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Ch thChathura
LiLiyanaarachchigeh hiAssistant Director(DMC),Sri Lanka
Visiting Researcher(ADRC)

Presentation Outline
What was my contributionPlaceslvisit duringdmy stayWhat was learnt from those Visits
DRM Framework & Institutional
Arrangements in Japan• WhatWh t was learnt
lt fromfJapanese
Jlesson• How I used the Knowledge that Igain from VR program••••

What was my contribution• Primary contribution• Secondary contributions

Primary contribution
A Study on Disaster Management Framework in Japan
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Disaster Management system
practiced in each level
k hld Agencies in DRM
Major Stakeholderand their operations
Disaster Management Planning at
each level
Public & private partnerships inDRM,BCP to continue uninterrupted
services and supply chains.
Voluntarism in DRM
u d g laws
a s introducedt oduced to mitigate
t gateBuilding
the impact of disasters

Secondary contributions

1. Country Presentation
2. Country profile for the ADRC web-site
3. Mission Reports Submission
4. Weekly Reports Submission
5 News letter for the ADRC web-site
5.
6. Participate for the Japanese language class

PlPlaces
Ihhave visited
i it d duringd i my stayt•

Conferences•

Disaster commemoration, Town
watching, Awareness & Mock Drills•Di t Museums
DisasterM& institutes
i tit t•Stakeholder Agencies of DRM•

Disaster affectedffd site visits

Conferences•

International disaster reduction
forum 20th January 2016,at thePortopia hotel•

IRP’S International Recovery
Reco er ForumFor mth26 January 2016,at hotel Okwra.

•“Open dialogue Session” washappened at hotel Okwra.(27thJanuary 2016)

Disaster commemoration, Town
watching Awareness & Mock Drills
watching,•

1.17 memorial walk,17th of January 2016.

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Town watching ,& Hazard mapping at
Shironoshita-dori,
So os ta do , Nada
ada ward,
a d, Kobeobethcity,29 of January 2016.

•Kairu Caravan,31Caravan 31st January 2016.
2016•Evacuation drill for the Handicap
Persons 16th February 2016
Persons,162016.

Disaster Museums & institutes
1 Disaster Reduction and Human
1.
Renovation Institution,15th of January
2016.
2. Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park,A ji Island,25
Awaji
I l d th off January
J2016.
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3 Atomic Bomb Museum & Peace
3.
park,22nd of February 2016.
4. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall,23rd ofFebruary 2016.

Stakeholder Agencies of DRM
1. Kobe fire Department,27th of January
2016.
2. Tokyo fire department & Honjo life
learning center,08
center 08th of February
2016.
33. Tokyo
y world bank office,09, 9th ofFebruary 2016.
4. Tokyo cabinet office &Tokyo Rinkai
Di t Prevention
DisasterPti Park,10P k 10th offFebruary 2016.
5. Osaka JMA Regional office & Miki
Emergency Management Base,17th ofFebruary 2016.

Stakeholder Agencies of DRM. cont6. Shimabara Unzen Recovery Office, Kyushu
Regional Development Bureau of MLIT &Onokoba Sabo Observatory,23rd ofFebruary 20162016.

7. Hyogo police department,01st of March2016.
8. Hyogo sewerage treatment plant ,08th ofMarch 2016.
9. Tsunami/Storm Surge Disaster Prevention
Station,14th of March 2016.
10 Rokko Sabo office of MLITT,1610.
MLITT 16th of March2016.
11. Kobe University Department of Civil
Engineering & , Osaka KANSO TECHNOSCO., LTD.24th of March 2016.

Disaster affected site visits•Tsunami affected sites in Sendai,
Sennen Kibono Oka, Arahama
Elementary School and Namiwake
Shrine,2nd of February 2016.

•Disasteri
affected
ffd areas off Minami
ii
sanriku , Ogawa Elementary School
and temporary shelters ,Crisis
gDepartment
pManagement
Headquarter and only one remaining
Bridal hotel building Shizugawa. 3rd ofFebruary 2016.

