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ADPC
News &
Events
2009
March
2011
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23
March 2011
Silver Jubilee Celebrations
of ADPC- DRR Priorities for Asia from 2011
to 2020 . For more
information,
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16 March 2011
Panel
Discussion on the Evolution of Disaster
Risk Reduction (DRR) activities for the last
25 years. For more information,
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4
March 2011
ADPC collaborate
with Ministry of Defence, Kingdom of
Thailand in conducting Preparatory
Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) on Civil-Military Coordination
Development Conference
February
2011
January 2011
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27 Jan 2011
Workshop on Lessons and
Experiences: Priority Implementation
Partnership on
Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (MDRD)
into Housing Sector in Sri Lanka which
has been implemented by Disaster Management
Centre, Ministry of Disaster Management of
the Government of Sri Lanka
Brochures: Safer Housing Projects
Safer Housing on Coasts
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25 Jan 2011
Workshop on Introduction
to Guidance on Mainstreaming DRR in the
Health Sector, Myanmar Rural Settings:
This will be jointly organized by Relief and
Resettlement Department of Myanmar, ASEAN,
UN and ADPC in Yangon
Photos >>
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24 Jan 2011
Workshop on Introduction to
Guidance on Mainstreaming DRR in the
Education Sector, Myanmar Rural Settings:
This will be jointly organized by Relief and
Resettlement Department of Myanmar, ASEAN,
UN and ADPC in Yangon
Draft Schedule
Photos >>
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08 - 14 Jan 2011
Mental Health and
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Emergencies
Training in Bangladesh
December
2010
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21 - 22
Dec 2010
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster
Risk Reduction: the two-day workshop was
jointly organized by Forest Department of
the Government of Myanmar and UNDP in Nay
Pyi Taw, Myanmar and ADPC facilitated a
technical session 'Climate Change Adaptation
and Disaster Risk Reduction: Understanding
Linkages'
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20 - 22
Dec 2010
Disaster Management Course for
Heifer Project International, Chiang
Mai, Thailand: The national training
course is being organized to provide
fundamental knowledge on Disaster Management
and application of Disaster Risk Reduction
principles in rural development programs and
projects being implemented by Heifer Project
International
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20 - 21
Dec 2010
Early Warning System Experience Sharing
Workshop: This is a part of the project,
"Facilitating the integration of tsunami
warning by strengthening multi-hazard
warning systems in Sri Lanka, Vietnam,
Indonesia" supported by American Red Cross.
Check out Brochure of the workshop
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13
Dec 2010
Inventory and Review of Initiatives on
Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in
Asia and the Pacific:
Output I under the IAP initiative on
Regional Stocktaking and Mapping of DRR
intervention in Asia and the Pacific
Tentative Agenda
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8
Dec 2010
Regional Launch of "Natural
Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics
of Effective Prevention": ADPC in
collaboration with World Bank is organizing
a World Bank-United Nations joint report
launching event in Bangkok, Thailand.
Agenda of the event
Press Release
Read the report
on-line
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1 - 3 Dec 2010
The 2nd
RECLAIM Regional Meeting:
Promotion of Early Warning Mechanisms for
Landslides in Asian Region, in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Tentative Agenda
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1 Dec 2010
The 11th
Board of Trustees meeting
November
2010
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22 - 25 Nov 2010
Urban Risks: Moving from Humanitarian
Responses to Disaster Prevention In
cooperation with Asia Pacific Civil-Military
Center of Excellence, Global Facility for
Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ADPC
is co-organizing this event in London, UK.
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16 - 17 Nov 2010
26th ALNAP Meeting, "The role of
national governments in international
humanitarian response to disasters" hosted
by the Red Cross/ Red Crescent Movement in
Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Bhichit, Executive
Director of ADPC was invited as a key note
speaker.
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9 - 10 Nov 2010
Regional
High-Level Expert Group Meeting to Reduce
Flood Disaster Risks in Islamabad, Pakistan,
organized by
UNESCAP, the UN Country Team and the
Government of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan: ADPC facilitated a technical
sessions on "Housing, Urban and CBDRR for
flood risk reduction" and "Regional
cooperation for flood risk reduction".
October 2010
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27 - 29
Oct 2010
ASEAN Local Government Agenda Conference
is going to be held in Penang Malaysia. Mr.
