The Forecasting, Early Warning System and Tools partners organised the first foresight consortium workshop using the STEEPED framework to uncover “Which Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Ethical and Demographic dimensions are likely to affect the use of the Early Warning System by stakeholders?”. It was held online on the 5th of April 2023.
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The Forecasting, Early Warning System and Tools partners met in the University of Haifa, between 13 and 14 of March 2023, where they discussed and agreed on methodological approaches to sand fly presence and numbers and sand fly borne diseases modelling and projections.
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According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, an Early Warning System (EWS) is “an integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting and prediction, disaster risk assessment, communication and preparedness activities systems and processes that enables individuals, communities, governments, businesses and others to take timely action to reduce disaster risks in advance of hazardous events” (UNDRR, 2023).
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