(26/03/2013)
The ASEAN Committee on Disaster
Management (ACDM), with the support of ASEAN Secretariat, convened the
four-day ASEAN Capacity-Building Forum on Risk Assessment with the theme
“of Bridging Science and Practice in Disaster Risk Management towards
Building Community Resilience” last week in Bangkok.
The four-day regional event was
officially opened on Tuesday, 19 March and was participated by disaster
risk management professionals from ASEAN Member States, civil society
groups, the academics, and the science and research community from the
region as well as partners from Europe, Australia, and the United
States. Three ASEAN sectoral bodies were represented in the forum, i.e.
ACDM, ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST) and ASEAN
University Network (AUN).
Mr. Suporn Ratananakin, the Advisor to
the Director General of Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
(DDPM) of Thailand representing the ACDM Chair, described the event as a
unique opportunity for ASEAN as “...[the] disaster risk management
community in the region, led by the ASEAN Committee on Disaster
Management will closely interface [in] the next [four] days with many
esteemed colleagues, experts, professors, researches and tool developers
from the science community with the objective of enhancing the synergy
between these two communities and foster greater interaction and
systematic collaboration in support of disaster risk reduction.”
Dr. Jane Rovins of the Integrated
Research for Disaster Risks, in her message to the group, emphasised the
relevance of bridging the gap between science and practice on disaster
risk management as well as underlined the importance of understanding
how people interpret risks and choosing actions based on these
interpretations.
The first day of the forum also featured
thematic session discussions on “developing a framework for dialogue
between disaster risk management and science community in ASEAN,”
“science-based risk communication,” and “accountability in disaster risk
management.”
The forum was followed by a three-day
introductory training workshop on selected risk assessment tools such as
CAPRA (Comprehensive Approach for Probabilistic Risk Assessment),
InaSAFE (Indonesia Scenario Assessment for Earthquakes) and OpenQuake
(Open Source Software for Seismic Hazards and Risk Assessment). The
workshop was participated by representatives from national disaster
management and early warning agencies of the ASEAN Member States.
The four-day forum was culminated with
an informal session of the ACDM Working Group on Risk Assessment, Early
Warning and Monitoring. Next steps on identifying “bridge builders”,
enhancing existing links to promote greater accountability, and
establishing linkages among the three ASEAN sectoral bodies (i.e. ACDM,
AUN and COST) were also identified in the meeting.
The ASEAN Capacity Building Forum on
Risk Assessment was conducted in partnership with the ASEAN Coordinating
Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre), AusAID and the Global
Earthquake Modelling (GEM). Another major partner in the event is the
Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London which
supports humanitarian responsibilities to develop organisational
structures and leadership. A video of their work on building a dialogue
between the science and the humanitarian community can be accessed here.
The event was supported by the ASEAN-UNISDR Technical Cooperation, UK
Natural Environment and Research Council (NERC) and ASEAN-Australia
Cooperation Arrangement.
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