5 . P r om oti ng Coop er a ti on w i th M em b er Cou ntr i es, I nter na ti ona l O r g a ni z a ti ons a nd N G O s

5 . P romoting Coop eration
w ith M ember
ForewordCountries, I nternational O rg aniz ations andN InG O 2018,s Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
celebrated its 20th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone,

5 -1. T echnical Coop eration P roj ect in M ong olia

the Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction (ACDR) 2018 was

5 -1-1. B ack g round of the P roj ectheld on Awaji Island in Hyogo, Japan, from 30 October to 1
In 2013, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of the central government
November
2018. Itrequested
brought together
118 participants,of Mongolia
the Governmentof Japanincluding
to provide assistance for the technicalcooperation ofproject
to promote
representatives
25 aiming
membercountriesdisasterand management
one advisorycapacities related to earthquakes inMongolia.
conducted
the DataCollectionof DisasterP rotection and P revention incountry,
as wellJICA
as otherobservers
and partners,
toSurveytake stockofMongolia from February 2016 , and collected relevant information. Through the survey, JICA
ADRC’s achievements and strategize future programs andcoordinated opinions with the Mongolian government and modified the contents of the request
activities.
above to the ones focusing on strengthening the capacity of NEMA. Then, in May 2016 , themodified request was finally adopted by the Government of Japan. Subsequently, JICA

and its
membercountries
welcomed
Turkeya newmember
in 2018.
In dispatchedaddition, ADRC
the Detailed
P lanning
StudyTeam, andaccordingto the as
resultof thestudy, JICAandNEMAagreed
the detailsof disasters,
the P rojectasnamed“ TheAsianP rojectfor Strengthening
the NationalTurkey
is prone
to onvarious
naturalare othercountries,
such as earthquakes,
Capacity of Earthquake Disaster P rotection and P revention in Mongolia” , and started thefloods, and landslides. In its recent history, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Izmit, located inproject activities from November 2016 .
northwestern Turkey, and devastating the local community and the region’s economy. I believe

thatTurkey’sin themanaging
5 -1-2. O experiences
utline ofP rojnaturalect disasters will contribute further to creating a safer
Asia with ADRC and its member countries.
P roject P eriod
P roject Goal

November 2016 – April 2020 (Total 3.3 years)
The capacity of the National Emergency Management Agency will bethroughthefield
activities
for strengthening the countermeasures
ADRC has been promotingenhancedactivities
in theof information-sharing,human resource
for seismic risk.
development,
communityandforregional
cooperationin theregion
Expected
Outputs capacity-building,
Output 1: Capacity
data collection
on disasterriskAsian
reduction
andsince
coordination
organizations
will be Inenhanced.
its establishment and we will further contributetoamongthese related
activities
going forward.
2019, we
Output 2: Capacity of public administration officer related to the seismic
will continue to encourage and focus attention
effortssuch
as GLIDE,
supportwill
ourbework
assessmentonandseismic
strengtheningof tobuildings
enhanced.
monitoring the Sendai Framework
the SDGs, theVisiting
Researcher
program,to improve
Outputand3: Implementing
a planon disasterrisk reduction
educationandawarenessraising
activities
willbedevelopedandrealized.
disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity, and public-private partnerships to improve cooperationin utilizing effective technologies and affordable solutions in addressing DRR issues.
ADRC dispatched the expert for taking the leadership of the overall activities to achieve
above mentioned “ Output 3” in this project. Also, the following activities related to the School
AsDRR
naturalhave no boundaries,
I sincerely appreciate your active cooperation acrossare disasters
the main responsibilitiesof the ADRC;• DevelopmentDRR
educationin nowpre-school,elementaryschool, and junior highboundaries
and bordersoftoguideline
advanceforour
workon DRR
and intothe future.
school,• Development of educational materials for DRR education in pre-school, primary school, andMarch 2019junior high school,

Masanori Hamada, Chairman• Implementation of training program for teacher instructors, andDisasterReduction
Center• Indirect support for implementation of training program for Asianteachersand schoolstaff members

