Theme: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Urban Development Planning and Local Governance 

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Mr. Jerome B. Zayas
jeromez@emi-megacities.org
+632-927-96-43

In partnership with the City of Los Angeles, the Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI) will co-organize an International Earthquake Conference on November 12-14, 2008. The three-day conference will bring to light the various initiatives undertaken by Los Angeles and other major cities around the globe in the areas of policy, planning, mitigation and preparedness.

Academics, policy-makers, disaster managers, emergency responders, and other stakeholders have been invited to present sound practices and policies, new ideas, and cutting-edge technologies that reduce earthquake risk and minimize losses. They will discuss both policy and planning approaches, as well as present actual tools for earthquake preparedness and disaster response. The conference will also provide the platform for demonstrating knowledge of sound practices in earthquake risk reduction that other cities may validate, adapt, and apply in their own context. All attendees will take a trip during the conference to observe different venues, such as emergency response centers, schools, major businesses, and other institutions, participating in the Great Southern California ShakeOut Drill on Nov. 13.

Additionally, there will be an information exchange session - the Share Fair - in which invited cities and institutions will be engaged in a one-on-one interaction to discuss their respective earthquake programs. This will provide the peer-to-peer learning environment for cities around the world to benefit from each other’s experiences and capabilities in implementing programs that reduce earthquake risk.

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For more information about the conference, please contact:

Mr. Jerome Zayas
EMI Conference Coordinator
Telefax: +63-2-9279643
Email: jeromez@emi-megacities.org

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The UN/ISDR together with CITYNET and the World Bank’s East Asia Sustainable Development Department, in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and with the support of UCLG ASPAC, ICLEI, METROPOLIS, and EMI, will hold a regional workshop for city planners and disaster risk management professionals on 12 and 13 May 2008 in Makati City, Philippines. The objective of the Workshop is to initiate a dialogue on strategies to mitigate and adapt to potential impacts of climate change and associated natural disasters at the local level.

The meeting will look into existing policy setting frameworks, functional and operational work processes addressing the potential impact of climate change-related events on cities, including outlining the role of the main actors, institutions (including national, provincial and city governments), private sector, academia and existing partnerships and networks, and evaluate their implementation capacity.

The Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center is organizing the International Workshop on Tsunami Disaster Mitigation on December 17-19, 2008 at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

The workshop is open for all organizations, institutions and professionals who are involved or have a keen interest in mitigation measures for Tsunami and its related impacts. Experts from Syiah Kuala University, Kobe University, UN-ISDR, and other international organizations are invited to share their knowledge and experiences on the topic. For more details, please email Mr. Teuku Alvisyahrin, Workshop Chair (alvis@tdmrc.org).

• Sustain the continuous efforts of collecting and studying the lessons learnt from the 2004 Tsunami Disaster initiated at the 1st and 2nd AIWEST-DR; and
• Prepare for the 3rd AIWEST-DR in December 2008 that will help integrate the international lessons over the five-year period prior to the 5th anniversary of Sumatra Tsunami Disaster in 2009
• To provide the platform for discussion on how to sustain, organize and collaborate the international efforts in disaster risk reduction of tsunami related subjects through the 3rd AIWEST-DR.

Principal Organizers

• TDMRC at Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia
• The Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Executing Agency (BRR) NAD-Nias, Indonesia

Co-organizers

• Ministry of Research and Technology, Indonesia
• Research Center for Urban Safety and Security (RCUSS) at Kobe University, Japan
• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Asian Region, Bangkok, Thailand*
• National Security Council, Crisis and Disaster Management Division, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia*
• Disaster Management Centre, Sri Lanka*

Cooperating Organizations,

• BAPPEDA, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia
• Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia
• Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI)
• Center for Disaster Management & Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM), Karlsruhe, Germany
• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), Asian Study Centers of University Center for International Studies (UCIS), & School of Health & Rehabilitation Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA
• Faculties of Engineering & Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia*
• National Tsunami Warning Center, Malaysia*
• Foreign Relations Official, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior, Thailand*
• National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India*