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· Integrated Community Based Risk Reduction-Climate Change East and West Jakarta

        Background, Concept and Partners

         Since the 2004 earthquake and Tsunami in Aceh, Northern        Sumatra, German Red Cross (GRC) has continued supporting its sister society Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) in emergency relief efforts, reconstruction, health promotion, capacity building and Disaster Management.

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· Coping with natural disasters:

         a lesson from Quang Tri and Thanh Hoa

        It is undeniable that natural disasters are unavoidable and Vietnam has so far suffered huge human and property losses. With a view to supporting localities in the country to deal with natural disasters, a project funded by the European Commission’s Disaster Preparedness Program (DIPECHO) and World Vision is being deployed in Quang Tri, Thanh Hoa and Yen Bai Provinces.

         The project has gone three quarters of its lifespan arked by surprising changes concerning locals’ ever higher awareness and readiness to fight against natural disasters.

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· Dipecho National Consultative Meeting

           The report of DIPECHO National Consultative Meeting is available on

    http://www.adpc.net/v2007/PROGRAMs/DMS/Default.asp

 

· National Workshop on assessment and mapping of the Flood-Vulnerability Indices in the Lower Mekong River basin Project

           Background

            The peoples of the LMB are exposed to regular and on-going threats of floods - the Year 2000 Flood caused some USD $450 M of   damage in Viet Nam and Cambodia. In response to devastating impacts of flood events, the MRC has recently embarked on a Flood Management and Mitigation Program (FMMP), which has been started since June 2005. The development objective of the MRC Flood Management and Mitigation Programme is “to prevent, minimize or mitigate people’s suffering and economic losses due to floods, while preserving the environmental benefits of floods”. MRC needs quantifiable flood vulnerability indices to provide a means of directing on-going and future activities of each of the five FMMP Components into the most cost-effective and socially-effective areas. MRC recognizes that if the FMMP Program does not make significant improvements in reducing flood vulnerability flood at the community level, the program has missed its mark. The Flood Vulnerability Indices (FVIs) will provide both direction for the FMMP and a potential means of measuring improvements.

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