5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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Leveraging geographic information
technologies for improved resilience in
East Africa and South-East Asia
Einar Bjorgo, UNOSAT Manager, UNITAR, Switzerland

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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UNOSAT is the Operational Satellite Applications Programme of the UN Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR) – entirely dedicated to researching and applying
solutions in geo-spatial imagery analysis, mapping and capacity development
A mature UN centre of excellence with global outreach supported by a network of
partners worldwide
Since 2003, operational in over 290 emergencies & conflicts
27 people: Geneva (hosted at CERN), N’Djamena (Chad), Nairobi (Kenya) and soon
Bangkok (Thailand)
UNOSAT today

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
From satellite analysis and mapping to training and
capacity building

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
In-country training South-East Asia
• In 2011, UNOSAT and ADPC have launched a regional initiative
to develop the capacity of countries across the Asia and
Pacific region
• In 2013, UNOSAT teamed with UN ESCAP for further training
and capacity development
• The partnership focuses on strengthening capacities of
national disaster risk management professionals on the use of
geospatial information technology for risk assessment and
emergency response mapping
• Regional Training in Bangkok (GIS4DRM) in collabration with
AIT, ITC and ADPC. Additional training and support in
partnership with UN ESCAP

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
In-country training South-East Asia
• In country training:
– 2011: Vietnam (NRSC and Line ministries)
– 2012: Myanmar (Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
and others line ministries)
– 2013: Bangladesh (Ministry of disaster management and relief)
– 2014: Cambodia (National Commission for DRM)

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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Capacity development of IGAD (Intergovernmental
Authority on Development) - logframe

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
www.grforum.org
IGAD training needs assessment
Respondents from IGAD ( ICPALD, CEWARN, ICPAC, IGAD-
Somalia, IGAD-Secretariat ,>20)
80% of respondents are working in DRR related field
100% of respondents fully recognized the benefit for IGAD
to strengthening technical capacities in the use of geo-
spatial information technology.
Regarding GIS/RS skills, 70% of respondents have no or
only basic knowledge of GIS/RS.
Data access, management, visualization and sharing
was identified as a key aspect to be addressed during
the implementation of UNOSAT-IGAD capacity development
project..
“NO CAPACITIES CAN BE STREGHTEN AND ANY KNOWLEDGE CAN BE SHARED
WITHOUT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON THE NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS
OF BENEFICIARIES”.

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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GIS for DRR: Example of IGAD training evaluation results
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Definedescribebasic
conceptsandterminology
relatedtogeospatial
informationtechnology
Explaintheadvantages
andlimitationofusing
geospatialinformationin
DRR
Applybasicmethodsand
functionalitiesofGIS
softwaretoproduce
geographicinformation
Identify,access,search,
collect,organizeand
analysegeospatialdata
relevanttoDRR
Producebasicmapsusing
GISSoftware
ApplyGISmethodsfor
disasterriskassessment
anddisasterriskreduction
planning
Before
Knowledge Improvement

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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IGAD video

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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Historic flood datasets

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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UN-ASIGN crowd source app

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Documentation center
Web Portal
Hydrogeological mapsSIRE / Water GIS
Master HydroSIG
UNOSAT trainings
Knowledge development Capacity building
ResEau Chad: Better know to better manage
water resources
Data sharing
Government of Chad, Swiss Development Cooperation, UNITAR-UNOSAT, partners

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‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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www.geodrr.org

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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CASIS and UNOSAT partnership
Image courtesy of NASA

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International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014
‘Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice‘ • 24-28 August 2014 • Davos • Switzerland
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Added value for the Post 2015 Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction
• How did your work support the implementation of the Hyogo
Framework for Action:
– By transferring knowledge on the use of technology for DRR to key
stakeholders
– By ensuring operational services as per requests from Member States
• From your perspective what are the main gaps, needs and further
steps to be addressed in the Post 2015 Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction in
– Research: Need to transfer knowledge and work with national research
centres
– Education & Training: Few specialists in GIT, large gaps to be filled, brain
drain
– Implementation & Practice: Need to move from short term projects to
longer term true capacity development
– Policy: Lack of awareness leads to lack of policy and legal frameworks