| AUDMP Program Description
and Accomplishments Information
and Networking
Information and Networking Summary
The
Information and Networking component can be sub-divided into three
sections: (a) Information Products; (b) Networking; and (c) Disaster
Risk Communication. Since the 7th Working Group Meeting in Bandung
during 19-21 March 2002, there have been significant achievements
till date.
The
information and networking strategy focuses on capturing successful
examples, practices and processes emerging from implementation of
national demonstration projects and packaging these in a variety
of media for wider dissemination to different groups interested
in disaster mitigation. A range of information products have been
developed including three more Safer Cities case studies, two more
workshop proceedings and one new video. The Primer on Disaster Mitigation
in Asia is being developed that will incorporate existing information
products including the process documentation, case studies, working
papers, the urban disaster mitigation bibliography and networking
guide. Moreover, in an effort to increase the accessibility of information
on disaster mitigation, a monthly electronic newsletter –
Disaster Mitigation in Asia – was launched in February 2003.
The
focus is also on strengthening and institutionalizing networks and
partnerships built during the implementation of national demonstration
projects. Two major workshops held during 2002 – the Regional
Workshop on Best Practices in Disaster Mitigation and the Regional
Policy Workshop – proved a major success.
Based
on increasing demand from partners for effective public awareness
promotion and as recommended by the USAID monitoring mission in
October/ November 2002, a systematic approach for disaster risk
communication and promoting awareness has been included as a new
focus under the information and networking component. A set of Disaster
Risk Communication generic guidelines for implementation of such
programs in AUDMP partner countries has been developed and will
be presented and discussed at the 8th Annual Working Group Meeting
in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Training,
Resource Materials and Continuing Education
The Training, Resource Materials,
and Continuing Education (TRMCE) component of the AUDMP has three
sub-components which are being implemented.
For
the Training component, the Regional Training accomplishments include
the conduct of Flood Risk Management-3, and two special courses
on Rural Flood Risk Management and Urban Flood Risk Management for
the ASEAN countries during last year. Also 2 courses on Earthquake
Vulnerability Reduction have been held in Katmandu. The third will
be held in Dhaka in June this 2003. National Training includes conduct
of courses by partners in India and Sri Lanka. One major highlight
was the development of course manual in Laotian and conduct of the
third (first AUDMP funded) course in Lao in December.
Resource
Materials development includes the development of curricula for
EVRC course. The designing of curriculum on Disaster Risk Communications
Course is underway. The syllabus of the Technological Risk Mitigation
Course is also being revised. At the national level a special course
on Land use Planning for Risk Based Mitigation Approaches is being
designed for Lao PDR. BUDMP training manuals are being revised by
CARE and APDC in order to incorporate the project experience into
them. NSET and AUDMP team will be working to design two courses
in Nepal during the period from March-August.
The
AUDMP has prepared a proposal to be submitted to Swinbourne University
of Australia for accreditation of the EVRC, FRM, TRMC and DRC courses.
The Swinburne Curriculum Review Committee will review the course
syllabus and upon their satisfaction, they will accredit the relevant
courses for registration in university’s Diploma and Certificate
Courses. A project titled “Sustainable Capacity building on
Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia through using IT & C tools”
has been approved by ECHO. ADPC and ITC Netherlands will work with
selected partner universities to offer distance learning courses
on urban disaster mitigation. This one year project will initiate
in April 2003.
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