Program
In-Service ICT Training for Environmental Professionals (ISEPEI)
Innovations in Disaster Risk Reduction
11-15 July 2016, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Venue: Nador 9, Auditorium
Monday, 11 July
Setting the Stage: Global Framework for DRR
8:30 – 9:00
Registration(Nador 9, Outside Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:30
CEU Summer University Orientation(Nador 9, Auditorium)
9:30 – 10:00
Participant Introductions and Expected Outcomes of the Course
(CEU) Logistical Information
Session 1
Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00 – 10:30
Rastislav Vrbensky (UNDP Regional Hub for ECIS)
Welcome from Course Directors:
Viktor Lagutov (CEU)
Armen Grigoryan (UNDP Regional Hub for ECIS)
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break
10:50 – 12:30
Course Introduction
Armen Grigoryan (UNDP Regional Hub for ECIS) - Introducing Sendai Framework for DRR.
Viktor Lagutov (CEU) - ICTs and Innovations in DRR.
12:30 – 13:45
Lunch
Session 2
Introduction to DRR (Main Building 201)
13:45 – 14:15
Vasko Popovski (UNDP Macedonia) - Understanding disaster risk.
14:15 – 14:45
Ecaterina Melnichenko (UNDP Moldova) - Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk.
14:45 – 15:15
Ágnes Rajacic (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) - Data gaps and institutional challenges in developing DM risk maps in the Danube Region.
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee Break (served outside MB 203 – Hallway)
15:30 – 16:00
Armen Chilingaryan (UNDP Armenia) – Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience.
16:00 - 17:00
Jennifer Stevens (UNDP New York) - Best practices in EWS, approaches and examples from around the globe.
17:00 – 17:45
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA) - Introduction: Earth observation. Hazard-Related Applications.
18:00 – 19:30
Welcome Reception(October 6 Street, 7)
Tuesday, 12 July
9:00 – 9:15
Recap and Introduction to Day 2
Session 3
Introduction to early warning systems
9:15 – 11:00
Juan Fernandez - Early Warning Systems (EWS) at a glance.
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee Break
Session 4
EWS Experience and Case Studies
11:15 – 12:45
Juan Fernandez - Examples and the best practices of EWS.
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 15:15
James Douris (World Meteorological Organization) - EWS Framework and best practices from the region and globally.
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00
Jan Daňhelka (Czech Hydromet) - Examples and the best practices of EWS:
- Legislation, flood limits, management of flood service
- Practical monitoring and forecasting
- Hydrological models
- Warnings (criteria)
- Examples of floods
- Technology of monitoring stations
17:00 – 17:30
Conclusions of the day
Wednesday, 13 July
9:00 – 9:15
Recap and Introduction to Day 3
Session 5
GIS and satellite technologies for the EWS
9:15 – 10:45
Chiara Proietti (JRC) - Innovative and concrete tools for implementing the Sendai Indicators:
- Overview on the EC innovative tools and products for DRM
- Integration of research products in DRM Policies
- Pooling knowledge in DRM: The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC)
10:45 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Practical session (Blue Computer Lab)
Chiara Proietti (JRC) - Innovative and concrete tools for implementing the Sendai Indicators:
- Integration of research products to implement Sendai Indicators
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Chiara Proietti (JRC) Practical session (cont.) (Blue Computer Lab)
14:30 – 14:45
Coffee Break
Session 6
Data management and DRR
14:45 – 15:15
Vasko Popovski (UNDP Macedonia) - Cross-regional big data for development exploration. Big Data for Development Exploration Journey.
15:15 – 16:00
Vasko Popovski (UNDP Macedonia) - Urban resilience. Innovative Solutions for Urban Resilience - Macedonia and Armenia case.
16:00 – 16:30
Ecaterina Melnichenko (UNDP Moldova) - Examples and the best practices of EWS.
16:30 – 17:00
Margaretta Ayoung - Early warning systems. Case study of Georgia-lessons learned.
19:00 – 22:00
Danube Boat trip
Thursday, 14 July
9:00 – 9:15
Recap and Introduction to Day 4
Session 7
Spatial data and DRR
9:15 – 11:00
Jens Danzeglocke (German Aerospace Center – DLR) - The International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ – a mechanism providing space-based information for disaster response.
11:00 – 11:20
Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:00
Hendrik Hoff (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) - Developing an early warning system for the European migration crisis.
Session 8
Community safety
12:00 – 12:40
Rok Strlic (Motorola Solutions) - Mission Critical Solutions for Safer Communities.
Laszlo Imre (Fercom) - Motorola Public Early Warning Solutions.
12:40 – 13:40
Lunch
13:40 – 18:00
(Motorola Solutions) Visit of National Disaster Public Early Warning Command/Control Center
Meeting point: Outside of Auditorium at 13:40 sharp!
Friday, 15 July
9:00 – 9:15
Recap and Introduction to Day 5
Session 9
Radar Satellites for better decision making
9:15 – 10:00
Jens Danzeglocke (German Aerospace Center – DLR) - Radar Satellites and what is interesting about them for DRR.
10:00-10:30
Susan Gille (German Development Cooperation - GIZ) – RIICE project: Radar satellite-based rice production monitoring and disaster risk transfer solutions in Southeast Asia.
10:30 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Session 10
Case studies
10:45 – 11:15
Capt Kinga Perge (Hungarian National Directorate General for Disaster Management - NDGDM) - User driven ICT solutions to support disaster response.
11:15– 12:30
Jeremy Usher (UNDP CIRDA) - The Programme on Climate
Information for Resilient Development in Africa.
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
Jeremy Usher (UNDP CIRDA) - The Programme on Climate
Information for Resilient Development in Africa (cont.)
Session 11
The Way Forward
14:30 – 15:30
Zsuzsanna Gabor (CEU Academic Research and Cooperation Office) - European Funding for Research and Cooperation.
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30
Victor Lagutov (CEU) Universities in DRR Cooperation.
16:30 – 17:00
Armen Grigoryan (UNDP Regional Hub for ECIS) - Next Steps for ICT in DRR.
17:00 – 17:30
Course wrap-up session and closing ceremony