Common Alerting Protocol (Cap) Implementation Workshop 23-24 August 2016, Bangkok, Thailand Hosted by AIT (Asian Institute of Technology) and Sahana Software Foundation Co-sponsored by IFRC, ITU, OASIS and WMO (Updated as of: 24 August 2016) Speaker for Agenda Item: 1.1 Welcome from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Surendra Shrestha is AIT’s new Vice President for […]
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Description The 2018 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop will be held in Hong Kong, hosted by Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) on October 31st. – November 1st. A CAP Training Session will be all day on 30 October and a Filtered Alert Hub Workshop will be all day on 2 November. Both the CAP Implementation Workshop and CAP Training Session will be at the Tsim Sha
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This is an example of a public alert formatted according to the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard. It is not real but is based upon an alerting situation in Trinidad and Tobago, plus advisory input from various CAP implementors worldwide. Please note that a CAP XML file must be text and the file extension should
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This page compiles the Report of the 2020 CAP Implementation Workshop together with the full set of presentations delivered during the event. The workshop took place 29–30 September 2020 (preceded by a CAP Training session on 28 September) and was hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as a virtual workshop delivered via Zoom Webinars.
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By Joel Kitutu Uganda Red Cross Society with the support from Netherlands Red Cross is implementing an Innovative Approaches in Response Preparedness (IARP) project for a period of 5 years (2018 – 2022). This will be achieved through three project components- establishment of Forecast-based financing (FbF) systems, supported by Data Preparedness and Cash Transfer Programming
The 2019 Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop was held 17- 18 October, in Mexico City, Mexico. The workshop was hosted by the Secretariat of Integral Risk Management and Civil Protection and co-sponsored by: the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the OASIS standards organization, and the World Meteorological
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This presentation was given by Jessica Robbins on 18 October, 2019, at the CAP Implementation Workshop in Mexico City, Mexico. This presentation introduces how the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) support multi-hazard early warning and public preparedness through digital tools and services that
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“Each and every person here has huge potential. We just have to bring it out,” says Harun al Rashid—an American Red Cross staff member training people displaced from Rakhine on skills needed for monsoon season. Some of his students stand behind him in their orange disaster preparedness wear. Harun is one of the founding
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This document concerns administrative operations for running the “CAP Editor” freeware. CAP Editor is a tool for creating and publishing emergency alerts in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) format. CAP Editor runs on the Amazon Web Services cloud.
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This two-page flyer explains how public warning messages can be delivered quickly and at low cost to people online and on mobile devices—without requiring major new investments in specialized broadcast technology. It highlights examples of digital dissemination such as the Red Cross/Red Crescent “Hazards App,” Google Public Alerts, and the Federation for Internet Alerts, and
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