Good Practices on Tsunami and Coastal Hazards Community Preparedness and Readiness in Central America and the Caribbean

11 - 13 August 2008,

UN ISDR-Americas Regional unit
Casa 843 A y B, Avenida Arnoldo Cano Arosemena, Campus de la Ciudad del Saber

Panama City
Corregimiento de Ancon
Panama



Agenda



0 Welcome/Introduction
1 Keynote 1: Juan Carlos Villagran, UNU. Essential elements of a community-based tsunami & coastal hazards warning system
1.1 Yadira Soto, Puerto Rico TsunamiReady Community, USA
1.2 Ricardo Molares, Director, Centro Control Contaminacion del Pacifico, Tumaco, Colombia
1.3 Sheniah Armstrong, Community Preparedness Manager, Department of Disaster Management, British Virgin Islands
2 Keynote 2: Bernardo Aliaga, UNESCO/IOC. Five simple steps for tsunami preparedness
2.1 Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka, Dr. Juan Carlos Villagran
2.2 Central America: Nicaragua, Maria del Socorro Orozco, Nicaraguan Red Cross
2.3 Caribbean: Judy Thomas, Director, Department of Emergency Management, Barbados
3 Experiences (continued)
3.1 Caribbean: Dawn French, Director, National Emergency Management Organisation, Saint Lucia
3.2 Central America: Jennifer Larreynaga, Seismology Specialist, National Oceanographic Service, National Service of Territorial Studies (SNET), El Salvador
3.3 Caribbean: Howie Prince, Director, National Emergency Management Organisation, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
4 Working with the Media and Promoting Tsunami Preparedness in the School System
4.1 Eastern Caribbean: Stacey Edwards, Education Officer, Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies (Trinidad & Tobago)
4.2 Costa Rica: Carlos Jose Ramirez, School of Geology, University of Costa Rica
5 Building scenarios for preparedness planning: A simplified approach to building tsunami scenarios, Juan Carlos Villagran
6 The role of regional institutions in supporting community preparedness: Panel
6.1 David Smith, CEPREDENAC
6.2 Alison Brome, CDERA
6.3 Rolain Borel, University for Peace, Costa Rica
6.4 Xavier Castellanos, International Federation of the Red Cross, Panama
6.5 Gerard Gomez, Head, OCHA Regional Office for LAC
7 Working Group Sessions