Download Integrated Risk Managment for Africa (IRMA)

Integrated Risk
Management for Africa
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IRMA key data
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European Commission funded Research Project
3 years
€ 3.5M total budget - € 2.5M EC contribution
Started in June 2008
• 9 EU & 6 African Partners
– including major players in the IP business
– the governments of Luxembourg, Mozambique and
Morocco participate to support the emergency service trials
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The IRMA Consortium
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IRMA Vision
• ICT-based Environmental Risk Management
– Though telecommunication infrastructure is limited
– Data is limited
• In addition: new applications in support of regional
development:
– Environmental management
– Regional planning
– Next generation IP based networks
IRMA Goals
• ICT Multi-Risk Platform (mostly Open Source)
• Integrate existing services and technologies (risk
assessment to recovery)
• Develop local services
• Demonstrate value in 5 scenarios
IRMA technical approach
• Integration and adaptation to the specific conditions of
Africa of the best R&D results coming from recent or ongoing European R&D projects:
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Overall service oriented architecture: WIN & ORCHESTRA
Earth observation service environment : ESA SSE, GENESIS
Sensor network software : SANY
Ad-hoc wireless networks : u2010
IPv6 based solutions : u2010
Automatic handling of network failure: u2010
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IRMA technical approach
• Integration and adaptation of state-of-the-art tools and
services
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SAHANA
Google
NASA
OGC Sensor Web Enablement
Open Systems!
Open Standards!
Mass Market Tools!
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IRMA Expected Achievements
• A coherent suite of architectural concepts and
methodologies applicable to multi-risks management
situations in Africa, including advanced multiple
vulnerability assessment to cope with complex
emergencies.
• An integrated set of tools, compliant with the above
mentioned concepts and methodologies and with current
and emerging international standards.
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IRMA Expected Achievements
• A pre-operational infrastructure and access-platform,
assessed by end-users through operational scenarios
serving as reference for further prototyping and future
larger scale deployments
• Specific applications (bushfire, flood, desertification and
urban risks) dedicated to the demonstration of multi-risks
management in Africa.
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IRMA Expected Achievements
• A versatile communications system enabling high and/or
low rates Internet transfer.
• A reliable, low cost communications system enabling alert
messages and possibly emergency communications in any
location of Africa (i.e. even where no electricity is supplied)
• A management concept to monitor and automatically
control the functions of services and networks shown as
critical through the dependability and vulnerability analysis.
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IRMA Communication Network
CRTS
ANRT
SPB
UL
CCG
SES
TSF
TAS-F
CSE
ENSP
UTICT
CSIR
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IRMA: the Senegal Scenarios (Bush Fire and Desertification)
CSE
Desertification
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IRMA: the Mozambique Scenarios (Floods)
FLOODS
UTICT
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The Floods Scenario in Mozambique
Source: USGS/FEWS NET
The Floods Scenario in Mozambique
Weaknesses in the National Alert System:
• Hydrometric and meteorological observation stations in the
countrywide not providing continuous and accurate
information enough to make the forecasts;
• Alert information not reaching remote areas, were most of
the population lives;
• Communication problems during emergency assistance.
The Floods Scenario in Mozambique
Targeted improvements:
• Share/exchange information with the neighbouring
countries crossed by the same rivers;
• Build a reliable robust and secure national communications
infrastructure;
• Build Community Information Access Points – RANET
Project (Radio Network), Community Multimedia Centre
(includes Community Radio)
The Floods Scenario in Mozambique
Targeted improvements:
• Investment in Capacity Building (Ex. Training in modern
information dissemination mechanisms).
• National Meteorological Network (meteorological
observation stations) – INAM
• National Hydrometric Network (hydrometric observation
stations) – DNA/ARA (North, South and Center)
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IRMA: the Cameroon-Yaoundé Urban Risk Scenario
ENSP
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IRMA: the Moroccan Integrated Risk Scenarios (Flood, Urban risk)
CRTS
ANRT
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IRMA: the South African Integrated Risk Scenarios (Flood, Bush fire, Urban Risk)
CSIR
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Advanced Fire Information System
MSG
Terra
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Aqua
Direct Broadcast
Receiving Station
Satellite Application Centre
(SAC)
South Africa
Direct Broadcast
Receiving Station
National Weather Service
South Africa
End users
AFIS
http://wamis.co.za/
SOS
Weather data
SOS
SOS
Traffic
SAS
Fire Detection
SOS
Persistent data
WCS
GeoDatabase
More information on
http://www.irma.lu
Contact details:
Ingo Simonis
[email protected]
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