What’s New

A one and a half day symposium was conducted to officially wrap up the 5-year SeDAR program and hand over the program to the Selangor State Government.  Four sessions were carried out on (1) Community Leadership, (2) DRR Initiatives and Its Future in Malaysia, and (3) Science and Technology in Read more…

Half-day workshops were carried out with communities at each project area to identify and plan DRR activities with input from DRR experts.  The list of possible community actions from the town watching/community mapping exercise was reviewed.  A feasibility assessment of each proposed action was conducted by the DRR experts together Read more…

Town Watching exercises were carried out in each of the project areas.  The purpose of the town watching was to identify places in the residents’ communities that are (1) dangerous, (2) safe, (3) useful in times of emergencies, and (4) public areas of interest such as public infrastructure or heritage Read more…

Community Workshops are knowledge-sharing and educational sessions aimed at the general public within the 4 project areas.  The modules within the workshops are presented by the Community Leaders and Local Champions who in turn were trained by the Master Trainers. Two community workshops were carried out in the Kapar and Read more…

The second round of training was conducted by the Master Trainers to the community leaders and local champions within the 4 project areas.   Three training-of-trainer (TOT) sessions were conducted in the 4 project areas, which are: (1) Ulu Klang, (2) Kg. Tok Muda and Kapar sub-district, (3) Kg. Sungai Read more…

The 2-day Training-of -Trainer (TOT) sessions were conducted to teach the Selangor State agencies to become CBDRR trainers under the SeDAR program.  Two sessions were conducted, one in April 2022 and another in May 2022.  The resulting trainers are known as ‘Master Trainers’. Each session comprises 3 modules: (1) ‘Understanding Read more…

On October 21, 2019, the second risk communication session was carried out to the local government officials and community leaders of the Hulu Langat district, specifically the Batu 14 area, which is susceptible to landslides, and Kampung Sg. Serai, which is known for its frequent flooding.  This session focused on Read more…

Throughout the months of October and November 2019, risk communication sessions were carried out to local government officials and community leaders in the project areas.  In these sessions, participants learned how and why their areas were deemed hazardous, what are the causes, and how risks can be managed.  The important Read more…

On October 7, 2019, the first of three risk communication sessions under the SeDAR program was carried out. In this session, local government officials and community leaders in the Ulu Klang area learned about landslide hazards, the causes of landslides, and what communities can do about landslide mitigation.  Participants also Read more…

After a year of data collection, modelling, visualization and risk analysis, the landslide and flood expert team—together with social scientists, data scientists, digital surface mapping experts, and content developer—published a primer on disaster risk called “Disaster Risk Report: Understanding Landslide and Flood Risks for Science-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in the Read more…