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4-2. Seminars and Training Course
4-2-1. JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program:“Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction for Central
Asia and Caucasus”
From 19 June to 29 July 2017, the Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) conducted a
training course for disaster management officials from Central Asia and the Caucasus withcooperation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kansai International Center.
The course was conducted in Russian and attended by a total of eight central and local
government officials representing four countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan inCentral Asia, and Armenia in the Caucasus.
The training was designed to convey basic knowledge and experiences related to natural
disaster management, and to encourage the disaster management activities that have been
conducted in these countries. Central Asia and the Caucasus frequently experience disasters suchas floods, droughts, landslides, and earthquakes, some of which extend across several countries.
Also, heavy snowfall in the winter can lead to flooding when mountain glaciers thaw in thewarmer seasons. Thus, these regions have common concerns in terms of disaster risk management.
During the training, participants were asked to identify a major problem in their own countries
and to formulate an action plan for addressing it. They attended lectures and visited central andmunicipal government agencies, research institutes, a meteorological organization, abroadcasting company, a disaster management base, private companies, and an NPO tocomprehensively enhance their understanding of Japan's disaster management system.
Participants were able to learn about
disaster management and information
sharing in heavy snowfall events at theSnow and Ice Research Center of theNational Research Institute for Earth
Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED),located in Yamagata Prefecture. Heavysnows are one of the biggest challenges
for participants, and this was good
opportunity to consider suitable disastermanagement approaches to be taken in

Fig.4-2-1. Lecture at the Snow andIce Research Center

each country. They also participated in“Town Watching and Community-basedHazard Mapping” activities, which provide a good model of community-based disaster risk
management. In addition, participants visited a lot of disaster management agencies andorganizations in Tokyo, Tsukuba, Niigata, and Hyogo Prefecture.

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It is hoped that the participants will make good use of the knowledge, technologies, andmethods they learned from this training course to implement various projects and help strengthen
the disaster management systems in their home countries. This course also allowed participants
to reinforce their relationships with one another, and is expected to strengthen disastermanagement information networks in the region. ADRC would like to express its sincerest
gratitude to all the organizations that contributed to the success of this course.

4-2-2. JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program:“Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management”
From 11 January to 23 February 2018, ADRC, in collaboration with JICA, conducted the JICA
Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Course for 8 countries, namely Bhutan, Chile,Iraq, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Peru, and Viet Nam. The participants consist of national or
local government officials in charge of DRR, and some are researchers. Those who have varybackgrounds and expertise took part in the 7-week training. This course aimed to contribute toformulation and further development of disaster management activities and plans in participatingcountries by enhancing their understanding of Japanese disaster management systems andcountermeasures implemented by central/local government and multi-stakeholders.
The training provides a various content, for instance, the lecture series of Japanese disastermanagement policy, participation in activities implemented by communities or private sectors,
and case studies of past disasters in Japan. Therefore, participants comprehensively understood
DRR efforts all over this country. At the international level, it is important to focus on
implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, so that we included a lecture
on gender and disaster management as well as a lecture on disaster risk education by NPO, since
women and civil society should be taken
into consideration as stakeholders forthe implementation.
Furthermore,

weconducted

observatory tours to devastated area of
the Great East Japan Earthquake in2011, and to local municipalities in
Kochi prefecture, which are working forcountermeasure against Nankai TroughEarthquake in the future.
Fig.4-2-2. Participation of Community-based
DRR drill

Participants were strongly impressed
to DRR efforts in Japan and learnt

through exchange their perspectives among the members from multiple countries. Theseimplications were adapted into their action plan, and it is hoped that they will make good use ofwhat they experienced during this course to develop and strengthen DRR capacity in their homecountries.

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4-2-3. JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program: “Raising
Awareness of Disaster Reduction”
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) implemented the Knowledge Co-Creation Program
training program in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) forpersons in charge of (a) raising awareness of disaster risk reduction (DRR) or the disseminationof disaster knowledge for communities by the central/local government, (b) raising awareness ofDRR in the ministry in charge of education or the board of education, or (c) public relations forthe central/local government related to raising awareness of DRR. This program was conducted
in English and the participants were 11 officers and experts selected from 11 countries:
Afghanistan, Bahama, Bhutan, Chile, Egypt, Fiji, Myanmar, Niue, Sri Lanka, Tonga and VietNam.
The purpose of this program is to share the experience, knowledge, and skills accumulated inJapan related to the work conducted by communities, schools, and the mass media, and to sharethe ongoing challenges related to outreach measures and public relations facing each country.
The program also creates a forum for discussing opinions and ways to improve implementation.
The participating countries all experience disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges,typhoons, droughts, floods,andlandslides.

