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4th Meeting of
the ADPC Regional Consultative Committee on
Disaster Management (RCC-4) 29-31 March, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Since
2000, ADPC has established a Regional
Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC)
comprising of members who are working in key
Government positions in the National Disaster
Management systems of countries of the Asian
region. The role of the Consultative Committee
is to provide a consultative mechanism for
development of action strategies for disaster
reduction in the region and promotion of
cooperative programs on a regional and
sub-regional basis, so as to guide ADPC's work.
The first two meetings of the RCC were held in
Bangkok in November 2000 and October 2001, and
the third meeting in New Delhi, India in October
2002.
This year, the 4th
Meeting of the ADPC Regional Consultative
Committee on Disaster Management will be held
from Monday the 29th to Wednesday
the 31st March 2004 at the
Dhaka-Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh in
collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh
and supported by the Government of Australia.
The meeting will feature a
special session on Urban Risk Reduction
in RCC member countries, a special ISDR Special
Consultative Session for the Asian Region in
preparation for the 2nd World
Conference on Disaster Reduction to be held in
Kobe in January 2005 as well as a session on the
Implementation of the Comprehensive Disaster
Risk Management approach in the Asian Countries.
Over forty delegates from twenty RCC member
countries and observers representing
international and regional organizations, UN and
multilateral agencies and ADPC will attend. For
the tentative
agenda, please click
here.
The last day of the meeting
falls on the commemoration of the National Day
for Disaster Management in Bangladesh, which
will see the participants of the RCC Meeting
taking part in a public rally organised by the
Government of Bangladesh followed by a special
session on Disaster Management Experience of
Bangladesh on the morning of the 31st
March 2004.
For more
information on this meeting, please contact Mr.
Loy
Rego
(ajrego@adpc.net)
and/or Kai
Kim (kaikim@adpc.net).
AMENDED AGENDA
Day 1: 29th March
2004
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09:30-10:30 |
Opening Ceremony |
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10:30-10:45 |
Tea break
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10:450-11:30 |
Session I: |
Introduction and Adoption
of Agenda |
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11:30-12:30
13:30-14:30 |
Session II: |
Government of Bangladesh-ADPC-ISDR
session on Assessing Progress made in
Asia after 1994 Yokohama Conference &
towards Plan of Action 2005-2015
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15.00-17.30 |
Session III: |
Government of Bangladesh-ADPC-ISDR
Special Consultative
Session for the Asian Region on
“Addressing Progress made in Asia after
1994 Yokohama Conference and Toward the
Plan of Action 20052-2015”
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Day 2: 30 March 2004
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09.00-12.00 |
Session IV: |
Urban Risk Reduction and
Sustainable Development: Experience of
RCC Member Countries, Regional and
National Initiatives
To share lessons learned
and experiences in urban risk reduction
at both regional and national scales
(presentations by RCC member countries,
ADPC and other international agencies)
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13.30-15.30 |
Session IV (continued): |
Urban Risk Reduction and
Sustainable Development: Experience of
RCC Member Countries, Regional and
National Initiatives
(continued) |
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15.30-18.00 |
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Field Visit and Dinner |
Day 3: 31 March 2004
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08.30-10.00 |
Session V: |
Special break out session
of South Asian countries and South-East
Asian Member countries to discuss
progress on recommendations made since
2000 meeting and plan ahead. |
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10.30-12.30 |
Session VI: |
Disaster Management
Experience of Bangladesh
To showcase disaster
management experiences of Bangladesh in
the following areas:
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Institutional
arrangements (Ministry of Disaster
Management and Relief, Disaster
Management Bureau,
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Comprehensive
Disaster Management Program (CDMP)
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Community Based
Programs, Cyclone Preparedness
Program, Standing Orders, Flood
Proofing initiatives, Flood Early
Warning Programs
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13.30-15.00 |
Session VI
(continued) |
Implementation of
Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management (CDRM)
Approach
As endorsed by the 2nd
RCC Meeting in 2001, the comprehensive
approach to disaster risk management
entails developing and implementing
strategies for different yet
complementing aspects of disaster
management, i.e. prevention and
mitigation, preparedness, response and
recovery, in the context of sustainable
development. A concept paper is being
developed by ADPC, and will be
circulated to member countries covering
action over a 4-year period 2004-2008.
The session would review the proposed
program. |
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15.30-16.30 |
Session VII: |
RCC Action Plan for 2004 |
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16.30-17.30 |
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Closing Ceremony |
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