Aslam Perwaiz, Program Manager will
participate as a representative of ADPC and
present a paper,
“Flood preparedness and emergency
management: people-centered approach in
integrated flood risk management”
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25
- 29 Oct 2010
Workshop
Series on Evaluating Adaptive Responses to
Climate Change: Ms. Thitiphon Sinsupan,
Project Officer, and Mr. Chum Vuthy,
Regional Project Manager, will participate
the workshop
For more information about the workshop,
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27 Oct 2010
A Brochure, "Disaster
Proofing the Millennium Development Goals"
has been launched by the
Regional Consultative Committee on disaster
Management (RCC) at the 4th AMCDRR with
the presence of Margareta Wahlström, Special
Representative of the UN Secretary-General
for Disaster Risk Reduction. Check photos of
the launching event,
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26 Oct 2010
DRR Project Portal,
a knowledge-sharing mechanism to improve
collaboration on DRR throughout Asia and the
Pacific, was launched during the 4th AMCDRR.
Remarks by Woochong Um, Deputy Director
General of Asian Development Bank
Check out photos of the launching event,
click>>
For more information about the portal, check
flyer
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26
- 28 Oct 2010
The 4th Asian
Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction (AMCDRR):
ADPC led a number of sessions and set up a
booth for public education and
knowledge-sharing on DRR.
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21 - 22 Oct 2010
Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation
Forum: Mainstreaming Adaptation
into Development Planning, ADPC
is organizing a side event on Linking
Disaster Risk Reduction to Climate Change
Adaptation
Side Event Agenda
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15 Oct 2010
Operationalisation of Strategic Plan for
Disaster Management: Project Launch in
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Agenda
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Project Brief
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13 - 15 Oct 2010
International Seminar on Sharing Experience
on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asian
Countries: co-organized by ADPC,
National Disaster Reduction Center of China,
Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's
Republic of China (NDRCC). Mr. Loy Lego,
Deputy Executive Director of ADPC and Ms.
Ling Ling,
Project
Manager, China and North-East Asia, joined
the seminar and delivered presentations
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13 Oct 2010
Launch of the
World Disaster Reduction Campaign on Making
Cities Resilient in Thailand jointly
organized by ADPC, UNESCAP and UNISDR in commemorating
the 2010 International Day for Disaster
Reduction at UN
conference Centre.
Check announcement of the event
Check the event
photos >>
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11 - 12 Oct 2010
Technical Workshop to Review
the RCC
Guidelines on Mainstreaming Disaster risk
Reduction into Housing Sector and Land Use
Planning & RCC Working Paper on
Mainstreaming DRR into Local Government and
Urban Development
Concept note and Agenda of the Workshop
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4 - 6 Oct 2010
International Symposium on Benefiting from
Earth Observation:
Mr. Anisur
Rahman, Project Manager of ADPC, presented
on "Application
of satellite data and GIS for natural hazard
and risk assessment"j, in Kathmandu,
Nepal
September 2010
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25 - 29
Sept 2010
Targeting national
participants in Bangladesh, ADPC is
conducting a training course on
Application of GIS for Natural Hazard and
Risk Assessment in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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20 - 22
Sept 2010
DRR for MDGs:
while world leaders are meeting to take
stock of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
ADPC advocate "Disaster
Proofing MDGs." Follow the
MDGs Action in NY and also check
UNISDR web on the link between MDGs and
DRR
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14
Sept 2010
ADPC, in partnership
with Myanmar Red Cross Society and French
Red Cross, jointly organized a workshop on
'Indigenous Knowledge on Disaster Risk
Reduction in Myanmar' in Yangon, Myanmar.
The workshop was attended by about 60
participants from UN agencies, international
and local NGOs.
Check
photos of the workshop
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6 - 10
Sept 2010
ADPC is conducting a SET (Skills for
Effective Trainers) course for 22
officials from Ministry of Civil Affairs
(MCA) and National Disaster Reduction Center
of China (NDRCC) in Beijing, China. The
course is funded by the Chinese government.
