Global programs / VDAP
The program is a joint USGS/USAID-OFDA program designed to assist foreign governments to mitigate the effects of volcanic unrest and volcanic eruptions.1 The program has the capability to mitigate volcano hazards through technology transfer, training, and rapid response to volcano unrest.1
Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.
Operated in: Latin America, Guatemala, Ecuador, Caribbean.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
A few documents to read first. Each opens in the side panel, with the PDF to download.
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | implementer | 1987 to 1989 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Geological Survey (USGS). Volcano Crisis Assistance Team | implementer | 1987 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Awards, topics, similar programs and how to read this page.
Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Low confidence.
How sure we are: 0.364.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTR-0000-P-6116 (pasa, fiscal year not recorded) | 1987 to 1993 | Stated in a document |
| implementer |
| 1993 |
| Stated in a document |
| 1 source |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: district; squares are facilities.
| 4 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Ofc. of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) | 1987 to 1993 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 1987 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Disaster readiness, prevention and recovery 54%; Civil society 9%; Monitoring, evaluation and performance measurement 8%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
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Program key awd:OTR-0000-P-6116
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