Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission         

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Information Management for DRM in the Pacific region

Existing and future initiatives with tools / systems

•Pacific Disaster Net

•PDRMPN – and future IM initiatives and tools

•Baseline data

•Assessments

•National Disaster Observatories

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www.pacificdisaster.net 

•Hosts up-to-date and live information

•In a range of formats and from different sources

•Relating to Governance, Risk Assessment, Early Warning and Monitoring, Disaster 
Risk Management, Training and Tools

•Local Edition (Offline on DVD), Mobile Edition (PDA)

•Developed by SOPAC, IFRC, UNDP-PC and OCHA as initiative under the PDRMPN 

New Portal for DRM 
in the Pacific Region 

•Alerts
•Documents
•Events
•Contacts
•Calendar
•Media
•Country Page
•Forum
•Wiki

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IM for DRM – future plans

Capability Statements

& Projects

NDMO Websites

RFA Monitoring

(www.pacificdisaster.net/rfa/)

Pacific Disaster Net

(www.pacificdisaster.net)

Newsletter

Partnership portal

PDN country missions

Baseline & Assessments

(DevInfo / EmergencyInfo)

National observatories

(DesInventar / GRIP)

PDPN mailing list

(http://list.sopac.org.fj/mailman/admin/pdpn/)

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Baseline data (DRM)

DevInfo 

http://www.devinfo.org/

•Powerful database system used to compile and disseminate data on human 
development. 
•Evolved from a decade of innovations in database systems that support 
informed decision making and promote the use of data to advocate for human 
development. 
•Inter-agency initiative managed by UNICEF on behalf of the United Nations 
(UN) system.
•221 adaptations as of January. This number includes country adaptations for 
120 different countries.
•PacificInfo set up ongoing / FijiInfo

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Assessments

•Powerful decision support system, based on DevInfo database technology
•Helps people to respond better in emergency situations. 
•Combines the advanced data access and presentation features of DevInfo 
with new data capture technologies. 
•Helps to bridge information gaps within the first 72 hours of an emergency 
and provide support for rapid data collection, situation assessment , 
standard monitoring reports and disaster preparedness.
•Uses hand held computers (PDAs) to quickly capture data from multiple 
affected areas and multiple sources on the scope of an emergency.

EmergencyInfo 

http://www.devinfo.info/emergencyinfo/

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National Disaster Observatories

DesInventar

http://online.desinventar.org

GRIP

http://www.gripweb.org

•Systematically collect and analyse information on disasters and their associated 
losses 
•Create an evidence base to support the formulation or revision of national 
disaster risk reduction strategies, action plans or programmes, and contingency 
plans. ...
•Develop the capacity for disaster analysis at both national and local levels 
Strengthen the national DRR system as a whole
•Vanuatu implementation successful