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• EWC-II purpose and preparations
• Addressed the challenge of translating accepted
  principles on early warning into action-oriented
  modalities
• 4 preparatory consultations in Bandung,
  Indonesia, 26-28 May 2003 (Asia region), Antigua,
  Guatemala, 3-5 June 2003 (the American
  Hemisphere) , Nairobi, Kenya 23-24 June 2003
  (Africa region), and Potsdam, Germany 28-29 July
  2003 (Europe region)
• EWC-II built on the findings of earlier
• international forums

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• The Conference
• Attended by ministers and government officials,
  representatives of UN and other multilateral
  organizations, assistance agencies, technical and
  research institutions and non-governmental
  organizations
• Provided panel discussions on
• New technologies and low-technology solutions,
• The responsibilities of policy makers, and urban
  risks, and
• Early warning as a decision tool for emergency
  management
• Ministerial discussion on integrating early
  warning into
• public policy processes
• Provide presentations on good practices in early
  
• warning and on emerging issues

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• The Conference
• Held specific sessions sponsored by partners on
• Hazard maps for effective early warning (Japan,
  ADRC),
• Integrated approaches to reduce societal
  vulnerability to droughts (drought network),
• The implementation of transboundary early
  warning systems for floods (DKKV), and
• New technologies and scientific networks
  (Helmholtz Gemeinshaft).
• Coverage was provided by the Earth Negotiation
• Bulletin, http//www.iisd.ca/isdr/ewc2/

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• Recommendations and Outputs
• Elements of a future international early warning
  programme
• Recommended Areas of Focus
• The integration of early warning into relevant
  development policies and programmes
• The improvement of data collection, facilitating
  access to relevant data and forecasting
• The enhancement of capacities
• People centred warning systems in particular
• ensuring gender balance and
• A platform to sustain the early warning dialogue

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• Recommendations and Outputs
• The EWC-II participants called for
• The integration of early warning systems into
  government policies and wide dissemination to
  authorities of the relevant guidelines,
• Governments and relevant organizations including
  the private sector to support the implementation
  of the early warning programme and to integrate
  the programme into disaster reduction strategies
  at all levels,
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• The ISDR Secretariat to facilitate the
  implementation of the proposed early warning
  programme, to sustain the dialogue
• on early warning and mobilize resources to
  strengthen
• partnerships and capacities at all levels

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THANK YOU
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