1. Program
NEAT Working Group Meeting on“Regional Cooperation on Disaster Management in East Asia”
Sponsored by The Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR)

Wednesday, July 6, 2011 / The Tokyo Club
18:30-20:30

Welcome Dinner
Welcome Dinner hosted by ITO Kenichi, President of JFIR

Thursday, July 7, 2011 / The Conference Room of JFIR
09:30 -09:40 Opening
Opening(5 min)Introductory Remarks (5 min)
09:40-11:30 SessionⅠ
Moderator(15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Free Discussion (50 min)
11:45-12:55 Lunch
13:05-14:55

SessionⅡHIRABAYASHI Hiroshi, Vice President, Japan Forum on International Relations
OKAZAKI Kenji, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)
Emerging Issues on Disaster Management in East Asia
ANDO Shoichi, Director, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering (IISEE), Building Research Institute (BRI) (Japan)
TO Minh Thu, Director, Centre for International Integration and Development,
Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam(Vietnam)
Wan Portiah WAN HAMZAH, Senior Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International
Studies (ISIS) (Malaysia)
KAMOTO Minoru, Chief Researcher, Public Works Research Institute (PWRI),International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) (Japan)
All Participants
Disaster Risk Assessment and Preparedness

Dedy WIREDJA (ASEAN Secretariat)
OKAZAKI Kenji, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)
Danilo C. ISRAEL, Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development
Lead Discussant (15 min)Studies (PIDS) (Philippines)
KIM Kee Seok, Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Social
Lead Discussant (15 min)Sciences, Kangwon National University (Korea)
All Participants
Free Discussion (50 min)
14:55-15:10 Coffee Break (15 min)Moderator(15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)15:10-17:30

Session IIIModerator(15min)Lead Discussant (15min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Lead Discussant (15 min)Free Discussion (50 min)
17:30-17:40 Session IVPresenters (5 min.)Closing Remarks (5 min.)Governance and Regional Cooperation for Disaster Management
WANG Zhenyao, Dean, One Foundation Philanthropy Research Institute, Beijing
Normal University (China)
YAUNG CHAN Sophea, Deputy Director, Political and Security Division, General
Department of ASEAN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation(Cambodia)
John WONG, Professorial Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University ofSingapore (Singapore)Panadda PUCHAROENSILP, Scientist, Senior Professional Level, Research andInternational Cooperation Bureau (Thailand)
ONIMARU Takeshi, Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for PolicyStudies (Japan)
Phimpha KEOMIXAY, Director of Training Division, Institute of Foreign Affairs,
Laos (Laos)
All Participants
Wrap-Up
Moderators of Session I, II, III (Japan, China, ASEAN Secretariat)
OKAZAKI Kenji, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)

12. Participants List
The NEAT WG Meeting on “Regional Cooperation on
Disaster Management in East Asia”
CambodiaYAUNG CHAN Sophea

China
WANG ZhenyaoWEI Ling

Deputy Director, Political and Security Division, General Department of ASEAN
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Dean, Philanthropy Research Institute, One Foundation & Beijing NormalUniversity
Associate Professor of International Relations, Director of East Asian Studies
Center China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)Japan[WG Members]
OKAZAKI Kenji*
ANDO Shoichi*Director of the WG
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Director, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering
Building Research Institute
KAMOTO Minoru
Chief Researcher, Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) International Centrefor Water Hazard and Risk Management
ONIMARU TakeshiAssistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)[The Japan Forum on International Relations]
ITO Kenichi
President ＆ CEO, JFIR / President of the Council on East Asian Community(CEAC)HIRABAYASHI Hiroshi
Vice President, JFIR / Executive Vice‐President, CEACKIKUCHI Yona
Research Fellow, JFIR / Acting Executive Secretary, CEACOTA Toru
Research Assistant, JFIRKorea
KIM Kee Seok

Laos
Phimpha KEOMIXAY

Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences Kangwon
National University

Director of Training Division, Institute of Foreign Affairs Ministry of ForeignAffairs

Malaysia
Wan Portiah WAN HAMZAH

Senior Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)

Philippines
Danilo C. ISRAEL

Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

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John WONG

ThailandPanadda PUCHAROENSILP

Vietnam
TO Minh Thu

Professorial Fellow and Academic Advisor, East Asian Institute
University of Singapore

National

Scientist, Senior Professional Level Research and International Cooperation
Bureau, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation

Director, Centre for International Integration and Development Studies
Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
In Alphabetical Order of Country NameASEAN Secretariat
Dedy WIREDJAThe Guests
Mr. SASATANI Yoshifumi

Senior Officer, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Division
ASEAN Secretariat

Deputy Director, Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau,
Ministry of Foreigh Affairs of Japan3

