19 December 2023 - 21 February 2024
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) conducted a JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program "Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reduction" from 19 December 2023 to 21 February 2024, with the cooperation of JICA Kansai. Six government officials from six countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, participated in this course, learning how to formulate and implement local disaster risk reduction (DRR) plans to promote DRR measures in each country.
It was conducted in a hybrid format, where participants attended online programs before coming to Japan for the in-person program. In the six-week program in Japan, the participants attended site visits and lectures in disaster-related organizations/facilities in Hyogo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kumamoto, and Hiroshima prefectures to learn about Japanese experiences and countermeasures of DRR. Furthermore, they exchanged information and opinions on each country's budget situation and inter-organizational cooperation to promote DRR. At the end of the course, they presented a draft local DRR plan, which they formulated through the programs.
(2024/02/28 15:00)