•Volcano affected sites of OnokobaElementary School, Teiten and
Mizunashi Honjin (affected housespreserved).23rd of February 2016.

Disaster affected site visits. cont•flood control system
implemented in Nagasaki,24th ofFebruaryy 2016.

•Kamenose landslide area in Naraand Mitigation Measures,2nd ofM h 2016.
March6•

Horaikyo sabo Dam, River bankfacility and Embankment in
Hyogo prefecture,4th of March2016.

•Nisinomiya river, landslide
mitigation measures of soil
nailing, Gabiyan walls andconcretet retainingt i i gstructures,16th March 2016.

What was learnt from those Visits

What was learnt from those Visits• Citations of Japan are obedient to the government system and existing social
system and its functions are systematic.

• Scale of such catastrophic event and the severity of damage.

• Government concerned safety of the citations of Japan is the first priority (asprime minister himself taking the political leadership of DM).

What was learnt from those Visits. cont•Disaster Management Planning at each level and in all sectors(BDMPs for each level,
Operation plans for Major Stakeholder Agencies in DRM).

•Public & Private partnership in DRM( Relief items, basic infrastructure such as
temporary toilets, emergency response equipments, EW equipments and mitigation
technologies in vented for DRM ).

•BCP in Public & Private sector DRR(To continue their services without interruption andto maintain the supply chain).

•BSL revisit and amend after a major event( disaster resilient buildings and cities).

What was learnt from those visits. cont•Volunteerism (fire crops, reliefs and medical assistance, village committees andBOCOMI).

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Research and development in DRM(for EW, Emergency Response , Mitigation andRecovery)•Government allocations for DRM(2.7 Trillion Yen in year 2003).

•Disaster Prevention Measures(Sobo Dams, Retaining structures, Retrofitting, Hazard
Zone nation & Risk mapping, flood gates and channel improvements).

What was learnt from those visits. cont•Disaster Preparedness(EW systems for disaster prone areas ,ER resource pools,
Backup facilities, temporary shelters, relief Stores, training facilities for ER Teams,
Separate DM Headquarters & 24 hours EOC for response agencies, DM drills, SOPs andplans).

•Disaster awareness and education(integrated to the elementary school level to highereducations. Disaster Museums and institutions, disaster commemoration days,exhibitions and Kairu Caravans).

DRM Framework & Institutional
Arrangement in Japan

Disaster Countermeasures Act 1961

Designation of Disaster Prevention Day
Public AwarenessJapanese Government SystemNational Government
Prime minister is elected by the National Diet

47 Prefectural Governments
Governor is elected by the Residents

1742 Cities, Towns, Villages andMunicipal Governments
Mayor is elected by the residents

National Government

Central Disaster Management Council“White Paper on Disaster Management” published in every year

Disaster Management System in Japan

Structure of Basic DisasterMManagementPlanPl

Disaster Prevention Strategies

What was learnt from Japanese lesson

Lessons learned•

The government of Japan, officials, stake holder agencies and the generalpublic learned the lesson of being prepared for natural disasters.

•Public ,private & academia partnership in disaster risk Management wasadvocated by the CDMC.

•Volunteerism & CBDRM approaches were advocated by CDMC as well asLocal governments.

•The importance of BCP & Recovery planning with BBB concept in public andprivate sector disaster preparedness for resilient nation was advocated by
the government of Japan.

•Remembrance ,commemorations and continuous disaster awareness will beable to race sprit of culture of safety among vulnerable communities.

How I used the Knowledge that I gainfrom VR program

Implementing Modality•Based on my research findings I will make a presentation in front of DMC
officials and NDMCC (Major national level stake holder meeting held inonce a month in Sri Lanka).

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Advice to establish the provincial & municipal disaster Management setup
which was not functions yet.
yet•

Advice the importance of BCP and recovery planning in disaster
preparedness.

•pof volunteerism and private
psector involvement in
Advice the importanceemergency response.

•Advice the importance of commemorations days and continuous awarenessto achieve the objective of the culture of safety among vulnerable
communities in Sri Lanka.