Kickoff Workshop - Maldives

Post event BLOG

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

Announcement

Takes place on :: 15th April 2015
Hosted by the :: ​Maldives National Disaster Management Center
At location :: Address : Nasandhura Palace Hotel, Male, Maldives; ​map view

Sahana Software Foundation and the ​Asian Institute of Technology Geoinforamtics Center in collaboration with the ​Maldivian National Disaster Management Center is organizing a workshop in the Maldives. It is primarily to kickoff the CAP-on-a-Map project aiming to improve institutional responsiveness to coastal hazards through multi-agency situational-awareness. The project is made possible through funding by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); specifically, the ​ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness. The project intentions complement NDMC's proactive commitment to mitigating the impact of disasters on the Maldivian people and its economy. Maldives is vulnerable to natural tsunami, cyclone, and earthquake hazards. It is also responsible for the safety of the mission plus visitors that enjoy the archipelago. The project will span over 18 months and will develop capacity to implement the all-hazard all-media Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) interoperable risk communication standard along with the associated operating procedures. Instrumental to the project is the Sahana Alerting and Messaging Broker (SAMBRO) software that will be implemented at a National level for managing the sharing risk information across all relevant risk management agencies. The workshop will bring together alerting authorities, emergency first-responders, communications service providers, and other relevant organizations in the Maldives to participate in the workshop. The day long event will take place on April 15th, 2015 at the Nasandhura Palace Hotel, Male. It designed to foster a discussion between the project implementers and the emergency communication system users towards determining the optimal strategies and activities for operationalizing the Sahana software-enabled multi-agency situational-awareness platform.

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

Resources

1. ​Project plan
2. SWOT analysis instruction
3. ​workshop 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)