4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs

4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries,
International Organaizations and NGOs
4-1. Establishment of Network in the Asian Region
4-1-1. Establishment of Institutional and Human Networks

The ADRC places a high priority on the development of institutional andhuman networks to share disaster information in the Asian region. Developing ahuman network with counterparts of member countries, advisor countries andobserver organizations is vital to promote cooperation in disaster reduction in Asia.
Therefore, the ADRC invites management level officials, including deputy
director-generals, directors and managers to the ADRC International Meeting
annually to encourage interpersonal exchanges.
Table 4-1-1-1 Member Countries
Classification: ① Supervisor, ② Contact person

CountryArmenia

Classification

Dr. Alvaro
Shavarsh
Antonyan

President, National Survey for Seismic Protection Agency(NSSP), Government of Armenia②Dr. Hektor
BarayanVice President, National Survey for Seismic Protection Agency(NSSP), Government of Armenia②Mr. Tigran
SayiyanHead of Task Force, Eastern Survey for Seismic Protection,NSSP, Government of Armenia①Mr. Siddiqur
RahmanChoudhury

Secretary-in-Charge, Ministry of Food and DisasterManagement, Government of Bangladesh②

Additional Secretary to Director General, Disaster Management
Mr. A. H.
M.Shamsul Islam Bureau, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management①

H. E. Mr. Nhim
Vanda

First Vice President, National Committee for DisasterManagement, Government of Cambodia②

Mr. Ross Sovann

Disaster Management Advisor, National Committee forDisaster Management, Royal Government of Cambodia①

Mr. Wang
Zhenyao

Director-General, Department of Disaster and Social Relief,
Ministry of Civil Affairs②Ms. Guan Yan

Project Officer, Department of International Relationship,
China National Center for Disaster Reduction②Dr. Yuan Yi

Program Officer, Disaster Information Department, NationalDisaster Reduction Center of China①Mr. Ashim
Khurana②

Mr. S. K. Swami②

Mr. V. P. Pasrija

Cambodia

India

Title

①Bangladesh

China

Name

Joint Secretary & Relief Commissioner, Ministry of HomeAffairs, Government of India
Director, National Disaster Management Division, Ministry ofHome Affairs, Government of India
Consultant, National Disaster Management Division, Ministryof Home Affairs, Government of India

4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs

CountryClassificationIndonesia①②Mr. Sugeng
Triutomo

Director for Disaster Mitigation, Secretariat of National
Coordinating Board for Disaster Management and IDP'S(BAKORNAS PBP)

①Mr.Takahiro
Shibata

Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office,Government of Japan②Mr. Satoru
NishikawaDirector for Disaster Preparedness, Cabinet Office, Governmentof Japan①Mr. Nurahmet
Kusainovich
Bizhanov

First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Emergency Situations②Ms. Laura H.
Lukpanova

Chief Expert, International Cooperation Division, Ministry ofEmergency Situations①Mr. Ki-Sung Bang

Director-General, Recovery and Support Bureau, NationalEmergency②Dr. Dugkeun Park

Senior Analyst, National Institute for Disaster Prevention(NIDP), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)②Mr. Byung Hwa
Kang

Director, Assessment Division, National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA)①Ms. Aigul
OmorovaHead, International Cooperation Department, Ministry ofEcology and Emergency Situation②Ms. Nurgiza
Jarkinbaeva

International Department, Ministry of Ecology and Emergency
Situation①Mr. Phetsavang
Sounnalath

Director, Department of Social Welfare, National Disaster
Management, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare②Mr. Vilaphong
Sisomvang

Training Manager, Department of Social Welfare, National
Disaster Management, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare①Mr. Mohamad
Haji Yaakub

Director, Crisis and Disaster Management Unit, NationalSecurity Division, Prime Minister's Department②Mr. Abdul Khadir Deputy Director, Crisis and Disaster Management Unit,
National Security Division, Prime Minister's Department
Othman①Mr. J. BatsukhDirector, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of
Nature and Environment②Ms. N. OyundarDirector, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of
Nature and Environment①Mr. U Than OoDirector General, Relief and Resettlement Dept., Office of theMinister②Mr. Maung
Maung Khin

