A. Participants: Officials overseeing disaster management efforts in 77 NEAR member regions in 6 countries, limited to two persons per region
* Please kindly note that we may be unable to accept all applications due to the limited capacity on site.
B. Dates: March 6 (Mon.) – 9 (Thu.), 2017
C. Host: Disaster Prevention Subcommittee, NEAR (Hyogo Prefectural Government)
D. Contents (tentative):
○ Lecture, discussion
- Presentation: Hyogo’s policies on disaster risk reduction (DRR)
- Explanation about the activities of international DRR organizations and exchange of opinions with personnel from those organizations (Asian Disaster Reduction Center [ADRC], International Recovery Platform [IRP])
○ Hyogo study tour
- Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)
- Hyogo Prefectural Emergency Management & Training Center
- RIKEN: K Computer
- Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress
For more information, please contact NEAR Secretariat.