Anticipatory action · Early warning · Risk financing
FOREWARN Bangladesh brings together academics, scientists, forecasters, humanitarians, journalists, community representatives and young professionals to strengthen risk analysis and anticipatory action, helping shift disaster response from reactive to proactive.
- What it is
- A multidisciplinary platform for anticipatory action and early warning
- Hosted by
- Start Bangladesh Hub
- Part of
- Start Network's FOREWARN initiative
- Who is in it
- Experts Pool and Youth Pool
- Hazards
- Floods, cyclones, heatwaves and more
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What we do
Eight ways FOREWARN turns risk into action
Each activity has its own page. Hackathon 3.0 is open now.
About FOREWARN Bangladesh
Manage disaster risk before it strikes
FOREWARN Bangladesh is a multidisciplinary platform that promotes anticipatory action and early warning to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience in Bangladesh. Part of the Start Network's FOREWARN initiative and hosted by the Start Bangladesh Hub, it brings together humanitarian agencies, forecasting institutions, scientists, academics, journalists and community representatives. Together they develop practical ways to manage disaster risks before they strike, across hazards such as floods, cyclones and heatwaves.
Through its Experts and Youth Pool, FOREWARN provides risk information for Start Fund Bangladesh disbursement, develops models for disaster risk financing, builds local capacity and generates evidence, protecting vulnerable lives, livelihoods and assets.
Who builds the models
Forecasts combined with hazard, exposure and vulnerability data, to estimate where a hazard is likely to strike, when, and who is likely to be affected.
Experts
Scientific and sectoral guidance
Youth Pool
Data analysis and model development
Modellers
Model design, testing and validation
Private sector
Data, tools and technical partnership
Risk briefings
Seasonal, hazard-specific, live
Forecasts and risk analysis turned into information member agencies can act on.
How briefings workExperts and Youth Pool
Join the pool
Scan the code for the Engagement and Feedback Form.
How the pools work
Anticipation Café
One table, one timely theme
Humanitarians, scientists and forecasters questioning assumptions together.