UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Regional Workshop on Geo-referenced Disaster Risk Management Information System in
South-East and East Asia, and the Pacific
20-22 February 2013
Meeting Room A, 1st Floor
United Nations Conference Centre
Bangkok, Thailand
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Day 1 (20 February 2013)
08:15 - 09:00
REGISTRATION
09:00 - 09:30
Opening Session (Master of Ceremony: Mr. Keran Wang, IDD, ESCAP)
- Welcome address by Ms. Shamika Sirimanne, Director, Information and
Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD),
ESCAP
- Election of the Officers
- Adoption of Agenda
- Special Event: Signing Ceremony on Memorandum of Agreement between
ESCAP and UNITAR
09:30 - 10:00
BREAK
10:00 - 12:00
Session: 1 - Improving Disaster Risk Management through Geo-referenced
Information System in the ESCAP region
- Objective, needs and expected outcomes of the Project: improving disaster risk
preparedness in the ESCAP region and the expected outcome of the current
workshop by Mr. Ram Tiwaree, IDD, ESCAP
- Asia-Pacific Plan of Action on the applications of Space Technology and GIS for
disaster risk reduction and sustainable development (2012-2017), and its relation
with the project: improving disaster risk preparedness in the ESCAP region by
Mr. Keran Wang, IDD, ESCAP
- Geo-referenced Information in support of Rio+20 outcome related to disaster risk
reduction by Mr. Ram Tiwaree, IDD, ESCAP
- Concepts of geo-referenced information for disaster risk management system in
Asia-Pacific region by Mr. Nitin Tripathi, ESCAP Consultant
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
11:45 - 13:15
LUNCH
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13:15 - 14:45
Session: 2 - Overview of Geo-referenced Disaster Risk Management (GeoDRM) Information System
- Geospatial Database for the Geo-DRM System by Mr. Nitin Tripathi, ESCAP
Consultant
- Geo-DRM system configuration and functionality of the Geo-DRM Portal and
System (discussion on options for geo-referenced portals) by Mr. Hamid
Mehmood, ESCAP Consultant
- Capacity building needs for skilled human resources to operate the geo-referenced
information platform by Mr. Nitin Tripathi, ESCAP Consultant
- Application of GIS and spatial data for calculating measures for disaster risk
reduction with the example of ecosystem accounts by Mr. Daniel Clarke,
Statistics Division, ESCAP
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
14:45 - 15:00
BREAK
15:00 - 16:15
Session: 3 - Institutional and Policy issues and Networking
- Data sharing policies and institutional arrangements: issues and challenges by Mr.
Keran Wang, IDD, ESCAP
- Need for regional partnership development for information and knowledge
sharing by Mr. Sujit Mohanty, ISDR
- Networking and Community of Practices (COP): motivation, sustaining interest
and willingness to share information by Mr. Rajindra Ariyabandu, ESCAP
Consultant
- IFRC Experience on Disaster Management Community of Practices by Ms.
Katherine Roux, IFRC, Bangkok.
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
16:15 - 17:15
Session: 4 - Regional Geo-DRM Information Systems (15 minutes for each
presentation)
- Experience of UNOSAT in building capacity for the use of satellite analysis for
emergency management, especially in South-East Asia, East Asia, and Pacific by
Mr. Francesco Pisano, Director, UNOSAT/UNITAR
- HFA priorities and relevance of space-based and geographic information - UNSPIDER interventions by Mr. Shirish Ravan, UN-SPIDER Beijing Office
- How OCHA uses Geo-referenced data to prepare for, and respond to humanitarian
emergencies by Mr. John Marinos, UN-OCHA Asia-Pacific Regional Office
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
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Day 2 (21 February 2013)
08:45 - 09:45
Session: 4 - Regional Geo-DRM Information Systems (continue)
- Experience of ASEAN-AHA Centre and Geo-referenced information system in
South-East Asia by Mr. Janggam Adhityawarma, ASEAN-AHA Centre
- Geo-referenced information management for disaster risk management: prospects
and challenges in the Pacific by Ms. Joy Katrina Papao, SOPAC
- Role of APSCO in Developing Tools and Applications for Geo-referenced
Disaster Risk Management Information System in the Asia-Pacific Region by Mr.
Maqbool Ahmad Chaudhry, APSCO
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
09:45-10:30
Session: 5 - Country Presentations (10 minutes for each country presentation)
- Cambodia:
- China (2):
- Cook Islands:
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 12:00
BREAK
Session: 5 - Country Presentations (continue) (10 minutes for each presentation)
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Fiji:
Indonesia:
Kiribati:
Lao PDR:
Malaysia:
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
12:00 - 13:15
13:15 - 14:15
LUNCH
Session: 5 - Country Presentations (continue) (10 minutes for each presentation)
- Mongolia:
- Myanmar (2):
- Philippines:
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
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14:15 - 15:15
Session: 5 - Country Presentations (continue) (10 minutes for each presentation)
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Samoa:
Thailand:
Timor-Leste:
Viet Nam:
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
15:15 - 15:30
15:30- 17:00
BREAK
Session: 6 - Demonstration of Proposed Geo-portal Systems
- Database Input, Archiving, Geo-referencing, and Sharing in proposed Geo-DRM
by Mr. Nitin Tripathi, ESCAP Consultant
- Query and Information Retrieval through Geo-DRM by Mr. Nitin Tripathi,
ESCAP Consultant
- System security, accessibility and synchronization by Mr. Nitin Tripathi, ESCAP
Consultant
- Uploading geo-referenced information at country level, attending to trouble
shooting and resources and information reliability issues by Mr. Hamid
Mehmood, ESCAP Consultant
- Introduction of Geo-portal System by Mr. Lal Samarakoon, AIT
Discussions (including Questions and Answers)
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Day 3 (22 February 2013)
09:30 - 12:00
Study Visit to GISTDA and National Disaster Warning Centre, Ministry of
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12:00 - 13:00
LUNCH
14:30 - 17:00
Session: 7 - Way Forward (including concluding remarks)2 3
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Bus departs from ESCAP (front of UNCC) by 0815 hours
Coffee break at 1530 hours for 15 minutes
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Concluding Remarks by Mr. Keran Wang, Chief, Space Applications Section, IDD, ESCAP
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