______2015/EPWG/SDMOF/012 Agenda: 8.3
ASEAN Regional Mechanism on Disaster Management
Submitted by: ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance
9th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum Iloilo, Philippines 22-23 September 2015
ASEAN Regional Mechanism on Disaster Management Said Faisal, Executive Director of AHA Centre APEC 9th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum | 22 September 2015, Iloilo City, Philippines The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) consists of 10 countries with 600 million people. Every year, on average, the ASEAN region experiences losses related to natural disasters estimated at US$ 4.4 billion*
59,534,300 people 676,577km2 5,922,100 people 236,800km2 92,226,600 people LAO PDR 300,000 km2 66,903,000 people 86,024,600 people 513,120km2 331,051km2
14,957,800 people 406,200 people 181,035km2 28,3006,700 people 5.765km2 330,252km2 4,987,600 people 710km2
231,369,500 people 1,860,360km2
* Source: Advancing Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance in ASEAN Countries, World Bank, GFDRR, ASEAN , and UNISDR
Connecting ASEAN for Disaster Readiness One ASEAN One Response 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami provided momentum for AADMER development & 2008 Cyclone Nargis tested ASEAN solidarity and relevance as a regional grouping
One ASEAN One Response AADMER was signed in July 2005 by ASEAN Foreign Ministers, ratified by all ten countries in ASEAN and entered into force on 24 December 2009
• A legal framework that serves as a common platform for all ASEAN Member States with objective to reduce disaster losses in ASEAN region, and jointly respond to disaster emergencies • A comprehensive agreement that covers various aspects of Disaster Management such as Risk Assessment, Prevention and Mitigation, Preparedness, Emergency Response, Recovery, Technical Cooperation & Scientific Research • A foundation that provides mandate and role of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) as the operational coordination body and engine of AADMER
One ASEAN One Response ASEAN leaders in the several ASEAN summits reiterated that AADMER is the common platform for disaster management in asean
“… We also encourage the various sectors and mechanisms related to disaster management in ASEAN, including those under ASEAN + 1, ASEAN + 3, East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum, to synchronise their policies using AADMER as the common platform to ensure the principles of ASEAN 19th ASEAN Summit, Nov 2011 Centrality….”
“… We emphasized the importance of using existing mechanisms, in particular the Conference of the Parties (COP) under the AADMER, the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) and the AHA Centre, as the coordinating platform and cooperation arrangement for disaster management…” 21st ASEAN Summit, Nov 2012
“…We also encouraged the various mechanisms related to disaster management in ASEAN to synchronise their activities and policies using the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) as the common platform for disaster management…”
22ndASEAN Summit, April 2013
One ASEAN One Response To operationalize AADMEER, ASEAN also established ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre)
The AHA Centre shall be established for the purpose of facilitating co-operation and co- ordination among the parties, and with relevant United Nations and international organisations, in promoting regional collaboration (AADMER article 20.1 and Agreement on the establishment of AHA Centre Article 3.1)
The AHA Centre shall work on the basis that the Party will act first to manage and respond to disasters. In the event that the Party requires assistance to cope with such situation, in addition to direct request to any Assisting Entity, it may seek assistance from the AHA Centre to facilitate such request (AADMER article 20.2 Agreement on the establishment of AHA Centre Article 3.2)
One ASEAN One Response At the 19th of ASEAN Summit, witnessed by ASEAN Heads of States, the agreement on the establishment of AHA Centre was signed by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers on 17 November 2011 in Bali Indonesia
One ASEAN One Response The ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) is the founding fathers of the AHA Centre and serves as the Governing Board of the AHA Centre
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM MYANMAR National Disaster Management Centre Relief And Resettlement Department
CAMBODIA PHILIPPINES National Committee for Disaster National Disaster Risk Reduction And Management Management Council And Administrator
INDONESIA SINGAPORE National Disaster Management Agency Singapore Civil Defense Force
LAO PDR THAILAND National Disaster Management Department of Disaster Prevention Office Department Of Social Welfare and Mitigation
MALAYSIA VIET NAM National Security Council Department of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control (DNDPC)
The ASEAN SECRETARIAT as the Secretariat to the ACDM and ex-oficio member of the Governing Board of the AHA Centre
One ASEAN One Response Although the AHA Centre established as a separate entity from the ASEAN Secretariat, both organisations work closely together
Conference of Parties Secretary-General of of AADMER ASEAN as Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator Governing Board (ACDM)
Consultant, Advisor, Executive Director Technical Assistant
Head of Head of Operations Division Corporate & Programme
Information, Disaster Preparedness Administration Communication Programme Monitoring & & Response and Finance & Technology Officer(s) Analysis
One ASEAN One Response In the case of large scale disaster such as Typhoon Haiyan, 2013 in the Philippines, the coordination between Secretary – General of ASEAN and the AHA Centre is established
One ASEAN One Response AADMER also requires the development of an effective Standard Operating Procedure for Regional Standby Arrangements and coordination of joint disaster relief and emergency response operation (SASOP)
Guides and templates to initiate the establishment of the ASEAN Standby Arrangements for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response
Procedures for joint disaster relief and emergency response operations
Procedures for the facilitation and utilisation of military and civilian assets and capacities,(personnel, transportation and communication equipment, facilities, good and services, and the facilitation of their trans-boundary movement)
Methodology for the periodic conduct of the ASEAN regional disaster emergency response simulation exercises (ARDEX) which shall test the effectiveness of this procedures
