Building Resilience to Tsunami in Indian Ocean Region

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NIED -  Estimating tsunami periods and its behaviour through tsunami sedimentation
PWRI/ICHRAM -  Comprehensive Tsunami Prevention Course

The UNISDR-coordinated initiative "Building Resilience to Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean" is part of UN/ISDR secretariat's support to enhance the implementation of Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA). The overarching objective of this initiative is to build the resilience of communities and nations to disasters by strengthening national and local institutions, mechanisms and capacities for disaster risk reduction. The initiative addresses identified gaps and needs on national and community level in India, Indonesia, Maldives and Sri Lanka and targets the following four core areas:

1) Strengthening national capacities for disaster risk reduction, targeting national focal points responsible for disaster management and early warning as well as national platforms for disaster risk reduction.
2) Increasing public awareness and knowledge on tsunami risk and disaster risk reduction through targeted awareness-raising campaigns, engagement of media and development of public information material that is tailored to local cultures and languages.
3) Strengthening local community capacities in preparedness, mitigation, and response to tsunamis and other related hazards.
4) Advancing research and analysis on risk and impact of disasters, including development of methodology and carrying out comparative risk and vulnerability assessments as well as analysing the socio-economic impact, including gender aspects, of disasters. .

The UN/ISDR secretariat for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok is overseeing the implementation of this initiative as well as other ISDR-coordinated efforts for early warning system establishments in Asia and the Pacific. Building on strong collaboration with ISDR system partners and exploring synergies with ongoing and planned disaster risk reduction activities in the region, these ISDR-coordinated initiatives aim at enhancing regional and national capacities for coordination and partnership-building. This includes strengthened government capacities to coordinate the national implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action through the establishment and enhancement of National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction as well as seeking regional coherence and sharing of best practices in support of tsunami early warning system developments.