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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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