Flood Forecast Technology for Disaster
Preparedness Workshop convened in Dhaka 3-4
December 2006
In connection with the “Flood Forecast
Technology for Disaster Preparedness” project in
Bangladesh, a project-wide workshop was
conducted on 3-4 December, 2006 in Dhaka to
share the results and experiences of the work
carried out from June to November 2006 primarily
during the monsoon season. About 40 participants
from all the implementing institutions and
stakeholder organizations attended the workshop.
Participants reviewed the status of the project
and the three-tier forecasts system, including
the status of its integration into the flood
forecasting and warning system in Bangladesh. At
the end of the workshop, participants agreed on
the next steps and procedures for transferring
the new forecasting technology to Bangladesh as
well as future training programs on three-tier
flood forecast technology and forecast
applications. The project is implemented by ADPC
and Climate Forecast Application Network,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in
partnership with Institute of Water Modelling (IWM)
and Centre for Environmental and Geographic
Information Services (CEGIS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
It is supported by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), Dhaka through
CARE-Bangladesh.
Workshop on Climate Forecast Applications for
Managing Climate Risks in Agriculture convened
in Dumangas, Philippines 11-12 December 2006
Under the “Climate Forecast Applications (CFA)
for Disaster Mitigation” program, ADPC convened
a workshop on “Climate Forecast Applications for
Managing Climate Risks in Agriculture” from
December 11-12, 2006. The workshop, hosted by
the Municipality of Dumangas, Iloilo Province,
Philippines, was convened in order to 1) share
experiences between the demonstration sites in
Dumangas, Philippines and Indramayu, Indonesia,
and allow for cross-fertilization of good
practices and lessons on reducing climate risks
to small-holder agricultural systems; 2) broaden
program implementation by identifying
opportunities and developing plans of action to
replicate the methodology and tools in other
municipalities of Iloilo and Antique provinces
and mainstream climate forecast application in
development planning at municipal and provincial
levels; and 3) advocate for the replication of
methodology and tools nationally. The workshop
brought together 82 participants from the
Philippines and Indonesia. Participants from the
Philippines formulated plans detailing how they
will go about implementing climate risk
management initiatives in their areas using the
experiences of CFA demonstration sites. The
workshop report will be available soon at the
Climate Risk Management
