This course builds upon ADPC’s two decades of experience in disaster management, facilitating regional cooperation and building capacities of disaster management institutions at all government levels, disaster management practitioners and communities. It extends to a decade of experience in institutionalizing weather and climate information applications for disaster mitigation and recently, in the implementation of Indian Ocean and South East Asia end-to-end early warning system for tsunami and hydro-meteorological hazards.

• Introduction to End-to-End Early Warning System
• Hazard Detection, Monitoring, Forecasting & Information for Warning (HDMFW)
• Application of Risk Assessment & Risk Communication for Early Warning
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Early Warning Systems
• Monitoring and Evaluation of EWS

The course offers to build the capacity of professionals to design, manage, evaluate and undertake improvements in people centred end-to-end early warning systems for hydro-meteorological & geological hazards and extreme events associated with climate change and variability.

All teaching and reference materials are in English. Participants must be fully conversant in English.

The course includes theoretical and practical sessions. An interdisciplinary team of experienced practitioners and experts provide a balanced teaching approach and methodologies to the sessions with theory, practical exercises, interactive and participative lectures, group discussions, presentation, classroom exercises, work sheets, case studies and sectoral examples, individual/group assignment and presentations, application of tools, site visit and instructional games. There is an attendance requirement in this course. Certificate of Completion will be awarded to participants on successful completion of the training program.

The main course objective is to enhance the capacity of participating professionals and institutions, to effectively develop skills in process design of multi-hazard end-to-end early warning systems, and mitigate the effects of events related to hydro-meteorological and geological phenomena. Upon completion the participants will be able to:

• Undertake risk assessment and design of multi-hazard end-to-end early warning systems for disaster risk reduction
• Effectively integrate scientific and technical inputs into early warning dissemination and communication system
• Develop strategies to institutionalize early warning systems into the process cycle of disaster risk reduction and development planning, emergency response, and preparedness activities
• Develop risk communication strategies &communication technologies
• Interpret and translate scientific information products into user friendly formats and prepare & communicate tailor made early warning information products to elicit response from at risk communities
• Design and implement community based early warning systems that are people centered and that can effectively contribute to the risk management process/risk reduction
• Evaluate and introduce publiceducation and training programme for the community based early warning systems
• Apply emerging new generation climate prediction technologies for anticipating and managingdisaster risks associated with climate change & variability

An interdisciplinary team of experienced practitioners and experts provide a balanced teaching approach and methodologies to the sessions with theory, practical exercises, interactive and participative lectures, group discussions, presentation, classroom exercises, work sheets, case studies and sectoral examples, individual/group assignment and presentations, application of tools, site visit and instructional games.

The course is tailored for senior level disaster managers and development workers, including officials of national and provincial governments, extension officers, defense forces, emergency services, staff of training institutes, institutions of public administration, national and international NGOs, IFRC/ICRC, UN agencies and the private sector. Participants who have considerable measure of responsibilities in the area of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and disaster management policy will gain the most from the curriculum. Some early warning background is desirable, but not essential.

Internationally experienced practitioners and experts from ADPC and other partner organizations will conduct and facilitate the EWS course.

English.

Package A with accommodation: US$2,000

Package B without accommodation: US$1,575

The standard course fee of US$2,000 covers course tuition, training materials, single accommodation with breakfast (6 nights), two break refreshments & lunch (Monday-Friday) during the training, and study visits. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application, lunch on weekends, all dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

Participants who wish to seek own accommodation can choose an alternative course fee package B of US$1,575

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Training Services Department (TSD)
979/66-70, SM Tower, 24th Floor,
Paholyothin Road, Samsen Nai,
Phayathai, Bangkok, 10400
Tel: +66 (02) 298 0681-92
Fax: +66 (02) 298 0012
Skype ID: ADPC_Training
Email: tsu@adpc.net
URL:www.adpc.net