Tag Archive for ‘Natasha Udu-gama’ at LIRNEasia

Tag Archive for 'Natasha Udu-gama'

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Natasha at UN workshop to link Disaster Management to Space Technology

on October 18, 2008

From 13-15 October, 2008, The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with support from the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction – Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning (UNISDR-PPEW) and the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) organized the Second United Nations International UN-SPIDER Workshop on “Disaster Management and Space Technology – Bridging the Gap” in Bonn, Germany. LIRNEasia researcher, Natasha Udu-gama was one of 134 participants representing 49 countries.

The 3-day UN-SPIDER workshop was notable in that it featured a number of German and international presentations on the themes of Session 1: “Space technology in support of risk and disaster management”, Session 2: “Vulnerability and Risk Assessment”, Session 3: “Contributions of space-based technologies…

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Tags: Bangladesh, Bonn, Early Warning, early warning systems, German Aerospace Center, Germany, Indonesia, Institute for Environment and Human Security, last-mile systems, Mile Hazard, Natasha Udu, Natasha Udu-gama, remote sensing, space-based technologies, telemedicine, United Nations, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations University.

LIRNEasia at 2nd UN-SPIDER workshop, 13 - 15 October, Bonn, Germany

Nirmali Sivapragasam

on September 28, 2008

Natasha Udu-gama has been invited to represent LIRNEasia at the Second International United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) Bonn Workshop: “Disaster Management and Space Technology - Bridging the Gap” in Bonn, Germany, from the 13th to 15th October 2008.

Natasha will make a presentation on, ‘Last Mile Hazard Information Dissemination’ at a session entitled, ‘Contribution of space-based technologies to existing and proposed Early Warning Systems’. This session will examine how public-private partnerships (PPP) centered on space-based technologies can enable the development, establishment and embedding of early warning systems.

The event is organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), with the aim of providing a platform for brainstorming and in-depth discussion among decision-makers and…

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Tags: Addressable Satellite Radio, Bonn, early warning systems, German Aerospace Center, Germany, HazInfo, Natasha Udu-gama, space technology, United Nations, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, WorldSpace Global Data Solutions.

Early warning and/or mangroves

Rohan Samarajiva

on September 18, 2008

Few weeks back, I was in Davos, with Peter Anderson and Natasha Udu-gama. Nuwan Waidyanatha, the man who carried the HazInfo Last Mile Project on his broad shoulders was there in spirit too. We were there to tell the world about the project and learn about how early warning fits into the big picture of disaster risk reduction.

And we did. Strangely enough, I learned more from one off-print lying on a table than the entire whole conference on the subject that brought me to Davos. The second author happens to be a friend of mine teaching at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, but that was not why.

It was just a very good review of the massive scientific literature coming out of the analysis of the aftermath of the…

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Tags: Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, barriers, DAVOS, Early Warning, Indian Ocean, ISDR, mountains of Davos, Natasha Udu-gama, Peter Anderson, Vinya Ariyaratne.

LIRNEasia holds final HazInfo Workshop in Jakarta

Natasha Udu-Gama

on March 6, 2008

Yesterday, 5 March 2008, LIRNEasia, with its Indonesian partner, the Indonesian Institute for Disaster Preparedness (IIDP), held the final HazInfo workshop at the Hotel Borobudur in Jakarta, Indonesia. The “Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning: Community-based Last-Mile Warning Systems” workshop included several highlights such as a testimonial from an Aceh survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; informative presentations from the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), KOGAMI Padang, GTZ-GITEWS, Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics (BMG) and the University of Syiah Kuala, Aceh. The workshop encouraged animated discussion on the importance of community-based early warning systems, training, and the necessity for information to follow warning.

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Tags: ACEH, Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics, Civil Society, Community, community-based early warning systems, Geophysics, Hotel Borobudur, Indonesia, Indonesian Institute for Disaster Preparedness, Jakarta, Jan Sopaheluwakan, last-mile warning systems, Methodology, Muhammed Dirhamsiyah, Natasha Udu-gama, Padang City, Preparedness, Rina Dewi, Rohan Samarajiva, Sri Lanka, Syah Kuala University, Training and Community Organization, tsunami, Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Center, University of Syiah Kuala.

HazInfo Dissemination Workshops wrap up in Jakarta

Natasha Udu-Gama

on February 26, 2008

On 5 March 2008, LIRNEasia in partnership with the Indonesian Institute for Disaster Preparedness (IIDP) will hold the third and final “Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning: Community-based Last-Mile Warning Systems” workshop at the Hotel Borobodur in Jakarta, Indonesia. Rohan Samarajiva, Natasha Udu-gama and Nuwan Waidyanatha will participate and speak at the event alongside several Indonesian speakers from various governmental, community-based and international NGOs such as BAKORNAS PB, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), KOGAMI Padang and GTZ GITEWS. As in past HazInfo workshops in India and Bangladesh, the Indonesia workshop will not only discuss findings from the “Evaluating Last Mile Hazard Information” pilot project, but also exchange lessons learned from Indonesian counterparts.

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Tags: Bangladesh, Community, Hotel Borobodur, India, Indonesia, Indonesian Institute for Disaster Preparedness, Jakarta, last-mile warning systems, Mile Hazard, Natasha Udu-gama, Nuwan Waidyanatha, Rohan Samarajiva.

