End review of the ADPC Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives at National and Regional Level in Asia

The ADPC programme ran from October 2015 to December 2017 with a NOK 24 million grant from Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

This was the third phase of a programme with the same name and similar content that has been receiving support from the MFA since 2009, where Norad took over the administration in 2017. The Goal is to strengthen knowledge and capacity among experts and in national institutions, and address identified needs in the focal countries Vietnam, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The thematic area “Technical capacity building of national governments”
covered seismic monitoring and hydro-meteorological services, gender-inclusive disaster risk reduction, landslide risk management practices, resilient development in at-risk coastal areas, and health support to victims in targeted areas.

ADPC thematic area “Strengthening ADPC Communications Capacity and Media Engagement” should support ADPC’s communication to better transmit preparedness and warnings to people in the region, while the area “Knowledge dissemination and building partnerships” was implemented to strengthen national disaster leadership and upgrade Internet information.

Activities involve multiple technical departments from ADPC and engage a wide array of experts from various backgrounds at the local, national, regional and global levels.