ASIAN DISASTER REDUCTION CENTER

Asian Disaster Reduction Center

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) was established in 1998 as a regional initiative aimed atenhancing disaster resilience, building safer communities, and creating a society where sustainable
development is attainable among its 31-member countries (Annex 1: History of Establishment of ADRC).

1.1

Key Activities

At the end of every fiscal year, ADRC develops an Annual Report highlighting its achievements andmilestones along these three pillars of activities:·Information sharing. This pillar includes the ADRC website, Global unique disaster IDEntifier (GLIDE)

number system, Sentinel Asia, and Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (ACDR).
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Human resource development. This pillar includes the Visiting Researchers (VR) program, seminars,workshops, and training activities on disaster risk reduction (DRR).

·Cooperation among member countries and partner organizations. This pillar includes development
and promotion of innovative tools as well as forging partnerships and networks to advance resilience todisasters (e.g., research and international engagements).

After 21 years functioning as part of the Urban Disaster Research Institute (URDI), ADRC becameindependent and obtained a corporate status in April 2020 following the launch of the ADRC Foundation.
Under this newly reconfigured status, ADRC gained greater flexibility in performing its international operations
as well as bolstering its domestic activities.

1.2

Composition

ADRC is composed of member and advisor
countries (Figure 1.1. Map of member andadvisor

countries)

organizations.

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share

information, experiences, and expertise on
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disseminatesthem

regionally by means of dispatching of experts
and other methods. Advisor countries support
the activities of ADRC by sharing theirexperiences

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throughdispatch of experts to member countries andADRC and offer of financial contributions.

Figure 1.1 Map of member and advisor countries

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1.2.1

Member and Advisor Countries

During its establishment in 1998, ADRC was comprised of 22-member countries, 4-advisor countries, and 1observer organization. As time goes by, the membership has been expanding, with Armenia joining in August
2000, the Kyrgyz Republic in July 2002, Pakistan in July 2005, Yemen and Bhutan in December 2007,
Azerbaijan in 2009, the Maldives in 2010, the Republic of Iran in 2012, and Türkiye in 2018, bringing thenumber of member countries to 31 (as of 31 March 2023). In March 2004, the US joined as the fifth advisor
country to ADRC (Table 1.1. Member and Advisor Countries).
Table1.1 Timeline of the Expansion of Member and Advisor Countries

1998(At the time offoundation)

India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Republic of Korea, Tajikistan, China, Japan, Nepal, Papua New Guinea,
Bangladesh, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Lao PDR andRussia (Member countries: 22)
Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand and France (Advisor countries: 4)
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (Observer)

2000

Armenia

2002

Kyrgyz Republic

2004

USA (Advisor country)

2005

Pakistan

2007

Bhutan, Yemen

2009

Azerbaijan

2010

Maldives

2012

Islamic Republic of Iran2018

Türkiye

ADRC’s counterparts are the disaster risk management (DRM) agencies (Table 1.2).
Table 1.2 Counterpart Agencies

Country

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Counterpart

Armenia

Regional Survey for Seismic Protection (RSSP), Ministry of Internal Affairs

Azerbaijan

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Bangladesh

Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief

BhutanMinistry of Home Affairs

Cambodia

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM)

China

National Disaster Reduction Center of China

India

Ministry of Home Affairs

Indonesia

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IranNational Disaster Management Organization (NDMO)

Japan

Cabinet Office

Kazakhstan

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Republic of Korea

Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS)

Kyrgyz Republic

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Lao PDR

Disaster Prevention and Risk Reduction Division, Social Welfare Department,
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare

Malaysia

National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA)

Maldives

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

Mongolia

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

Myanmar

Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement

Nepal

Ministry of Home Affairs

Pakistan

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

Papua New Guinea

National Disaster Centre (NDC), Ministry of Defence

Philippines

Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Department of National Defense (DND)

RussiaMinistry of the Russian Federation for Affairs Civil Defense, Emergencies andElimination of Consequences of Natural (EMERCOM)Singapore

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)

Sri Lanka

Disaster Management Centre, Ministry of Defence

Tajikistan

Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense

Thailand

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), Ministry of Interior

Türkiye

Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), Ministry of Interior

Uzbekistan

Ministry of Emergency Situations

Viet Nam

Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority (VDDMA), Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

Yemen

Ministry of Water and Environment

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Partner Organizations

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To contribute to the efforts of disaster risk reduction in Asia, ADRC considers a global perspective incooperation with a variety of UN agencies and international organizations or initiatives, such as the United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the United Nations Office for the Coordination ofHumanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

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