Deputy Director, Relief and Resettlement Dept., Office of theMinister

NameTitleJapan

Kazakhstan

Korea

KyrgyzLaosMalaysia

Mongolia

Myanmar4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs

CountryClassification

Name①Mr. Kumar
Prasad Poudyal

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs②

Mr. Dilli
Shiwakoti

Under-Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs①

Mr. Gei Ilagi

Head, Department of Provincial & Local Level Government
Affairs②

Mr. Colonel
Rauka Eric Ani

Head, National Disaster Center②

Ms. Philomena
Miria

National Disaster Management Office, Dept. of Provincial andLocal Government Affairs②

Mr. Oala Moi

Government/Donor Liaison Officer, National Disaster Center①

Ms. Col. Elma
AldeaAdministrator, Office of Civil Defense, Department of NationalDefense②Ms. Priscilla
DuqueChief Training Division, Office of Civil Defense, Department ofNational Defense①Mr. Yuri
Brazhnikov

Deputy Minister, EMERCOM of Russia②Ms. Tatiana
Serafina

Deputy Chief of Desk, Dept. of International Cooperation,
EMERCOM of Russia②Ms. Svetlana
Bandurkina

Senior Expert, Dept. of International Cooperation, EMERCOMof Russia①Mr.James Tan
Chan Seng

Commissioner, Singapore Civil Defence Force②Mr. Maj PhuaHuat HorTraining Department, Singapore Civil Defence Force①Ms. ManelNanaya Kkara
KuruppuSecretary, Ministry of Social Services②Mr. Nimal D
Hettiarachchi

Director, National Disaster Management Center, Ministry ofSocial Welfare②Mr. Wedikkara
Deputy Director, National Disaster Management Center,
Arachchige Chula Ministry of Social Welfare①

Mr. Abdurakhim
Radjabov②

Mr. Rahmonov
Suhrobsho
Chief Computer Operating Specialist, Ministry of Emergency
Abdorabmononovi Situationsc①

Mr. Soonthorn
Riwleung

Director-General, Department of Disaster Prevention andMitigation (DPM), Ministry of Interior②

Mr. Suporn
RatananakinDirector of Research and International Cooperation Bureau,
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DPM),
Ministry of Interior

NepalPapua New Guinea

Philippines

RussiaSingapore

Sri Lanka

Tajikistan

Thailand

Title

First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Emergency Situations andCivil Defense

4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs

Country

Classification

Name

Title

①Mr. Srajiddin
Akhunov

Senior Specialist, Department of Emergency Situations,Cabinet of Ministers, Government of Uzbekistan②Mr. Ilyas R.
Yuldashev

Chief, Department of International Relations, Ministry ofEmergency Situations①Mr. Dang Quang
TinhDirector, Department of Dike Management for Flood and StormControl, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development②Mr. Le Xuan
TruongDeputy Director, Disaster Management Center, Central
Committee for Flood and Storm Control

Uzbekistan

Viet Nam

Table.4-1-1-2 Advisor Countries
Classification:① Supervisor,② Contact person
CountryClassifi
cation

Name

Title

①Mr. David
Templeman

Director General, Emergency Management Australia②Mr. Morrie
Bradley

Director, Business Management, Emergency Management ofAustralia①②Mr. Rene
Feunteun

Direction de la Prevention des Pollutions et des Risques,
Sous-direction de la prevention des risques majeurs, Ministerede l'Ecologie et du Development①②Mr. John
NortonDirector, Emergency Management and Civil Defence, Office ofEmergency Management & Civil Defence①Mr. Beat Kunzi

