ADRC Highlights
Asian Disaster Reduction Center Monthly News
● Promoting Cooperation with Affiliated Institutions
Vol. 353
August2022
TOPICS
Promoting Cooperation
with AffiliatedInstitutions¶ JICA Knowledge CoCreation Program:Comprehensive Disaster
Risk Reduction for Centraland South AmericanCountries¶ Short-Term Training:
Partnering with the Kobe
University Global
Challenge Program
Announcement
Upcoming Partner Eventin the Asia Pacific
Ministerial Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction(APMCDRR)
Recent Disasters in Asia
Monsoon flood disasters
in Pakistan

JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program: Comprehensive Disaster Risk
Reduction for Central and South American CountriesAsian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) conducted the JICA Knowledge CoCreation Program course entitled “Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction forCentral and South American Countries” from 24 May to 8 July 2022, with thecooperation of JICA Kansai. It was attended by 18 participants from 10 countries:
Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru.
During the 7-week program, the participants attended lectures on disastercountermeasures and exercises around local DRR plans, and drafted plans for theirtarget municipalities. They are expected to actively engage in DRR measures toreduce humanitarian and economic losses due to disasters. ADRC would like toexpress its sincerest gratitude to all the organizations and universities that
contributed to the success of this course.
Short-Term Training: Partnering with the Kobe University Global
Challenge Program

In partnership with Kobe
University’s KOBE Global
Challenge Program (KGCP), ADRC
conducted a training program for 13
KGCP students on Tuesday, 26 July
2022. The KGCP is a program thataims to motivate participating
students to learn and recognize thenecessity of issue-identification andproblem-solving skills, which areessential for people working in global arenas, by building on their own experiencesin multicultural environments.
By attending lectures and participating in practical exercises on disastermanagement in Asia, the students and ADRC researchers had many opportunities
to actively exchange ideas and opinions. Mr SASAHARA Akio, Executive
Director of ADRC encouraged them to take advantage of this program to become
global leaders in their fields.

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Fax: 078-262-5546
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Vol. 353● Announcement
Upcoming Partner Event in the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction(APMCDRR)ADRC will organize a Partner Event at the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction(APMCDRR) entitled Building Resilient Communities by Investing in DRR Literacy for Proactive Actions
that “Leave No One Behind.”
Recognizing the importance of community empowerment for reducing disaster damage, this event will
showcase innovative practices in building community resilience, including investing in DRR literacy as away to ensure no one is left behind. Although the event will an in-person only event, we are looking forward
to having APMCDRR attendees participate.
For more information, please see the website and flyer below.
Date: 21 September 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:30 - 14:30 (Australia Time UTC+9)
Venue: Mezzanine Room M2, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC)
Website: https://bit.ly/APMCDRR_PE558w
Flyer: https://bit.ly/APMCDRR_PE558f● Recent Disasters in Asia
Monsoon flood disasters in Pakistan

Pakistan has been experiencing flood damage since mid-June due to seasonal monsoon rainfall.
GLIDE number: FL-2022-000254-PAK
URL: https://glidenumber.net/glide/public/search/details.jsp?glide=22617&record=45&last=7615
In particular, rainfall since mid-late August exceeding
the normal rainfall for the time of year has caused
significant damage due to flooding. According to thesituation report of Pakistan’s National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA), dated 28 August 2022,
the total number of deaths since 14 June 2022 has
exceeded 1,000 and the total number of affected people
has exceeded approximately 33 million. There has also
been an increase in damage to infrastructure and livestock,and the cumulative number of totally and partiallydamaged houses has reached nearly one million, causing asignificant impact on people’s lives.
For more information, see the latest disaster informationon the ADRC website athttps://www.adrc.asia/view_disaster_en.php?
NationCode=586&Lang=en&Key=2543.

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Emergency observation by Sentinel Asia