Kickoff Workshop - Maldives

The kickoff workshop will bring together various stakeholders associated with risk communication in the Maldives. The

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Monday 15th April 2015

Hosted by the :: ​Maldives National Disaster Management Center

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• Address : Nasandhura Palace Hotel, Male, Maldives

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 Maldives

Facilitators

​Nuwan Waidyanatha and ​Manzul Hazarika

Schedule

Time	Action (Resource)
08:30 - 09:00	Registration
OPENING CEREMONY
09.00 – 09.05	Opening speech on behalf of Local Organizer (TBA, NDMC)
09.05 – 09.10	Opening speech on behalf of AIT and SAHANA (Dr. Manzul Hazarika, AIT)
09:10 – 09:45	Overview of project on “CAP on a MAP” (Dr. Manzul Hazarika, AIT)
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 the Maldives (NDMC)
10.45 – 11.15	Multi-Agency Situational Awareness (MASA) platform with SAMBRO (Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha)
11.15 – 12.10	Assessing risks and identifying geospatial vulnerabilities for alert area templates (Dr. Manzul Hazarika, AIT)
12:10 – 12.30	Common Alert Protocol (CAP) - Standards, policies and procedures. (Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha, SSF)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
DISCUSSIONS
13:30 - 14:10	Hands-on experimenting with CAP-enabled alerting software (Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha)
14:10 - 14:30	SWOT analysis of CAP and software tools an assessment of implementing CAP in the Maldives (Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha)
14:30 - 15:30	Discuss and plan action items for (Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha & Dr. Manzul Hazarika): * Development of the national CAP-Profile * Formation of a CAP working group * Sharing data/information for system implementation * Methods for collaborations among stakeholders and way forward * Revisit the project activities and schedule

Evaluation

PDF files for download:

1. SWOT analysis instruction
2. Individual action plan form
3. SahanaCamp evaluation form

Participants

1. ​Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization
2. ​Bangladesh Water Development Board
3. ​Sri Lanka Disaster Management Center
4. ​Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
5. ​Philippine National Mapping and Resource Information Authority
6. ​Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
7. ​Philippine Mines and Geosciences Bureau
8. ​Raydant International (Thailand)
9. ​Sri Lanka Survey Department
10. ​Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
11. ​Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa (Thailand)
12. ​AIT Geoinformatics Center (Thailand)

Resources

​Virtual Sahana Training for New Developers