ICT for Disaster Risk Management-Managing Disaster Information-Global Risk Identification Programme

1. ICT for Disaster Risk Management – Managing Disaster Information – Global Risk Identification Programme Thematic Platform for the implementation of HFA’s Priority 2: Risk Identification Carlos Villacis, PhD – GRIP Coordinator

2. Overview The problem: Impact on Development Integrating Disaster Information Actual applications in Decision Making The way forward

4. Disaster-related mortality risk Underweight children Epidemic meningitis Epidemic malaria Source: Columbia University Disaster risk and the MDGs: Disaster impacts have become impediments to sustainable development in Africa (Report on Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development in Africa, 2004)

5. Understanding of the problem Risk Assessment Proper Planning Evidence-based decision making Disaster Risk Reduction + Safe Development Processes Effective Actions The Problem

11. Characteristics of Disaster Observatories National Disaster Observatories Common Standards Quality control Compatible national, regional, global Sustainable Institutionalized Applied Based on local capacity

16. Actual applications

17. Applications to National DRM Strategies The Districts of Kalutara , Ratnapura, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura

19. Detection of anomalies in risk models

20. Applications in Decision making started Location of UNDP Early Recovery Advisors

23. The way forward

24. Global integration: Database Catalog

26. Example for Nepal – Causality

27. Example for Nepal – Time analysis

28. Example for Nepal – Spatial distribution

31. Steering Committee