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Webinar on Enhancing Preparedness for Responding to COVID19 and Extreme Weather Events
| Duration | 04/11/2020 to 04/11/2020 |
Date: 04/11/2020 13:30pm
Mode of Training
- Webinar
Moderator
- Mr. P K Taneja, Director SDMC(IU)
- Mr. Sumedh Patil, RO-PM
Targeted Audience
- This webinar aims to engage Senior Officers from Ministries from Member States dealing with Disaster Risk Management, Disaster Response; National Disaster Management Organizations (NDMOs); Ministries working with Community Preparedness towards Public health in emergencies and other concerned ministries.
Objective
- The webinar objective is to highlight lessons learned from the past flood events, challenges faced during recent cyclone response due to COVID19 and deliberate on methods through which Member States can enhance community preparedness through local level action plans for climate related hazards & risk management to build more resilient systems that are better placed to prevent such crisis in the future.
| Sr No. | Topic | Presenter | View/ Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climate Change & Extreme Weather Events in the SAARC Region | Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll | View / Download |
| 2 | Emerging Risks of Locust attack in the SAARC Region: Genesis, Warning and Response | Mr. Keith Cressman | View / Download |
| 3 | Lesson Learnt from the Cyclone Amphan: Local Level response and challenges caused by COVID19 situation | Mr. Randeep Rana (India Experience) Mr.Syed Ashraf ul Islam (Bangladesh Experience) |
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| 4 | Strategy for development of Local Level Action Plan for enhancing preparedness towards Extreme Weather Events compound with COVID19 situation | Mr. Aslam Perwaiz | View / Download |
| 5 | Country Presentations | ||
| i. | Afghanistan | Mr. Sayed Abdul Baset Rahmani | View / Download |
| ii. | Bangladesh | Mr. Probir Kumar Das | View / Download |
| iii. | Bhutan | Mr. Sangay Tenzin | |
| iv. | India | Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh | |
| v. | Maldives | Mr. Umar Fikry | |
| vi. | Nepal | Mr. Sameer Kumar Adhikari | View / Download |
| vii. | Pakistan | Mr. Tahir ud Din | |
| viii. | Sri Lanka | Dr. Novil Wijesekera | View / Download |
| Sr No. | Presentation Subject | Resource Person | View/ Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Dr. Roxy Mathew CCCR, IITM, India | |
| 2 | - | Mr. Keith Cressman Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, FAO, Rome | |
| 3 | - | Mr. S N Pradhan DG -NDRF, India | |
| 4 | - | Mr. Aslam Perwaiz Department Head, ADPC, Thailand |
| Webinar Report | View / Download |