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Advancing Context-Specific Damage Assessment Methodologies and Damage Classification Standards - Webinar Oct 16, 2025

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Webinar on Damage Assessment – 16 October 2025

The webinar was organized by the GSC Damage Assessment Technical Sub-Community of Practice on 16 October 2025.

It featured four presentations sharing experiences from Fiji, Ethiopia, and Myanmar on earthquake, flood, and conflict response initiatives, as well as a multi-context analysis of disaster impacts. 

Webinar agenda :

Presenters

Session and description

Pascal Panosetti 

Arnold Njogu

Introduction : presentation of the topics identified as priorities through the recent survey covered in this webinar

Bill Flinn - consultant

Critical differences between Damage Across Contexts :

Exploring how earthquakes, conflicts, fires, floods, wind, and other disasters create distinct types of damage, and why context-specific approaches are essential.

Keith Hornby - consultant

Damage Assessment in Fiji : Still Under Construction :

Examining Fiji’s evolving assessment practices for cyclones, floods, and storm surges, the trade-offs between rapid and comprehensive approaches, and the remaining technical gaps.

Mamuney Legesse – Shelter Cluster Ethiopia - IOM

Damage Assessment Preparations : Practices from Ethiopia :Highlighting Ethiopia’s experience with team arrangements, classification systems, data collection tools, protection considerations, and inter-agency collaboration for timely and effective assessments.

Gareth Lewis - NRC

Myanmar - Repairing What Remains : Smarter Shelter Solutions After Crisis : Showcasing how NRC, Miyamoto, and MEET collaborated in response to the Myanmar earthquake in 2025, using satellite damage assessments and targeted repair interventions.

Plenary

Exchange with Participants : Open discussion and Q&A to reflect on the presentations and share experiences.

Unfortunately, due to technical issues, the webinar was not recorded and cannot be shared on this page; however, the slides are available below.

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