COMPREHENSIVE TSUNAMI DISASTER PREVENTION TRAINING COURSE

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COMPREHENSIVE TSUNAMI DISASTER PREVENTION
TRAINING COURSE

• Public Works Research Institute International
  Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management
• Target Countries India, Indonesia, The
  Maldives, Sri Lanka
• Cost of Action 200,000 USD
• Stakeholders/beneficiaries Natl local
  governments related disaster preparedness
  agencies

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Implementation process

• Dates 2 June 11 July, 2008
• Place Tsukuba, Japan
• Org. in funding cooperation PWRI JICA Japan
• Objective to develop human resources who work
  for comprehensive tsunami disaster mitigation
• Participants 11 participants section
  chief-level personnel who are responsible for
  promoting tsunami disaster mitigation

CURRICULUM 1st-2nd week Lectures and practices
on tsunami and its countermeasures 3rd week
On-sight Survey along Sanriku Coast 4th week
Interim report, practices on Tsunami propagation
mapping, Google Earth, etc. 5th week On-sight
Survey along Kii peninsula Coast 6th week
Making and presentation of Action plan
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Key Achievements

• Comprehensive lectures, which cover management
  and engineering aspects and also include
  technical visits, have enhanced participants
  knowledge and understanding on the comprehensive
  tsunami disaster prevention.
• Lectures on engineering aspect of coastal forest
  in mitigating tsunami disasters and its actual
  implementation in the system of tsunami disaster
  countermeasures in Japan have given orientation
  on the importance and possibility of integrating
  disaster risk reduction planning into
  environment and coastal zone management planning.
• Communication and information exchange among the
  participants were active during the course. This
  is a significant positive point of international
  networking for dissemination of comprehensive
  tsunami disaster prevention in the future.

• The technical -visits to Sanriku Coast and Kii
  Peninsula Coast areas in Japan (saw many defense
  structures and evacuation facilities voluntary
  disaster management groups activities visited
  elementary schools, etc.) have given high
  impression to the participant on the existence of
  a strong will on both the government and the
  community sides and encouraging its adoption to
  their own countries,

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Key Achievements (contd)

• The participants evaluated each lecture and
  exercise based on 1-5 grades.
• The evaluation results showed that the course
  contents met their expectations and needs as each
  lecture and exercise was given more than four
  points.
• In particular, the highest point given to the
  coastal vegetation lecture and exercise showed
  their strong interest and motivation to learn
  feasible tsunami countermeasures for their
  countries.
• The Project Cycle Management exercise was also
  highly rated, revealing that the participants
  understood the effectiveness of the systematical
  method for analyzing problems and presenting
  solutions

Key results 1
The course contents met the expectations and needs
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Key Achievements (contd)
Key results 2
Participants ACTION PLAN

• The true actual successfulness of this training
  course depends on the implementation of
  comprehensive tsunami disaster prevention
  principles in the target countries.
• In this training course, the participants were
  asked not to think about direct application of
  Japanese tsunami countermeasures to their
  countries, but to recognize the difference
  between Japanese tsunami countermeasures and
  those in their countries and consider what should
  be done in their countries.
• Each participants formulated a three-year
  activity plan coincide with main activities in
  their institutions. Each action plan was
  discussed and supervised in the Project
  Management Cycle class throughout the course

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Lessons Learned What worked what did not
Effectt or impact of the Course one year after
the completion
Q1 How do you measure the impact of the Course to the activities of local disaster management plan development in your country (or at least your institution) ?
Q2 How do you measure the impact of the Course to the activities of tsunami hazard map development in your country (or at least your institution) ?
Q3 How do you measure the impact of the Course to the disaster-related program implementation in your country (or at least your institution) ?
Q4 How much effective the Field Trip (including Town Watching) activities during the Course influence the disaster management program development and implementation in your country (or at least your institution) ?
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Lessons Learned (contd)
Utilization of course content within last
one-year activities and and the next year
activities
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Lessons Learned (contd)
Utilization of course content within last
one-year activities and and the next year
activities
Lectures that are indicated by 50 or more of the respondents to have close relation with their activies Lectures that are indicated by 50 or more of the respondents to have close relation with their activies
within last one-year within next year
Overview of tsunami countermeasure in Japan 88 Project Cycle Management (PCM) 75 Local Disaster Management Plan incl.tsunami 75 Activities for awareness raising incl.education 75 Lecture and discussion on coastal vegetation 63 Relief activities after disasters 63 Basic viewpoints of disasters 63 Improvement of local resilience to tsunami 50 Structural measures 50 Practice on coastal vegetation 50 Practice on Project Cycle Management 88 Local disaster management plan (inc.tsunami) 75 Activities for awareness raising incl.education 63 Lecture and discussion on coastal vegetation 63 Relief activities after disasters 63 Basic viewpoints of disasters 63 Practice on coastal vegetation 63 Types of tsunami-induced disasters 50 Structural measures 50 Overview of tsunami countermeasures in Japan 50
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How the outcomes will be sustained

