6 th Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction Geneva, 24-25 October 2002

1. Report of Working Group 2Early Warning Convenor: United Nations Environment Programme 6th Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction Geneva, 24-25 October 2002

2. Meetings • 3rd Meeting of the WG2; 24-25 June 2002, Potsdam, Germany • International Symposium on Global Environmental Change and Disaster Reduction; 20-21 June 2002, Berlin, Germany • [Reports available through WG2 website]

3. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

4. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

5. www.unisdr.org/unisdr/WGroup2.html WG2 Website

6. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

7. Inventory of EW systems Why an inventory of EW systems…? • Provide an overview and understanding of existing early warning systems • Help decision makers to find existing EW systems for their specific needs • Build the basis for an assessment of EW systems by means of indicators • Avoid future redundancies

8. Data acquisition • 1st -test- version of questionnaire is electronic and has been sent out to 10 agencies • Questionnaire might have to be revised • Final version will be an on-line template that will fill the data base automatically

9. On-line questionnaire

10. User interface of the inventory 5 Screens: • Entry through search engine with four criteria: hazard, region, organisation, warning year. • Search results. • EWS screen with basic information and links to the method of the EWS and to the warning dissemination. • Method screen. • Information on Warning Dissemination screen.

11. Search engine

12. Search results

13. Information on the EW system

14. Information on the EW system

15. Information on warning dissemination

16. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

17. Criteria for indicators... • Determine criteria to assess efficiency • Develop indicators for those criteria • Develop a method to assess efficiency of EW systems by means of indicators • Lessons learnt – Floods in Central Europe 2002; floods in China, 2002; current drought in Southern Africa... • Best practices/”blue prints” for EW systems • Relevant information for donors and bilateral organisations

18. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

19. Type II Partnership... • WG2 supported the development and the elaboration of the concept –officially presented at the WSSD, August 2002. • WG2 activities in the context of the Partnership

20. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

21. EWC II • WG2 was requested to develop a proposal reflecting the structure and organisation of the international conference • Small group within WG2 • 1st draft circulated back to WG2 members • Draft forwarded to ECW II Secretariat

22. The future... • Finalisation of inventory of EW systems- long term management (DKKV-UNEP- ISDR) • Criteria for indicators of effectiveness EWS- finalise and circulate draft proposal - convey expert meeting (2003)- process to validate indicators and produce guidelines • Continue support to preparation of EWC II • Next meeting of WG2?

23. Activities • WG2 Website • Inventory of Early Warning Systems • Criteria for Indicators of Efficiency of Early Warning Systems • Type-2 Partnership: “Integrating Early Warning and Disaster Risk Management into the Sustainable Development Agenda and Practice • 2nd International Early Warning Conference • Ad hoc group on drought

24. The future... • Criteria for indicators of effectiveness EWS- how to test guidelines and indicators…? • Yokohama+10… support thematic review?- towards a global EW programme 2004-15 • Collaboration with other WGs…- cross-cutting issues, relevance to three other WGs

25. UNEP UNESCO UNDP-BCPR FAO WMO UNCCD SOPAC UN-HABITAT DMC-Nairobi IRI-Columbia University DKKV CDERA ADRC GFMC WG2 Membership • New member: Asian Disaster Reduction Centre, Kobe, Japan (Mr. Satoru Nishikawa) • Change of representatives:for the UNCCD and UN-HABITAT

26. Support and funding • ISDR Secretariat • UNEP’s Division of Early Warning and Assessment • Government of Germany- experts from developing countries- consultant - drafting of proposal for Type-II

27. on behalf of the members of WG2... Asanteni! (Thank you all)