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3-1. Activities of Disaster Reduction
3-1-1.JICA Disaster Management Training Course for Central Asia and theCaucasus

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), with financial support from the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA), conducted its forth Russian language training
course on disaster management for the Central Asia and the Caucasus from August 20 to
September 14, 2007. These areas are prone to natural disasters such as floods, droughts,landslides, and earthquakes, and the damage caused by such events tends to spread intoneighboring countries. These countries also share common disaster reduction challenges,
such as flooding triggered by the melting of mountain glaciers.
Seventeen central and local government officials in charge of disaster management camefrom Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan andUzbekistan to participate in this training. They visited related organizations and facilities,
and learned about the roles that need to be played by the central and local governments,
lifeline companies, research institutes, meteorological agencies, the media, hospitals,
and NPOs. They also learned about GIS technologies, international disaster reduction
cooperation, and disaster prevention education. Participants visited sites in the Rokko
Mountains where landslide countermeasures and erosion control measures have been
implemented, and saw the Nojima fault on Awaji Island. They also participated indisaster drills in Hyogo.
This training course incorporated “Town Watching,” a method of identifying theunderlying risks in a community through the creation of hazard maps. This enabledtrainees to better appreciate the effectiveness of this method in raising public awarenessof disaster reduction.
The component in last year’s training was a workshop for developing action plans
based on the PCM (Project Cycle Management) method. Over the course of three days,
trainees learned the basics of PCM as well as how to put what they had learned into
practice. The trainees were able to achieve the objectives of the workshop in a very shorttime. Upon returning home, they are expected to be leaders who can apply what they
have learned to various disaster reduction projects in their own countries.

Fig. Scenery of the visit to Trainingof Tokyo Fire Station at Tachikawa

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3-1-2. JICA Training Course “Disaster Prevention Education in Schools”
In cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), theAsian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) conducted a training course on “DisasterPrevention Education in Schools” from August 26 to September 15, 2007.
This course aims to provide opportunities for people involved in school
education in the countries affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami to learn about
disaster prevention education in Japan and to promote disaster prevention educationin schools in their own countries.
The 19 participants included school principals and officials in charge ofdisaster prevention education, such as ministry of education officials, from fourcountries including India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. They heard a series oflectures by the Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education, and Kobe City Board ofEducation on disaster prevention education systems, disaster prevention teachingmaterials, and manuals on disaster prevention education in schools.
They also visited disaster prevention education classes at Maiko High School,Awaji High School in Hyogo Prefecture, Futto Elementary School in Mihama Town,
and Onizaki-kita Elementary School in Tokoname City.
These visits provided an invaluable opportunity
for the participants to see the lessons for disaster education in various gradelevels from elementary school to high school. The trainees were excited to utilize
what they learned in Japan to contribute to the development of disaster education in
their respective countries.

Fig.3-1-2 Scenery of the training at a school
Fig.3-1-3 Scenery of the training at a school

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JICA Seminar for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management

The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) conducted JICA Seminar for"Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management", which is the successor training courseof “Disaster Management for Governmental Officials”, between January 15, ２００
8 and February 22, 2008.
The purpose of this training course was to improve the disaster prevention
measures and to reduce the damage of the disaster, in line with the Hyogo
framework for Action (HFA) that is adopted by the United Nations World
Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005 in Kobe. Administrative officers incharge of disaster prevention participated this course and learned wide-ranges ofdisaster prevention measures in Japan, taking into account of the current
disaster-related conditions and problems and the disaster-prevention measures of theparticipants’ own countries
The training course provided the participants with the lectures and activities on
disaster-prevention measures of Japan's central and local government, and roles andefforts of the media and the private sector.
The ADRC carries out the duty of sharing our own knowledge andexperience of the disasters to help improve disaster prevention measures of theparticipants’ country. Our principle meets the goals of the United Nations that haspromoted international disaster prevention cooperation since 1990.

Figure Tachikawa Disaster Management Base

Figure Town Waching

Seventeen government's disaster management officers from fourteen countries(Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia,Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Tonga, and Uruguay) participated andlearned Japan's disaster prevention system.
In the beginning of the training course, each trainee reported their country’s
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be played by the central and local governments, lifeline companies, research
institute, meteorological agencies, the media, hospitals and NPOs. Participants
visited sites in the Rokko Mountains where landslide countermeasures and erosion
control measures have been implemented, in addition to their visit to the Nojima
Fault on Awaji Island, Hyogo and Mount Unzen-Fugen in Nagasaki. Also, they
visited Kobe Maiko high school in order to grasp the current situation of thedisaster education. The training course incorporated “Town Watching,” a method ofidentifying the underlying risks in a community through the creation of hazard maps.
“Town Watching” enabled the trainees to better appreciate the effectiveness of themethod in raising public awareness of disaster reduction.
To finalize the training course, the participants attended a workshop fordeveloping action plans based on the PCM (Project Cycle Management) method,and presented what they have learned in Japan and proposed their own disastercountermeasures to meet their own characteristics of the disasters.
It is highly expected that the participants of this training course will perform as
the leader of the disaster prevention training projects, taking advantage of what they
have learned through this training course.

