The Asian Disaster Mitigation Training Network (ADMIT) is a network of disaster management training institutions in Asia. It was created under the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) of the ADPC in 1999 to facilitate sharing of experiences, information and resources on disaster management training amongst the partner organizations. The Training, Resource, Material and Continuing Education (TRMCE) section of AUDMP/ADPC provides secretarial services to the network members

ADMIT aims to serve as a vehicle and conceptual fore-runner to promote partnerships with national training institutions to deliver training on various aspects of disaster management at national and sub-national levels in countries of Asian region.

The training will be delivered to audiences that are closest to the ground and therefore have the greatest capacity to make a difference.

While the network derives its strength from resources provided under the AUDMP currently, it is expected to serve as an institutional mechanism beyond the life of the project. Even during the project, it does not intend to be delimited by AUDMP goals and or geographical boundaries.

The first ADMIT workshop was conducted on 12-15 May 1999, attended by the following Chief Executive Officers/Senior Officials of the nine training institutions.

1. Dr. Kulwant Singh, Executive Director/Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), India

2. Mr. R. P. Bhanushali, Joint Director/National Safety Council of India (NSCI), India

3. Mr. B. Achmadi, Head of Overseas Training Division/Training and Education Agency - Ministry of Home Affairs (BADAN DIKLAT), Indonesia

4. Dr. Ir. Purnomo Soekirno, Head Continuing Education and Student Field Work Study Program/Institute of Community Services - Institute of Technology Bandung (LPM-ITB), Indonesia

5. Dr. Surya P. Shreshta, Senior Director of Studies and Chief MGD/Nepal Administrative Staff College (NASC), Nepal

6. Mr. Kedar Rizal, Project Director/ Disaster Prevention Technical Center (DPTC), Nepal

7. Ms. Florecita G. Laborte, Senior Officer/Local Government Academy (LGA), Philippines

8. Ms. Geethi Karunaratne, Director/Center for Housing, Planning and Building (CHPB), Sri Lanka

9. Mr. N.G. Kularatna, Additional Director/Sri Lanka Institute for Development Administration (SLIDA), Sri Lanka
   

The workshop was also attended by key AUDMP project partners of the region, the RUDO officers, AUDMP and ADPC. Mr. Aloysius Rego, Senior Manager/ADPC, presented the need for ADMIT, the need for a charter, a generic MOU between NPTI and ADPC, a brochure and a logo, the need for conduct of the in-country activities. In this workshop, a drafting committee consisting of the following was formed in order to work on the MOU, charter, brochure and logo.

1. Dr. Kulwant Singh/HSMI Co-Chairperson

2. Mr. Aloysius Rego/ADPC Co-Chairperson and Secretary

3. Ms. Geethi Karunaratne/CHPB Co-Chairperson

4. Mr. Achmadi/BADAN DIKLAT Member

5. Mr. Surya P. Shrestha /NASC Member

6. Mr. N. G. Kulratna/SLIDA Member

7. Ms. Florecita A. Laborte/LGA Member
   
   

The Second ADMIT workshop was held on 29th and 31st May 1999. The following participants were nominated by the national training institutes to attend the Second Regional Learning Workshop on Urban Disaster Mitigation (UDM-2) and were expected to play lead roles in the in-country training courses on UDM.

1. Mr. D. Biswas, Assistant Director/NSCI, India

2. Ms. Taranjot K. Gadhok, Senior Fellow/HSMI, India

3. Dr. C. N. Ray, Assistant Professor/Center for Environment, Planning and Technology (CEPT), India

4. Drs. H. Ismet Lubis, BADAN DIKLAT, Indonesia

5. Mr. Syahril, Lecturer/ ITB, Indonesia

6. Mr. Singha Raj Uprety, Senior Training and Management Consultant/NASC, Nepal

7. Mr. Prakash M. Shrestha, Engineer/DPTC, Nepal

8. Mr. Jose Gonzalo P. Ablay, Project Manager/LGA, Philippines

9. Ms. Maria Concepcion P.Pablan, Director-LDEMO/Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Philippines

10. Mr. H. Sumanaratna, Consultant & Course Director/SLIDA, Sri Lanka

11. Mr. M. C. Edirisooriya, Consultant-CHPB/Nawalapitiya Urban Council, Sri Lanka

During this workshop, participants and the course training team gave their feedback on the UDM course with regard to the content, duration, target group, etc. The adaptation and localization of UDM course was discussed as well