Outcome Report
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1
Sept 2010
ADPC is organizing the "National
Consultation Meeting on Public Awareness for
Flood Risk Reduction in Thailand" (Note:
the Meeting will start at 9:30 am at the
ADPC office in Bangkok, Thailand)
Agenda
Handbook
Check out Photos of the event
August 2010
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29 - 31 Aug 2010
Training on "Child Centered DRR" will
be conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh to
facilitate the DRR component into the Plan
Bangladesh core approach towards working
with children, called Child Centered
Community Development (CCCD). Plan
staff will participate in the training. This
is a part of
UDRM program,
Building Disaster Resilient and Safer
Communities in Bangladesh, through which
ADPC provides technical assistance for
Plan-Bangladesh.
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24 - 27 Aug 2010
Training on "Child Inclusive Urban Risk
Assessment" will be conducted in Sylhet,
Bangladesh with participants from all
DIPECHO partners to introduce the urban risk
assessment module and to bring the
children's vulnerability into that
framework. This is a part of
UDRM program,
Building Disaster Resilient and Safer
Communities in Bangladesh, through which
ADPC provides technical assistance for
Islamic Relief-Bangladesh.
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16 - 17 Aug 2010
A Community Action for Disaster Response
course (CADRE) will be conducted in Da
Nang, Vietnam aiming to skill-up community
members to effectively respond to floods,
landslides, typhoons, and other disastrous
events. For more information, please visit
PEER website.
Press Release
Check out
Photos of CADRE Activities
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06 and 15 Aug 2010
Two separate Workshops on 'Guideline on
Township Disaster Management Plan' was
organized on 6th and 15th August 2010 at Nay
Pyi Taw and Pathein in order to orient the
Township Disaster Preparedness Committees.
ADPC, in collaboration with Relief and
Resettlement Department, General
Administration Department, Myanmar, have
developed the ‘Guideline on Township
Disaster Management Plan’.
Check out
photos of the workshop
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09 - 11 Aug 2010
The Pacific Platform for DRM runs
from 9th to 13th August and includes SOPAC’s
launch of the
Disaster Risk Reduction Project Portal,
an initiative for sharing information on DRR
projects in Asia and the Pacific for
identifying gaps and areas of cooperation,
and improving planning and programming for
DRR. Project partners of this initiative
include UNISDR, ADB, ADPC, ADRRN, IFRC,
SOPAC, UNDP, UNESCAP, UNOCHA and the World
Bank.
For further information,
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02 - 06 Aug 2010
Workshop for the
Pilot Testing for the new Zoonotic Diseases
Training Package ‘One Health Initiative’
in Bangkok, Thailand
more>>
June 2010
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01
June 2010
Building Collapse
in Dhaka: ADPC Dhaka team rushed to
assess the damage and loss
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17 -
18 June 2010
Orientation Training on the use of the
Disaster Risk Reduction Project Portal
developed under the initiative of the
ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP) on Regional
Stocktaking and Mapping of DRR interventions
in Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand
Schedule
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28 -
29 June 2010
ADPC will
provide technical assistance for the Second
Workshop on ASEAN Defence Establishments
and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
Cooperation on Non-Traditional Security
(Disaster Management), co-hosted by
Thailand, Brunei Darussalam and the Republic
of the Philippines, at Royal Orchid Sheraton
Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand
May 2010
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1 -
22 May 2010
Community
Action for Disaster Response course (CADRE)
– part of the
PEER program, is holding a training in
the Philippines in May 2010, with trainees
from the Bacolod region
Press Release
Photos
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26-27 May 2010
The ADPC
Flood Preparedness Program team will
participate in the
8th Annual Mekong Flood Forum
(AMFF-8). in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The
theme for AMFF-8 will be 'Flood risk
management and mitigation in the Mekong
River Basin.'
ADPC paper for the forum
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30-31 May 2010
The
Second
National Monsoon Forum will be held in
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Agenda
April 2010
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13 - 16 April 2010
ADPC will be closed during the Thai New
Year Holiday (Songkran)
March 2010
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18 March 2010
Launch of the
'Handbook for Reconstruction after
Natural Disasters,' developed by World
Bank in partnership with the Earthquake and
Megacities Initiative, Habitat for Humanity
International, the Royal Institution of
Chartered Surveyors, Shelter Centre, UNISDR,
and the World Housing Encyclopedia
at 2pm, ADPC Office
Press Release
FEB 2010
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