West Africa Sub Regional Training on Risk Assessment

The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), Regional Office for Africa in collaboration with the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) with the support of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), have organized the West Africa sub-regional training workshop on risk assessment in Dakar, Senegal.

The workshop is aimed at training West African DRR experts on concepts of hazard assessment, risk analysis and vulnerability mapping in order to develop the understanding of the role of risk assessment within the national risk reduction process. The workshop will agree on standard methodology for national risk assessment in West Africa by presenting different risk assessment and mapping tools using geo-information data and techniques. The workshop will also discuss opportunities for ECOWAS member States to be engaged on data sharing protocols and transboundary joint activities on disaster risk reduction.