Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) continues to address the training needs and capacity development challenges in disaster risk management and disaster risk reduction in the South and Southeast Asian region and beyond. Since the center’s inception in 1986, it has worked to mitigate the impact of disasters on communities and countries through awareness raising, capacity building, knowledge and skills enhancement, and facilitation of information and expertise exchange. Throughout the years, over 8,000 alumni have completed ADPC's training courses and are now playing leading roles in disaster risk reduction initiatives and interventions around the world.