Monthly Updates Archive

January 2006: The 33 rd Regional Disaster Management Course organized by ADPC in Bangkok from 16 January – 3 February was attended by officials from UN, international organisations, NGO’s, and national governments from Africa , Asian, European, North American and Pacific countries. The course provided comprehensive disaster management knowledge and skills to enhance the capabilities of executive managers who have key disaster management responsibilities.

February 2006: The 33 rd Regional Disaster Management Course organized by ADPC in Bangkok from 16 January – 3 February was attended by officials from UN, international organisations, NGO’s, and national governments from Africa , Asian, European, North American and Pacific countries. The course provided comprehensive disaster management knowledge and skills to enhance the capabilities of executive managers who have key disaster management responsibilities.

A two-week Disaster Management Course was held in Kabul , Afghanistan from 9-19 February to provide comprehensive disaster management knowledge and skills to enhance the capabilities of 30 senior/middle level policy managers, decision-makers from government and non-government offices. This course was a component of ADPC’s “Training & Capacity Building Project” in partnership with InWent Germany and with funding support from UNDP Afghanistan.

ADPC welcomed an important Chinese delegation led by the Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Reduction Center (NDRC), Ministry of Civil Affairs, China from 19-25 February. The purpose of the visit was to enhance partnership between NDRC, China and ADPC.

ADPC’s organized the fifth and sixth training course on Crisis Management with the funding support from UNDP in Satun and Ranong provinces of Thailand during 14-16 February and 6-8 March, respectively and the second course on Damage and Needs Assessment on27-28 Februarywith the funding support from UNDP and Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), Thailand . The course mapped out improved methodologies for post-disaster damage and needs assessment and reporting, appropriate to the needs of disaster managers.

March 2006: ADPC organized a three-week workshop on “Earthquake Vulnerability and Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment: Geospatial Tools for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Efforts” from 13–31 March in Peshawar , Pakistan . The workshop was jointly organized by National Center of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar Pakistan , International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands, UN University Japan , Integrated Center for Information on Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Kathmandu and ADPC.

May 2006: The Training Resource Group of ADPC will be conducting a three-day course in June (5 -7) on Disaster management in Hyderabad , Pakistan . The course is funded by Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization (Safwco), Hyderabad , Pakistan.

The Training Resource Group of ADPC will be conducting a three-day course on Project Proposal Writing in Hyderabad , Pakistan from 8-10 June. The course is funded by Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization (Safwco), Hyderabad , Pakistan.

June 2006: ADPC’s TRG delivered two Disaster Management Courses and conducted the first Project Proposal Writing workshop. The courses were in partnership with Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organization (SAFWCO) and Capital Development Authority (CDA) Islamabad.

The details of the courses are:

July 2006:

Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction for Cities (EVRC),Pakistan (10-12 July)

ADPC’s Training Resources Group and the Urban Disaster Risk Management team are facilitating the EVRC course with funding support from Citizen Foundation, Pakistan.

For more information on the course please contact the Training Resource Group Leader at: tedadpc@adpc.net