National Workshop on Disaster Risk Communication, 21-22 September 2006, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

Disaster Risk Communication Training, 16-18 August 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

Risk Communication Meeting: Improving Community Response to Disaster Warnings, 17-18 July 2006, Yangon, Myanmar

Risk Communication Meeting: Improving Community Response to Disaster Warnings, 11 June 2006, Male, Maldives

Capacity building of national meteorological services of Cambodia and Vietnam to enhance lead time of forecast products, with support from Danida (December 2005 – December 2008) (link to Danida project site)

Strengthening capacities of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) in basic emergency response, crisis management, and damage assessment and needs analysis in 6 Southern provinces, with support from UNDP-Thailand (July 2005 – December 2006) (link to UNDP project site)

Technical support to the implementation of the US Government’s IOTWS program in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Maldives in the areas of capacity building of national disaster management organizations (NDMOs), national disaster management planning, and building tsunami-resilient communities (August 2005 – September 2007) (link to IOTWS project site)

Capacity building of Bangladesh Meteorological Department and Flood Forecasting and Warning Center in flood forecasting, and of the Department of Agriculture Extension and Disaster Management Bureau in flood forecast application, with support from USAID-Bangladesh through CARE-Bangladesh (March 2006 – June 2009) (link to CFAB site)

Coastal tsunami risk analysis for the development of guidelines for safer construction and in urban and regional development planning, and on environmental remediation, including mitigation in select sites in southern Thailand, in collaboration with the Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, with support from the Italian Government (May 2005 – September 2006)

Roadmap for disaster management in Sri Lanka, supported by UNDP-Sri Lanka (Dec 2005)

Assessment of Sri Lanka’s early warning systems for various hazards, supported by UND-Sri Lanka (May 2005) (Report available upon request)
Assessment of emergency telecommunication systems and needs of Bangladesh, Maldives, and Sri Lanka (July-October 2005) (Report available upon request)

Production of public awareness programs for television (Thailand) to enhance awareness on earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as floods and landslides, in collaboration with the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (2005)