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In the fiscal year 2018, the working group members of the Output 1 compiled and submitted

Foreword

the final draft of “ Life-Safety Education P rogram” to the MECSS (Ministry of Education,
Culture, Science and Sports) as the guideline for DRR and safety education in the school. Theapprovedby MECSS
on 6 CenterApril 2018
as A181 Decree. Further, the training
In P rogram
2018, wasAsian
DisasterReduction(ADRC)
programs for implementing the P rogram were organized as shown in the below table.
celebrated its 20th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone,
Pre-Workshop

Training (Batch 1)

the Asianon DisasterReduction(ACDR)
20182018
wasDateConference
11-13 September
2018
18-21
SeptemberO cers of Education
Teacher’s Instructors/Target
Parti pants Research Institute andEducational Supervisors ofInstituteof
Teacher’sPrimary and including
November 2018. It brought together 118 participants,
Professional Development Lower-Secondary
representatives of 25 member countriesEducationand one advisory
Total 57 persons
nded
Number of Total 50 persons
country, as well as other observers and partners, to take stock ofTrainees

held on Awaji Island in Hyogo, Japan, from 30 October to 1

Training (Batch 2)
8-11 October 2018
Teacher’s Instructors/
Educational Supervisors ofPre-School Education

Total 30 persons

ended

ADRC’s achievements and strategize future programs andactivities.

In addition, ADRC and its member countries welcomed Turkey as a new member in 2018.
Turkey is prone to various natural disasters, as are other Asian countries, such as earthquakes,(floods,S ou r c e: J I andCA P r landslides.
oj ec t f or S tr eng Inth eniits
ng recentth e N a ti onal Ca p a c i aty ofmagnitude
E a r th q u a k e D 7.4
i sa sterP r otec ti on a ndstruckP r ev entiIzmit,
on i n M ong
ol i a ) inhistory,earthquakelocatednorthwestern Turkey, and devastating the local community and the region’s economy. I believe
In addition, the model school activities were conducted for the reference of the developmentthat Turkey’s experiences in managing natural disasters will contribute further to creating a saferof “ Teacher’s Guidebook for the Life-safety Education” as shown in the below table.
Asia with ADRC and its member countries.
PurposeTo give good examples for promoting DRR education in line with the“Life-Safety Education Program” in pre-school, primary and secondary
ADRC has been promoting
education activities in the field of information-sharing, human resource
To develop video program of the lessons which are conducted as a ﬁnal result
development, community
capacity-building,regional
in the Asian region sinceof model
school activitiesandfor theannex cooperationof “Guidebook”
ParticipantsStudents,
teachersandstaoftheselectedmodel
schools,
sta ofInEducation
its establishment and we will further contribute to these activities going forward.
2019, weDepartment and EMDC of the respective district which the selected model schools
are located,andWG3-1
members
will continue to encourage
andfocus
attention
on efforts such as GLIDE, to support our work
Durati n
5-19 March 2019
monitoring
Frameworkand theSDGs,
the VisitingNo.
Researcherto improve
Venue the Sendai
Selected
Model Schools(No.
244 Kindergarten,
13 School program,(primary educti n),
No. 42 School (lower-secondary education)
capacity,andandStaff,
public-private
partnerships
improvecooperation
disaster(DRR)
two Workshops
for ModeltoLessons,andResearch
Seminarfor Teachers
Main risk reduction
Activities
Lessons of “Life-Safety Education”
in utilizing
effective technologies and affordable
solutions in addressing DRRissues.
No. 244 Kindergarten
No. 13 School
No. 42 School

As natural disasters have no boundaries, I sincerely appreciate your active cooperation acrossboundaries and borders to advance our work on DRR now and into the future.
March 2019
Chairman( S ou r c e: J I CA P r oj ec t f or S tr eng th eni ng th e N a ti ona l Ca p a c i ty of E a r th q u a k e D i sa ster P r otecMasanori
ti on a nd P r evHamada,enti on i n M ongol i a )Asian Disaster Reduction Center4242