Connecting ASEAN for Disaster Readiness One ASEAN One Response And.. the AHA Centre is also tasked to perform most of the aspects under SASOP
NOTIFICATION OF DISASTER JOINT ASSESSMENT OF REQUIRED . The AHA Centre to analyse the initial report and notify other Party/Entity of the disaster ASSISTANCE . The AHA Centre to analyse each Siituation . The AHA Centre to facilitate mobilisation of Report and immediately notify the other party ERAT /entity of the significant developments (a) . The AHA Centre to receive updates on any periodically or (b) by 10:00 am (Jakarta time) plans and findings of joint assessment . The AHA Centre to receive copy of the REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE Contractual Agreement for Assistance AHA • The AHA Centre to forward the request to other party/entity CENTRE MOBILISATION OF ASSETS AND CAPACITIES • The AHA Centre will explore other possible assistance A H A The AHA Centre to facilitate the processing of exemption for provision of assistance and CENTRE facilities , transit of personnel and equipment OFFER OF ASSISTANCE The AHA Centre to forward the offer to the DEMOBILISATION OF ASSISTANCE AND receiving Party REPORTING The AHA Centre to receive and update of this DISASTER SITUATION UPDATE development The AHA Centre to receive report within 24 The AHA Centre to be received within 2 weeks to 48 hours of arrival of assistance at of departure from the affected country disaster site
One ASEAN One Response Currently AHA Centre is focusing on two main areas 1
DISASTER MONITORING
2
PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
One ASEAN One Response Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS) is a customised multi-hazard monitoring system which has built-in disaster-alert functions
Insert DMRS snapshot on the movement of Typhon
One ASEAN One Response ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADInet) provides regional disaster monitoring overview on a daily basis which can be accessed through http://adinet.ahacentre.org
One ASEAN One Response From December 2011 to August 2015, ADInet recorded 869 natural disasters in which almost 57 percent of disasters in ASEAN region were caused by flood
Drought Earthquake 2% 3%
Wind Volcano 17% 2%
Storm 8% Flood Landslide 57% 11%
One ASEAN One Response In the event of initial disaster occurrence or potentially emerging disaster, AHA Centre provides flash update to give a quick overview of the situation
• One page overview of information on a potentially emerging disaster or initial event of a disaster • Distributed immediately to National Focal Points of ASEAN National Disaster Management Offices • The flash update also disseminated to Dialogues Partners, international organisation and other interested parties and also published in social media
One ASEAN One Response AHA Centre also provides weekly regional disaster update to give a snapshot of regional disaster information
• Issued every Monday by 14.00 GMT+7 to ASEAN NDMO, Dialogue partners, International Organisations and other interested parties • Provide collected information on disaster occurrences in the region that occur in one week for the period of Monday to Sunday • Information provided are linked to the ADInet
One ASEAN One Response Monthly Disaster Outlook ..
One ASEAN One Response And The Column... This is a monthly news-bulletin from the AHA Centre capturing latest activities from the organisation
One ASEAN One Response AHA Centre also disseminate disaster information and AHA Centre activities through social media such as Facebook and twitter
One ASEAN One Response In responding to disaster, AHA Centre uses SASOP as its main reference
One ASEAN One Response … Emergency Situation updates were issued through SASOP Form 2
One ASEAN One Response ASEAN WebEOC is activated during disaster emergency response and each of ASEAN Member States has access to this system through NDMO
One ASEAN One Response To support the the affected country in the initial phases of a disaster emergency, ASEAN established the ASEAN-Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT) DUTY STATION
OBJECTIVES :
1. Conduct rapid assessments 2. Coordinate with the AHA Centre for the mobilization, response and deployment of regional disaster management assets INSTITUTION 3. Facilitate incoming relief assistance from ASEAN Member State
A ten-day of 100 hours training on various aspects of 118 Members trained from 10 ASEAN Emergency response mirroring approximate reality Member States and 4 ASEAN ERAT with combination of class room and field exercise Induction course conducted
One ASEAN One Response As of August 2015, ASEAN ERAT has been deployed to 13 emergency response missions in 6 countries involving a total of 69 ASEAN-ERAT Members
One ASEAN One Response The deployment of ASEAN-ERAT Member from APG (Plan International) and Indonesian Red Cross during flooding in Myanmar 2015
One ASEAN One Response DISASTER EMERGENCY LOGISTIC SYSTEM ASEAN, SUBANG - MALAYSIA
ASEAN Stockpile in UNHRD Warehouse Mobile Storage Unit (MSU)
Generators Family Tent
One ASEAN One Response ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (ARDEX) The scenario of ARDEX-13 is Super Typhoon ‘Neptune’ struck Hanoi, Viet Nam and made large scale damage
. AHA Centre co-organized the ARDEX-13 with the Viet Nam Government – Previous to this, ARDEX was held in 2008, Thailand . AHA Centre set up the ASEAN Coordinating Centre, represented at the Multi-national Command Centre and performed the task as Deputy Chief Referee . The first ASEAN ERAT Refresher Course is conducted coincide with ARDEX
One ASEAN One Response Since almost four years of its establishment .. the AHA Centre has responded to 12 disasters in the ASEAN region 1. Thabaitkkyin Earthquake, Myanmar, November 2012 2. Typhoon Bopha Philippines, December, 2012 3. Jakarta Flood, Indonesia, January, 2013 4. Aceh Earthquake, Indonesia, July 2013 5. Flood in Lao, Lao PDR, August 2013 6. Tropical Storm Maring, Philippines, August, 2013 7. Bohol Earthquake, Philippines, October, 2013 8. Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines, December, 2013 9. Typhoon Rammasun, Philippines, July, 2014 10.Typhoon Hagupit, Philippines, December, 2014 11.Malaysia Flood, Malaysia, January, 2015 12.Myanmar Flood, Myanmar, August 2015 +3 emergency preparedness missions to Tropical Cyclone Mahasen in Myanmar on May 2013 , Flood in Cambodia on October 2013 and Typhoon Rammasun in Viet Nam on July 2014
One ASEAN One Response ASEAN has been learning from the recent large-scale disasters to improve its disaster management mechanisms such as lessons from the 2008 Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar..
