Memorandum of Understanding
last update 6 Feb 2009

BY COUNTRY

Australia

• 26 Jul 2004
  RedR Australia

Bangladesh

• 21 Dec 2006
  Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB)

• 28 Sep 2006
  Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme(CDMP)

• 27 Mar 2006
  Institute of Water Modeling (IWM)

• 29 Sep 2004
  Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre (BDPC)

• 10 Jun 2004
  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) University

• 21 Jan 2003
  Bangladesh Scouts

• 23 Dec 2002
  Disaster Management Bureau (DMB)

Cambodia

• 30 Aug 2005
  CARE International

• 6 Dec 2004
  National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM)

• 5 Mar 2002
  Mekong River Commission (MRC)

• Jun 2001
  Pact Cambodia

China

• 19 Apr 2002
  Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau (BCAB)

• 14 Jan 2002
  China Association for NGO Cooperation (CANGO)

India

• 2 Jul 2008
  University of Madras

Indonesia

• 11 Nov 2005
  CARE International, Indonesia

• 7 Apr 2005
  Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika (BMG) or Meteorological and Geophysical Agency (MGA)

• 28 Jul 2003
  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Bogor Agricultural University (FMIPA-IPB)

Japan

• 1 Dec 2000
  Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center (EDM)The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)

• Concern Lao PDR and National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)

Mongolia

• July 2007
  National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
• July 2007
  Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA)
• July 2007
  Ministry of Nature and Environment (MNE)
• July 2007
  National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology, and Environmental Monitoring (NAMHEM)

Myanmar

• Jan 2009

  Myanmar Engineering Society (MES)

Nepal

• 21 Jan 2008
  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

• Jul 2001
  National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET)

Norway

• 27 May 2009
  The Foreign Ministry of the Royal Norwegian Government, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

• 15 Dec 2000
  General Bureau for Cooperation with International Organizations (GBCIO)

Pakistan

• 5 May 2005
  Focus Humanitarian Assistance Pakistan (FHA-P)

The Philippines

• 15 Aug 2006
  Provincial Government of Iloilo, Provincial Agricultural
  Office

• 15 Aug 2006
  Municipality of Dumangas

• 11 Jan 2005
  Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

• Emergency Management Institute of the Philippines of the National Defense College of the Philippines (EMIP/NDCP)

Sri Lanka

• 20 Oct 2005
  Post Graduate Institute of Sciences (PGIS), University of Peradeniya

• Sep 2001
  National Building Research Organization (NBRO)

• Feb 2009
  Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Sri Lanka

Thailand

• 3 Oct 2007
  Partnership agreement with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand for the development and implementation of a Multi-Hazard Early Warning System in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

• 24 Sep 2007
  Agreement on Academic and Technical Co-operation with Chulalongkorn University

• 24 Apr 2007
  Department of Mineral Resources

• 8 Jan 2007
  Memorandum of Agreement with Kasetsart University, Thailand

• 20 Apr 2006
  Thammasat University Faculty of Public Health

• 23 Mar 2005
  Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) for sustainable development and disaster reduction in Asia

• 14 Feb 2003
  Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (ปภ.), Ministry of the Interior

• 1 May 2002
  Office of Accelerated Rural Development (รพช.) Ministry of the Interior

• 2 Oct 2001
  Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok

Turkey

• 4 Mar 2004
  Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Kandilli Observatory Earthquake Research Institute

Vietnam

• 14 Jun 2006
  Oxfam GB in Vietnam

• 5 Jan 2003
  Department of Dike Management, Flood and Storm Control

• 1 Sep 2002
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (Delegation in Vietnam)

• 22 Jul 2002
  Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology

BY ORGANIZATION

• 8 Jul 2008
  World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• 23 Mar 2007
  Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

• 7 Mar 2007
  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

• 30 Nov 2006
  National Building Research Organization and its technical partner, the Norwegian Geo-technical Institute (NGI)

• 13 Oct 2006
  Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

• 21 Jul 2006
  National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)

• 23 Jun 2006
  Western Pacific Regional Office of the WHO (WPRO) and the South East Asian Regional Office of the WHO (SEARO)

• 3 May 2006
  United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

• 7 Feb 2006
  Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)

• 13 May 2005
  CARE

• 29 Jul 2005
  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• 26 Apr 2005
  School of Travel Industry Management (TIM), University of Hawaii

• 3 Mar 2004
  AusAID, Agreement on the Development of Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Project

• 3 Nov 2003
  Télécoms San Frontières (TSF)

• 21 Jul 2003
  Asian Seismological Commission (ASC)

• 25 Feb 2003
  Western Pacific Regional Office of the WHO (WPRO) and the South East Asian Regional Office of the WHO (SEARO)

• 12 Feb 2003
  United Nations World Food Programme

• 19 Dec 2002
  The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

• 30 Aug 2002
  ITDG South Asia

• 8 Jul 2002
  East-West Center (EWC)

• 10 Jun 2002
  National Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM) Indian Institute of Public Administration

• 5 Mar 2002
  Mekong River Commission (MRC)

• Feb 2002
  National Fire Protection Association (NDPA)

• 7 Sep 2001
  South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) Disaster Management Unit

• 28 Jun 2001
  Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

• 28 Mar 2001
  Swinburne University of Technology

• 1 Dec 2000
  Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center (EDM) and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan

• 6 Dec 2000
  Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

• Housing and Urban Development Corporation LTD. (HUDCO) and its research and training wing, the Human Settlement Management Institute, and the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council

• 28 Jul 2000
  The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), Columbia Earth Institute of Columbia University

MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS

• Institute of Public Health, Makerere University (MUIPH), Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut (FHS-AUB), World Education, Inc. (WEI), and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)