The project aimed to strengthen community capacity to respond to rapid and slow onset climate hazards through Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) initiatives in at least 70 villages in Myanmar’s dry zone.
As a Project Officer (Communication), Fariha Ferdous Deeny is responsible for supporting RIMES projects in topographic surveys and data quality checking, geospatial analysis, regional planning, and technical documentation for relevant sectors e.g. water resources transportation etc. In Bangladesh, Deeny supports conducting research, assisting project activities at national and field levels, coordinating with partners at national down to local levels to facilitate implementation of project activities, assisting in the facilitation and management of field visits by donors and partners.
The project acquired and installed a WMO-compliant automatic weather station at CCDB’s Climate Technology Park, and developed a web application for weather observation data collection.
The project assisted WMO in organizing the 7th session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-7) and the 1st session of the South Asian Climate Services user Forum for Agriculture (CSUF-Ag1). Key activities included forum preparations, development and issue of a consensus-based climate outlook statement for 2015-2016 winter season over South Asia, and documentation.
As Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Sakib is responsible for designing and implementing RIMES’ DRM initiatives in Bangladesh. In addition, he contributes to the documentation, program development, and exploring potential partnerships.
This project helped in modernizing the agro-meteorological observing and monitoring system of Myanmar’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH).
Key activities included site selection and survey; equipment acquisition; station installations and telemetry; integration into DMH systems; and onsite training on operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
The project contributed to FAO’s objective to strengthen capacity of member countries on good practices in knowledge exchange, information sharing, and gender, in support of rural livelihoods. The project involved customization of RIMES’ Specialized Expert System for Agro-meteorological Early Warning, incorporating climate and crop data, specific to Fiji, and preparation of training modules for admin and end users.