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• Establishment of the Regional and National
centers for Seismic Risk Management• Operative information exchange concerning
the current seismic hazard• Warning of the population about the level ofseismic hazard• Joint activities in the field of preparedness of
population in the countries of the region3• Creation of joint Rapid Response
Forces• In the field of seismology, engineering,preparedness of population to strong
conducting of joint researches
earthquakes• Conducting of annual joint workshops,
seminars and conferences• Establishment Regionaland National seismic
risk management centres
responsible for theseismic risk reduction
program4• Preparation of the centre's missions
statement, objectives, programs and workplan• Further modernization of the eguipment,observation networks, communicationmeans• Procurement and additional funding forthe centres' programmes from donors andthe private sector• Creation of theNational andRegional
databases ofseismic risk
reduction5• Development of a package of programs forthe organization of national and regional
databases• Creation of seismological, geophysical,geological, seismotectonic, geochemical etc
databases• Creation of database on seismic
vulnerability of buildings and structures,the preparation of the population and thebodies of state governance, medical
preparedness, search and rescue operations• Current seismic
hazard assessment
based on the National
multiparametermonitoring networks

6• Creation and developmentof the monitoring networks• Real-time data acquisitionand processing• Current seismic hazard
mapping• Creation of nationaland regional maps ofseismic hazard andrisk at different scales7• The installation of the GIS “VENTEN”
system• Acquisition and development ofsoftware package for hazard and risk
mapping• Hazard and risk mapping on the basis of
the databases and the GIS “VENTEN”
system• Reduction of thevulnerability ofbuildings andstructure(includingbuilding codesand standards)

8• Development and testing of newtechnologies for increasing seismic
resistance of buildings and structures
without the evacuation of tenants• Development of recommendations
towards the national seismic buildingcodes• Development of recommendations forcontrol over the design of seismicallyresistant structures• Development ofearly warning
systems9

• Development of project for theestablishment of an early warning systemon the national and regional levels• Installation of an early warning system
around major settlements and hazardous
facilities• Increase of publicawareness and theknowledge on
seismic hazard
and risk10• Development and publication of training
manuals for schools and universities,
governmental and non-governmentalorganizations• Development of operation plans of actions
for bodies of state governance on threelevels: local level, national level andregional level• Preparation of the population and bodies ofstate governance to act before, in the courseof and after strong earthquakes• Organization and conduct of training
alarms• Creation of video films and video clips forincreasing the public awareness• Publication of a magazine entitled “seismicprotection of the population”

11• Increase of medical
preparedness and thepreparedness levelof search and rescue
teams (including
rapid response andrescue operations,first aid andrehabilitation)• Publication of a manual on extending first
medical aid in the event of strong earthquakes• Training of the population in extending first
medical aid in the event of strong earthquakes• The preparation of instructors that would train
in rescue operations• The development of plans of search andrescue operations on the local, national andregional levels

12• Development of draft
laws and normative
tools on the protectionof population against
strong earthquakes• Acquaintance with the analyticaland legal documents and literatureof other countries in relevant
domains• Creation of insurance system13• Establishment andoperation of anetwork, as well as asystem for thedissemination of
information withpartner institutions of
the Caucasus
countries• Networking the national computersystem• Organization and conduct of regularthematic workshops• Publication of specialized reviews
and newsletters14• All the population of the Caucasus countries• The most vulnerable groups of population• Local and state authorities• Experts in the field of emergency
management• Interested ministries and agencies of theCaucasus countries• Representatives of foreign organizations andmissions working in Caucasus countries

15• BASIC FACTS ON
THE EARTHQUAKE,RECOVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTIONPROCESS• DISASTER
PREVENTION POLICYAND
COUNTERMEASURES• PUBLIC AWARENESSFOR DISASTERPREPAREDNESS• NETWORK SYSTEMAND SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONSYSTEM

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• TELEMETRICSYSTEM AND GPSSYSTEM, STRONG
MOTION NETWORK• HYOGO PREFECTURAL
GOVERNMENT,EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENTCENTER• EARTHQUAKEDISASTER MITIGATIONRESEARCH CENTER• NATIONAL RESEARCHINSTITUTE FOR EARTHSCIENCE AND
DISASTERPREVENTIONDISASTER PREVENTIONPOLICY AND
COUNTERMEASURESOVERVIEW OF THE
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
MITIGATIONRESEARCHERS
BASIC CONCEPS OF 3-D
FULL-SCALE
EARTHQUAKE TESTING
FACILITYWORLD'S LARGESTSHAKING TABLE17• NOJIMA EARTHQUAKEFAULT MUSEUM• DISASTER PREVENTION
PLANNING OFFICE
MAINTENANCE&SERVICE OPERATIONDEPARTMENT, NTT• CABINET OFFICEDISASTER MANAGEMENT• UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO,
EARTHQUAKE RESEARCHINSTITUTE• HONJO DISASTER
PREVENTION CENTER• SHIZUOKAPREFECTURE• EARTHQUAKEDISASTERPREVENTION AND
INFORMATIONCENTRE• JAPANSYNCHROTRONRADIATIONRESEARCH
INSTITUTE (SPring 8)

OBSERVATION OF
REAL FAULT AFTER
EARTHQUAKE IN 1995
DISASTERCOUNTERMEASURESFORCOMMUNICATIONSLIFELINES
NATIONAL DISASTER
MANAGEMENTPOLICY
EARTHQUAKESRESEARCH

PUBLIC AWARENESSFOR DISASTERPREPAREDNESSEARTHQUAKECOUNTERMEASURESINFORMATIONDISSEMINATION AND
PUBLIC AWARENESSOVERVIEW FORSYNCHROTRONRADIATION TO VARIOUSSCIENTIFIC ANDTECHNOLOGICALFIELDS18• SAKURA BLOSSOM• KOBE PORT• KOBE OJI ZOO• HIROSHIMA CITY
• MIYAJIMA• DOGO HOT SPRING SPA• TOKYO• SHIZUOKA CITY• MIKI CITY
• TEMPLES TO KYOTO• THE HORIE ORGELMUSEUM• HIMEJI CASTLE• THE NOJIMA FAULTMUSEUM• AKASHI KAIKYOBRIDGE• THE KIKU-MASAMUNE
SAKE BREWERYMUSEUM• SUMA AQUALIFE PARK
• NUNOBIKI HERB PARK
• KARAOKE• ICE CREAM, SUSHI,TEMPURA, TAKOYAKI• SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND A WORKSCHEDULE BE PREPARED AND INFORMEDTO VR BEFORE ARRIVAL TO JAPAN• A SMALL GUIDE BOOK ABOUT JAPAN(CUSTOMS, FOOD, MEMORIAL PLACESETC.) SHOULD BE PROVIDED19JOINTLY PROVIDINGOF INFORMATION ON NATURAL DISASTER ANDDISASTER REDUCTIONOF INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY RELIEFDURING DISASTEROF DISASTER RELATED INFORMATION FORDATABASES ON ADRC WEB SITESHARE INFORMATION ON RISK ASSESSMENTTECHNOLOGY AND EMERGENCY ASSESSMENTOF DAMAGED STRUCTURESRAISING OF KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESSOF DISASTER REDUCTION AMONG PUBLIC20