Getting disaster information to the right people, in the right format and at the right time.

GDIN is an international effort to provide decision makers and the public with information that is critical for saving lives, reducing human suffering and reducing loss from natural and technological disasters.

1999 International Conference on1999 International Conference onGDIN:GDIN:

The Global Disaster Information Network, The Global Disaster Information Network, Ankara Turkey, April 26-29, 2000Ankara Turkey, April 26-29, 2000

Earthquake Victims in Turkey

Global Disaster Information NetworkGlobal Disaster Information Network

The GDIN Vision...

A robust, integrated, virtual network for cooperative exchange of timely, relevant information used during all phases of disaster management to save lives and reduce economic loss.

Policy

Organization

Training

Knowledge-Base• Products/Services• Archives• Databases• Analyses/Studies• Models• Fusion

Integration• Standards• Protocols• Interfaces• Network Management

Guidelines• Data/Information Quality

Interconnectivity

• Intranet• Internet• Public/Private

Telecommunications• Printed Reports• Broadcast

• Participating Governmental and Private Disaster Management Resources

• Distributed Knowledge-Base

• Communications Channels• Standards, Protocols,

Accessibility• Integrative Organization• Policies for Cooperative

Network Operations

Elements

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Fire Mitigation:Prioritize Recovery Efforts to Maximize Effect

Essential Goals for the April 26-29, 2000 Essential Goals for the April 26-29, 2000 GDIN Conference in Ankara, TurkeyGDIN Conference in Ankara, Turkey

Agree on how GDIN will operate, what its services will be and who will do them, what be the cost and the method of funding? What’s the role of the UN? (Secretariat, Information Facilitator, web page, etc.)

Phase in operational aspects of GDIN. Vote on recommendations of GDIN Working Groups. Review results of Regional Initiatives and make

recommendations. Review how a GDIN might have helped in the Turkish

Earthquake and be of value before other crises emerge. GDIN partners would welcome a World Bank presentation

and a strong expression of cooperation.

What We Would Like from aWhat We Would Like from a World Bank Partnership with GDIN World Bank Partnership with GDIN

Send a senior official to the Ankara GDIN Conference to discuss the Bank’s view on disaster mitigation and its program in Turkey, and to endorse the GDIN concept.

Consider funding travel by ten developing country experts to the Ankara Conference.

Join GDIN's working groups to help develop international disaster information standards

Consider requiring disaster information related loans meet GDIN standards

Consider merging appropriate World Bank mitigation projects with GDIN mitigation pilot projects aimed at stimulating the use of international standards.

What OES can do to Promote GDINWhat OES can do to Promote GDIN

Endorse the GDIN concept and continue to collaborate with other State Department Bureaus supporting GDIN, such as IO, PRM.

Send OES experts to participate in GDIN Conferences and demos, including Ankara and Canberra.

Participate in GDIN's working groups and help develop international disaster information standards.

Ensure OES environmental initiatives include GDIN activities on natural disasters (example USG post-Hurricane Mitch efforts)

Integrate GDIN into US foreign policy goals in environment, science and technology (Bureau priorities, press releases, EST conferences, etc).

Sample Disaster Summary Map -- Sample Disaster Summary Map -- Right Right Format For Some People -- Format For Some People -- Not For OthersNot For Others

Sample of Formatted Data Sent By US GDIN Team Sample of Formatted Data Sent By US GDIN Team Each Morning For first week of the 1999 Earthquake Each Morning For first week of the 1999 Earthquake

to Turkish GDIN Team to Turkish GDIN Team Right Information -- Right Format -- Right Users -- On TimeRight Information -- Right Format -- Right Users -- On Time

Administrative Details for the Administrative Details for the Ankara GDIN ConferenceAnkara GDIN Conference

Website: http://www.deprem.gov.tr/gdin2k/index.html Official Contact: Professor Polat Gulkan, Chief of Disaster

Management Research Center, Middle East Technical Center, Ankara Turkey Phone : (90) 312-287 3645 Fax : (90) 312-285 5304

E-mail : gdin2k@deprem.gov.tr Venue and Time: Middle East Technical University -- April

26-27-28-29, 2000. Contact at US Department of State: Larry Roeder, Policy

Adviser for Disaster Management: Email: roederaway@yahoo.com

Weaknesses of the Weaknesses of the Network TodayNetwork Today

Policy

Models

Products

Programs

Connectivity

Research andDevelopment

•Know What is Available and Where to Find It

•Standardize Formats/Protocols/Tools

•Assess Quality of Information

•Scale information to Meet Different Needs

Knowledge Base

• Improve Government/Private Connectivity

•Enable Prioritizing Users and Messages

•Provide Open/Restricted/Classified Data On Same Network

•Leverage New Technologies Such As Next Generation Internet

• Improve Fusion of All Source Information

•Enable Wide Use of Complex Analysis Tools e.g. GIS

• Provide Timely Flow of Intra/Inter Agency Information

• Share/Merge All Relevant Information

• Maximize Availability Classified/Derived Products

•Develop Integrated/Compatible Models

•Extend Use to All Levels

•Form Coherent Technology Program

•Coordinate Technologies

It’s Not Together—There Are Needs To:

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