ADPC THEMATIC INFORMATION RESOURCES

DEC

• 17-19 Dec 2008
  ADPC attend the Global South-South Development Expo, New York

• 15-16 Dec 2008
  ADPC participates in the Regional Conference on creating a culture of safety in the Media in Asia-Pacific, Jakarta

• 15-19 Dec 2008
  ASEAN+3 2nd Sub regional Exercise Management Workshop more >>

• 2-4 Dec 2008
  3rd Asian ministerial conference on disaster risk reduction more>>

NOV

• 17-28 Nov 2008
  2^ndClimate Risk Management-Science, Institutions and Society, Bangkok
• 17-22 Nov 2008
  ADPC attends the First World Landslide Forum, Tokyo, Japan
• 10–28 Nov 2008
  38th Regional Training on Disaster Management Course (DMC-38) more >> Download brochure here
• 6 Nov 2008
  AHI-NGO-RC/RC Asia Partnership: Avian & Human Influenza Group Meeting,  2-5 PM, Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Sukhumvit Soi 22, Bangkok Agenda more>>

• 5 Nov 2008
  Director, Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of         Social Welfare, Relief and Settlement visit ADPC at 10:00

• 4 Nov 2008
  Glimpses from the Disaster Risk Reduction Rally; Children Drawing Competition more>>

• 3-6 Nov 2008
  ADPC hosted the networking event: World Urban Forum, Nanjing, China  more >>

OCT

• 29 Oct 2008
  Delegate from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh  visit ADPC

• 29 Oct 2008
  Mr. Aung Tun Khine, Deputy Director General, Ministry  of Social Welfare, Relief & Resettlement, Union of Myanmar visit ADPC

• 29 Oct 2008
  Mr. K H Masud Siddiqui, Director General of Disaster Management Bureau, Bangladesh visit ADPC

• 28-30 Oct 2008
  Training workshop on  “Incident Command System for disaster management in Myanmar”  more >

• 24 Oct 2008
  5^th Meeting of Disaster and Environment Working Group of Asia (DEWGA) more >

• Sep-Oct 2008
  ADPC conducts evaluation of Government of India-UNDP Disaster Risk Management Program Coverage's>>1, 2, 3, 4 

• 21 Oct 2008
  ADPC Board of Trustees Meeting

• 15 & 20 Oct 08
  Disaster Risk Reduction Rally 2008, Bangladesh more>>

• 10 Oct 2008
  Regional celebrations of the International Day for Disaster Reduction and ASEAN Disaster Management Day, Bangkok more>>

• 7-9 Oct 2008
  ADPC ED attends the 3^rd ECO International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, Tehran, Iran

• 6-17 Oct 2008
  Regional Training course: Flood Disaster Risk Management (FDRM-9)  more>> Download brochure here

SEP

• 16 Sep 2008
  ADPC featured in IRIN story, Myanmar: Forewarned, not forearmed  more >>

• 15 Sep 2008
  ADPC Executive Committee Meeting

• 15-26 Sep 2008
  End-to-End Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction, Bangkok, Thailand
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• 19 Sep 2008
  Coastal Community Resilience (CCR) training workshop, Sri Lanka, concept note: Download brochure here

• 10 Sep 2008
  Mr. S H M Fakhruddin, Technical Specialist, ADPC joins the editorial board of the World Disasters Report 2009 focusing on early warning, early response.

• Alertnet features article on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction by A R Subbiah, Director, ADPC more >>

• 1-5 Sep 2008
  Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Local Governance (MDRRG-3) Download brochure here
  more >>

AUG

• 25 Aug 2008
  ADPC presents paper titled, Urban Congestions and Hydro-meteorological Hazards in Secondary Cities in Asia at the IDRC Davos 2008.

• 20 Aug 2008
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Australia interviews Loy Rego, DED, ADPC
  The story can be seen (and listened to) at: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/.As well as listening to the individual piece, pls see on the right hand side of that webpage, the option to listen / download the program in full as an MP3 file marked 21 August Part 1.

