Learning Workshop: Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami Response

In committing support to the tsunami recovery operation in Samoa, Red Cross Movement partners and IFRC have also committed to the capacity building of the Samoa Red Cross and to coordinate to ensure a consistent approach to the support given to SRC. The capacity-building and learning components of the Samoa Tsunami Response are to be implemented in several ways – the provision of technical expertise; peer-to-peer learning opportunities; satisfaction surveys – and a series of “learning” events. With the shift from Relief to Recovery came an opportunity to review the Relief phase of the tsunami response.

The purpose of the Learning Workshop was to review the first 8 weeks of the Samoa tsunami relief operation with the goal of incorporating the recommendation from the lessons learned into the ongoing operation in Samoa as well as improving future disaster responses in the Pacific region.