7. Public Relations Activities

7-2. Participation in International Conferences andContribution to Magazines
In order to develop organic networks with international organizations and NGOs in addition tomember countries, ADRC attended the following international conferences and contributed tomagazines to increase its presence and to participate in discussions with relevant organizations on
international cooperation for disaster risk reduction.
Table 7-2-2-1 International Conferences
Conference
The 2nd Workshop
for the Working
Group on policy on
Disaster Preventionand Reduction forIndustrial Parks inEast Asia

Date11April2013

VenueJapan(Sendai)

Sponsors
EconomicResearchInstitute for
ASEAN andEast Asia(ERIA)

AttendeeMr. NatoriContributions
Made a presentation
on Japanese disaster
reduction policies
after the Great East
Japan Earthquake(GEJE)

Workshop onStandard Operating
Procedures forCoastal
Multi-hazards Early
Warning System

8-9May2013

Thailand(Bangkok)

UNESCAP,WMO Typhoon
Committee

Mr. Ikeda

Introduced disasterprevention plans
made by Japanese
local governments
and relevant disasterrisk reduction(DRR) activities

International Forumon Recovery andReconstruction ofSichuan
Earthquake, China

11May2013

China(Doyang)

City ofChengdu, China,
etc.

Mr. Kouchi

Participated in apanel discussion inthe plenary session
and made remarks onrecovery from theGreat Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake in urban
areas

Global Platform forDisaster Risk
Reduction 4thSession

21-23
May
2013

Switzerland(Geneva)

UNISDR

Mr. Natori
Mr. Kouchi
Mr.
Akamatsu
Mr. Potutan

Participated insessions including
opening ceremony,and held following
events: "Regional
Mechanisms for
Disaster Risk
Reduction in Asia","Regional
Mechanisms for
Disaster Risk
Reduction in Asia","Recovering andBuilding Resilience
after Disasters", and"Lessons on
Recovery from
Mega-Disasters"

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8th Meeting of29-30Typhoon Committee May
Working Group on
2013
Disaster Risk
Reduction

Rep. ofKorea(Seoul)

UNESCAP,Mr.
WMO Typhoon Moriwaki
Committee, andNational
Emergency
Management
Agency(NEMA) of Rep.
of Korea

Discussed future
activities of theworking group, suchas "SynergizedStandard Operating
Procedures for
CoastalMulti-hazards Early
Warning System(SSOP)" project,and strengthening
international
cooperation, etc.

Consultation
Workshop on
Developing
Capacity Building
Strategy through theEstablishment ofDisaster
Management
Training Center in
Myanmar

2-4July2013

Myanmar(Nay Pyi
Daw)

Government of
Myanmar, JICA,and UNDPMr. Natori

Presented ADRC’s
capacity building
activities for
Myanmar, such as
the Visiting
Researcher program
and the DRR
training program for
local government
officials sponsoredby Japan-ASEAN
Integration Fund

The 1st Meeting ofthe Executive
Committee andDevelopment
Support Group forthe 6th Asia
Ministerial
Conference forDisaster Risk
Reduction(AMCDRR)
JICA Follow-Up
Seminar"Comprehensive
DisasterManagement"

5-6
August2013

Thailand(Bangkok)

UNISDR

Mr. Natori

Discussed anddeterminedframework of the 6th
AMCDRR such as
theme and subthemes of theconference

14-15
August2013

Kazakhstan(Almaty)

JICAMs.
YoshidaIntroduced Japaneseefforts forcommunity-based
disaster risk
management andshared information
on ADRC activities,
as well as
management of aregional center

The 1st Saudi
International
Conference onCrisis and Disaster
Management

8-9Sep.
2013

Saudi Arabia(Riyadh)

Imam University

Mr.
Moriwaki

Gave a presentation
on "Lessons Learnt
from the Great East
Japan Earthquake",
and introduced theefficacy of disasterprevention
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7. Public Relations Activities

ESCAP Expert
Meeting on
Improving Disaster
Data to Build
Resilience in Asiaand the Pacific

30 Sep.
1 Oct.
2013

Japan(Sendai)

UNESCAP andTohoku
UniversityMr. Natori

Introduced GLIDE,
disaster event
numbering system
proposed by ADRC

The 2nd ISDR Asia
Partnership meetingfor the year 2013

5-7
Nov.
2013

Thailand(Bangkok)

UNISDR

Mr. Natori

Expressed ADRC's
contribution to thesubstantive in the key
areas such as"reducing
exposure/underlying
risk factors" and"incentive for private
sector in DRR", andto the consultation
process through "theAsian Conference on
Disaster Reduction"

The 1st Sentinel Asia
Joint Project Meeting
Step-3 (JPTM)

27-29
Nov.
2013

Thailand(Bangkok)

