ADPC conducted the 4th Regional Training Course on End-to-End Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems from June 8 to 12, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. This course built the capacity of professionals in designing, managing, evaluating and undertaking improvements in people-centred end-to-end early warning systems for hydro-meteorological and geological hazards and extreme events associated with climate change and variability.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Undertook risk assessments and design multi-hazard end-to-end early warning systems (EWS) for disaster risk reduction (DRR)
2. Integrated scientific and technical inputs into early warning dissemination
3. Developed strategies to institutionalize early warning systems as part of DRR, development planning, emergency response, and preparedness activities
4. Developed risk communication strategies and technologies
5. Interpreted and translated scientific information into user-friendly formats
6. Designed and established people-centered community-based EWSs
7. Introduced public education programs on community based on EWSs
8. Applied emerging climate prediction technologies in managing disaster risks