Regional Workshop on Assessing Drought Risks using Earth Observation Data & Launch of South Asia Drought Management System (SADMS) | SAARC Disaster Management Centre (IU)

Regional Workshop on Assessing Drought Risks using Earth Observation Data & Launch of South Asia Drought Management System (SADMS)

Regional Workshop on Assessing Drought Risks using Earth Observation Data & Launch of South Asia Drought Management System (SADMS)

Duration	31/08/2022 to 02/09/2022
Registration Deadline	17/08/2022
Document(s)	SDMC-Day-1-Anup-PPT-Session-II-Earth-Observation-data-for-Drought-Monitoring.pdf (1.68 MB) Irrigated-Agriculture-Srilanka.pdf (3.33 MB) SDMC-Day-1-Drought-in-Bangladesh.pdf (494.87 KB) SDMC-Day-1-Drought-Management-efforts-in-Sri-Lanka.pdf (1.17 MB) SDMC-Day-1-Earth-Observation-data-for-Drought-Monitoring.pdf (1.43 MB) SDMC-Day-1-Final-ppt-for-Session-III-Drought-Management-efforts-in-South-Asia.pdf (1.80 MB) SDMC-Day-1-India-Drought-Management-efforts-in-South-Asia.pdf (1.36 MB) SDMC-Day-1-Nepal-Earth-Observation-data-for-Drought-Monitoring.pdf (2.04 MB) SDMC-Day-1-Nepal-Template-Session-III-Drought-Management-efforts-in-South-Asia.pdf (1.04 MB) SDMC-Day-2-drought-monitoring-and-prediction-SDMC.pdf (4.08 MB) SDMC-Day-2-MENA-SADMS-IWMI-Aug2022.pdf (3.18 MB) SDMC-Day-2-Shirish-SAARC-DMC-Drought-Aug2022.pdf (4.64 MB) SDMC-Day-3-EO-data-DroughtMonitoring-India-NRSC.pdf (4.92 MB) SDMC-Day-3-SADMS-drought-prediction-SKP.pdf (1.49 MB)

Objective

The overall objective of the workshop is to introduce the South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) to the key stakeholders of South Asian countries through a two days’ workshop to -

Discuss technical advances and challenges in using earth observation to help assess and monitor drought risks
Orient the participants to the South Asia Drought Monitoring System (SADMS) platform
Explore the current capabilities of SADMS in drought monitoring and early warning
Explore possibilities of institutionalizing the SADMS at sub-national levels of the SAARC Member States and promote multi-institutional collaboration to manage drought risks.

Duration	31st August to 2nd September, 2022
Organizer	SAARC Disaster Management Centre (IU)
Co-organizers	CGIAR/IWMI, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and UNOOSA.
Venue Country	INDIA
Venue City	GANDHINAGAR
Venue	SAARC Disaster Management Centre (IU), GIDM Campus, Behind PDPU Raisan, Village, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382007
Registration Deadline	17th August 2022
Language Of Event	English
Target Audience	Participants from key agencies / departments like Meteorology or Space Affairs Agriculture Irrigation Revenue Disaster management of the SAARC Member States would be invited to participate in the proposed workshop.
Document(s)	SDMC-Program Note

Expected Outcomes

The expected outcome of the proposed workshop is as follows:

Orientation of SADMS to the participants
Assessment of the efficacy and usability of the tool by relevant stakeholders from the SAARC Member States
Discussions on how to institutionalise SADMS or similar platforms (country-specific) for better management of drought risks
Discussions on how to foster inter-agency collaboration amongst SAARC Member States for effective management of South Asian droughtscape.

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