ADPC's strength lies in networking and coordinating with partners from government line agencies at the national and sub-national levels to community members. Over the past nearly 35 years, ADPC has worked closely with regional cooperation mechanisms such as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SOPAC), and the Mekong River Commission (MRC). ADPC's partners also include UN agencies, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank and many multi- and bilateral donor agencies.
Who we work with
ADPC works hand-in-hand with a diverse range of partners from the United Nations to government agencies and line-ministries, multi- and bilateral donors, community-based organizations, universities, technical agencies and international non-governmental agencies. As disaster preparedness and risk reduction becomes more of an interest with corporations in the region, ADPC is actively engaging the private sector for joint project implementation.
One of ADPC's strengths is its ability to successfully work together with stakeholders from the international to community level. Many of ADPC's established partners have worked together with the organization since its inception in 1986. ADPC's partners benefit from regional alliances with others that share a commitment to reducing disaster risk in Asia-Pacific through knowledge-sharing and bringing together institutions worldwide.
Working together
ADPC's approach to working together with partners varies from project to project. Our tailor-made approach allows flexibility and ensures that our work is as results-driven as possible.
Supporting ADPC
ADPC receives support from a wide range of its development and technical partners.
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Bilateral Donors (Government)
- Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
- Government of China (Ministry of Emergency Management)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)
- French Development Agency (AFD)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Norway Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
- Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) - Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
- United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Donors (Philanthropic Organizations)
International Financial Institutions
Regional Financial Institutions/Funding
Private Sector
International/Regional Networks
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
- Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
United Nations (UN) Agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
- United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Technical partners currently include:
Government Agencies
- Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence Directorate (FSCD)
- Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) - Directorate of Disaster Management (DDM)
- Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) - Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)
- Bangladesh Ministry of Housing and Public Works (MoHPW) - Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA)
- Bangladesh National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM)
- Bhutan Department of Disaster Management (DDM)
- Cambodia National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM)
- Ethiopia Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)
- Ethiopia Ministry of Health (MoH)
- Ethiopia National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC)
- Fiji National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)
- French National Railway Company (SNCF) - Management, Research, Interchange (AREP) Group
- India Government of State of Bihar - Department of Disaster Management (DDM)
- Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)
- Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) - Joint Crisis Coordination Center (JCC)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Lao PDR Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MOLSW) - Department of Social Welfare (DSW)
- Malawi Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA)
- Malawi Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development
- Malaysia National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA)
- Maldives Department of Meteorology
- Maldives National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
- Maldives Media Council (MMC)
- Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
- Myanmar Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH)
- Myanmar Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR)
- Myanmar Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC)
- Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA)
- Norway Meteorological Insititute (MET Norway)
- Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
- Papua New Guinea National Disaster Centre (NDC)
- Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) - Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
- Sri Lanka Department of Meteorology
- Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence - Disaster Management Centre (DMC)
- Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence - National Building Research Organization (NBRO)
- Sri Lanka Ministry of Industry and Commerce
- Sri Lanka Ministry of Public Administration and Disaster Management
- Sweden Ministry of Defence - Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
- Thailand Government Public Relations Department (PRD) - Thai Public Broadcasting Services (Thai PBS)
- Thailand Ministry of Interior - Department of Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation (DDPM)
- Thailand Ministry of Tourism and Sports (MoTS) - Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)
- Thailand Phuket Provincial Administration Organization
- Thailand Prime Minister's Office - Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR)
- Viet Nam Academy for Water Resources (VAWR)
- Viet Nam National Center for Water Resources Planning and Investigation (NAWAPI)
Academic
- Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
- American University of Beirut, Lebanon - Department of Nutrition and Food Science
- Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh
- Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Deakin University, Australia
- University of Dhaka, Bangladesh - Department of Disaster Management and Science
- Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom - Global Disaster Resilience Centre
- Kasetsart University, Thailand
- Mahidol University, Thailand
- Makere University, Uganda - School of Public Health
- Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi
- Naresuan University, Thailand
- National University of Laos, Lao PDR
- University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Thailand (Satellite Campus)
- Thammasat University, Thailand - Faculty of Public Health
- Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- University of Twente, the Netherlands
- University College London, United Kingdom - Institute for Global Health
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States of America
- University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- United Nations University, Japan
- Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands - Centre for Development Innovation
Research Institutes
- Indian Institute of Technology, India
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
- International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM), Australia
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Norway
- Open Development Institute (ODI), United Kingdom
- Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI), Sweden
- Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), United States of America
- Spatial informatics Group (SIG), United States of America
- Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden
- Sub-Institute of Hydrometeorology and Climate Change, Viet Nam
Regional International Organizations
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat
- ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS)
- Mekong River Commission (MRC)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Non Government Organizations
- Asia Foundation, United States of America
- All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), India
- Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), Bangladesh
- Cambodian Humanitarian Forum (CHF), Cambodia
- Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP), the Philippines
- Janathakshan GTE Ltd., Sri Lanka
- Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research, and Development (LI-BIRD), Nepal
- Mercy Corps, United States of America
- Myanmar NGO Consortium for Preparedness and Response Network (MNGO-CPR)
- National Humanitarian Network (NHN), Pakistan
- National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET), Nepal
- Partnership for Development in Kampuchea (PADEK), Cambodia
- Practical Action, United Kingdom
- Save Earth Climate Services Ltd. (SECL), Bangladesh
- Small Earth Nepal, Nepal
- Thai Red Cross Society, Thailand
Private Sector
- Applied Insurance Research (AIR) Worldwide, United States of America
- Crown Agents Ltd., United Kingdom
- CTI Engineering International Co. Ltd., Japan
- Data Experts Pvt. Ltd., Bangladesh
- Lanka Solution Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka
- MP Ensystems Advisory Pvt. Ltd, India
- mPower Social Enterprises Ltd., Bangladesh
- Philkoei International, Inc. (PKII-Philippines)
- Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy (RIKA), India
- Risk Management Solutions (RMS), Inc, United States of America
- Troyee Associates Pvt. Ltd., Bangladesh
Federations, Foundations and Networks
- Deltares, the Netherlands
- Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), Afghanistan
- Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Sri Lanka
- Duryog Nivaran (DN) - South Asia Network for Disaster Mitigation
- Disaster Risk Reduction Network Yangon, Myanmar
- Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises in Cambodia (FASMEC)
- Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI)
- Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI)
- Myanmar Private Disaster Preparedness Network (MPD)
- Network for Action Against Malnutrition (NAM), Japan
- Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)
Media Organizations