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Dear Readers,
ADPC launched its first
Regional Training Course on
End to End Multi-hazard
Early Warning Systems in
Bangkok, Thailand on the 15
Sep 2008. The two weeks
course is being attended by
23 participants from 16
countries in Asia, Africa,
and Central America. The
course builds on the
capacity of participants to
design, manage, evaluate and
undertake improvements in
people-centered end-to-end
early warning systems for
hydro-meteorological &
geological hazards and
extreme events. The training
program includes three
workshops, field visits to
key national agencies in
Thailand as part of an
institutional landscaping
exercise for early warning
systems, and a visit to
Uttaradit Province to study
landslide disaster
mitigation and preparedness
activities, including the
landslide early warning
systems, which is
spearheaded by the Thailand
Department of Mineral
Resources.
ADPC is also undertaking the
implementation of several
new activities. ADPC will
develop the training
materials for disaster risk
reduction for coastal zone
managers. The UNEP funded
project will aim to build
capacities of Mangroves for
the Future (MFF) National
Coordinating Bodies,
technical institutions and
implementation partners in
the three EC AIDCO target
countries: India, Indonesia
and Sri Lanka. The immediate
goal is to bring basic
awareness of DRR to MFF
project designers and
implementers. The long term
goal is to strengthen the
role of existing technical
institutions to provide risk
reduction training and other
services to coastal zone and
disaster risk managers.
ADPC is undertaking the
preparation of a World Bank
(WB) funded background paper
for the assessment on the
economics of Disaster Risk
Reduction.
ADPC has deployed its staff
in three recent disaster
struck countries, Myanmar,
China and India, to carry
out damage and need
assessments and various post
disaster recovery programme
initiatives.
I am pleased to inform you
that the Disaster Policy and
Preparedness department of
the International Federation
of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies has
invited Mr. S H M Fakhruddin,
ADPC technical specialist in
the editorial board for the
2009 edition of the World
Disasters Report focusing on
early warning and early
response.
Please browse through our
website www.adpc.net for
more ADPC news updates,
publications, events and
training calendar for 2008.
I now inform you about our
activities for the month of
August 2008.
Dr. Bhichit Rattakul
Executive Director
Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center
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