hazarika, AIT  ||
|| 09:30 – 09:45 || Overview of Sahana Foundation and Humanitarian FOSS”  ||  Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF  ||
|| 09.45 – 10.15 || ''Group photo/Tea-n-Coffee Break'' ||
||||||= '''TECHNICAL SESSION''' =||
|| 10.15 – 10.45 || [# Status of Disaster Management and Early Warning System in Myanmar]  ||  DMH  ||
|| 10.45 – 11.15 || [# Multi-Agency Situational Awareness (MASA)] platform with Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO)  ||  Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF  ||
|| 11.15 – 12.00 || Assessing risks and identifying geospatial vulnerabilities for alert area templates ||  Dr. Manzul Hazarika, AIT  ||
|| 12:00 – 12.30 || [# Common Alert Protocol (CAP) - Standards, policies and procedures]  ||  Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF  ||
|| 12:30 - 13:30 || ''Lunch Break'' ||
||||||= '''DISCUSSION SESSION''' =||
|| 13:30 - 14:00 || Hands-on experimenting with CAP-enabled alerting software ||  Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF  ||
|| 14:00 - 14:30 || [# SWOT analysis] of CAP and software tools an assessment of implementing CAP in the Myanmar  ||  Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF  ||
|| 14:30 - 15:00 || ''Tea/ Coffee Break'' ||
|| 15:00 - 16:00 || Discuss and plan action items: [[br]] 1. Development of the National CAP Implementation profile [[br]] 2. Formation of a CAP working group [[br]] 3. Sharing data/information for system implementation [[br]] 4. Revisit the project activities and plan [[br]] 5. Methods for collaborations among stakeholders and way forward ||  Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF [[br]] Dr. Manzul Hazarika, AIT  ||

== Resources ==
==== Project Partners ====
     * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-NG6ihli0CubjlaTVBFejlPRms/view?usp=sharing Sahana Brochure]
     * [# AIT Brochure]
     * [# UNESCAP]
==== Workshop Tools ====
1. [http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/raw-attachment/wiki/Event/2015/CAP_MV_NDMC/SimCAPTool.zip Download SimCAPTool]

==== Activity documents ====

==== Presentation slides ====

== Participants ==