Develop BMKG Earthquake And Tsunami Early Warning System In Collaboration With JICA

Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati met with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) cooperates with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for cooperation in climatology and geophysics, especially the development of an early warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis. Capacity Development for the Implementation of Climate Change Strategies, which is a collaboration between JICA and several agencies, one of which is BMKG. Head of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati, quoted from the BMKG official website, Saturday 11 June, hopes that the collaborative programs and projects can help BMKG in developing human resources and development related to the Earthquake and Tsunami Early Warning System technically. The cooperation project was actually signed by the parties on January 25 2018, and the two held another meeting on Thursday June 9. For the climatology sector, according to Dwikorita, the BMKG and JICA aims to provide climate projections as a basis for scientific policy making by making the Deputy for Climatology and the Head of the Climate Change Center from BMKG act as focal points. One of the agreements in the project stated that the equipment from Japan used during the project at the end of the cooperation would belong to the Indonesian government (through a grant mechanism). In the field of geophysics, both parties focus on developing an early warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis. In addition, the cooperation also includes the provision of scholarships from JICA to six employees of the Deputy for Geophysics to continue their Masters education in Japan.