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3rd Training programme on Landslide Early Warning (Phase 3) was held on 29th & 30th January 2018 at Movenpick hotel, Kollupitiya Sri Lanka. The programme was conducted under Community Landslide Risk Mitigation Project which is implemented by the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) in collaboration with Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).
Community Landslide Risk Mitigation project is implemented for undertaking a systematic approach for reducing the impacts of landslides, which are considered to be one of the major hazard events, responsible for disturbing the economic stability of hill country districts in Sri Lanka. This World Bank funded initiative will help the Government of Sri Lanka in unifying the efforts of all related government agencies, other stakeholders in landslide disaster risk management and to establish a comprehensive framework and operational long-term action plan for landslide disaster risk management in Sri Lanka. Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in partnership with Norwegian Geotechnical Institute provides technical inputs to the project in building the capacity of agencies involved in landslide risk management.
ADPC and NGI together conducted this training, and 20 officials from NBRO, Disaster Management Center (DMC) and Department of Meteorology attended. During the training, the subjects such as the concept of landslide EW, weather forecasting and measuring precipitation to suit the needs of landslide EW, types of thresholds and methodology adapted in developing precipitation thresholds, technology advancements in short and medium-term rainfall forecasting, data presentation and sharing and developing an appropriate framework for landslide early-warning system in SL for making community to respond, were discussed.
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