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WDS/PWS/DRR/CY-MIAMI-2011
RA IV WORKSHOP ON HURRICANE FORECASTING
AND WARNING AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES
Miami, Florida, United States of America,
21 March – 1 April 2011
Special Session on Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Dissemination and Communication Issues in central America and the Caribbean
(as part of the Public Weather Services Session)
1 April 2011
Updated 05 April 2011
| Meeting Documents |
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| Doc 1 |
Agenda |
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| Inf 1 |
Infonote of the meeting |
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| Presentations |
| Introduction |
"Review of the Central America and Caribbean Multi-Hazard EWS Initiatives " - Dr. Maryam Golnaraghi (WMO) |
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| Challenges and opportunities in Strengthening Warning Dissemination and Communication |
"Warning dissemination and communication in the MHEWS context at Météo-France / French West Indies and Guyana" - Mr. Jean-Noel Degrace, Météo-France Antilles-Guyane |
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"USA-NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist Programme" - Mr. Dan Brown, USA NWS Hurricane Center |
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"Meteorological Services- Warning Dissemination and Communication Challenges" - Mr. Keithley Meade, Director, Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service
"Challenges in Emergency Telecommunications" - Mr. Philmore Mullin, Director, National Office of Disaster Services, Antigua and Barbuda |
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"Early Warning Systems in Dominica"- Mr. Nathanael Isaac, National Disaster Coordinator, Office of Disaster Management, Dominica |
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"Experiences from Tomas in Curacao" - Dr. Albert E. Martis, Director, Meteorological Department, Curacao |
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"Benefits of Common Alert Protocols: Example from Anguilla"- Ms. Elizabeth Klute, Director, Department of Disaster Management, Anguilla
"Anguilla National Warning System And Lessons Learned" Ms. Elizabeth Klute, Director, Department of Disaster Management, Anguilla |
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"Opportunities for capacity development in EWS and issues related to warning communication dissemination - Lessons learnt from R3I project" - Mr. Alexandre Vacher, R3I project Coordinator, UNDP Barbados and OECS |
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| Background |
Link |
| RA IV TC and PWS Agenda 21 March-1 April |
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| Website |
Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Support Forecasting with Multi-Hazard Approach in RA IV George Town, Cayman Islands 7 March, 2011 |
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National Disaster Coordinators and Meteorologists Dialogue Advancing Multi-Hazards Early Warning Systems in the Caribbean, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 6 Dec 2010 |
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| Website |
Technical Cooperation Workshop for the Development of the Caribbean Regional Cooperation Programme in Multi-Hazard Early Warning System in Christ Church , Barbados, 2 -5 Nov 2010 |
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Training Workshop on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems with focus on Institutional Partnerships and Coordination in San Jose , Costa Rica, 31 Aug - 2 Sept 2010 |
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For any additional information please contact:
Dr Maryam Golnaraghi
Chief , Disaster Risk Reduction Programme
World Meteorological Organization
Email: mglonaraghi@wmo.int
Tel: +41.22.730.8006
Fax: +41.22.730.8128
