The United States government — through the United States Agency for International Development — is providing P53 million for the second phase of an information management system project to enhance the Philippines’ capacity to identify disaster risks and support disaster response operations.
USAID Philippines mission director Ryan Washburn and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council executive director and Office of Civil Defense administrator Undersecretary Raymundo Ferrer made the announcement during the launch of phase two of the Early Warning and Decision Support Capacity Enhancement project.
The initial phase of the project — implemented from 2019 to 2021 in partnership with the University of Hawaii’s Pacific Disaster Center — introduced PhilAWARE (AWARE: All-hazards Warning, Analysis and Risk Evaluation) — a customized data platform that collects complex information on disaster risks, vulnerabilities, and other real-time data to assist disaster response operations.
The OCD Operations Center used the PhilAWARE system to support monitoring and response efforts during the passage of Super Typhoon Karding in the Philippines in September.