WFP/Josh Estey

Tools for decision-making:

SAVING
LIVES Improving food security in Indonesia
CHANGING
LIVES
Katarina Kohutova, Rochelle OHagan and Benny Istanto
About VAMPIRE
VAMPIRE: Indonesia Case

Precipitation: CHIRPS, IMERG, NOAA GFS

Data Temperature: MODIS MOD11C3,
Vegetation: MODIS MOD13A3
Alert
Socio-economic, Land Use - Seasonal
Land Cover - Croplands,
Population, others 2018
Monthly
Mobile data collection (DEPRECATED)

Daily

Analysis
Rainfall rate
Rainfall anomaly Forecast
Rainfall forecast
Standardized precipitation index
Number of days since rainfall
policy
Impact
Temperature condition index
Long-term average rainfall and
temperature makers
Vegetation anomaly

Products
Vegetation condition index
Vegetation health index
Long-term average vegetation
VAMPIRE: Example analysis
VAMPIRE: Indonesia in 2018

Piloting EWEA
Alerts & Impact Response Checklist Alert Dissemination
Sub-national level
Preparedness & response SOPs for disseminating alters to
Seasonal → daily
options for the identified a range of stakeholders
More accurate
seasonal/ monthly hazards Hazard-specific ‘to-do’
More actionable
checklists

→ Methodology → Technology
Thresholds, new datasets (e.g. socio-economic Mechanism for connecting alerts to checklists/
data, livelihoods, SSN) messages
Validation

Overall
development
UI/UX
VAMPIRE: Asia-Pacific Region

Early warning system for countries within Asia-Pacific Region

Aim Integration of 72hr Assessments
Visualization platform for SDI data

VAMPIRE Package for deployment to individual countries

Solution Country-specific customisation including integration of
additional data streams and reporting

Delivers
Regular generation of hazard & impact data products
Visualization of reference data, hazards and impacts
Reporting capability
VAMPIRE: Asia-Pacific Region
Generic system architecture
Architecture Multi-platform (Windows & Linux)
Supports both Geoserver & ArcGIS Server

VHI
Extensible, modular code for new hazards, spatial or temporal SPI

Automated resolutions, new impact products

Configuration and initialisation files for code-free
Processing
DSLR
customisation
Existing code-base could be reused in stand-alone tools

Customisable visualisation layers through Admin interface

Dashboard Support for point, vector & raster datasets

Symbology and colours
Supports WMS, ArcGIS Server & Database data streams
VAMPIRE: Asia-Pacific Region
Support for drought, flood, landslide
Plan for 2018 Support for 72hr Assessments
Productise existing VAMPIRE system

Cloud-based server for analysis & product generation

Training materials, tutorials & expanded documentation
Improved reporting capability
Future Plans Expansion of hazards - earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones
Development of better impact modelling
Improved User Interface experience
Evaluation of system impact within Government

Project manager / Technical lead

Resources GIS-skilled Python developer

Web developer
GIS methodology specialist
VAMPIRE: Challenges
Supporting multiple platforms, versions & deployments

Technical Storage & access

Poor internet connections - slows development
Methodology development & validation

Data Ongoing generation of hazard monitoring data products - in the cloud?

Server & storage requirements
Generation
Code maintenance

Development
Upgrades
Customisation
Additional country-specific development

Ownership Responsibility for VAMPIRE - development, planning, maintenance

IP & Licensing

Development team geographically & organisationally dispersed Non-

Team dedicated
Lack of redundancy - core team members have no backup
VAMPIRE: Challenges

Resources
Insufficient funding
Lack of people

Development tied to project deliverables - no resourcing for maintenance,

Planning documentation, bug-fixing, upgrades

Need for system-wide planning for new features, not just country-specific
requirements

Uptake
Ensuring use within Government and sustained value
Ongoing updates, needs analysis, training, support
Validation

Partnerships
Research institutions, universities, commercial, WFP HQ,
Other UN agencies
Regional VAMPIRE: Suggestions

TWG Establish Technical Working Group for system-wide priority planning

Team Identify core development team and additional resources that could be used

Planning
Identify opportunities for scaling-up the system

Opportunities- Global Innovation Fund?

Resources Funding sources - grants, subscriber-based?
Partnership