Opportunities for capacity development in EWS and issues related to warning communication dissemination
Lessons learnt from R3i project
Challenges – 2 slidesOpportunities – 4 slidesHow ? - 3 slidesRecommendations – 1 slide
Challenges
Challenges• On implementers side:
– Short implementation periods
– Regional integration purposes
– Coordination and synergies with other regional initiatives
• Complexity of EWS:– Legal and procedural aspects,
– Disaster management aspects and coordination with response teams,
– Hydro-met network and other warning origination institutions
– Technical aspects
– Notification mechanisms, medias etc
– But above all:
»“To Warn is Human” (Art Botterell)
• A game of power and national sensitivities
Opportunities• While countries participation for supporting information of
regional entities has reached its limits (cumbersome questionnaires and regional workshops), there is a huge potential (mobilization capacity) at country and community level to develop adapted local solutions.
• Technical solutions (IT) for networking exist and may provide a first step in coordination efforts.
• Sector improvements in EWS may go alongside with Multi-hazard integration.
Opportunities
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Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
Schemes taken from “to warn is human” – Art Botterell
Opportunities• Single, simple and consistent facility
for warning originators
slide taken from “to warn is human” – Art Botterell
Opportunities
Country X
CAP control system
Warning systems
CAP control system
Systemes d’alerte
CAP control system
Waarschuvig
systems
Abstract integration level
CAP provides a level of abstraction allowing coordination between different countries, even if their warning systems differ.
HOW ?-> Let’s try !R3i may serve as a pilot project for the region
Country Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Anguilla
Aruba
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Curacao
Montserrat
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maartin
Turks and Caicos
HOW ?
Capability Level Characteristics
0. No all-hazard public warning system Limited or undetermined administrative or technical program for all-hazard public warning. (May have warning policy for particular hazards and/or audiences.)
1. Administrative Capability Legal and policy framework for all-hazard public warning in place, but limited or no technical facilities for all-hazard origination, aggregation and dissemination. (May have technical capabilities for specific hazards and/or audiences.)
2. Initial Operational Capability Functioning capability to originate alerts for all hazards and to disseminate them to at least limited audiences via at least one delivery means.
3. Effective Operational Capability Functioning capability to originate alerts for all hazards, to disseminate alerts to the public via multiple delivery means, and to share alert information with other organizations and governments.
Simple capability levels defined by R3i for R3i purposes
HOW ?
Work at local levelR3i provides :
- Access to expertise (experts like Art Botterell)
- Harmonized technical requirements to allow interoperability of systems, security, possibilities of evolution, maintenance etc.
- Regional coordination forums
- Contractors : Integrators : system design,Systems vendors : warning systems installation
What R3i does not provide:
R3i provides : What countries will work on individually with R3i assistance (contractors and expert)
- Access to expertise (experts like Art Botterell)- Harmonized technical requirements to allow interoperability of systems, security, possibilities of evolution, maintenance etc.- Regional coordination forums- Contractors :Integrators : assistance for system design, awareness campaign, proceduresSystems vendors : CAP “Backbone” and warning systems installation.
-The design of their early warning system-The design of their public awareness campaign-The identification of their “lead agency”- the details of their procedures- the choice of the dissemination systems (sirens, church bells etc.)
=> Regional partners do not need to know the details of countries capacities.
Summary
Recommendations:
- let’s try !
- Let’s simplify !
- To warn is human
- Let the countries do what they best do for themselves
Thank you !