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Regional Workshop on ICT Applications for 
Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Economic 
Development   
28-30 September 2010
Astana, Kazakhstan
 
Documents and materials

 

Project introduction

  • ESCAP: Introduction on regional project (ENG)
  • ESCAP: Information note on project  ‘Strengthening capacity to forecast extreme weather events in Asia. (ENG, RUS)

Special presentation

  • Pakistan: Super Floods in Pakistan - Early warning and monitoring (ENG)

Central Asia, including SPECA countries

  • Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority: Background, Rule and Responsibilities in Disaster Sector and the Country Level and Disaster Mechanism (ENG)
  • Azerbaijan, МИНИСТЕРСТВО ПО ЧРЕЗВЫЧАЙНЫМ СИТУАЦИЯМ: РОЛЬ ИКТ В УМЕНЬШЕНИИ РИСКА КАТАСТРОФ И  УСТОЙЧИВОГО ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ СТРАНЫ  (RUS)
  • Ministry of emergent situations, Kyrgyz Republic: Disaster Risk Reduction in Kyrgyzstan on mudflow and flood situations (ENG, RUS)
  • Tajikistan: Сокращение риска стихийных бедствий в Республике Таджикистан (RUS)
  • NIGMI of Uzhydromet, Uzbekistan: Recent signs of water-related disasters in Uzbekistan (ENG)

Other countries in the ESCAP region

  • China, Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management,: Using ICT to Reduce Flood Risk in China (ENG)
  • ISRO, NRSC: Flood disaster risk reduction using ICT and space technology – Indian experience (ENG)
  • Russian Federation (1): Применение современных технологий, методов мониторинга и прогнозирования в обеспечении системы управления в кризисных ситуациях (RUS)
  • Russian Federation (2): Система гидрологического прогнозирования Росгидромета (RUS)
  • JAXA, Japan: Sentinel Asia (ENG)

UN and International Organizations

  • ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee: Typhoon Committee Strategy on Flood Disaster Risk Reduction (ENG)
  • WMO/ESCAP Panel of Tropical Cyclones: Regional Cooperation Strategies and Programmes (ENG)
  • UNDP: UNDP Interventions Related to ICT and Flood Risk Reduction in ECIS (ENG)
  • UNOOSA: Space-based Solutions in Support of Disaster Management & Emergency Response (ENG)
  • UNU: Vulnerability assessment examples with respect to floods (ENG)
  • ESCAP: Regional Cooperative Mechanism for Monitoring and Early Warning of Disasters, Particularly Drought (ENG)
  • ESCAP/IDD and ITU/ROAP: Asia-Pacific Regional Platform for Disaster Communications Management and Capacities (ENG)
  • ESCAP: Towards subregional networking for improved disaster risk reduction and development (ENG, RUS)

Report of workshop

  • Summary report of workshop, Astana, 30 Sept 2010 (ENG, RUS)