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Inventory of Early Warning Systems: Building the Basis for Decision Making

This report discusses the importance of the inventory of early warning systems in providing an overview and understanding of existing systems, helping decision makers find systems for their specific needs, and avoiding redundancies. It outlines the data acquisition process and the on-line questionnaire interface for the inventory. Criteria for indicators of efficiency of early warning systems are also presented, along with activities related to the Type-2 Partnership and the 2nd International Early Warning Conference.

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Inventory of Early Warning Systems: Building the Basis for Decision Making

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  1. Report of Working Group 2Early Warning Convenor: United Nations Environment Programme 6th Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction Geneva, 24-25 October 2002

  2. Meetings • 3rd Meeting of the WG2; 24-25 June 2002, Potsdam, Germany • International Symposium on Global Environmental Change and Disaster Reduction; 20-21 June 2002, Berlin, Germany • [Reports available through WG2 website]

  3. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  4. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  5. www.unisdr.org/unisdr/WGroup2.html WG2 Website

  6. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  7. Inventory of EW systems Why an inventory of EW systems…? • Provide an overview and understanding of existing early warning systems • Help decision makers to find existing EW systems for their specific needs • Build the basis for an assessment of EW systems by means of indicators • Avoid future redundancies

  8. Data acquisition • 1st -test- version of questionnaire is electronic and has been sent out to 10 agencies • Questionnaire might have to be revised • Final version will be an on-line template that will fill the data base automatically

  9. On-line questionnaire

  10. User interface of the inventory 5 Screens: • Entry through search engine with four criteria: hazard, region, organisation, warning year. • Search results. • EWS screen with basic information and links to the method of the EWS and to the warning dissemination. • Method screen. • Information on Warning Dissemination screen.

  11. Search engine

  12. Search results

  13. Information on the EW system

  14. Information on the EW system

  15. Information on warning dissemination

  16. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  17. Criteria for indicators... • Determine criteria to assess efficiency • Develop indicators for those criteria • Develop a method to assess efficiency of EW systems by means of indicators • Lessons learnt – Floods in Central Europe 2002; floods in China, 2002; current drought in Southern Africa... • Best practices/”blue prints” for EW systems • Relevant information for donors and bilateral organisations

  18. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  19. Type II Partnership... • WG2 supported the development and the elaboration of the concept –officially presented at the WSSD, August 2002. • WG2 activities in the context of the Partnership

  20. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  21. EWC II • WG2 was requested to develop a proposal reflecting the structure and organisation of the international conference • Small group within WG2 • 1st draft circulated back to WG2 members • Draft forwarded to ECW II Secretariat

  22. The future... • Finalisation of inventory of EW systems- long term management (DKKV-UNEP- ISDR) • Criteria for indicators of effectiveness EWS- finalise and circulate draft proposal - convey expert meeting (2003)- process to validate indicators and produce guidelines • Continue support to preparation of EWC II • Next meeting of WG2?

  23. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

  24. The future... • Criteria for indicators of effectiveness EWS- how to test guidelines and indicators…? • Yokohama+10… support thematic review?- towards a global EW programme 2004-15 • Collaboration with other WGs…- cross-cutting issues, relevance to three other WGs

  25. UNEP UNESCO UNDP-BCPR FAO WMO UNCCD SOPAC UN-HABITAT DMC-Nairobi IRI-Columbia University DKKV CDERA ADRC GFMC WG2 Membership • New member: Asian Disaster Reduction Centre, Kobe, Japan (Mr. Satoru Nishikawa) • Change of representatives:for the UNCCD and UN-HABITAT

  26. Support and funding • ISDR Secretariat • UNEP’s Division of Early Warning and Assessment • Government of Germany- experts from developing countries- consultant - drafting of proposal for Type-II

  27. on behalf of the members of WG2... Asanteni! (Thank you all)

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