What is
ADMIT
The Asian Disaster
Mitigation Training Network (ADMIT) is a network
of disaster management training institutions
in Asia. It was created under the Asian Urban
Disaster Mitigation Program (AUDMP) of the
ADPC in 1999 to facilitate sharing of experiences,
information and resources on disaster management
training amongst the partner organizations.
The Training, Resource, Material and Continuing
Education (TRMCE) section of AUDMP/ADPC provides
secretarial services to the network members
ADMIT aims to serve as a vehicle and conceptual
fore-runner to promote partnerships with national
training institutions to deliver training
on various aspects of disaster management
at national and sub-national levels in countries
of Asian region.
The training will be delivered to audiences
that are closest to the ground and therefore
have the greatest capacity to make a difference.
While the network derives
its strength from resources provided under
the AUDMP currently, it is expected to serve
as an institutional mechanism beyond the life
of the project. Even during the project, it
does not intend to be delimited by AUDMP goals
and or geographical boundaries.
The first ADMIT workshop was conducted on
12-15 May 1999, attended by the following
Chief Executive Officers/Senior Officials
of the nine training institutions.
1. Dr. Kulwant Singh, Executive Director/Human
Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), India
2. Mr. R. P. Bhanushali, Joint Director/National
Safety Council of India (NSCI), India
3. Mr. B. Achmadi, Head of Overseas Training
Division/Training and Education Agency - Ministry
of Home Affairs (BADAN DIKLAT), Indonesia
4. Dr. Ir. Purnomo Soekirno, Head Continuing
Education and Student Field Work Study Program/Institute
of Community Services - Institute of Technology
Bandung (LPM-ITB), Indonesia
5. Dr. Surya P. Shreshta, Senior Director
of Studies and Chief MGD/Nepal Administrative
Staff College (NASC), Nepal
6. Mr. Kedar Rizal, Project Director/ Disaster
Prevention Technical Center (DPTC), Nepal
7. Ms. Florecita G. Laborte, Senior Officer/Local
Government Academy (LGA), Philippines
8. Ms. Geethi Karunaratne, Director/Center
for Housing, Planning and Building (CHPB),
Sri Lanka
9. Mr. N.G. Kularatna, Additional Director/Sri
Lanka Institute for Development Administration
(SLIDA), Sri Lanka
The workshop was also attended by key AUDMP
project partners of the region, the RUDO officers,
AUDMP and ADPC. Mr. Aloysius Rego, Senior
Manager/ADPC, presented the need for ADMIT,
the need for a charter, a generic MOU between
NPTI and ADPC, a brochure and a logo, the
need for conduct of the in-country activities.
In this workshop, a drafting committee consisting
of the following was formed in order to work
on the MOU, charter, brochure and logo.
1. Dr. Kulwant Singh/HSMI
Co-Chairperson
2. Mr. Aloysius Rego/ADPC Co-Chairperson and
Secretary
3. Ms. Geethi Karunaratne/CHPB Co-Chairperson
4. Mr. Achmadi/BADAN DIKLAT Member
5. Mr. Surya P. Shrestha /NASC Member
6. Mr. N. G. Kulratna/SLIDA Member
7. Ms. Florecita A. Laborte/LGA Member
The Second ADMIT workshop was held on 29th
and 31st May 1999. The following participants
were nominated by the national training institutes
to attend the Second Regional Learning Workshop
on Urban Disaster Mitigation (UDM-2) and were
expected to play lead roles in the in-country
training courses on UDM.
1. Mr. D. Biswas, Assistant Director/NSCI,
India
2. Ms. Taranjot K. Gadhok, Senior Fellow/HSMI,
India
3. Dr. C. N. Ray, Assistant Professor/Center
for Environment, Planning and Technology (CEPT),
India
4. Drs. H. Ismet Lubis, BADAN DIKLAT, Indonesia
5. Mr. Syahril, Lecturer/ ITB, Indonesia
6. Mr. Singha Raj Uprety, Senior Training
and Management Consultant/NASC, Nepal
7. Mr. Prakash M. Shrestha, Engineer/DPTC,
Nepal
8. Mr. Jose Gonzalo P. Ablay, Project Manager/LGA,
Philippines
9. Ms. Maria Concepcion P.Pablan, Director-LDEMO/Development
Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Philippines
10. Mr. H. Sumanaratna, Consultant & Course
Director/SLIDA, Sri Lanka
11. Mr. M. C. Edirisooriya, Consultant-CHPB/Nawalapitiya
Urban Council, Sri Lanka
