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Achievements
The achievements of RECLAIM
can be briefly summarized as follows:
- The
World Landslide Forum has recognized
ADPC as a “Center of Excellence” in
landslide risk management in its meeting
held in Japan in 2008. This largely can
be attributed to ADPC’s involvement in
RECLAIM as the implementing partner.
- In
each of the 7 participating countries
the RECLAIM has served as an important
facilitator in bringing national
organizations, which are usually
scattered and non-interactive, into a
common platform for discussion and
coordination for landslide risk
mitigation measures. Development of a
network of professionals in Asia working
in the landslide risk reduction field
was a major achievement of the program.
- A
forum for discussions at national level
was created among partners. This is a
fulfillment of a long felt need as
decision makers often need assistance
from the technical specialists to take
appropriate action for landslide
vulnerability reduction in undertaking
development programs in mountainous
areas.
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Participating countries have learned
from each other and shared their good
practices.
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Participants have been trained and
convinced about the advantage of being
proactive in landslide risk mitigation
rather than being reactive after a
disaster have occurred. Largely this was
possible through the interventions by
the technical partner NGI. They could
share the latest techniques as well as
proven and cost effective practices from
European and Latin American countries.
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Participants have been trained in state
of the art methods for hazard and risk
assessment and use of different
solutions for risk reduction measurers.
- The
program has created a valuable Regional
network among landslide professionals
that would continue its existence even
after the termination of the Program.
The partners who are networked as a
regional forum to facilitate interaction
at regional level has ensured the
continuity of the network during the
discussions held in the last regional
training. This is important for
experience sharing and as a problem
solving mechanism as they can interact
through emails and other interactive
means.
- The
network is extended to incorporate
landslide professionals from Europe for
example NGI, International Institute for
Geo-Information Science and Earth
Observation (ITC) Netherlands and Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH
Zurich) Switzerland through their
participation in regional training
programs and introduction of their
initiatives elsewhere.
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National workshops were arranged in each
of the countries, where different state
agencies have participated. These
workshops have served as an effective
mechanism for raising awareness about
what can be done for effective landslide
risk reduction.
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Documentation of the Landslide
Mitigation Demonstration Projects will
be useful to serve as good practice for
later application in other landslide
risk prone areas.
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For more information, contact
Mr. NMSI Arambepola
arambepola@adpc.net
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