ADPC in Action
ADPC under its Comprehensive Disaster Management Program (CDMP), conducted the following activities in Bangladesh: Contingency planning project Agency Level Meetings were held with first responder organizations such as Disaster Management Bureau (DMB), DG-Health Services, Armed Forces Division (AFD), Fire Services & Civil Defense city Corporations for follow up agency level contingency plan. ADPC has submitted the development, validation and execution of Interim Contingency Plan among organizations. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting was held on 18th September to review the deliverable IV submitted by ADPC Seismic hazard and vulnerability project ADPC submitted the interim report on Time Predictive Fault modeling to CDMP Special TAG meetings were held on 7-8 September to discuss management issues related to execution of ADPC managed projects under CDMP and also to discuss technical issues. These meetings were participated by APDC Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Loy Rego & Earthquake & Tsunami Preparedness Program Team Leader, Mr. N.M.S.I. Arambepola. Training, advocacy and awareness project Field based training has been conducted for the field staff of ADPC and BDPC (local Partner) on seismic vulnerability assessment and evacuation plan of school buildings. The main purpose of the training was to develop the skills for conducting the vulnerability assessment of the selected schools in three cities. ADPC under its Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia (PROMISE) project carried out the following activities, Philippines   2nd National Community Conference on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) –Held on 12 – 13 September in Quezon City, attended by around 130 participants including representatives from eight pilot barangays of PROMISE. The community conference provided an effective venue for various people’s organizations from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao to discuss priority issues related to DRM. They collectively thought of feasible solutions to address the identified concerns such as Strategic National Action Plan, DRM Bill and Climate Change. Education Cluster Meeting – Held on 29 Sept. 2008. PROMISE in Dagupan was able to update on the received educational books of Dagupan City. Furthermore, Promise partner was asked help in mainstreaming DRR in the Educational System in Dagupan City Third MGDRR course – Jointly organized with ADPC and provided resource inputs sharing Dagupan experience on PROMISE CBDRM Training Learning Circle Write shop - CBDRM TLC write shop was on September 10-11, 2008 aimed to address gaps in CBDRM – related training materials in the Philippines. Issues discussed were: Gender and DRR; Accountability and Ethics; Community Resilience Indicators, Monitoring and Evaluation; Climate Change and CBDRM; Cases on Integrating DRM in Academic Curriculum and Programs; and Armed Conflict and Peace Building. 52 participants had attended including two from Dagupan City TWG- The write shop created venues for networking and helped in addressing gaps in CBDRM training materials. Groups were formed to address the identified gaps based on the topics discussed. CDP was the main secretariat for the event. Indonesia Final Action Planning facilitated by alumni TOT supervised by Institute of Technology Bandung, Research Assistants with the case for Rukun waga 1, and 2 of Kelurahan Kebon Baru of sub district Tebet under Selatan Municipality of Jakarta Finalizing action planning for  RW 9 and 10 and to be accommodated for Kelurahan Kebon Baru Participation in MDRRG-3 held in Manila, Philippines from 1 – 5 September 2008 Meetings and discussions on Emergency Management & Response Planning at City Level Coordination among PROMISE team and Jakarta Provincial Govt. for handling Jakarta flood. Coordination with school principal for developing and Implementation of School Action Plan in SMAN 8 as a pilot project ADPC under its Strengthening Household Abilities for Responding to Development Opportunities (SHOUHARDO) project carried out the following activities, Preparation for Disaster Risk Reduction Rally- To celebrate the International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2008, preliminary discussions were made with the municipalities, CARE and partner NGOs in Jamalpur and Cox's Bazaar. Disaster Risk Reduction Rally in Jamalpur and Cox's Bazaar- Rallies will be held on 15th and 20th October in Jamalpur and Cox's Bazaar respectively. This rally will complement to International Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2008 and Municipality is taking the lead role in the event by providing all kind and cash support. The rally will be concluded with the drawing competition among school children on DRR. Inauguration of Disaster Management Unit: Cox's Bazaar Municipality has inaugurated the Disaster Management Unit officially and requested all the stakeholders to prepare the CITIZEN CHARTER for DRR and put collective effort to activate the unit.