Geo-referenced Information and Application @ Presented at : Regional Workshop on Geo-referenced Disaster Risk Management Information System for South-East and East Asia, and the Pacific Bangkok 20-22 February 2013 AHA CENTRE ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management
A LOT OF EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE BY ASEAN IN ESTABLISHING ASEAN COORDINATING CENTRE FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT (AHA CENTRE) AS THE OPERATIONAL ENGINE OF AADMER The AHA Centre shall be established for the purpose of facilitating co-operation and coordination among the parties, and with relevant United Nations and international organizations, in promoting regional collaboration (AADMER article 20.1) The AHA Centre shall work on the basis that the Party will act first to manage and respond to disasters. In the event that the Party requires assistance to cope with such situation, in addition to direct request to any Assisting Entity, it may seek assistance from the AHA centre to facilitate such request (AADMER article 20.2)
AT THE 19 TH OF ASEAN SUMMIT, WITNESSED BY ALL OF ASEAN HEAD OF STATES, THE AGREEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AHA CENTRE WAS SIGNED BY ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON 17 NOVEMBER 2011, IN BALI INDONESIA
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE AHA CENTRE IN GENERAL ARE MANAGING INFORMATION/DATA, FACILITATING RESOURCES MOBILIZATION AND COOPERATION AND COORDINATION AMONG RELEVANT PARTIES Risk Identification and Monitoring ASEAN Standby Arrangement AHA CENTRE Cooperation and collaboration Emergency Response
Disaster ASEAN National Disaster Management Offices (NDMO), ASEC Situation Update Govt. Press Release Met. Agencies Warning Centres - Weekly Update - Flash Update - Maps Int. Org./NGO Information Public Information Email Distribution List - Dialogue Partner - APG - Int. Org
Manually input every day by AHA Centre to record and provide online reporting on disaster in the region Web based Open Source System Allow simple location map of disaster Ability to integrate official source of information, photos, videos, and news Can be expanded to be a community based network
National Focal Points Period of coverage Source of information Situation Map 51% Flood Weekly Regional Summary Summary of events which includes link to ADInet for more detail information
Ability to Facilitate inter- and intra-agency information sharing by allowing selected users to manually add hazards and nonspatial products Region of Interest reporting capability to provide snapshot of regional background information Provide near real time hazard information Thematic and basemap visualisation capability
DMRS has been critical in the provision of information on the probability of Typhon Bopha affecting the Philippines where the decision to deploy a staff on the ground has taken before it hit the affected area
Guides and templates to initiate the establishment of the ASEAN Standby Arrangements for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response, Procedures for joint disaster relief and emergency response operations Procedures for the facilitation and utilization of military and civilian assets and capacities, (personnel, transportation and communication equipment, facilities, good and services, and the facilitation of their trans-boundary movement) Methodology for the periodic conduct of the ASEAN regional disaster emergency response simulation exercises (ARDEX) which shall test the effectiveness of this procedures Connecting ASEAN for Disaster Readiness
AHA Centre Response to MYANMAR following 6.8 Earthquake in Myanmar 2012 As of 22 November 2012 24 Townships 6,687 people affected 17 death 114 injured 1,836 houses damaged
51% Flood
40 Provinces 6,243,998 people affected 1,067 death 2,666 injured 216,817 houses damaged As of 25 December 2012
The Transporter 5 days 5 trucks Transport Service for NDMO to deliver relief items from Logistic centre in Davao to the affected areas
Mobile Storage Arrival of Mobile storage units from Subang Mobile storage unit set up
IN THE LONG RUN.. MORE THINGS ARE NEED TO DONE AND MORE COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS WILL NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED Institutional Set Up Institutional Strengthening Institutional Stability Up to 2011-2012 2012 to 2015 and possibly beyond Agreement signed Governing board is in place Agreed contribution released and made available by Member States to AHA Centre Staff of AHA centre recruited and in place Office and Supporting facilities are available Work Plan,Procedures, Manual, Guidelines are available Capacity building for AHA centre Strengthening connection with Member States Establishing partnership with similar regional organization to shorten learning curve Awareness building at regional and international level Continuous partnership with donors and partners Testing procedures and improve accordingly Establish linkage with relevant sectors in ASEAN Review performance, functions and operation Set new vision for the next level
Increase Accessibility to Space based application for Disaster Management including Post disaster satellite data for damage and impact assessment Supports regional data and information sharing among ASEAN Member States and relevant stakeholders Develop ASEAN Historical Disaster Database Capacity development or enhancement for ASEAN National Disaster Management Offices in Geospatial and Space based applications Develop ASEAN database on Disaster Management experts Strengthened or establish networks in disaster management fields i.e. disaster management training and education, risk assessment forum, etc.
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