The
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is a non-profit organization
supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable
development, through implementing programs and projects that
reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities
in Asia and the Pacific, by:
Developing and enhancing sustainable institutional disaster risk management
capacities, frameworks and mechanisms, and supporting the development and
implementation of government policies;
facilitating the dissemination and exchange of disaster risk management
expertise, experience and information; and
raising awareness and enhancing disaster risk management knowledge and
skills.