Making Communities Disaster Resilient at GK3

Natasha Udu-Gama

on December 15, 2007

The LIRNEasia HazInfo team, Rohan Samarajiva, Nuwan Waidyanatha, Natasha Udu-gama, joined its partners from Sarvodaya, Dialog Telekom and WorldSpace Corporation (India) to present findings from the “Evaluating Last Mile Hazard Information Dissemination” (HazInfo) pilot project at the “Making Communities Disaster Resilient” on December 11, 2007 during the Third Global Knowledge Partnership (GK3) conference in Kuala Lumpur from 11-13 December.

The session, moderated by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, presented findings and analysis within a 90-minute session divided into two mini-sessions on technology and community. Mr. Michael De Soyza of Dialog Telekom and Mrs. Mala Rao of WorldSpace Corporation (India) presented their respective technologies piloted in the project. In the second mini-session on community, Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne, Executive Director, Sarvodaya discussed the Sarvodaya approach to making communities disaster resilient. Natasha Udu-gama and Nuwan Waidyanatha presented…

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Tags: Dialog Telekom, India, Kuala Lumpur, Mala Rao, Michael de Soyza, Mile Hazard, Natasha Udu-gama, Nuwan Waidyanatha, respective technologies, Rohan Samarajiva, Third Global Knowledge Partnership, Training and Community Organization, Vinya Ariyaratne, WorldSpace Corporation.

Second HazInfo Dissemination Workshop held in India

Natasha Udu-Gama

on November 25, 2007

On Monday, November 19th, Rohan Samarajiva, Nuwan Waidyanatha, and Natasha Udu-gama of LIRNEasia, along with Menake Wijesinghe of Sarvodaya’s Community Disaster Management Centre went to New Delhi, India for the second in a series of workshops on the “Evaluating Last-Mile Hazard Information Dissemination” (HazInfo) entitled “Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning: Community-Based Last-Mile Warning Systems” at the India Habitat Centre in conjunction with the All India Disaster Management Centre (AIDMI).

The workshop included a variety of stakeholders from Indian government, civil society, international organizations, private sector, and NGOs. Mr. Mihir Bhatt, Honorary Director of AIDMI, along with Mr. Mehul Pandya, Risk Reduction Transfer Initiative Coordinator and Ms. Vandana Chauhan, Urban Risk Reduction Coordinator were in attendance from AIDMI’s Ahmedabad, Gujarat headquarters.

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Tags: AIDMI, All India Disaster Management Centre, Community, community-based last-mile warning systems, Gujarat, Gujarat headquarters, Honorary, India, India Habitat Centre, Indian government, Mehul Pandya, Methodology, Mihir Bhatt, Mile Hazard, Natasha Udu-gama, New Delhi, Nuwan Waidyanatha, Preparedness, Rohan Samarajiva, Sarvodaya \'s Community Disaster Management Centre, Suresh Mariaselvam, Training & Community Organization, Vandana Chauhan, Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya.

Dhaka HazInfo Dissemination Workshop | October 25, 2007 at BUET

Natasha Udu-Gama

on October 29, 2007

On October 25, 2007, LIRNEasia’s Rohan Samarajiva, Nuwan Waidyanatha and Natasha Udu-gama traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh to present findings from the “Evaluating Last-Mile Hazard Information Dissemination” (HazInfo) pilot project in the first international dissemination workshop for HazInfo entitled “Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning: Community-Based Last-Mile Warning Systems” at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) through its Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS) directed by Dr. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary. The report summarizes the workshop and its sessions. Overall, the workshop was a success in familiarizing the Bangladeshi audience with the HazInfo pilot project and meeting the objectives.

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Tags: Aftab Alam Khan, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Community, Community Organization, community-based last-mile warning systems, DHAKA, Maryland, Mehedi Ahmed Ansary, Methodology, Mile Hazard, Nasir Ullah, Natasha Udu-gama, Nuwan Waidyanatha, Preparedness, Rohan Samarajiva, simulation, Training and Community Organization.

HazInfo Dissemination Workshop in Bangladesh on October 25th

Natasha Udu-Gama

on October 8, 2007

On October 25, 2007, LIRNEasia will hold its first regional dissemination workshop for the “Evaluating Last Mile Hazard Information Dissemination” (HazInfo) pilot project at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) through its Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The purpose of the workshop is to gather experts, practitioners and community organizations to discuss the findings of the HazInfo project and determine ways in which the project may be developed to suit community-based hazard information dissemination regionally. The “Sharing Knowledge on Disaster Warning: Community-based Last-Mile Warning Systems” workshop in Dhaka will feature five presenters from government, academia and NGOs. Dr. A.M.M. Safiullah, Vice-Chancellor of BUET, will be Chief Guest during the workshop inauguration. Presenters from LIRNEasia include Dr. Rohan Samarajiva, Mr. Nuwan Waidyanatha…

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Tags: A.M.M. Safiullah, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Community, DHAKA, India, India Habitat Centre, Indonesia, last-mile warning systems, Mile Hazard, Natasha Udu-gama, New Delhi, Nuwan Waidyanatha, Rohan Samarajiva.

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