ADPC-AIT JOINT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM ON MULTI HAZARD IMPACT BASED EARLY WARNING FORECAST
Countries in South and Southeast Asia are exposed to a variety of climate-related hazards, including floods, storms, tropical cyclones, droughts, and extreme temperatures. To address these challenges, appropriate training is essential for familiarizing stakeholders with new technologies and theories, understanding gaps and implications of previous policies at local and regional levels, and promoting evidence-based action research aligned with newly developed tools and technologies in disaster management.
With this objective in mind, ADPC and AIT collaborated to develop and deliver a training program aimed at addressing these knowledge gaps. One outcome of this partnership was the “Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Early Warning Forecast” training, which took place from September 17 to October 4, 2024.
Participants attended from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Mentors and researchers from both organizations prepared targeted, short-term, tailored technical courses to address capacity gaps in the early warning sector.
The training was conducted in a hybrid format, combining online lectures and in-person training in Bangkok, Thailand. The training series began with an online session from September 17 to September 24, which included live lectures and self-paced courses to provide participants with fundamental knowledge of Early Warning System (EWS) components.
To complement the online session, participants gathered in Bangkok for in-person training from September 30 to October 4, where they received hands-on technical training at ADPC and AIT.
The in-person training included an in-depth lecture on impact-based forecasting and warning services, a hands-on exercise in preparing data layers for forecasting cyclones and mapping hazards and exposures, discussions on technological innovations for multi-hazard early warning (MHEW), a field visit to the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) as well as a community observation at Samruen Thawon Community in Bang Prok Municipality, Pathum Thani. The training concluded with a session on practical checklists for evaluating multi-hazard early warning systems using WMO guidelines.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the organizers and course instructors for their valuable insights and knowledge shared, including Mr. Bill Ho, Director of ADPC Academy; Dr. Indrajit Pal, Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM) Program Chair at AIT; Dr. Rishiraj Dutta, SERVIR Southeast Asia Capacity Development Lead at ADPC; Dr. Govindrajalu Srinivasan, Adjunct Faculty , DPMM ; Dr. Itesh Dash, Founder, Beyond Climate Solutions; Mr. Ayush Baskota & Mr. Subhajit Ghosh Research Associates at DPMM, AIT.
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