JAXA and Asian
Institute ofTechnology(AIT)Mr.
SugiuraReported on thestatus of theemergency
observations thatwere implemented
and presented thesuggestions for
improvement of thequestionnaire that aresent after emergency
observation

The 3rd session ofthe Committee on
Disaster Risk
Reduction

27-29
Nov.
2013

Thailand(Bangkok)

UNESCAPMr. Kouchi

Made remarks on
how Japanesetechnology,
experience andlessons learned inrecovery from flood,earthquake, andtsunami disasters
have been utilized forrecovery from recent
major disasters in
Asian countries

China(Macau)

UNESCAP,WMO Typhoon
Committee, andMacau
Meteorologicaland GeophysicalBureauMr.
MoriwakiDiscussed on"Forecasting,Warning and DRR
Strategies in theMitigation of
Tropical Cyclone
Impact in aMulti-hazard
Environment"

The 8th Integrated
1-5
Workshop of theDec.
Typhoon Committee 2013

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The 46th Session ofthe Typhoon
Committee

10-12Feb.
2014

Thailand(Bangkok)

UNESCAP andWMO Typhoon
Committee

Mr.
MoriwakiDiscussed action planof the committee's
three working groups
on meteorology,hydrology anddisaster risk
reduction (DRR) in
the next year as wellas their activities in
the last year

The 5thUN-SPIDER
Regional SupportOffices (RSO)
Meeting

13-15
Feb.
2014

Austria(Vienna)United Nations
Platform forSpace-based
Information for
DisasterManagementand Emergency
Response(UN-SPIDER)Mr.
SugiuraPresented ADRC's
activities andaccomplishments as
RSO as well as its
future plans andexchanged opinionswith the secretariat
and other RSOs

The 6th Asia-Pacific
EconomyCooperation(APEC) Emergency
Preparedness
Working Group(EPWG) Meeting
Expert Group
Meeting on Urban
Disaster Risk
Reduction andResilience

17-18Feb.
2014

China(Ningbo)

APEC

Mr. Natori

Elected asco-chairman of
EPWG and reported
the activities in 2013and proposed thework plan of 201413-14March2014

Japan(Sendai)

UNHABITATand Tohoku
Univertiy

Mr. Natori

APEC High Level
Policy Dialogue on
Resilient SMEs for
Better Global
Supply Chains

24
March2014

ChineseTaipei(Taichung)

APEC

Mr. Natori

Tri-Lateral Expert
Meeting on Disaster
Loss Data and DRR
Technology Sharing

26-28
March
2014

Rep. ofKorea(Jeju)UNESCAP,
Trilateral
Cooperation
Secretariat,
UNISDR,
Government ofRep. of Korea

Mr. Natori

ADRC participants(including VRs)
discussed with otherexperts on the issueof urban disaster
reduction andresilience
Sharing theachievements of theAPEC Multi Year
Project “Improving
Natural Disaster
Resilience of APEC
SMEs to Facilitate
Trade andInvestment”, inwhich the insightsfrom the high level
officials from APEC
economies
Following up
activities of Expert
Group Meeting
Improving Disaster
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Table 7-2-2-2 Academic Conferences and Sympodia
Conference
The Forum on
Post-Disaster
Revival andInternational
Disaster Reduction-Experience andLessons from
5-Year Wenchuan
Post-Disaster
Reconstruction andLushan Earthquake
Relief

Date
8-10
May
2013

Venue
China(Chengdu)

G1 GlobalConference

16Sep.
2013

Japan(Tokyo)

Sponsors
Sichuan
University andHong KongPolytechnic
University

GLOBIS
University

AttendeeMr. Kouchi

Mr.
ArakidaContributions
Made a keynote
speech on how
Japanese technology
and lessons fromdisasters have beenutilized for building
resilience in China

Presented on “Africaand Japan: Businessand Development
Partnership after
TICAD V
-experience inKenya-“

Table 7-2-2-3 Articles
Newspaper/Journal
Kindai Shoubou

DateMay 2013

AuthorMr. Natori

Kindai Shoubou

Sep. 2013

Mr. Kouchi

Kindai Shoubou

Dec. 2013

Ms. Yoshida

Kindai Shoubou

Feb. 2014

Ms. Shiomi

Kouhou Bousai

March 2014

Mr. Kouchi

The Japan Tmes

March 2014

Mr. Natori75Title
Asian Conference on
Disaster Reduction 2013
Activities ofInternational Recovery
Platform (IRP) and its
response to Great East
Japan Earthquake
ADRC’s cooperation
with Central Asian
countries on disaster risk
reduction
Visiting Researcher
Program implementedby ADRC
Survey of theTyphoon-affected areasin the Philippines
Reducing shock tobusinesses after adisaster