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February 2003
THAILAND
MOU Signing between ADPC and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
(DDPM), Thailand
14 February 2003 marked a significant occasion for ADPC when Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony between ADPC and the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the new Thai Government agency, took place. Present at the ceremony included Mr. Kosin Ketthong, DDPM Director General; Dr. Krasae Chanawongse, Advisor to the Prime Minister and ADPC’s Chairman of Board of Trustees; Mr. Pairote Promsarn, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior; and Dr. Suvit Yodmani, Executive Director of ADPC.
As part of the Thailand Urban Disaster Mitigation Project (TUDMP), the MOU facilitates collaboration between ADPC and DDPM in strengthening disaster management in Thailand, following the bureaucratic restructure in October 2002. ADPC will play an important role in providing technical assistance in building capacity of DDPM officials in respect to disaster management. This year, two training programs—Community-Based Flood Mitigation and Natural Disaster Management—have been planned to be delivered.
Seminar on “Thailand Disaster Management Strategy” to be held in Bangkok
The TUDMP/ADPC will organize a seminar on “Thailand Disaster Management Strategy” on 10 March 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand. The seminar will bring together representatives from more than 20 different government departments and other organizations, including the media, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), and Inter-Government Organizations (IGOs). The seminar’s objectives are to provide a forum for the participants to learn, discuss about and strategize disaster management in Thailand under the new bureaucratic restructuring to determine their roles before, during, and after disaster. The seminar will also provide an opportunity for ADPC to formally introduce itself and its programs such as AUDMP and TUDMP to policy makers, decision makers, government officers and other key stakeholders in Thailand as well as establish linkages and cooperation between each other.
The TUDMP was initiated with an aim to promote sustainable development in Thailand by reducing the vulnerability of urban populations, lifeline facilities, and infrastructure to natural hazards through the introduction of systematic and scientific methodologies to pertinent decision makers, regional, municipal, and local government officials and other key stakeholders. These methodologies will be used to assess potential hazards, estimate potential losses, develop action plans and implement appropriate mitigation measures to reduce disaster risk in Thailand.
The schedule
for the seminar is also available on our website.
For more information on TUDMP, please visit www.adpc.net/audmp/tudmp/en/default.html
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