PROJECT NOAH

 Project NOAH has proven to be effective in contributing to disaster prevention and

mitigation. In August 2012 and 2013, Marikina officials credited Project NOAH for the
zero casualty rate when Habagat events inundated the metropolis. More recently the
CNN cited Project NOAH an invaluable resource as it provided advance warnings when
Typhoon Glenda hit the country in July 2014. Since its launch in July 2012, Project NOAH
has been instrumental in averting at least 15 potential disasters that saved countless
lives because of hazards-specific, area focused and time bound information provided to
NDRRMC, who in turn gave early warning to affected communities.

 The year 2016 has been filled with a more focused and engaging approach to disaster
prevention and mitigation. Of all the 14 typhoons that entered the Philippine Area of
Responsibility that year, Project NOAH staff were able provide near real-time
information on the typhoon tracks and the imminent threat of hazards in specified
communities with the help of PAGASA, NDRRMC, DILG, and other government and
private agencies.
By using advanced disaster science research, Project NOAH has also fundamentally
provided accurate hazard information data to community leaders through the
continuous talks, lectures, fieldwork, community immersion, and simulation of flood,
landslide, and storm surge data.
Hazard risks were properly identified and in turn, disasters were prevented.
 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS OF PROJECT NOAH:
-ARKO, another mobile app under Project NOAH received the UN World Summit Awards Mobile Content
under the e-Inclusion and Empowerment category in 2014
- International Data Corporation Asia Pacific named Project NOAH as the Top Smart City Initiative in
Public Safety at the Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA) 2016
-Project NOAH takes home the Harnessing Data for Resilience Recognition Award from the Harnessing
the Data Revolution for Resilience Summit in Bangkok, Thailand sponsored by USAID.
-ARKO, the mobile application by Pointwest Technologies Corporation, added another feather to its cap
after it took home the Silver Prize in the Corporate Social Responsibility category of the 2015 ASEAN ICT
Awards.
-The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) 3D mapping project called Disaster Risk Assessment,
Exposure and Mitigation-Light Ranging and Detection Technology (DREAM-LiDAR) won the prestigious
Geospatial World Excellence in Policy Implementation Award for 2014
-DREAM-LiDAR also won the Asia Geospatial Excellence Award during the Inaugural Ceremony of the Asia
Geospatial Forum 2013

****However, the Philippine government announced that Project NOAH would be shut down
effective March 1, 2017, citing lack of funds; it is to remain in operation until February 28, 2017
only. ((TURNED OVER TO DOST))
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http://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB04521.pdf

http://blog.noah.dost.gov.ph/2016/12/31/project-noah-year-in-review/