Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) 6th Working Group Meeting Ahmedabad, India 26-28 March, 2001 Draft Agenda of the Meeting 26 March (Monday) | 27 March (Tuesday) | 28 March (Wednesday) Note: The Draft Agenda is also available in PDF Format Monday, 26 March Theme: Sharing Lessons Learned from Urban Risk Reduction 08:30 - 09:00 hrs:     Registration 09:00 - 10:00 hrs:     Opening Ceremony 10:00 - 10:30 hrs:     Coffee Break and Group Photo 10:30 - 10:35 hrs:     Administrative Announcements        Ms. Supicha S. 10:35 - 11:15 hrs:     Participants' Introduction and Expectations       Facilitator 11:15 - 11:30 hrs:     Overview of the WGM         Mr. Josh Moga 11:30 - 11:45 hrs:      Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia: Status and New Direction   Mr. Josh Moga/Mr. Dave Hollister 11:45 - 13:15 hrs:      Lunch 13:15 - 13:30 hrs:      Sharing Lessons Learned from Urban Risk Reduction: An Overview    Mr. Josh Moga/ Facilitator 13:30 - 14:00 hrs :      Lessons Learned from Gujarat Earthquake of 26 January 2001    Mr. P. U. Asnani Country Presentations & Discussions (Note: Following presentations and subsequent discussions will focus on sharing lessons learned on these four themes: hazard mapping and risk assessment; development and implementation of mitigation strategy and action plan; policy and institutional framework for disaster mitigation; and community participation) 14:00 - 14:10 hrs:     Indonesia      Dr. Krishna Pribadi 14:10 - 14:20 hrs:     Nepal     Mr. Amod Dixit 14:20 - 14:30 hrs:     Cambodia      Mr. Steve Sharp 14:30 - 14:40 hrs:     Bangladesh      Mr. Abdul Latif Khan 14:40 - 14:50 hrs:     Sri Lanka      Mrs.Geethi Karunaratne 14:50 - 15:00 hrs:     Philippines     Mr. Ernesto Elcamel 15:00 - 15:30 hrs:     Coffee Break Group Discussions 15:30 - 17:00 hrs:     Group I (Water Induced Hazards): Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Laos         Group II (Geological Hazards): India, Nepal, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China, Laos Tuesday, 27 March Theme: Replication Strategy 09:00 - 09:30 hrs:    Group Presentations   Each group to present on the four given themes 09:30 - 10:00 hrs:    Best Practices in Urban Disaster Mitigation in Asia: Lessons Learned from Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program  Mr. Rajesh Sharma 10:00 - 10:30 hrs:     Discussions and Recommendations     Facilitator 10:30 - 11:00 hrs:    Coffee Break 11:00 - 11:30 hrs:    Replication of Urban Disaster Mitigation/ Risk Reduction: Review of Concepts and Experiences  Mr. Josh Moga 11:30 - 12:00 hrs:     Discussions Replication of Urban Disaster Mitigation: Experiences in Four Countries 12:00 - 12:15 hrs:    Cambodia: Community Based Flood Mitigation Project    Mr. Steve Sharp 12:15 - 12:30 hrs:     Sri Lanka Multi-hazard Disaster Mitigation Project    Mrs. Geethi Karunaratne 12:30 - 12:45 hrs :     Discussions and Recommendations    Facilitator 12:45 - 14:00 hrs:     Lunch 14:00 - 14:15 hrs:     Nepal: Kathmandu Valley Earthquake Risk Management Project     Mr. Amod Dixit 14:15 - 14:30 hrs:     Indonesia Urban Disaster Mitigation Project   Dr. Krishna Pribadi 14:30 - 14:45 hrs:     Discussions and Recommendations    Facilitator New Projects 14:45 - 15:15 hrs:      China      Mr. Gousheng Qu 15:15 - 15:45 hrs:      Thailand      Dr. Charlchai Tanvud/ Mr. Dave Hollister/ Ms. Suthira Suwanarpa 15:45 - 16:15 hrs:      Coffee Break 16:15 - 16:45 hrs:      India      Mr. Shivanand Swamy 16:45 - 17:15 hrs:      Laos      Mr. Phetsavang Sounnalath/ Mr. Josh Moga Wednesday, 28 March Theme: Disaster Mitigation Network 09:00 - 09:30 hrs:     Asian Disaster Mitigation Training Network (ADMIT)      Mr. Aloysius J. Rego/ Mr. Zorobabel Zuniga 09:30 - 10:00 hrs:     Internet Resources for Disaster Management      Mr. Rajesh Sharma 10:00 - 10:30 hrs:     Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:30 hrs:     Networks in Disaster Mitigation Natural Hazards Center, Boulder     Mr. David Butler/ Mr. Kamal Kishore OR         Duryog Nivaran: A South Asian Initiative on Disaster Mitigation     - Mr. Mihir Bhatt 11:30 - 12:00 hrs:     Plenary: Institutionalizing Disaster Mitigation Network 12:00 - 13:30 hrs:     Lunch 13:30 - 14:30 hrs:     Group Discussions                  Group I                  Group II                  Group III                  Group IV Group Presentations 14:30 -14:40 hrs:     Group I 14:40 - 14:50 hrs:     Group II 14:50 - 15:00 hrs:     Group III 15:00 - 15:10 hrs:     Group IV 15:10 - 15:30 hrs:     Discussions and Recommendations     Facilitator 15:30 - 16:00 hrs:     Coffee Break 16:00 - 17:00 hrs:     Country Consultations