20 May - 12 July 2024
Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC) conducted the JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program course entitled "Comprehensive Disaster Risk Reducion for Central and South American Countries JFY2024," from 20 May to 12 July 2024 in cooperation with JICA Kansai.
It was attended by 14 participants from 12 Central and South American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.
The program consisted of 4 weeks of online and 4 weeks of face-to-face lectures and exercises to learn about Japanese experiences and technologies in disaster risk reduction. It also included site visits in Hyogo, Tokyo and Iwate Prefectures to observe various countermeasures including sediment-related disaster countermeasures at the Nigawa Landslide Museum and flood control measures at Kitakami River in Ichinoseki City. At the end of the course, the participants developed a draft local plan for DRR in their own countries through an 8-step workshop. After returning to their respective countries, they are expected to actively engage in DRR measures to reduce humanitarian and economic losses due to disasters.
ADRC would like to express its sincerest gratitude to all the organisations and universities that contributed to the success of this course.
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