AÏDA
Advancing ICT for DRM in Africa
| Coordinatore | VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.
Organization address
address: BOERETANG 200 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Belgium [BE] |
| Totale costo | 1˙267˙504 € |
| EC contributo | 869˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-ICT-2007-2 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-06-01 - 2010-05-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.
Organization address
address: BOERETANG 200 contact info |
BE (MOL) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
ARDHI UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: ARDHI UNIVERSITY contact info |
TZ (DAR ES SALAAM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
Organization address
address: Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria contact info |
ZA (PRETORIA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA
Organization address
address: MAIN CAMPUS, GIDAN-KWANO, BIDA ROAD contact info |
NG (MINNA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
GEOSAT TECHNOLOGY SARL
Organization address
address: AVENUE BEL AIR contact info |
FR (ANTIBES) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE
Organization address
address: RUE MOHAMED V contact info |
ML (BAMAKO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
NET QI SA
Organization address
address: CHEMIN ANTOINE-VERCHERE 6 contact info |
CH (MEYRIN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
TECHNOLOGIES SANS FRONTIERES ASBL
Organization address
address: BOULEVARD GRANDE-DUCHESSE CHARLOTTE 49 contact info |
LU (LUXEMBOURG) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
THE EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
Organization address
address: Am Kavalleriesand 31 contact info |
DE (DARMSTADT) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE
Organization address
address: DRIENERLOLAAN contact info |
NL (ENSCHEDE) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
The AÏDA project aims at acquiring and sharing knowledge about affordable ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) solutions in Africa with the ambition to reduce the risk of natural disasters and to improve the capacity to respond to disasters.
Many Developing Countries in Africa are exposed to serious natural disaster risks and their need for an adequate ICT infrastructure supporting DRM is high. Unfortunately, access to ICT knowledge and affordable ICT systems is often lacking.
The AÏDA project will
1. assess the natural hazards, the vulnerability of the communities and the disaster risks in Africa; and
2. assess the role of ICT based systems in each hazard category; and
3. explore the ICT trends and needs for the future; and
4. test the usefulness of GEONETCast as an alert system; and
5. share this information with all DRM stakeholders in Africa (by workshops and other); and
6. prepare 3 showcases of operational African DRM systems for demo on these workshops; and
7. promote and support the take-up of this technology for use in other disasters; and
8. liaise with any new project in DRM with a significant involvement of African partners.
AÏDA will test whether the existing GEONETCast infrastructure can be reused as a component of an alert or emergency system. AÏDA sets up a testcase in South-Africa where the Forest Fire Association in Nelspruit, South-Africa will use the wildfire-alarms from CSIR within their operational activities to fight wildfires. If successful, many DRM systems can benefit from this technology.
The project is envisioned to have a big impact with a limited budget, by close cooperation with the AARSE and EUMETSAT conferences and within the UNeDRA network.
This effort will support authorities in Developing Countries in setting up their National Disaster Action Plans (as required by the Hyogo agreements) by offering knowledge about working ICT solutions and help them to better manage their disaster risks.