Frequently Asked Questions




  • What is ADPC?

    Established in 1986, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is as an independent non-governmental organization. It works in a number of countries in the Asia region including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

     

    With headquarters located in Bangkok, Thailand, ADPC has country offices in Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Myanmar. ADPC’s well-established networks with government line agencies and strong partnerships with regional organizations and development agencies provide the foundation for its work.

     

    ADPC deploys disaster risk management (DRM) information and systems to reduce local, national and regional risk across Asia-Pacific. Its portfolio focuses on DRM capacity building, improving DRM for cities and climate change, mainstreaming DRM into national and local development, improving DRM systems and undertaking disaster risk assessments. To achieve its aims in disaster risk reduction, ADPC works closely with local, national and regional governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations, donors and development partners.

     

    Please visit www.adpc.net

  • What is the aim of this website?

    ‘a practical set of post-disaster recovery options and tools, primarily for national and sub-national governments of Asian countries’

     

    This website offers a resource of practical recovery guidance and tools for governments and other stakeholders to review and adapt to country contexts and systems. The guidance and tools builds on experience in multiple countries in the region which continue to strengthen institutional arrangements and capacities for post-disaster assessment and recovery planning. While developed under a project, the team aims to build and update the contents in the future.

  • What is the background to R4R?

    The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is implementing the project “Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity in Selected ASEAN Countries”, with generous support from the New Zealand Aid Programme. The multi-country project aims to increase the resilience of the selected ASEAN countries through strengthened DRR systems and decision-support tools at national and sub-national levels. To achieve this goal two areas are focused upon: 1) improving the use of risk information (Lao PDR and Myanmar); and 2) enhancing preparedness for the recovery phase of disasters (Myanmar, the Philippines, and Vietnam).

     

    With the opportunity provided under the project, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center seeks to share knowledge and is developing this long-term website under its “Ready4Recovery” initiative.