ASEAN Book Series on Post-Nargis Response & Recovery
• Allowed ASEAN to draw lessons from the entire exercise, such as assessments, joint operations, monitoring & accountability, resource mobilisation, engagement with UN, civil society, Red Cross, and other stakeholders, etc. • Provided valuable lessons to improve regional disaster management mechanisms, such as in formulating the AADMER Work Programme • Brought confidence on the possible roles that ASEAN could play in humanitarian actions. This led to the designation of Secretary-General of ASEAN as Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator (2009), and the establishment of AHA Centre (2011)
One ASEAN One Response And ASEAN also learned lessons from 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines which leads to the realisation of the concept of ONE ASEAN ONE RESPONSE
ASEAN Book on Lesson Learnt on the ASEAN’s Response to the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan At the relief stage • Enhancing ASEAN’s collective to disasters: The magnitude & complexity of the disaster required mobilisation of resources from all relevant sectors and mechanisms in ASEAN, including stronger civil-military coordination • Enhancing ASEAN’s coordination role: The capacity and mandate of SG-AHAC and AHA Centre should be further enhanced • Increasing ASEAN’s visibility: Increase the visibility and better communicating its response to the public and key stakeholders
One ASEAN One Response One of the signature initiatives of AHA Centre is to conduct AHA Centre Executive (ACE) Programme to prepare the future leaders of disaster management in ASEAN
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGTS 1. Working at AHA Centre 2. Specialised Training and Skills Enhancement 3. Leaders Talk 4. On the Ground Deployment During Disaster Situation 5. Study Visit to Japan 6. Developing Regional Networks 7. Special Project Assignments 8. Understanding How International Humanitarian System Works 9. Learning from Each Other 10. Writing Vision and strategy on Disaster Management
One ASEAN One Response ACE Programme has been conducted in 2 batches with 29 graduates from 8 National Disaster Management Office of ASEAN Member States
Cambodia Indonesia
Graduation of 1st batch of ACE Programme 2014 Lao PDR Malaysia
Graduation of 2nd batch of ACE Programme 2015
Myanmar Philippines
Thailand Viet Nam
One ASEAN One Response In the long run.. more things need to be done and more cooperation and partnership will need to be established Institutional Set Up Institutional Strengthening Institutional Stability
Up to 2011-2012 2012 to 2015 and possibly beyond
• Review performance, functions and operation • Set new vision for the next level • Capacity building for AHA Centre • Agreement signed • Strengthening connection with • Governing board is in place Member States • Agreed contribution • Establishing partnership with released and made similar regional organisation to available by Member States shorten learning curve to AHA Centre • Awareness building at regional • Staff of AHA Centre and international level recruited and in place • Continuous partnership with • Office and supporting donors and partners facilities are available • Testing procedures and improve • Work Plan,Procedures, accordingly Manuals, Guidelines are • Establish linkage with relevant available sectors in ASEAN Moving forward, turning challenges into opportunities : “ONE ASEAN.ONE RESPONSE” towards ASEAN responding together as one, inside the region and outside the region ASEAN X.0
Responding beyond the region ASEAN 3.0 AHA Centre to facilitate the ASEAN’s response outside the region Facilitating beyond AMS ASEAN 2.0 Establish and operationalise coordination mechanism with relevant mechanisms ASEAN responding as one ASEAN in ASEAN such as East Asia 1.0 Establish and Summit (EAS) to respond to operationalise coordination disasters in the ASEN region mechanism with military, Operationalisation CSO, private sector, Red Cross and others, to Set up and operationalise facilitate and coordinate AHA Centre the overall ASEAN’s response
2011-2014 2015-2020 and beyond
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