• To evaluate what is truly beneficial to the
  participants, further data should be collected
  from continuous monitoring of implementation
  activities by the participants after returning to
  their home countries.
• ICHARM will keep communicating with the
  participants and monitor the progress of each
  countrys implementation process based on the
  action plans developed and submitted at the end
  of the course by each participant.
• In order to facilitate communication between
  ICHARM and the participants, a special window in
  ICHARMs website will be provided for discussion
  and consultation related to comprehensive tsunami
  disaster prevention

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Countries and their activities within last
one-year
Country Last year activities Classification

Indonesia Planning and arrangement of activities for rehabilitation and utilization of coasts and ocean for several areas in Indonesia, such as District of Indramayu West Java, Semarang City and District of Jepara in Central Java, Dumai City in Province of Riau, Rehabilitation and utilization of coast and ocean
Indonesia Mapping and manage of spatial data for mangrove area Rehabilitation and utilization of coast and ocean
Indonesia Development of Mangrove Information Centre (MIC) in District of Berau (East Borneo). Rehabilitation and utilization of coast and ocean
Indonesia National Tsunami Early Warning Evacuation Drill - 2008 Drill exercise
Indonesia Tsunami exercise/drill at North Maluku, September 2008 Drill exercise
Indonesia Tsunami drill team at Banda Aceh, 2nd November 2008 Drill exercise
Indonesia Tsunami Drill team at Manado, 27th December 2008 Drill exercise
Indonesia Preparation for Indian Ocean Wave09 Exercise Drill exercise
Indonesia Annual International Workshop Expo on Sumatra Tsunami Disaster Recovery - 2008 Seminar Workshop
Indonesia Workshop on Tsunami Recovery in Aceh for Canada-Sri Lanka University Consortium - 2009 Seminar Workshop
Indonesia Multi_Disaster Risk Reduction System Disaster risk reduction analysis
Indonesia Disaster Risk Analysis for Java Island Disaster risk reduction analysis

Sri Lanka Flood Management work in Western Province and in Sabaragamuwa Province. Flood management works
Sri Lanka Investigation, Designing, Estimating and Construction of Irrigation Projects. Flood management works
Sri Lanka Procurement Work. Flood management works
Sri Lanka Training Programs to Staff of Disaster Management Centre and others Agencies Training drill
Sri Lanka Hazard mapping exercises, Mock drills and Awareness programs for the vulnerable community Training drill
Sri Lanka Work in emergency operation center Operational work

Maldives Awareness programmes on Disaster Risk Reduction for island communities Training
Maldives SOP development training for stakeholders Training
Maldives Trained some communities on how to develop disaster management plans Training
Maldives Held consultative workshops for stakeholders to develop a National Strategic Action Plan on DRR Disaster platforms development
Maldives Final draft of disaster management bill completed Disaster platforms development
Maldives Developed draft curriculum for schools Disaster platforms development

INDIA Dissemination of that was gained during Training course to the superiors and shared with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the nodal Ministry for Disaster Management in India, for considering applying the findings of the report while planning tsunami countermeasures. Dissemination activities
INDIA Un-official personal effort in sharing the experience on tsunami with as many people as possible in order to disseminate experience to the widest section of people. Dissemination activities
INDIA Preparation on UNDP programmes on Disaster Risk Reduction, which was approved and will take off shortly in different parts of the country during the period 2008-2012. Platform development
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Future plans??

• Maintains communication with the ex-participants
  e.g. maintains website and develops helpdesk
• Provides the required course in the frame of
  PWRIs whole activities.
• Conducting related research in tsunami disaster
  risk reduction e.g. develops Guideline of
  Planning Design of Tsunami Mitigative Coastal
  Forest (in add. to FAO and JWRCs works)

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Requirement on the similar training related to
coastal and climate hazard
Country Requirement Classification

Indonesia Strategy on Coastal resilience to facing natural disaster (climate change) Strategy and management on disaster
Indonesia Method and strategy to engaging community awareness Strategy and management on disaster
Indonesia Comprehensive Flood Management in a lowland urban area for anticipating sea level rise (global warming) Strategy and management on disaster
Indonesia Flood Indicator Assessment Mitigation Indicator development for mitigation
Indonesia Disaster Damage Loss Assessment Indicator development for mitigation
Indonesia Use of Spatial Technology in Disaster Mitigation Technical training
Indonesia Training for prevention of coastal abration disaster and marine polution Technical training
Indonesia Comprehensive Tsunami Disaster Prevention Training Course Tsunami
Indonesia TEWS Standard Operating Procedures Tsunami

Maldives Disaster Management Disaster management
Maldives Community management Disaster management
Maldives Evacuation Emergency actions
Maldives Emergency health Emergency actions
Maldives Town planning Town planning and construction
Maldives Construction Town planning and construction

Sri Lanka Flood Management Flood management
Sri Lanka Training on Flood disaster management and Mitigation Flood management
Sri Lanka Training on Cyclone (disaster management) Cyclone management

India Flood Management
India Cyclone Management
India Earthquakes
India A course on drought