ADRC Highlights
Asian Disaster Reduction Center Monthly News
● Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries
Vol. 345
December2021
TOPICS
Promoting Cooperation
with Member Countries¶ Asian Conference onDisaster Reduction(ACDR) 2021
Promoting Cooperation
with AffiliatedInstitutions

Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (ACDR) 2021

The Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (ACDR) 2021 was held virtuallyfrom 14-16 December 2021 due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19. 430
participants from 36 countries included representatives from member countries,
international organizations, the private sector, and academic/research institutes.
The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) would like to extend our sincere
appreciation to all the participants for taking the time to share their experiences.
You can view the three days of conference using the links below until 31 March2022.
ACDR2021 Links
Day 1: https://youtu.be/uriF9zui98s
Day 2: https://youtu.be/TfVFjwDLrKEDay 3: https://youtu.be/hyjgkKFKPgY

The 2nd GLIDE Steering
Committee Meeting
Participation inInternationalConferences¶ ADRC Participates in
APP-DRR Forum¶ Participation in the 16th
Integrated Workshop(ACDR2021 Viewing Site)

The Conference Agenda of Day 1 is updated as follows;
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Opening remarks- HE Mr NINOYU Satoshi, Minister of State for Disaster Management,
Government of Japan- HE Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman, Committee of Emergency Situations
and Civil Defense, Tajikistan- Prof HAMADA Masanori, Chairman, Asian Disaster Reduction Center(ADRC)
Keynote Speech- Ms Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations SecretaryGeneral (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, Head of the United Nations
Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Continued- HE Dr Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister for Public Works and Housing (PU), Indonesia- Ms Sandra Wu Wen-Hsiu, Chairperson and CEO, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
High-Level Round Table- HE Mr Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman, Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense,
Tajikistan- Assistant Commissioner Yazid Abdullah, Director, Volunteer and Community Partnership Department,
Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore- Mr Md Mohsin, Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh- Prof Dr Syamsul Maarif, Chaiman (Former Head of BNPB), Indonesia Center for Research and Training
on Disaster Management (PUSPPITA), Indonesia- MG G Ariunbuyan, Chief, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mongolia- Mr Muhamad Idrees, Member(DRR), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Pakistan- Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, Chairperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementCouncil, Philippines- Major General Sudantha Ranasinghe, Director General, Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka- Mr Boontham Lertsukekasem, Director-General, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation,
Ministry of Interior, Thailand- Mr Pham Duc Luan, Deputy Director General, Viet Nam Disaster Management Authority, Viet Nam
More information about the conference will be included in the next issue of ADRC Highlights.
● Promoting Cooperation with Affiliated Institutions
The 2nd GLIDE Steering Committee Meeting

The 2nd GLIDE Steering Committee (SC) meeting took place on 8 December 2021. A total of 13 people
from SC member organizations participated in the meeting to share views and discuss the progress being
made on GLIDE system improvements.
Following the presentation of the GLIDE activity report for 2021, three subcommittees working on SOP,API, and Product Development reported on their plans and recommendations, triggering interactive andinsightful discussions among participants.
● Participation in International Conferences
ADRC Participates in APP-DRR Forum

ADRC participated in the Asia-Pacific Partnerships
for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum, held
virtually on 8-9 December 2021, to discuss the key
priorities in and progress made on implementing theSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
across the region. The discussions emphasized
seizing new opportunities to make more progressthrough the new Asia Pacific Action Plan (20212024), the Global Platform for Disaster RiskReduction, to be held 23-38 May 2022 in Bali,Indonesia; the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference
on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR), to be held
19-22 September 2022 in Brisbane, Australia; and theMid-Term Review of the Sendai Framework.

Statement by Mr Nakagawa, ADRC Executive Director

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Continued

In his statement at the Forum, ADRC Executive Director NAKAGAWA Masaaki, proposed two points toadvance an evidence-based approach for the mid-term review. One is to place more focus on data
development in developing countries to address the ongoing challenge of a lack of disaster risk reduction
data. The other is to better promote efforts to reduce disaster risk (before a disaster), in addition to
conducting disaster response activities (after a disaster). Mr NAKAGAWA pointed out the need for riskinformed investment in structural and non-structural measures (e.g., development plans and land use plans)in the implementation of the Sendai Framework. Details of ADRC's statement can be found online:
https://www.undrr.org/event/asia-pacific-partnership-disaster-risk-reduction-app-drr-forum-2021

Participation in the 16th Integrated Workshop

As an observer in the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, ADRC participated in the 16th Integrated
Workshop (IWS) held online on 2-3 December 2021. The IWS is an annual event that gives members andobservers of the Typhoon Committee (TC) an opportunity to review the activities and progress of the four
TC working groups: Working Group on Meteorology (WGM); Working Group on Hydrology (WGH);
Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (WGDRR); and Training and Research Coordination Group(TRCG). During the two-day event, the members of each working group discussed, in parallel, theirpriorities based on the TC's Draft Strategic Plan 2022-2026.
ADRC is a member of the WGDRR, and participated in discussions of the following priorities and key
result areas (KRAs).
WG

Priorities

DRR

Provide reliable statistics on mortality and direct
disaster economic losses caused by typhoon-related
disasters for monitoring the targets of the Typhoon
Committee
Enhance members' disaster risk reduction techniquesand management strategies
Evaluate socio-economic benefits of disaster riskreduction for typhoon-related disasters
Promote international cooperation on DRR
implementation projects
Share experience/expertise of DRR activities including
legal and policy framework, community-based DRR
activities, and methodologies for collecting disasterrelated information.

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Descriptions of each KRA can be viewed online in the Report on the Activities of the TC Working
Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (WGDRR) in 2021
(http://www.typhooncommittee.org/16IWS/Parallels16IWS.html).

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