7. Public Relations Activities

Jan. 28, 2010

Yomiuri Shimbun

Jan. 28, 2010

Indo News(YAHOO News)Feb. 13, 2010

Kobe Shimbun

Interviewed with Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, Assistant
Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for the Hyogo
Framework for Action in the Secretariat for the International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction.(UN/ISDR) participated in
ACDR2010 and mentioned “Expect Japan’s international
contribution for Disaster Prevention.
Introduced the Hazard Map at the Japan-SAARC Symposium
on Vulnerability Atlas in SAARC Region.
Introduced IRP at Great-Hanshin Awaji Earthquake 15
annivasary Forum.

7-2. Participation to International Conferences
In order to develop organic networks with international organizations and NGOs in addition to member
countries, the ADRC attended the following international conferences to increase its presence and toparticipate in discussions with relevant organizations on international cooperation for disaster risk reduction.
Table 7-2-1 International Conferences
Conference
Date
ISDR Asia PartnershipAug.11-14,
Meeting in Incheon,
2009
Republic of Korea

Venue
Korea(Incheon)

Sponsors
ISDR

Attendee
Koresawa,
Ibaraki,Shiomithe ACDM WorkingGroup Meeting on Risk
Assessment, Monitoringand Early WarningAug.
19-20,
2009

Singapore

ASEAN-US Ogane
TechnicalAssistanceand Training
FacilityWorkshop on Recovery of
Rural Cities Affected byShichuan Earthquake

Sep. 14-15,
2009

China(Shichuan)

Tsinghua
Univ. &Kobe Univ.

FujiedaThe International
Conference on the Social
Mobilization Mechanism
for Catastrophic Disasters
and the Formulation of
Emergency Laws andRegulations
The 4th ECOInternational Conference
on Disaster Risk
Management
IRP Regional Workshop

Oct. 28-30,
2009

China(Beijing)

the Ministryof
Civil
AffairsofChinaFujiedaOct. 7-8,
2009

Tajikistan(Dushanbe)

ECO

KodamaNov. 2-7,
2009

Indonesia(Yogjakarta)

IRP, ADRC,ASEAN
Secretariat,
Gadja Mada
Uni.

Porcil (VR)Dec. 13-14,
2009

Bangladesh(Dhaka)

GovernmentofBangladesh,
Tokyo
Polytechnic
University,
theBangladesh

Koresawa,Uchiyama

International Forum on
Tornade Disaster Risk
Reduction for Bangladesh

85

Contributions
Discussed thefollow-up action to
the Second Session of
the Global Platform
on Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR)
Made a jointpresentation with theUNDP and the PDC
on the importance ofDisaster Inventories
for Disaster Risk
Reduction
Introduced theutilization of thesatellite technology
for DRR
Made a presentationon disastermanagement laws
and systems anddisaster emergency
response system inJapan
Made a presentationin the session ofregional cooperationand coordination
Presented 2009
typhoon disastersituation in thePhillipines while
helping organize theConference.
Made twopresentations on“Governance andPolicy Making” and“Public Awarenessand Education”

DisasterPreparedness
Center(BDPC)
TyphoonCommittee

The 42nd Session of
ESCAP/WMO Typhoon
Committee

Jan. 25-29,
2010

Singapore

16th
Asia-Pacific Regional
Space Agency Forum

Jan. 26-29,
2010

Thailand(Bangkok)

APRSAF

Koresawa

The 47th session of the
Scientific and TechnicalSubcommittee of theCommittee on thePeaceful Uses of Outer
Space (COPUOS),
The 1st Regional Support
Office (RSO) Meeting for
United Nations Platform
for Space-based
Information for Disaster
Management andEmergency Response(UN-SPIDER)
ASEAN Conference on
Disaaster Management(ACDM)

Feb. 9-11,
2010

Austria(Vienna)

COPUOS

OnishiMar.
10-12,
2010

Singapore

ACDM

FujiedaISDR Asia Partnership(IAP)Meeting

Mar. 24-26,
2010

Bangkok(Thailand)

UN/ISDR

Koresawa
KodamaNewspaper/Journal
Disaster Mangement News, November,number (Vol. 54)
21 Century Hyogo

Date
Nov. 2009

AuthorArakidaMar. 2010

KodamaKoresawaTook part in thediscussion in WG on
Disaster Prevention
and Preparedness(WGDPP)
Made a presentationon the situation andtrends of natural
disasters worldwide,
progresses made in
implementing theHyogo Framework
for Action 2005-2015
Made presentation on
the usage of space
based technology indisaster reduction

Explained fourASEAN pojects theADRC is
implementing
Discussed the agenda
and roles played byparticipants of 4thAMCDRR

7-3. Articles
Table 7-3-1 Articles

86TitleSurvey report from Padamg
Earthquake, Indonesia
ACDR2010