• Natural Disaster Mitigation Partnership (NDMP), Vietnam Newsletter Vol. 7, 2008 features the Working group meeting of program for hydro-meteorological disaster mitigation in secondary cities in Asia organized by ADPC, NDMP and CECI in Danang, Vietnam. 15-17 July 2008 

• Tropical Coasts, December 2007 features article on disaster risk reduction in Asia – emerging trends and solutions by Mr. N.M.S.I Arambepola, Director, ADPC

• 11-23 Aug 2008
  7^th Training Course on Public Health in Complex Emergencies (PHCE-7)more >>
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• 8-21 Aug 2008, Maldives
  Training on Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

• 8-12 Aug 2008, Ankara, Turkey
  ADPC to conduct training on Capacity Building on Earthquake Contingency Planning for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• 8 Aug 2008, 10:30 am
  ADPC Executive Committee meeting

• 2-8 Aug 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan
  Regional CBDRR Training Programme

• 1-6 Aug 2008, Tehran, Iran
  ADPC conducts workshop on Knowledge Management

JUL

• 30 Jul 2008
  IRIN reports ADPC Deputy Executive Director, Loy Rego's  insight on ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and its initiatives for disaster management in "Natural disasters spur regional cooperation in Asia" www.irinnews.org

• 22 Jul 2008
  ADPC appoints Mr. Loy Rego as the new Deputy Executive Director (DED) more >> NEW!

• 21 Jul - 1 Aug
  CBDRR-17 17th Regional Training Course on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Bangkok  brochure more >>

• Guidelines: Towards a Disaster Safe School-Sri Lanka, 2008

• Jul 2008
  Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008-The role of ICTs in risk communication in Asia Pacific by Mr. Frederick John Abo, ADPC more>>NEW!

• 15-17 Jul 2008
  Working Group Meeting Da Nang, Viet Nam more >>

JUN

• 30 Jun 2008
  ADPC signs MoU with University of Madras, India

• 30 Jun 2008
  ADPC honors outgoing Australian Ambassador to Thailand

• 18-20 Jun 2008
  ADPC conducts National Training on Landslide Risk Management, Nepal

• 10 Jun 2008
  News Coverage:  ADPC conducts ASEAN+3 Sub Regional Exercise Management Training Workshop, Brunei  Coverage's>> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

• ADPC shares Public health fact Sheet on Management of the Dead Bodies more>>

• 3-7 Jun 2008
  National course on Governance and Disaster Risk Reduction, Manila, Philippines

MAY

• ADPC conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the tropical cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the devastating SW earthquake in  China. It is saddening to see the trail of destruction and loss of lives and property.  The impacts are insurmountable and overwhelming, and continues to unfold several post disaster concerns and issues.  ADPC extends its solidarity and support. more>>

• 26 May-6 Jun 2008
  8th Inter-regional Course on Public Health in Emergency Management in Asia and the Pacific (PHEMAP-8)
  Brochure

• 23 May 2008
  News Coverage: Regional Consultative Committee (CC7)-Significant strides in disaster prevention since tsunami

• 11 May 2008
  News coverage: Flood Preparedness http://www.bangkokpost.com

• 5-16 May 2008
  2nd Regional Training Course on Use of GIS and Remote Sensing in Disaster Risk Management
  Brochure

• 26-29 May 2008
  ADPC conducts Damage Assessment & Need Assessment (DANA) course, Bangladesh

• 7-8 May 2008
  Workshop on 'Strengthening and Sustaining Capacity to Manage Psychosocial Aspects of Disasters and Complex emergencies in Asia', Bangkok

• 3 May 2008
  News coverage: The Nation, Thailand interviews Dr. Bhichit Rattakul  more >>

• 2 May 2008
  News coverage: Nargis gets a move, readies for landfall
  http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ 