3．Curriculum Vitae of the Participants<Cambodia>
YAUNG CHAN Sophea

Deputy Director, Political and Security Division, General Department of ASEAN
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Received M.A. in International Legal Studies from Washington College of Law in 2003. Entered Ministry ofForeign Affairs in 1997. After finishing the master’s course in the United States in 2003, returned to Ministryof Foreign Affairs and then promoted to Bureau Chief. Diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Cambodia tothe United Nations (2005‐2008). Acting as Deputy Director, Political and Security Division of General
Department of ASEAN, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2008‐present).
<China>WANG Zhenyao

Dean, Philanthropy Research Institute, One Foundation & Beijing Normal University

Received B.A in history from Naikai University in 1981, M.A. in Law from East China Normal University in
1986, M.A. in Public Administration from Harvard University in 2000, and Ph.D. in Law from Peking
University in 2002. Ministry of Civil Affairs ‐ Section Chief of Department of Basic‐Level Political Power
Construction (1988‐1994), Ministry of Civil Affairs ‐ Deputy General Director of Department of Basic‐Level
Political Power Construction (1994‐1997), Ministry of Civil Affairs ‐Deputy General Director of Department ofDisaster Relief (1997‐2001),Ministry of Civil Affairs ‐ General Director of Department of Disaster Relief(2001‐2008), Ministry of Civil Affairs ‐ General Director of Department of Social Welfare and Charity
Promotion (2008‐2010). Selected as one of “Society’s 30 Notable Persons in the 30 Years of Reform” by theActivities Committee of the China 30 Years of Reforms Forum. Recipient of the Global Charity Magazine’s“2010 Global Charity Award”; Selected as one of the “Society’s 30 Notable Persons in the 30 Years of Reform”
by the Activities Committee of the China 30 Years of Reforms Forum; Received the National Disaster Relief
Award.
WEI Ling

Associate Professor of International Relations, Director of East Asian Studies Center
China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)

Received Ph.D. in International Relations from China Foreign Affairs University, and was a visiting scholar toOakland University (Michigan, the US, 2003) and French Institute of International Relations (IFIR, 2007).
Contact person for NEAT (the Network of East Asian Think‐Tanks) China, and is on the editorial board ofForeign Affairs Review.
<Japan>【WG Members】
OKAZAKI Kenji

Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Graduated from Kyoto University in 1976. Acquired Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto University in 2004.
Served in the Ministry of Construction and later the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
since 1976. Also served for Secretariat for UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction(UN/IDNDR); United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD); UN Economic and Social4

Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Joined GRIPS in 2005.
ANDO Shoichi

Director, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering
Building Research Institute

Graduated from the Architect Department of the University of Tokyo in 1980. Acquired Ph.D. in Study on theInternational Trends and Evaluation of the Sustainable Building Policies from the University of Tokyo in 2000.
Served in the Ministry of Construction and later the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism.
Also served as Principal Administrator in the Environment Bureau of Organization of Economic Cooperationand Development; Coordinator of Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office, United Nations Centre forRegional Development.
KAMOTO Minoru

Chief Researcher, Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management

Graduated from Kyoto University in 1984. Served in the Ministry of Construction. Also served as Deputy
Chief for Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund; Senior Staff and Expert in Water Management in theMekong River Commission and Public Works and Highways in the Philippines for Japan International
Cooperation Agency; Group Leader of the Electronic Delivery Group for Japan Construction Information
Center.
ONIMARU Takeshi

Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Received Ph.D. in Area Studies from Kyoto University in 2005. Served as Lecturer/Research Fellow at theCenter for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; Research Assistant and Research Associate at National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
【JFIR】ITO Kenichi

President & CEO, JFIR

Graduated from Hitotsubashi University. Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1960. Studied at Harvard
University (1961‐1963). Served various positions, including Director of First Southeast Asian Division until
1977. Served as Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University (1984‐2006). Concurrently serving as President ofCouncil on East Asian Community (CEAC), and Professor Emeritus at Aoyama Gakuin University.
HIRABAYASHI Hiroshi

Vice President, JFIR / Opinion Leader Governor, GFJGraduated from The University of Tokyo. Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1963. From 1991 to 2006,
served successively as Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington, D.C., Director‐General of Economic
Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief Cabinet Councilor on External Affairs at Prime
Minister’s Cabinet, Ambassador to India and Ambassador to France. Concurrently, Executive Vice‐Presidentof The Council on East Asian Community (CEAC), President of the Japan‐India Association, Visiting
Professor of the Graduate School of Asia‐Pacific Studies of Waseda University, and so forth.