Senior Program Officer, Humanitarian Aid and Swiss Disaster
ReliefAustralia

FranceNew Zealand

Switzreland
②①USA

①②

Mr. Markus
Zimmermann
Mr. Thomas
Dolan

Senior Technical Advisor, Humanitarian Aid and Swiss Disaster
Relief, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Senior Regional Advisor, U. S. Agency for International
Development
Counselor, International Development, U. S. Agency for
Dr. Charles R.
International Development, Embassy of the United States ofAanenson
America
U.S. Agency for International Development, Embassy of theMs. Rie Yamaki
United States of America

Table. 4-1-1-3 Observers
Classification: ① Supervisor, ② Contact person
CountryClassification

NameTitle①Dr. Suvit Yodonami Executive Director, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center②Mr. A. J. Loy Rego

ADPCDirector, Planning, Development & Partner Relations, Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs

4-1-2. Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN)
Today, NGOs as well as governments and international organizations play active roles indisaster response and reduction in Asia. In addition to the rescue activities immediately after adisaster, they work in close cooperation with local communities to provide support inreconstruction and rehabilitation activities, and even disaster preparedness activities, such as
disaster education and awareness-raising activities in non-critical times. However, limited
resources of individual NGOs to deal with disasters require them to further enhance theircapabilities and strengthen their ties with relevant authorities.
The Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) co-organized the “Regional Workshop on
Networking and Collaboration among Non-Governmental Organizations of Asian Countries inDisaster Reduction and Responses” with the U.N. Office of Coordination for Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA) Kobe, in February 2002 in Kobe, Japan. The workshop aimed to facilitate
international networking and collaboration among disaster prevention/rescue NGOs in theAsian region, and gathered 35 participants from disaster-related NGOs in 16 Asian countries.
Upon the consensus of the Workshop participants, it was decided to set up the Asian DisasterReduction and Response Network (ADRRN) to promote cooperation among related NGOs.
The ADRC as well as OCHA Kobe was granted the observer status for supporting the network'sactivities.
Following the meeting convened by the key ADRRN members in December 2003 for thepromotion of activities of the ADRRN, a consultative meeting of Asian NGOs for the ADRRN
was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 17-18, 2004. In the meeting, the participants
discussed the strengthening of the organization and promotion of activities of the ADRRN.
They have agreed on the vision, mission and objectives of the ADRRN, and the one-year
revolving presidency. It was agreed thatADRRNMERCY Malaysia holds the first presidencyof the ADRRN till the end of June 2005. ForVISIONinvigorating the network, revision of theADRRN website and public relations"Safe community environments andactivities on the occasion of the WCDR indisaster resilient societies"
2005 would be considered among thedesignated working group members.
MISSION
The ADRRN database, which was"Promote coordination and collaboration
established in the ADRC website as part of its
among NGOs and other stakeholders foractivities, was revised through the efforts ofeffective and efficient disaster reduction
the working group members and becameand response in the Asia-Pacific region"
accessible in October 2004 with more solid
OBJECTIVES
information, such as detailed information on
the network and latest activities of members.
To develop an interactive network of NGOs
Further, at the UN World Conference oncommitted to achieving excellence in theDisaster Reduction in January 2005, thefield of disaster reduction and response.
ADRRN organized a public forum for
To raise the relevant concerns of NGOs in
the Asia-Pacific region to the larger
promoting effective disaster reduction andcommunity of NGOs globally, throughrelief & response activities through thevarious
internationalforumsandnetwork among NGOs in the region. Theplatforms
network also participated in the Poster
To promote best practices and standards
Session to introduce its activities to thein disaster reduction and response
To provide a mechanism for sharing
WCDR participants.
reliable information and facilitating
capacitybuilding
among
network
members and other stakeholders(2004.06)

Fig. 4-1-2-1 ADRRN's Vision, Misssion,Objectives endorsed by member

4. Promoting Cooperation with Member Countries, International Organizations and NGOs

4-1-2-2 Renewed ADRRN Website:
http://www.adrrn.net

4-1-2-3

Organization of a public forum in the UN World Conference on Disater Reduction