Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre
(ADPC) partners with UNESCAP, MRC
and UNDP
to implement three regional projects
under the DIPECHO 5th
Action Plan for South East Asia
funded by the European Commission
Humanitarian Aid Office
(ECHO)
ADPC will be implementing three separate projects during
2007-2008 in collaboration with
UNESCAP (PDRSEA-4), Mekong River
Commission (Flood Preparedness
Program Phase III) and UNDP (MDRD
into Education). The details of the
projects are;
UNESCAP-ADPC
project on “Partnerships for
Disaster Reduction South East Asia
Phase 4 (PDR-SEA 4)”
PDR-SEA is a multi-phased project being implemented
in Southeast Asian countries since
2001. The Phase 4 project, from
February 2007 until April 2008, aims
to enhance the effectiveness of
institutionalization of Community
Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
into socio-economic development
process through strengthening of
national and local capacity for the
implementation of Hyogo Framework of
Action (HFA) to build up community
resilience in the project countries
of Combodia, Indonesia, Philippines,
and Viet Nam. The project will be
implemented in close cooperation
with the National Disaster
Management office of these
countries. The project activities
involve strengthening and
institutionalizing CBDRM through
pilot local-level activities,
facilitating information
dissemination through existing
regional and national disaster risk
management networks, enhancing
ownership of CBDRM programs by
developing the capacities of local
authorities and promoting CBDRM
through Disaster Management
Practitioners Forum. For more
information on the project
activities, please contact
mahnin@adpc.net
MRC-ADPC
project on “Support to
Implementation of Flood Preparedness
Programs at Provincial, District and
Commune Levels in the Lower Mekong
Basin (Phase III)”
This project is the sub component of Flood Emergency
Management Strengthening (FEMS),
Component 4 of the Mekong River
Commission (MRC) Flood Management
and Mitigation Program (FMMP).
Building on the experiences of the
last three phases since 2003 and
working with the Mekong River
Commission through its National
Mekong Committees and the National
Disaster Management Offices, the
phase III project aims to enhance
capacities of province district and
commune level Disaster Management
(DM) committees in preparation and
implementation of Flood Preparedness
Programs in the three target
countries (Combodia, Lao PDR and
Vietnam) covering three provinces
and seven districts. The activities
includes support the provincial,
district and commune authorities to
prepare Flood Preparedness Programs
and implementation of the priority
activities such as the School Flood
Safety, Improvement in Safe Area and
Improvement in Emergency
Kindergarten Management (EKM) etc.
For more information on this
project, please contact
aslam@adpc.net
UNDP-ADPC
project on “Mainstreaming Disaster
Risk Reduction into Education
sector”
Under the wider Regional Consultative Committee
Program on Mainstreaming Disaster
Risk Reduction into Development
Policy, Planning and Implementation
in Asia (RCC MDRD), this project in
partnership with UNDP is to support
implementation
of Hyogo Framework for Action
through Mainstreaming of Disaster
Risk Reduction into the
Education Sector in the Combodia,
Lao PDR and Philippines.
Working with the Ministry of
Education and National Disaster
Management Offices (NDMOs) of the
project countries, the project would
undertake the following activities;
initiating Mainstreaming of Disaster
Risk Reduction into Secondary School
Curriculum, Research on impacts of
past Disasters on Education Sector,
Advocacy Workshop on Mainstreaming
Disaster Risk Reduction into
Education Sector and Stakeholder
consultation as follow up to the
Advocacy workshop. For more
information on the project, please
contact
arghya@adpc.net
