Capacity Building on the Hazard and Exposure Database for the PCRAFI II Project
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Project deploys Kobo Toolbox, QGIS and QField to collect standardized exposure templates across Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu and Cook Islands, digitizes building footprints from OSM, trains ~30–40 recent grads in Port Vila, and uploads country datasets to the Pacific Risk Information System (risk.spc.int). A core team of 5–7 completes field surveys after COVID compresses a two‑year plan into seven months, ministries adopt Kobo into workflows and one ministry runs its own QGIS trainings while Vanuatu institutionalizes bislama manuals.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 2:08About PCRAFI II project
- 3:57PCRAFI II objectives and outcomes
- 5:01Exposure data collection approach
- 8:52Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
- 10:41Tool development and digitization
- 15:18Field training in Tonga
- 18:27Field training in Vanuatu
- 23:04Field training in Solomon Islands
- 24:10Field training in Samoa
- 25:13Field training in Cook Islands
- 27:37Data validation and upload
- 28:44GIS training with QGIS
- 32:19Training impact and sustainability
- 37:13Key challenges and lessons
- 40:08Q&A session
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