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Bangladesh - Technical Advisory Mission

Dates: 
Sun, 19/06/2011 - Thu, 23/06/2011
Advisory Mission Facts
Institutions visited: 
Bangladeshi Disaster Management Bureau (DMB)
Bangladeshi Department of Relief and Rehabilitation
Bangladeshi Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
Bangladeshi Meteorological Department
Bangladeshi Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)
Bangladeshi Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme
Survey of Bangladesh (SOB)
Bangladeshi Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CCP)
Related Links: 
Bangladesh risk profile
Bangladesh disaster profile
Bangladesh disaster statistics
Main Hazards: 
Drought
Main Hazards: 
Earthquake
Main Hazards: 
Flood
Main Hazards: 
Mass Movement
Main Hazards: 
Severe Storm
Main Hazards: 
Tsunami
Mission details
<p>Bangladesh is exposed to floods due to cyclones and monsoons, droughts, landslides and storm surges. To reduce the impacts of these events, Bangladesh has incorporated disaster-risk reduction and preparedness into all national policies, planning and programmes. At the invitation from the Disaster Management and Relief Division of the Government of Bangladesh, UN-SPIDER conducted a Technical Advisory Mission to evaluate the strengths and challenges related to the access and use of space technologies and space-based information for effective disaster management.</p>
Host Institution: 
Department of Relief and Rehabilitation
Mission Team: 
<p>The mission was led by two experts from UN-SPIDER with the support of experts from the National Disaster Reduction Centre of China (NDRCC), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (OCHA), the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission of Pakistan (SUPARCO) and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO).</p>
Mission Profile: 
<p>The mission included meetings with representatives from 11 governmental institutions as well as from United Nations agencies and a workshop jointly organised by UN-SPIDER, the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management and the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme. It was attended by over 60 representatives from various Government and United Nations agencies to discuss cross-cutting issues related to the use of geographic and space-based information for disaster risk reduction and emergency response.</p>
Mission Findings: 
<ul> <li>The disaster risk management structure is well established in Bangladesh and it covers all phases of the disaster cycle;</li> <li>Many governmental institutions possess an excellent capacity to use space technology, among them the Bangladesh Metrological Department, the Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization, the Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services, the Survey of Bangladesh, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre and the Institute of Water Modeling);</li> <li>Space-based information has been already been used in the prediction of cyclones;</li> <li>Key decision makers are well aware of the potential of space-based information;</li> <li>There is a deficiency in the coordination among government institutions in the area of disaster-risk reduction.</li> </ul>
Mission Recommendations: 
<p>The coordination between departments of the Ministry of Defence (technology providers) and the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (technology users) should be enhanced in order to ensure cooperation at the working level with the aim of incorporating space-based information as a common resource for the purpose of disaster management and ensuring that space technology providers make their services accessible to end-users.</p> <p>There is a need to raise the awareness of decision makers regarding the usefulness of using space-based information to support disaster management.</p> <p>All stakeholders should have access to the national spatial data infrastructure templates, baseline data and operational disaster-related databases. Such access should ensure the timely availability of appropriate satellite and geospatial data and a strong data policy should be in place to conform with the data standards and formats.</p> <p>Early warning efforts (flood and cyclone predictions) can be further strengthened by providing better access to the space-based information and related technologies.</p> <p>Data- and information-sharing policies, standards and coordination mechanisms need to be developed to support disaster risk reduction at the national level, based on the principle that data are a national property and need to be shared openly, in particular in the event of a disaster. To facilitate data-sharing, the data catalogue and sharing platform should be created based on existing resources. Information products should cater to the precise requirement of end-users.</p>
Processed on Jul 18th 2012

Technical Advisory Mission to Bangladesh

In March 2011 the Government of Bangladesh, through the Disaster Manage

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Fri, 01/07/2011 - 11:42
latitude: 
23.7099
longitude: 
90.4071
Processed on Jul 1st 2011

Flood in Bangladesh

The north eastern and northern districts including Sylhet, Moulavibazar, Sunamganj, Habiganj, Netrokona, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat of Bangladesh have been inundated due to heavy downpour and

Disaster Information
Name: 
Flood in Bangladesh
Region: 
Sylhet, Moulavibazar, Sunamganj, Habiganj, Netrokona, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat
Occurance Date: 
29/06/2010
latitude: 
23.685
longitude: 
90.3563
Processed on Jun 29th 2010

Flood in Bangladesh

Heavy rains caused floods and landslides in southeast Bangladesh, killing at least 58 people.

Disaster Information
Name: 
Flood in Bangladesh
Region: 
Bangladesh
Occurance Date: 
15/06/2010
latitude: 
23.685
longitude: 
90.3563
Processed on Jun 16th 2010

Severe Local Storm in Bangladesh

The nor'wester that played havoc in eastern India on the night of 14 April 2010 also hit border districts of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram in Bangladesh.

Disaster Information
Name: 
Severe Local Storm in Bangladesh
Region: 
Bangladesh
Occurance Date: 
21/04/2010
latitude: 
25.6211
longitude: 
88.6345
Processed on Apr 21st 2010

Floods in Bangladesh

Areas affected by Cyclone Aila have been hit by flooding and swollen rivers due to high tides. Over 45,000 are marooned, 28 villages inundated.

Source: GlideNumber

Disaster Information
Name: 
Flood in Bangladesh
Region: 
Bangladesh
Occurance Date: 
08/04/2010
Processed on Apr 8th 2010

Monsoon Brings Below-Average Rain to Much of India, Bangladesh

Image shows anomalies in rainfall between July 14 and July 20, 2009. Most of India and Bangladesh are brown, showing that less rain fell than average during the week.

Publishing Information
Publishing Date: 
Wed, 29/07/2009 - 16:20
Processed on Jul 29th 2009

Floods in Bangladesh

Torrential rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing six people and stranding half a million in their homes.

Disaster Information
Name: 
Floods in Bangladesh
Region: 
Bangladesh
Occurance Date: 
04/07/2009
Processed on Jul 6th 2009

Tropical cyclone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh evacuated 400,000 people to emergency shelters on the southwestern coast as a cyclone hit the country, as well as neighbouring India, on 25 May.

Disaster Information
Name: 
Tropical cyclone in Bangladesh
Region: 
Bangladesh
Occurance Date: 
25/05/2009
Processed on Jun 2nd 2009

Tropical cyclone in Bangladesh

Cyclone Bijli cyclone battered the Bangladesh coast with heavy rain and winds of up to 100 kph (62 mph) on Friday, forcing the storm-prone country to evacuate thousands of people.

Disaster Information
Name: 
Tropical cyclone in Bangladesh
Region: 
Bangladesh
Occurance Date: 
17/04/2009
Processed on Jun 2nd 2009