Organizations

Area
American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Pacific Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC),IGO,

Secretariat of the Pacific Community Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)
SOPAC Division of SPC started on 1 January 2011.The goal of SOPAC is to apply geoscience and technology to realise new opportunities for improving the livelihoods of Pacific islands countries.
http://www.sopac.org/

ICT
Pacific Pacific Rim Coordination Center Disaster Data,Knowledge network,

Coordination between the public and private sectors improves disaster preparedness, strengthens response networks, and makes communities more resilient. The PRCC helps improve cross-sector coordination for both preparedness and response activities by leveraging open data, open-source tools, and APIs for publishing maps and data (even for mobile and low-bandwidth environments).
http://data.pacificrimnetwork.org/

Risk identification and assessment
Philippines PAGASA - Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ,Knowledge network,

The mandate of PAGASA is to provide protection against natural calamities and utilize scientific knowledge as an effective instrument to insure the safety, well-being and economic security of all the people, and for promotion of national progress.

PAGASA envisions itself to be the center of: Excellence in its distinctive competence in meteorology, operational hydrology, climatology, astronomy and other allied sciences; World-class capability in monitoring, analyses, forecasting and warning of tropical weather systems such as typhoons, monsoons, Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/mission.shtml

Early warning, Hazard Maps, ICT
Pakistan Pakistan - National Disaster Management Authority,NDMA,

http://www.ndma.gov.pk/

Mainstreaming DRR
Palau Palau - National Emergency Management Office,NDMA,

http://www.palaugov.net/palaugov/Executive/theVP/NEMO.htm

Mainstreaming DRR
Palau Palau - Office of Planning and Statistics,Development Planning Authority,

http://www.spc.int/prism/country/pw/stats/PalauStats/Publication/publica...

Socio-economic Development
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea - National Disaster Management Office,NDMA,

http://www.pngndc.gov.pg/

Mainstreaming DRR
Philippines Philippines - National Disaster Coordination Council,NDMA,

http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/

Mainstreaming DRR
Philippines PHIVOLCS - The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology,Knowledge network, Government Department,

PHIVOLCS is a service institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that is principally mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami and other related geotectonic phenomena.

Their mission is to ensure safe communities through establishment of effective monitoring network, development and application of technologies for accurate prediction of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami occurrences, and other related hazards; mapping and delineation of areas prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes; and enhanced capacity for comprehensive disaster preparedness and risk mitigation.
http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/

Capacity Building, Early warning, Hazard Maps, ICT
Bangladesh Planning Commission,Development Planning Authority, Government Department,

http://www.plancomm.gov.bd/

Socio-economic Development

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