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Disaster Mitigation in Asia
Issue No. 14 
31 May 2004

A. From the Region
B. Calls for Submission 
C. Conferences & Courses
D. Useful Resources

FROM THE REGION

Institutionalizing CBDRM in Southeast Asia

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) under its DIPECHO-funded Partnerships for Disaster Reduction - Southeast Asia (PDR-SEA) project, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission in Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, organized the Third Southeast Asian Disaster Management Practitioners' Workshop (SEA DMP). Convened during 10-13 May 2004 at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand, the workshop brought together more than 70 participants, including representatives from the government, local and international NGOs, community leaders, donor agencies, regional bodies and the United Nations, from over 11 countries within and outside the region. The main theme was "Institutionalizing Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in Government Policy Making, Planning and Program Activities". The event marks the third time that CBDRM Practitioners from the region has gathered to discuss the status of CBDRM, and other issues and solutions for making communities more resilient to disaster impacts leading to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. The Fourth SEA DMP Workshop is planned for mid-2005.

For more information, please contact Zubair Murshed <mzubair@adpc.net>

GLIDE - For easier access to disaster information Disaster information sharing and management has now been more effective, thanks to a new initiative "GLIDE".

The GLobal unique disaster IDEntifier number or GLIDE is a tool to promote a globally common code to identify disasters, thus making information search more convenient and accessible. A GLIDE number consists of two letters to identify disaster type (e.g. EQ - earthquake); the year of disaster, a six-digit sequential disaster number, and the three-letter ISO code for country of occurrence. The system has already been applied and promoted by an increasing number of organizations interested in disasters. Widespread use of GLIDE numbers is now being advocated, particularly at the national level.

For more information, please refer to <http://www.glidenumber.net>.

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