Manu Gupta

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The Asian Disaster Reduction Response Network

• Manu Gupta
• Vice-Chairperson, ADRRN
• Co- Director, SEEDS India

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CHALLENGES IN ASIA

• Asia is the most disaster prone continent
• 90 of all natural disasters
• 50 of all major disasters
• Affects economies, lives, fabric of human society
• Sheer scale and complexity of natural disasters
  in recent times
• Many countries struggling to recover

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ASIAN NGOs

• Total number uncertain
• Different definitions/classifications
• Local vs International
• Capacities vary
• What is certain is the number is increasing and
  the roles are more evident

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• NGOs should complement each other
• NGOs need to be responsible, transparent and
  accountable
• Benchmarking
• Good practice guidelines

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ADRRN

• February 2002, Kobe, Japan
• ADRC UN-OCHA
• More than 30 NGOs gathered from all over Asia
• Asian NGOs wanting to take charge
• Asian Disaster Reduction Response Network
  (ADRRN) was formed

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Current Strength

• 28 member NGOs from 15 Asian Countries
• Chairperson
• Dr. Jemilah Mahmood (MERCY Malaysia)
• Vice Chairperson
• Manu Gupta (SEEDS India)
• Committee Members
• Milet Mendoza (Tabang Mindanao, Philippines)
• Amod Dixit (NSET, Nepal)
• Naeem Salimee (CoAR, Afghanistan)
• Dr. Tan K. (SiF, Singapore)

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ADRRN Meetings
Subsequent meetings in December 2003, June 2004,
WCDR 2005, August 2005, and June 2006 at Bangkok
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Activities
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Post Tsunami Promoting Awareness
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Young Communities
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Governance
Training CHANGE AGENTS within communities
Building Safety
Water Conservation
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November 2005 Penang

• ADRRN/GOLFRE Asia Regional Learning Workshop
• Disaster Risk Reduction Learning from Tsunami
  Experience
• 22 to 30 November 2005, University of Science
  Malaysia, Pulau Pinang

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Workshop Methodology

• Experience sharing through country case studies
• Tools and Techniques
• Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue
• Medical First Response
• Relief distribution
• Psycho-social aid
• Shelter temporary and permanent
• Participatory rapid assessment
• Livelihood recovery and rehabilitation
• Non-Structural Mitigation
• Simulation Exercise (Group Work)
• Field Exercise Impact, Response, Mitigation
  Preparedness

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Community
Learning
Generate information
Knowledge bank
Synthesize
Reflective Practice developing with
communities from and for them
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2005-2007
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PARTNERS
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PROJECTS

• INDIA SEEDS

Micro credit program for immediate Livelihood
recovery
INDONESIA MERCY MALAYSIA
Development of Resource Center Sustainable
Knowledge Bank
SRI LANKA SARVODAYA
Eco-village Preparedness for long term Recovery
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May 2006- March 2007

• Training and Capacity Enhancement of Local
  Governments in the Earthquake Affected Areas of
  Pakistan
• To be Implemented by
• United Nations Inter-Agency secretariat of the
  International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
  (UN/ISDR)
• Contribution from the Government of European
  Union through the Voluntary Trust Fund for
  disaster reduction)
• Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network
  (ADRRN) and Kyoto University Graduate School of
  Global Environmental Studies (KU GSGES)

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• ADRRN member NGOs working in humanitarian sector
  are directly in touch with the Change Agents
  workers, community leaders, school teachers,
  masons, health workers..

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ADRRNs MISSION
Promote coordination and collaboration among
NGOs for effective and efficient disaster
reduction and response in the Asia-Pacific region
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OBJECTIVES

• To develop an interactive network of NGOs
  committed to achieving excellence in the field of
  disaster reduction and response
• To raise the relevant concerns of NGOs in the
  Asia-Pacific region to the larger community of
  NGOs globally, through various international
  forums and platforms
• To promote best practices and standards in
  disaster reduction and response
• To provide a mechanism for sharing reliable
  information and facilitating capacity building
  among network members and other stakeholders

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What has worked.

• Asian spirit
• Strong Committed Core Group
• Volunteering time and efforts for the network
• Implementing activities on the ground
• Complementing each others roles
• Regular communication, meetings, website etc
• Member NGOs see great value in their
  participation in network activities

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.challenges remain

• Recognition at national level
• Sustained funding for secretariat
• Legal Status Registration etc.
• Membership criterion
• Guiding principles

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Every organization has its own unique identity
If we can encourage diversity.
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• .true unity can prevail!
• Thank you
• www.adrrn.net