Open Data for Decision Making:

Using GeoNode for emergency

preparedness & DRM

Bishwa PandeySr. Data Management Specialist

Open Data and the World Bank

The World Bank recognizes that transparency and accountability are essential to the development process and central to achieving the Bank’s mission to alleviate poverty. As a knowledge institution, the World Bank’s first step is to share its knowledge freely and openly.

The Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) is a global partnership that aims to encourage and facilitate the sharing and use of climate, disaster and other geospatial data to enable more effective decision-making by providing the rationale, technical assistance, and tools for data sharing.

Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI)

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC ) region is one of the most vulnerable region with respect to natural disasters

About 20 countries in LAC region has half of the GDP exposed to natural disasters

Damages due to natural hazards happen because of HOW and WHERE we build

The key component in decision making is using (geospatial) data in decision making process

Building resilience and better decision-making

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GeoNode - Collaborative data sharing tools

InaSAFE - Deterministic risk assessment tool

CAPRA - Probabilistic risk assessment tool

OSM - Participatory mapping tools

Open Data Tool Kit – Mobile data collection tools

GeoNode

A central repository to manage and store spatial data

Platform to collaborate and share Search and find data and map Easily visualize data to create maps for

decision making Open-source software, easy to customize

GeoNode

Add data from other sources

Extendable to Run Application

Countries in LAC with GeoNode

BelizeHaiti

DominicaSt. LuciaSVG

Grenada

Guyana

Other countries in Latin America

• Colombia

• Bolivia

How does GeoNode work for our clients?

A Case for Saint Lucia

SLING: Saint Lucia Integrated National GeoNode

Comprehensive Management of Disaster Risk in Bolivia, providing access to geographic information produced by all member institutions of the National Risk Reduction and Disaster and / or Emergency SISRADE of easily and readily.

A Case for Bolivia - GeoSinager

A Case for Bolivia – GeoSinager

A Network of GeoNode - Institutional Collaboration

SENAMHI SERGEOTECMIN Instituto Geográfico Militar Sistema Nacional de Información en Salud Ministerio de Obras Públicas

http://geosinager.defensacivil.gob.bo/

http://georiesgos.sergeotecmin.gob.bo/

http://geonode.igmbolivia.gob.bo/http://mapas.senamhi.gob.bo/

http://geosnis.sns.gob.bo/

GeoNode Bolivia

Health

Geology

HydrometMilitary Geography Institute

Civil Defense

Students learning to use mobile mapping technology in Dominica

Use of Smartphone in capturing real time data

Innovation

Tapping knowledge of experts

From knowledge

To Data

Innovation

Input to decision making

Increased data collection Increased collaboration among ministries and

agencies Use of data in decision-making process• Emergency shelter vulnerability assessment• Prioritization of infrastructure investments• Inputs for territorial planning• Emergency planning and preparedness

Operational support Building partnerships and coalitions

Updates & Progress

Assess most vulnerable populations

Measure impacts of social and developmental programs

Citizen feedback

Territorial planning

Monitoring and Evaluation

Environmental Planning

Using GeoNode in Other Sectors