Transcript Presentasi Dr Jemilah

The Asian Disaster Reduction
& Response Network
Manu Gupta
Vice-Chairperson, ADRRN
Co- Director, SEEDS India
"Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies"
CHALLENGES IN ASIA
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Asia is the most disaster prone continent
90% of all natural disasters
50% of all major disasters
Affects economies, lives, fabric of human society
Sheer scale and complexity of natural disasters in recent
times
• Many countries struggling to recover
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ASIAN NGOs
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Total number uncertain
Different definitions/classifications
Local vs International
Capacities vary
What is certain is the number is increasing and the roles
are more evident
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• NGOs should complement each other
• NGOs need to be responsible, transparent and
accountable
• Benchmarking
• Good practice guidelines
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ADRRN
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February 2002, Kobe, Japan
ADRC & UN-OCHA
More than 30 NGOs gathered from all over Asia
Asian NGOs wanting to take charge
Asian Disaster Reduction & Response
Network (ADRRN) was formed
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Current Strength
28 member NGOs from 15 Asian Countries
• Chairperson
– Dr. Jemilah Mahmood (MERCY Malaysia)
• Vice Chairperson
– Manu Gupta (SEEDS India)
• Committee Members
– Milet Mendoza (Tabang Mindanao, Philippines)
– Amod Dixit (NSET, Nepal)
– Naeem Salimee (CoAR, Afghanistan)
– Dr. Tan K. (SiF, Singapore)
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ADRRN Meetings
Subsequent meetings in December 2003, June
2004, WCDR 2005, August 2005, and June
2006 at Bangkok
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Activities
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Post Tsunami :Promoting Awareness
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Communities
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disaster
resilient societies"
Governance
Training CHANGE
AGENTS within
communities
Building Safety
Water Conservation
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November 2005 : Penang
ADRRN/GOLFRE Asia Regional Learning
Workshop
Disaster Risk Reduction: Learning from Tsunami Experience
22 to 30 November 2005, University of Science Malaysia, Pulau Pinang
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Workshop Methodology
• Experience sharing through country case studies
• Tools and Techniques
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Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue
Medical First Response
Relief distribution
Psycho-social aid
Shelter: temporary and permanent
Participatory rapid assessment
Livelihood recovery and rehabilitation
Non-Structural Mitigation
• Simulation Exercise (Group Work)
• Field Exercise – Impact, Response, Mitigation &
Preparedness
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Communit
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Learning
Generate information
Knowledge bank
Synthesize
Reflective Practice
“developing with communities from and for them”
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2005-2007
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PARTNERS
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PROJECTS
INDIA : SEEDS
Micro credit program for immediate Livelihood recovery
INDONESIA : MERCY MALAYSIA
Development of Resource Center & Sustainable
Knowledge Bank
SRI LANKA : SARVODAYA
Eco-village & Preparedness for long term Recovery
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May 2006- March 2007
Training and Capacity Enhancement of Local
Governments in the Earthquake Affected Areas
of Pakistan
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To be Implemented by
United Nations Inter-Agency secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction (UN/ISDR)
Contribution from the Government of European Union through the Voluntary Trust
Fund for disaster reduction)
Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) and Kyoto University
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (KU GSGES)
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• ADRRN member NGOs working in humanitarian
sector are directly in touch with the “Change
Agents” – workers, community leaders, school
teachers, masons, health workers…..
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ADRRN’s MISSION
“Promote coordination and collaboration among
NGOs for effective and efficient disaster
reduction and response in the Asia-Pacific
region”
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OBJECTIVES
• To develop an interactive network of NGOs committed to achieving
excellence in the field of disaster reduction and response
• To raise the relevant concerns of NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region to
the larger community of NGOs globally, through various international
forums and platforms
• To promote best practices and standards in disaster reduction and
response
• To provide a mechanism for sharing reliable information and
facilitating capacity building among network members and other
stakeholders
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What has worked….
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Asian spirit
Strong & Committed Core Group
Volunteering time and efforts for the network
Implementing activities on the ground
Complementing each other’s roles
Regular communication, meetings, website etc
Member NGOs see great value in their
participation in network activities
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…….challenges remain
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Recognition at national level
Sustained funding for secretariat
Legal Status : Registration etc.
Membership criterion
Guiding principles
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Every organization has its own
unique identity
If we can encourage diversity….
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….true unity can prevail!
Thank you
www.adrrn.net
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