community-based disaster risk management and the media media kit
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Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)<br />
chapter 6. resources<br />
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), established in<br />
1986, is an international organization <strong>and</strong> an important neutral focal<br />
point in Asia <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pacifi c for promoting <strong>disaster</strong> awareness <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> development of local capabilities to foster institutionalized <strong>disaster</strong><br />
<strong>management</strong> <strong>and</strong> mitigation policies. It supports <strong>the</strong> advancement of<br />
safer communities <strong>and</strong> sustainable development, through implementing<br />
programs <strong>and</strong> projects that reduce <strong>the</strong> impact of <strong>disaster</strong>s upon<br />
countries <strong>and</strong> communities in Asia <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pacifi c, by:<br />
• Developing <strong>and</strong> enhancing sustainable institutional <strong>disaster</strong> <strong>risk</strong><br />
<strong>management</strong> capacities, frameworks <strong>and</strong> mechanisms, <strong>and</strong><br />
supporting <strong>the</strong> development <strong>and</strong> implementation of government<br />
policies;<br />
• Facilitating <strong>the</strong> dissemination <strong>and</strong> exchange of <strong>disaster</strong> <strong>risk</strong><br />
<strong>management</strong> expertise, experience <strong>and</strong> information; <strong>and</strong><br />
• Raising awareness <strong>and</strong> enhancing <strong>disaster</strong> <strong>risk</strong> <strong>management</strong><br />
knowledge <strong>and</strong> skills.<br />
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center<br />
P.O. Box 4,Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120,Thail<strong>and</strong><br />
Tel (+662)516 5900 - 10, Fax (+662)524 5382,<br />
Email: mzubair@ adpc.net<br />
Website: www.adpc.net<br />
Sources<br />
A Dramatic Tool for Cyclone Preparedness Manual, FSP Fiji, 2000<br />
ASEAN Regional Program on Disaster Management 2004-2010,<br />
Bangkok, ADPC<br />
BBC World Service, 2004<br />
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/1715_reporters/page5.<br />
shtml<br />
Imelda Abarquez <strong>and</strong> Zubair Murshed, CBDRM Field Practitioners’<br />
H<strong>and</strong>book, Bangkok, ADPC, 2004<br />
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