The meeting was held from 15 to 17 February 2012 in Bangkok as an inception meeting towards accomplishing the goal of the UNDA project entitled “Improving capacity for disaster preparedness in ESCAP region”. The meeting will be organized by ESCAP's Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD).

The objectives of the meeting were to discuss and finalize the findings of the data needs and gaps assessment survey, to discuss establishment of online network of regional and national policy makers and experts on geo-referenced disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management, and impact assessment taking into account of existing initiatives and services provided key partners in the region, and to discuss the development of standardized information system containing socio-economic statistics and geo-referenced information in support of DRR and preparedness, and way forward.

The meeting was attended by policy and decision makers, and experts, mostly working in the area of geo-reference disaster risk reduction and management including those from governments, international/regional/inter-governmental organizations and other entities in the region.

Related Documents:

• Participants' Information Note
• Concept Note
• Summary meeting report
• Objectives and expected outcomes of the UNDA project: Improving disaster risk preparedness in ESCAP region, and the current expert group meeting
• Geo-reference for disaster risk management – concepts, needs and gaps in Asia-Pacific region by ESCAP
• Geo-information for disaster risk reduction in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region
• Data needs and SOPAC RS service for Pacific Island Countries
• Georeferenced Disaster Risk Management – Scopes and Challenges in Papua New Guinea and the Eastern Pacific
• Use of geo-referenced data for DRM in Central Asia, problems and prospective
• Geo-referenced Information System for Disaster Risk Reduction in China
• Satellite Applications for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Landslide susceptibility mapping using GIS: A cast study of Korea
• Space-enabled Products and Services for DRR/DRM: Indian Initiatives
• Space Technology for Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: country profile, national perspectives and vision
• Thailand Disaster: Space Technology and Geo-information on Flood Management
• Desinventar and disaster loss databases
• Issues and Challenges to Geo-referenced Information Systems in the Region
• Geospatial information for damage and loss assessment
• Georeferencing and Satellite Image Support: Lessons learned, Challenges and Opportunities
• Geo-reference information, tracking disaster risks and their socio-economic impact
• The Gateway, information systems and online communities of practice
• Building the Resilience to Disasters: The Role that Geo-informatics could play in the Context of Least Developed Countries of Asia and the Pacific Region?
• Planned activities and tentative schedule of the UNDA project: Improving disaster risk preparedness in the ESCAP region
• Development of standardized information system containing socio-economic statistics and geo-referenced information
• Building a Community of Practices (COP) for Information sharing in DRR and Disaster Management
• Tentative outlines of the regional training workshop
• Outcome of the Needs assessment questionnaire survey and finalization of the needs assessment survey report by ESCAP
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