• 1 May 2008
  News coverage: Climate Field School in the Philippines  more >>

APR

• 29 Apr 2008
  Regional Workshop on Flood Preparedness Programs in the Lower Mekong Basin, Bangkok, Thailand more>>
• 21 Apr-2 May 2008
  Regional training on Climate Risk Management-Science, Institutions and Society, Bangkok 
  Download brochure here
• 16 Apr 2008
  Visitors: H.E. Mr. Mustafa Kamal, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand, and H.E. Mr. Jayaratna Banda Disanayaka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Thailand
• 2-25 Apr 2008
  CBDRR Web Based Course-Pilot Test more>>
• 04 Apr 2008
  International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Netherlands official's visit to ADPC
• 2-4 Apr 2008
  Regional Disaster Management Practitioners Workshop Phnom Penh, Cambodia

MAR

• 25 Mar 2008
  World Meteorological Day
  Source: http://www.wmo.ch/
• March 24, 2008
  World Tuberculosis (TB) Day
  Source: http://www.cdc.gov/
• 21 Mar 2008
  Press release: National Flood Forum, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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• 21 Mar 08
  Prof. Dr. Krasae Canawongse, Chaiman, ADPC Board of Trustee delivers special address at the Lao National Flood Forum opening ceremony. The key note address is by the Honourable Minister of Labour & Social Welfare.
• 20 Mar 2008
  World Water Day: International Year of Sanitation
• 17 Mar - 4 Apr 2008
  37^th Regional Training Course on Disaster Management (DMC-37)  more>> Brochure
• 10-13 Mar 2008
  Regional Avian and Human Influenza (AHI) Community Practitioners Workshop, Bangkok more >>
• 4 Mar 2008 , 3:00 pm, ADPC Meeting Room
  Presentation and demonstration on the Disaster Resilience Visualization & Assessment Tool (DRVAT) by Carin Lindy working with the Trend Analysis Program (TAP) at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• 4 Mar 2008
  ADPC facilitates and provides technical assistance to the SAARC Incident Command System (ICS) workshop for Disaster Management, 25-29 Feb 08 
  Resolution of the SAARC ICS Training  
  View Photo Click here
• ADPC alumna’s note of appreciation…

FEB

• 21 March 08
  Prof. Dr. Krasae Canawongse, Chaiman, ADPC Board of Trustee delivers special address at the Lao National Flood Forum opening ceremony. The key note address is by the Honourable Minister of Labour & Social Welfare
• 28-29 Feb 2008
  National Advocacy Workshops
  Focus: Mainstreaming DRR in the Education Sector
  Lao PDR
• 25-29 Feb 2008
  ADPC facilitates and provides technical assistance to the SAARC Incident Command System (ICS) workshop for Disaster Management
• 18–22 Feb 2008
  EXMAN Cross-Border Exercise Management workshop, Bangkok
• 15 Feb 2008
  ADPC conducts National Consultation Workshop on Coastal Community Resilience (CCR) issues
  Myanmar
• 11 Feb 2008
  ADPC hosts senior Indian Army delegation
• 7-9 Feb 2008
  UN-SPIDER Expert Meeting, Salzburg, Austria
  Link United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response – UN-SPIDER Program
• 8 Feb 2008, 14.30 hrs
  Seminar on Weather and Climate Research at IBM by Dr. Zaphiris Christidis, IT Architect for Weather and Climate, IBM, USA at ADPC Seminar Room
• 8 Feb 2008
  IBM Scientist from the U.S. visit ADPC's Early Warning System (EWS) Center
• 7 Feb 2008
  ADPC attends peer review meeting of handbook on Coastal Tourism Destinations and Climate Change: Managing Disaster Risk at Paris, France. The handbook is developed by UNEP-DTIE and the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST).

JAN

• 31 Jan 2008
  ADPC on China Radio International on the ongoing heavy snow in China and implications more>,
   
• 21-24 Jan 2008
  ADPC conducts training in Disaster Risk Communication,  Medan, Indonesia    
• 24-25 Jan 08
  Meeting of the Regional Steering Committee of the Regional Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Tsunami and other Hydro-meteorological Hazards in Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, Bangkok download >>

10-11 Jan 08
Training course and workshop on landslide inventory, hazard and risk mapping and mitigation, India download >>