3-1-4 JICA Training "Strengthening the Disaster Coordination System" for Istanbul(1) Outline
Name: "Strengthening the Disaster Coordination System" for Istanbul
Target Country: Turkey (Istanbul)
Training Period: 27 August ~ 7 September 2007
Implementing Agency: Hyogo International Centre, Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
Number of trainees: 1 professor from Istanbul Technical University (also an advisor forthe city of Istanbul), 9 officers from Istanbul Metropolitan Agency and Istanbul
Disaster Coordination Center (AKOM)(2) Purpose
To help strengthen the disaster management capabilities of officials working for themunicipal government and the city's Disaster Coordination Center, as well as to help
strengthen the structures linking the provincial and municipal governments(3)Traininig contents and outcomes
The trainees attended a series of lectures on Japan's disaster and fire management
systems. They learned about the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's "Promotion Plan
for a Disaster Resistant City," as well as the disaster management systems of Hyogo
Prefecture and Kobe City, disaster risk reduction-oriented urban planning process,disaster insurance systems at national and local levels. In addition, they visited theTachikawa Life Safety Learning Center, the Disaster Reduction and Human
Renovation Center, and E-Defense, observed disaster management drills, andparticipated in a town watching exercise. Since 1 September was Disaster Prevention
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Day in Japan, the trainees were fortunate to have a chance to observe Hyogo
Prefecture's Comprehensive Disaster Management Drill and a disaster preparednessdrill held by a community in Kobe's Nada ward. Trainees were impressed with thedrills, which involved a variety of participants ranging from local government officials
to fire service personnel, the police, members of the community, private companies,and others.
Learning from the Japan's experiences, they are keen to further promote publicawareness for disaster risk reduction and community based disaster risk managementin Istanbul, as well as coordination among relevant actors including municipalities andthe province.

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JICA Training "Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity ofMunicipalities"(1)

OutlineName: Strengthening Disaster Management Capacity of Municipalities
Target Country: Turkey
Training Period: 24 February ~ 14 March 2008
Implementing Agency: Hyogo International Centre, Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
Number of trainees: 10 local government officials from Turkey(2)

PurposeTo provide opportunities for local disaster management officials from Turkey to learn
about Japan's local disaster management systems and to examine approaches tocommunity-based disaster risk management(3)

Traininig contents and outcomes
Turkish local government officials comprised of civil engineers and urban planners
participated in this course and attended a series of lectures on Japan's disaster management
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the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, town development by NGOs, efforts to raiseawareness of residents, the development of disaster-resistant lifelines, and Town Watchingactivities. What surprised them most during the course of their studies of urban planning inJapan were the lack of parks and the narrowness of roads as compared to Turkey. One
trainee mentioned that urban planning is very different in Japan than in Turkey. Since
Turkey has approximately double the land area and half the population of Japan, the Turkishtrainees saw Japan's crowded residential areas and narrow roads as a particularly riskyhazard.
On the other hand, one of the trainees was impressed to learn about the community
meetings that are held when town redevelopment or land readjustment projects are being
undertaken, as these meetings not only help to improve the residents' understanding of thoseplans, but also help to raise awareness of the importance of disaster risk reduction.
On the last day of the course, the trainees presented action plans that highlighted theneed to raise the disaster awareness of residents, coordinate the activities of relevantorganizations, integrate disaster risk reduction into urban planning efforts, and seismicallyreinforce shelters and install necessary equipment. Each trainee will be expected toimplement these action plans in their own municipalities upon returning home.

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3-1-6 Workshop on the “Training of Trainers on the Community-Based Hazard
Map Development “ in Chennai, IndiaThe ADRC worked with the National Disaster Management Authority of India (NDMA)
to hold a workshop entitled “Training of Trainers Program on Community-Based Hazard
Map Development” on 20-21 December 2007. The workshop, financed by the UN/ESCAP“Multi-donor Voluntary Trust Fund on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian
Ocean and Southeast Asia” aimed at training local officials to be trainers throughcommunity-based hazard mapping and town watching activities designed to enhance thedisaster resilience of communities.
Over the course of the two-day workshop, the trainees gained a better understanding of
the natural disaster risks in Foreshore Estate, discovered the effectiveness of creatinghazard maps based on town watching activities, and learned how to engage in risk
communication (methods of filling in the information gap between individuals with regard
to risk) through town watching and hazard mapping.

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