Online dialogue on early warning: linking communities and technology in the Indian Ocean region

The 2004 tsunami showed that many villages and coastal communities did not receive sufficient warning of this major disaster. Since then, governments and humanitarian organisations have worked hard to improve ‘early warning’ systems in the Indian Ocean region.

This online dialogue is part of that effort to:

- Share insights obtained from stakeholder consultations held in 2008 in the Indian Ocean countries
- Involve more people and organisations from the Indian Ocean region and globally
- Use our collective experience to support the development of better systems for early warning
- The stakeholder consultations and this online dialogue are part of the project ‘Early Warning and Community Preparedness: Strengthening the Technology-Community Interface’ undertaken by the Stockholm Environment Institute, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, Macquarie University and the Raks Thai Foundation.

How you can contribute:

From 13 May to 30 June 2009, you are invited to join this online dialogue in our E-forum here. Share your insights, experiences, examples and stories about the development of tsunami early warning systems from your community and country. You can participate in the E-forum by reading people’s comments and writing your own comments.