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<Korea>KIM Kee SeokProfessor, Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences
Kangwon National University

Received M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from University of California. Researcher at Kyungnam
University in 1987‐1990, at University of Tokyo in 1995, and at University of California in 1998. Professor at
Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences, Kangwon National University from 2002 until
present. Chair of Department of Political Science in 2004 and Vice‐Dean of College of Social Sciences in 2005.
Chair of G20 Monitoring Project Team. Currently acting as President of Association for Modern Japan Studies
and as Vice‐President of Association for Global and Regional Studies.
<Laos>
Phimpha KEOMIXAY

Director of Training Division, Institute of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Received B.A. and M.A. in Kiev, Ukraine. ASEAN Training Course in New Zealand in 2000. Graduated
Master in Perth, Australia in 2002. Received Senior Diplomatic Training in China in 2003, and in Indonesia in
2008. Received Advanced Security Cooperation Course in 2011. Secretary to the Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs (1987‐1991), External relations at the C.C. of party (1992‐1998), Acting Director of the International
Relations Training Center, Institute of Foreign Affairs (1999‐2003), Second Secretary at the Embassy of Laos inSeoul (2003‐2007).
<Malaysia>
Wan Portiah WAN HAMZAH

Senior Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)

Received M.Sc. in Structure and Organization of Science and Technology from University of Manchester, andPostgraduate Diploma with Distinction in Marine Pollution Chemistry from University of Liverpool. Joined
ISIS Malaysia in 1991. Had been involved in the National Brains Trust on Education, was part of the ISIS
Study Teams on Housing and Energy Blueprint, and participated in various initiatives in building capacity tohandle multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Currently focusing on security implications of climatechange and green initiatives.
<Philippines>
Danilo C. ISRAEL

Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)

Received Ph.D. in Applied Economics, majoring in National Resource Economics from Clemson University(South Carolina, USA) in 1990, and Postdoctoral Studies in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
from University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) in 1997. Head and Chief Science Research Specialistat Philippine Rice Research Institute in 1991‐1992. Project Manager, conducting research on the socioeconomic
profile at Batangas Bay Demonstration Project from January to December 1995. Project Scientist at WorldFish
Center (Cambodia) in 2003‐2005. Senior Research Fellow, conducting research on natural resource,
environmental economics, and policy issues at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies from 1992
until present.

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<Singapore>John WONG

Professorial Fellow and Academic Advisor, East Asian InstituteNational University of Singapore

Received Ph.D. from the University of London in 1966. Taught economics at the University of Hong Kong
(1996‐1970), and later at the National University of Singapore (1971‐1990). Also taught at Florida State
University briefly as a Fulbright Visiting Professor. Has held visiting appointments with Harvard’s Fairbank
Center, Yale’s Economic Growth Center, Oxford’s St. Antony College, and Stanford University, Economics
Department. Held the Chair of ASEAN studies at the University of Toronto in 1996. Director of the Institute of
East Asian Political Economy (IEAPE) from 1990 to 1997, and Research Director of East Asian Institute (EAI)from 1997 to 2009.
<Thailand>
Panadda PUCHAROENSILP

Scientist, Senior Professional Level

Research and International Cooperation Bureau, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Received B.Sc. in Geotechnology in 1988, M.A. in Development Sociology in 1997 and Ph.D. in Sociology in2010 from Khonkaen University. Served as Geologist at Engineering Section of Energy Survey Division ofNational Energy Office in 1989. Scientist at Office of Accelerated Rural Development from 1991 to 2002, and at
Disaster Prevention Criteria Bureau in Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation from 2003 to 2008.
A member of Taskforce for Flood Emergency Operation Center of the Ministry of Interior in 2010. Conducteda research on social and environmental risk management of a community in Thai‐Laos border areas in 2011.
<Vietnam>
TO Minh Thu

Director, Centre for International Integration and Development Studies
Institute for Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Received Master of Business Studies in Economics from the Department of International and Applied
Economics, Massey University (New Zealand) in 2002. Received Ph.D. in International Public Policy fromOsaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan. Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof Vietnam, Department of General Economic Affairs from 1998 to 2007. Director at the Center forInternational Integration and Development Studies from January 2011 until present.
In Alphabetical Order of Country Name
<ASEAN Secretariat>
Dedy WIREDJA

Senior Officer, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Division
ASEAN Secretariat

Tackled various roles in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat since joining theinter‐government organisation in 2005. As part of the strategic team from ASEAN, mobilised resources fromthe International Community during ASEAN Humanitarian Operations in Myanmar during 2008 – 2010.
Prior to this assignment, Head of Trust Funds Cooperation at the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and ASEC’s
Management Representative of International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2000. Currently, aSenior Officer at Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Division at ASEC.

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