Implementation of tsunami early warning in Indonesian local communities: checklist for assessment, planning and monitoring
German-Indonesian Cooperation for Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS), in their effort to empower the local communities, have established Checklists serving as a simple reference tool for local decision makers involved in the implementation of Tsunami Early Warning System in Indonesia. Within the checklists, there are guiding measures to building up capacity in assessment, planning, evaluation and stakeholder analysis. These measures should mean to be embedded into the intertwined major elements of people-centered Tsunami Early Warning System: (1) risk knowledge; (2) technical monitoring and warning service; (3) communication and dissemination of warnings and (4) community response capability.
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