4. Human Resource Development

Fig. 4-1-3-7-1 [Bangladesh] Visit to Cabinet
Office Japan to learn DRM System

Fig. 4-1-3-8-1 [Mongolia] Participation in theInternational Recovery Forum

4-2. Seminars and Traning Course
4-2-1. JICA Training Course “Comprehensive Disaster RiskManagement”
The ADRC conducted a training course entitled “Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management”
in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from 16 January to 24February 2012. This course aimed to help participants formulate and further develop DisasterRisk Management (DRM) plans in their own countries based on the concept of total disaster risk
management by enhancing their understanding of the disaster management systems adopted by
the central and local governments of Japan.
Thirteen central/local government officials involved in disaster management in Brazil, China,
Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Myanmar, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Tonga
participated in the training. Participants attended a series of lectures on such topics as Japanesedisaster management systems at the central and local levels, Japanese measures against flooding,sediment disasters, and earthquakes, community-based DRM, the role of the media in disasterrisk reduction, DRM for lifelines, Project Design Method (PDM), and Business Continuity
Planning (BCP). The participants’ other activities included a disaster management drill, a Kaeru
Caravan event, hazardmap making, a Memorial Walk for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake,and a site visit to Sendai City (which was affected by the 2011 tsunami).
These experiences provided an invaluable opportunity for the participants to see how Japanese
government agencies, NGOs, and the private sector are promoting disaster risk reduction inJapan. The trainees were excited to utilize what they learned in Japan to contribute to efforts
aimed at promoting disaster risk reduction in their respective countries.
ADRC would like to express its sincerest gratitude to all of those who contributed to thesuccess of this course.

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4-2-2. JICA Training Course: Comprehensive Disaster
Management for Central Asia and Caucasus
From 27 June to 5 August, the ADRC conducted a training course for disaster management
officials from Central Asia and the Caucasus with cooperation from the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The course, which was conducted in Russian, has been held eight times since this program
was launched. It was attended by a total of 13 central and local government officials
representing 4 countries: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan in Central Asia, and Armenia in
the Caucasus.
The training is designed to convey basic knowledge and experiences related to natural disastermanagement, and to further promote the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action(HFA) in the participants' countries.
During this 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 and municipal government agencies, research institutes, a meteorological organization, abroadcasting company, a medical institution, a school, a disaster management base, privatecompanies, UN offices, and an NPO in order to comprehensively enhance their understanding ofJapan's disaster management system.
They also heard about lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami,
which struck on 11 March.
In addition, they participated in community activities, such as “Town Watching” for hazard
map making, and went on an excursion to the Shikoku Mountain Range where landslide anderosion control countermeasures are being implemented.

Fig. 4-2-2 Making Community based Hazard Map

Fig. 4-2-2 Town Watching for DRR

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4-2-3. JICA Training / Disaster Management Planning forChina 2011
From 19 October to 8 November, the ADRC conducted a training course for disastermanagement and urban design officials from the central and local governments in the People’s
Republic of China, in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A
total of 19 people participated in the course.
This training course was designed to convey basic knowledge and experiences related tonatural disaster management in Japan. During the course, participants were given an outline ofthe disaster management practices used in urban areas in Japan and were taught how toformulate plans for effective urban disaster management within their organizations. In addition
to attending lectures, they visited central and municipal government agencies, a lifeline facility,a research institute, and a broadcasting company to enhance their understanding of Japan's
disaster management system. In Iwate Prefecture, they also conducted a field survey in the area
devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. They learned about the current
situation in the affected area and lessons gained during the recovery process. An official from theIwate prefectural government gave a presentation on debris management, one of the largest
recovery challenges being faced in the area.
After the completion of the training, the participants submitted reports indicating thefollowing lessons learned: the importance of holding lectures to disseminate knowledge, theimportance of making structures more resilient, and the need to focus on public education indisaster management.
China, which has a vast land area and large population, has confronted various disasters suchas earthquakes and floods. It is hoped that the participants will make good use of the knowledge,
technologies, and methods they learned from the training course to implement various projects
and help strengthen the disaster management systems in their home country.
This course also enabled participants to reinforce their relationships with one another, and isexpected to strengthen disaster management information networks in China.

4-2-4 JICA Training / Japan-Mongolia Joint Seminar onPreparedness and Mitigation to the Earthquake
Disaster
From 1st to 11th February 2012, the ADRC conducted a training course on "Japan-Mongolia
Joint Seminar on Preparedness and Mitigation to the Earthquake Disaster", with cooperationfrom the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). A total of 17 people participated in thecourse.
This training course was designed to convey basic knowledge and experiences related toearthquake disaster management in Japan. During the course, participants were given an outlineof the disaster management practices used in urban areas in Japan and were taught how to７39

formulate plans for effective urban earthquake disaster management within their organizations.
In addition to attending lectures, they visited central and municipal government agencies, alifeline facility, a research institute, and a broadcasting company to enhance their understandingof Japan's disaster management system. In Iwate Prefecture, they also conducted a field survey
in the area devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. They learned about thecurrent situation in the affected area and lessons gained during the recovery process.
After the completion of the training, the participants submitted reports indicating thefollowing lessons learned: the importance of earthquake disaster prevention planning, theimportance of making structures more resilient, and the need to focus on public education indisaster management on the coming project for “Strengthening the Capacity of Seismic Disaster
Risk Management in Ulaanbaatar City”.
Ulaanbaatar city, where 30 percent of Mongolian population

live, is in the process of rapid

urbanization. It is pointed out there is a growing risk of a major earthquake in the near future,
although disaster prevention measures have not been fully developed. It is hoped that theparticipants will make good use of the knowledge, technologies, and methods they learned fromthe training course to implement the coming project and help strengthen the disastermanagement systems in Ulaanbaatar city.
This course also enabled participants to reinforce their relationships with one another, and isexpected to strengthen disaster management information networks in Mongolia.

Fig. 4-2-4-2 Reconstructed Kobe city area
Fig. 4-2-4-2 Reconstructed Kobe city area

Fig. 4-2-4-1 Kamaishi-Higashi Junior Highschooldamaged by Tsunami

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