Report on Providing ADPC Experts to Work in Beijing, China in May 2005

Recognizing the importance of the last year Tsunami problems, as well as to fulfill the commitment made by H.E. Mr. Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of P.R. China in the Indonesia Summit in January 2005, the Chinese Government was pleased to provide a funding package to conduct a study course to educate and raise awareness the tsunami affected countries, with assistances from the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).

As per an invitation from the National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC)/ China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MoCA), Ms. LingLing Jiang, Project Manager (China & North-East Asia) of ADPC worked in Beijing, China from 8 th May to 13 th 2005. LingLing provided assistances on the organization, design, and identification of one international expert for the Study Course on Disaster Risk Management for the Tsunami Affected Countries that was conducted by NDRCC/MoCA in Beijing from 23 rd to 28 th May 2005.

Thirty-six participants from 12 tsunami-affected countries attended the study course in Beijing. In the morning of 26 th May, Ms. Lolita Bildan, Project Manager of ADPC’s CRM Team contributed two lectures titled “Climate Variability and Disaster Risk Management” and “Establishing Regional End-to-end Tsunami Early Warning System in Southeast Asia” to the study course. The participants showed interests in the lectures given by Lolita, and a lot of discussions between Lolita and participants were done during lunchtime.