The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) was established in 1986 to strengthen disaster risk reduction in Asia. It aims to raise awareness, build capacity, facilitate partnerships and information exchange, and demonstrate innovative practices. ADPC has over 90 staff from 17 countries and has implemented over 81 projects across Asia. It provides training to over 6000 graduates worldwide and operates a Regional Early Warning Center that serves 27 countries. ADPC partners with UN agencies, development organizations, and the regional organizations SAARC and ASEAN to advance disaster risk reduction in Asia.

2. Mission • raising awareness and enhancing knowledge and skills ------------------------------------------------------------------------- • strengthening sustainable institutional mechanisms ------------------------------------------------------------------------- • facilitating exchange of information, experience and expertise ------------------------------------------------------------------------- • developing and demonstrating innovative disaster risk reduction practices

8. Development Cooperation Partners Asian Development Bank ( ADB ) Australian Agency for International Development ( AusAID ) Canadian International Development Agency ( CIDA ) Danish International Development Agency ( DANIDA ) Department for International Development ( DFID ), UK Dutch Development Corporation ( SNV ) European Commission Humanitarian Aid department ( ECHO ) German Technical Cooperation ( GTZ ) Inter-American Development Bank ( IADB ) Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory ( IMET ) Japan International Cooperation Agency ( JICA ) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Office of Global Programs ( NOAA-OGP ) Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation ( NORAD ) Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency ( SIDA ) United States Agency for International Development, Office of the Foreign Disaster Assistance ( USAID/OFDA ) World Bank

10. ADPC Organization Chart Board of Trustees 23 Members 16 Countries International Advisory Council (IAC) 100+ members Executive Committee Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) 32 Members 26 Countries Urban Disaster Risk Management (UDRM) Public Health in Emergencies (PHE) Disaster Management Systems (DMS) Office of the Executive Director (OED) Climate Risk Management (CRM) Training Resource Group (TRG)

11. ADPC Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) on Disaster Management 26 countries are represented by 32 RCC Members from the Asia and Pacific region Senior Officials with National Disaster Management systems of countries of the Asian region.