Chapter 88.

Public Relations by ADRC□■

Public Relations by ADRC

The ADRC is committed to promoting its visibility as an information center, constructing cooperative
relationships with a larger number of partner organizations, and further increasing contributions tointernational disaster reduction cooperation. From this standpoint, we are dedicated to promoting anextensive range of activities in public relations by attending international conferences, participating inlecture meetings and symposia, and public relations with the mass media.

8-1. PR to the Mass MediaAs a means of conveying the activities of ADRC to disaster reduction experts more extensively as wellas to the general public, we are dedicating considerable efforts to PR activities to mass media such as
newspapers, etc. As a result, we have been invited to give many interviews, indicating the strong interest
shown in disaster reduction.
8-2. Participation in International Conferences
We attended the international conferences shown below to enhance our presence overseas, and took partin deliberations with concerned organizations on international disaster reduction cooperation. This wasdone to develop an organic network with international organizations and NGOs, as well as with member
countries.
Table 8-2-1 International Conferences
Conference

DatePlace

Participants

3 GDIN (Global Disaster
Information Network) Conference
4th ASEAN Regional Forum
Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster
ReliefJapan-China Disaster
Reduction Law ComparisonWorkshop
APDIN(Asia-Pacific Disaster
Information Network)Working
Group Meeting

April 26〜28, 2000
May 4〜6, 2000

Ankara(Turkey)
Hanoi(Vietnam)

Murata, Araki

June 26〜28, 2000

PekingOgawa, Hidaka

Comparative report of Japan-China
disaster reduction related laws

August 16〜18,2000

Canberra(Australia)

Ogawa, Murata,Bambang

Organization and proposal of rolesof organizations related to natural
disaster unique IDs and disaster
reduction information from aroundthe world by matrix method

5th Asia Pacific Emergency
Medicine Conference

September
27〜30,
2000

Vancouver(Canada)

Bambang

SAGIP2000
InternationalConference

October 23〜27,
2000

Makati City,
ManilaMurata, Hidaka

GDIN (Global Disaster Information
Network) Hawaii Conference

October 9〜11, 2000

Hawaii (US)Ogawa, Bambang

Exchange of opinions on theimprovement of disastermanagement and emergency
medicine
18 countries of ASEAN regional
forum exchanged opinions on theme“Promotion of Multinational
Cooperation Framework in DisasterManagement”
Exchange of opinions by disaster
information related organizations
from around the worldrd131

Ogawa

Contributions
Description of ADRC organization
and activities
Description of ADRC organization
and activities

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Japan-US Science and Technology
Space Application Program
Conference

November
13〜17,
2000

Hawaii (US)

Conference

DatePlace

EMI(Earthquakes and Megacities
Initiative)
Cluster Cities Disaster Reduction
Conference
4th GDIN(Global Disaster Information
Network)
Conference

November
12〜14,
2000

Seoul（Republic ofKorea）

KusakaMarch 21
〜23, 2001

Canberra(Australia)

Ogawa, Murata,
Arakida132

BambangParticipants

Japan-US conference on scienceand technology of space application

Contributions
Promotion of earthquake disaster
reduction cooperation between
Seoul, Shanghai, Manila, Kobe.
ADRC participated as coordinator.
Presentation on Internet GIS“VENTEN”developed by ADRC.
Proposed sharing of disaster
reduction information byestablishing common disaster codes.