Regional I&N Strategy

 The regional strategy is to develop, maintain and support systems for sharing and exchanging knowledge on urban disaster mitigation and preparedness, that they would remain in place even after the activities supported by the PROMISE in the region discontinues.  This means the institutionalization of specific networking events (e.g. WGM, meetings, discussions), information products (e.g. working papers, case studies), and tools (e.g. electronic newsletter web-site, listserv, etc).

 In the long term, this would help enrich the existing knowledge base on urban disaster mitigation and preparedness, and be of immense help to cities, municipalities and urban communities of the region by getting access to the knowledge base.

• Working Group Meetings: A forum for PROMISE city demonstration project and other partners to network, to share experiences, information, etc.  This is an annual event providing an opportunity to look back at the program and plan for future activities.

• Briefing Notes: This product is compiled during the Working Group Meeting every year to inform the meeting participants of the status and accomplishments of the PROMISE.  It also serves as a reference resource for various discussions both during and after the meeting.

• Safer Cities Case Studies: Started during AUDMP, ADPC has presented to date 15 city level practices to capture better practices of urban disaster mitigation and preparedness. More case studies will be developed and added to the existing list of case studies.

• Disaster Mitigation in Asia Monthly Electronic Newsletter: This product serves to promote the accomplishments of the PROMISE to stakeholders within and outside the region and to inform the project partners of each other’s activities.  This is produced monthly and is distributed by email.

• Quarterly Reports: The quarterly reports serve as a tool to monitor and evaluate the progress of the city demonstration projects and regional activities within the “results framework” of PROMISE.  This ensures the relevance of activities under the PROMISE working towards the goal of the program.

Presentation Materials

• ADPC