The

participants therefore went onsite visits and heard lecturesby experts from a variety ofsectors, including government(national and local), researchinstitutes,

massschools,media,non-profitorganizations,internationalorganizations,andothers.

They learned a great deal fromthese interactions.
Inthecaseof

thereconstruction of an erosion

Fig.4-2-3. two participants from Afghanistan and Egypt talk withelementary school students who participated in the“IZA! Great Wonderful Kaeru Caravan.”control dam implemented by
the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation following the 2014 Hiroshima Landslide,
they learned about the necessity of proceeding with effective structural measures while improving
local residents’ understanding of natural disasters, and the importance of raising DRR awareness.
Furthermore, they also learned about the dissemination of DRR capabilities in communities andschools through proactive participation in the disaster reduction event entitled “IZA! Great
Wonderful Kaeru Caravan.” They visited several relevant organizations in Higashi-Matsushima,Minamisanriku, Tokyo, and Tsukuba where they were able to hear lectures on DRR.

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It is hoped that the participants will make good use of the knowledge, technologies, andmethods they learned from this training course to implement projects and better raise awarenessof DRR in their home countries. It also is essential that they use the contacts made and networks
developed during this program for future collaboration on DRR.
ADRC would like to express its sincerest gratitude to all the organizations that contributed tothe success of this program.

4-2-4. Japan-Singapore Partnership Program for the 21stCentury "Disaster Risk Reduction and Management"
ADRC conducted the Japan-Singapore Partnership Program for the 21st Century "Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management" for disaster management officials in ASEAN countries from4 to 15 December 2017. This event was conducted in cooperation with the JICA and the Ministryof Foreign Affairs of Singapore.
The Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21st Century (JSPP21) was establishedin May 1997 to signify a widening of the scope of technical cooperation between Singapore andJapan with the intention of enhancing ASEAN integration and sharing the two countries’
experience in their areas of expertise. Priority is placed on training and capacity building for
officials who are in charge of disaster management. The training course was the second time tobe held in Japan. The course was conducted for 16 central and local government officials
representing seven countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Palestinian Authority, Philippines,
Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
The contents of the training are as follows:
1. Structure of gradual lecture of the national / local government / community
At first, Cabinet Office and FDMA made lectures on the overview of DRR measures in Japan,
then efforts in local governments, CBDRM and disaster education. It brought easier tounderstand.
2. Lectures and Field visits
In Tohoku, after receiving a lecture on the outline and correspondence of the Great East
Japan Earthquake from Sendai City, next lectures and visits were leaded by the Tohoku
University and the Minami Sanriku Tourism Association about the actual condition of thedamage in various places of disaster and the progress of reconstruction. Deep understandings
were obtained by linking the lecture and field visit.
3. Connecting the lecture with the country report presentation
Sendai City participated not only in the lecture but also in the country report presentation,
and was able to provide a forum for discussion between instructors and trainees whoexceeded lecture questions. At the Exchange Session, participants were able to deepen thediscussion on the differences in the institutions and efforts of each country by the lead ofJICA expert.

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4. Assigning of Note Taker and information sharing
Assigned note taker made note at each discussion time, and all participants shared it. It
strengthened thee awareness of trainees, and it helped to establish knowledge.
5. Workshop for making action plan
The action plan should be included the content of the training course, considered appropriate
scale that the trainee could handle the plan, etc. were introduced. Furthermore, time
management for presentation and formed power-point-file were presented. As a result of thisefforts, Most of action plans were better created with enough focuses and scale.

Fig.4-2-4. Field Visit to Tokura community
center in Minami-sanriku

Fig.4-2-5. Experience on Disaster Educationin SONA area

Fig.4-2-6. Community-Based Hazard Mapping

Fig.4-2-7. Field Visit to Rokko Sabo Dam35