Summary Report
Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2003
--- Living with Risk: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies ---
15-17 January 2003

- Contents -

Acknowledgement
Overview

Introduction
Aide Memoire

Special Messages
Commemorative Ceremony
Mr. Shigetaro Yamamoto, Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office
Mr. Yoshitaka Kounoike, Minister of State for Disaster Management
Mr. Toshizo Ido, Governor of Hyogo Prefecture
Mr. Kenzo Oshima, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

5th ADRC International Meeting

Dr. Shigeru Ito, Chairman, Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Mr. Shigetaro Yamamoto, Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office
Mr. Terje Skavdal, RDRA, OCHA-Kobe
Keynote Speeches

"Status and Challenges of the ISDR -building on findings of Living with Risk" by Mr. Salvano Briceno, Director, ISDR Secretariat  (PowerPoint)

"ADRC's Recent Activities and Future Direction" by Mr. Satoru Nishikawa, Executive Director, ADRC

Session Summaries
2nd ISDR Asian Meeting

Panel Discussion in Contribution on the Ten-Year Review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action
Thematic Session on Urban Risks
Thematic Session on Water Related Risks

5th ADRC International Meeting
`Holistic Approach to Disaster Reduction -Total Disaster Risk Management`

Part 1  "Objectives and Strategies for Implementation of the TDRM Approach"
Part 2  "Government-NGO Collaboration for Disaster Reduction and Response"
Part 3 "Accumulation and Sharing of Disaster Information and Impact Assessments: By Use of GLIDE (Global IDEntifier number)"
Symposium "Coping with the Earth: Towards Disaster-Resilient Society"

Poster Session

Chairperson's Summary
Conclusion
Annexes

Annex A   Final Agenda
Annex B   Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for Safer World
Annex C   Thematic Sessions on Urban Risks (Session Background Paper)
Annex D   Thematic Sessions on Water Related Risks (Session Background Paper)
Annex E   Towards Total Disaster Risk Management Approach
Annex F   The Crucial Role of the Non-Governmental Sectors for Disaster Reduction and Response (PowerPoint)
Annex G   GLIDE  - For Effective Disaster Information Sharing and Management - (PowerPoint)
Annex H   Disaster Reduction Alliance (DRA)
Annex I    List of Participants


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