Vol. 5, No. 1  February 1999

Editor's Corner...

book review...

Earthquake Safety Day in Nepal...

Obituary


Theme


Insight


duryog nivaran


AUDMP - making cities safer


Upcoming ADPC training programs


IDNDR news


Bookmarks


WWW Sites

 Upcoming ADPC programs...

Proposed Calendar of Events for 1999 -ADPC Learning & Professional Development Unit

ADPC will organize a number of regional events in 1999. The current schedule of our programs is as follows:

Regional Conferences, Workshops and Training Courses

IDNDR-ESCAP Regional Meeting for Asia: Risk Reduction & Society in the 21st Century; Bangkok, Thailand; 23-26 February, 1999; By Invitation Only

Twenty Fourth Course on Disaster Management (DMC-24); Bangkok, Thailand; 15 March-2 April, 1999; Fee: $ 2,500

Second Regional Training Course on "Urban Disaster Mitigation" (UDM-2) (under the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program); Bangkok, Thailand, 17-28 May, 1999, Fee: $2,000

First Regional Workshop on "Implementing Multi Local Training Organizations for Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia", Bangkok, Thailand, Immediately after UDM-2, Collaborators: National Partner Training Institutions from India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, By Invitation Only

Third Regional Training Course on "Community Based Approaches to Disaster Management" (CBDM - 3); Bangkok, Thailand; 19-30 July, 1999, Collaborators: Duryog Nivaran, Fee: $ 2,000

First Regional Training Course on "Urban Flood Hazard Mitigation" (UFHM-1), (under the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program), Bangkok, Thailand, 30 August-10 September, 1999, Collaborators: National Partner Training Institutions of Philippines, Fee: $2,000

Courses Proposed to be Held During 1999 Based on Demand

First Regional Executive Development Program for Disaster Management (EDP- 1), Bangkok, Thailand, Dates to be announced ; Fee: $2,000

Regional APELL Courses on "Industrial Hazard Risk Assessment" and "Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response", Dates and venue to be announced (In collaboration with UNEP IE)

Second Regional Training Course on "Road Accident Rescue" (RAR-2), Bangkok, Thailand or Penang, Malaysia, Dates to be announced, Fee: $1,300

National Courses on Request

As in previous years, ADPC's Learning and Professional Development Unit will be pleased to organize specialized courses and study tours tailor-made to meet the learning needs of a particular audience. These courses can be organized in your country or at Bangkok.

ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop on Disaster Management

A Workshop on Disaster Management attended by 68 civilian and military disaster managers from 22 ARF participating countries was held in Bangkok from 25 to 28 January 1999. Organized by the ADPC with support from the United States Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) the Workshop was convened on the recommendation of the 2nd ARF Inter-sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief held in Bangkok in February 1998. Both the 1st and the 2nd ARF Inter-sessional Meetings on Disaster Relief were in agreement that particular attention should be paid, inter-alia, to training and technical co-operation to further develop national disaster management capabilities, and they stressed the importance of bilateral, sub-regional and multi lateral co-operation.

The purpose of the Workshop was to provide a backdrop to the work of the ARF Disaster Relief Experts Group which has been formed to advise future ARF Inter-sessional meetings. The Workshop comprised a mix of formal presentations dealing with technical aspects of disaster management, case studies of recent disasters experienced in ARF member countries. Group Working Sessions focused upon key aspects of relief operations, informal discussions, and plenary sessions. Throughout the Workshop emphasis was placed on practical operational points in order to arrive at conclusions that would be of direct use to the ARF Disaster Relief Expert Group. A final session in the four-day meeting considered the draft workshop report with a view to its presentation to the Experts Group Meeting on 29 January 1999.

For more information, Summary Report and Outline of the Presentations, please visit: http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/arf.html.

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