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The A SEAN ISSUE 06 | OCTOBER 2020 BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES Building Resilience ISSN 2721-8058 THE INSIDE VIEW SNAPSHOTS SHIFTING CURRENTS Ready for the Disability Inclusion COVID-19 and the Dry Years and COVID-19 New Poor s of ight R n and n and G ome Wome ender W en hildr are C L elf t ab W en or ial pm oc elo ACW S ev D nd ACWC a SLOM nt e on m ti SOMSWD C p a iv o ic i l d l S ve ra e e E rvi D y c l rt e a e r v u o AMMW R P SOMRDPE SOM-ACCSM d n AMMSWD ALMM a AMRDPE ACCSM H s e t r a o lt p ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL h S SOMS COMMUNITY SOMHD n o l i i t c AMMS a AHMM n Ministerial Bodies r u o o b C a l and Senior Officials l C o C c S s A e t s r a e o i t i f d l i e n o c e o a b i t l f t t i a a d SOM-ED ASED r AMMDM c n m o u ASCC a t d l m c i E e o c t s C n n Council ’ u C e s l o S m a C S i e A c C g g f C a S n ACDM O n A o a r s m o t M i r a n o s r e t e AMMY S p r COP-AADMER p o st u f a S e f is o SOMY D Y SOCA o u t h AMRI AMME AMCA COP-AATHP SOMRI ASOEN t n e In m fo n r o m COCI* vir ati En on SOMCA COM Cu ltu re e an az d y H Art ar s und sbo Tran Ministerial Bodies Sectoral Bodies * takes guidance from and reports to both AMCA and AMRI AMRI-ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information AMMDM-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting SOMRDPE-Senior Officials Meeting on Rural on Disaster Management Development and Poverty Eradication AMCA-ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts COP-AADMER-Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN SOMSWD-Senior Officials Meeting on Social AMMY-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Welfare and Development ASED-ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting Response ACWC-ASEAN Commission on the Promotion AMMS-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports AMME-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children AMRDPE-ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and COP to AATHP-Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN ACW-ASEAN Committee on Women Poverty Eradication Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution SLOM-Senior Labour Officials Meeting AMMSWD-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare SOMCA-Senior Officials Meeting on Culture and Arts SOM-ACCSM-Senior Officials Meeting and Development COCI-The ASEAN Committee for Culture and Information on ASEAN Cooperation on Civil Service Matters AMMW-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women SOMRI-Senior Officials Meeting Responsible for SOMHD-Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development ALMM-ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting Information ACDM-ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management ACCSM-The Heads of Civil Service Meeting SOMY-Senior Officials Meeting on Youth ASOEN-ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment for ASEAN Cooperation on Civil Service Matters SOMED-Senior Officials Meeting on Education COM to AATHP-Committee under the Conference of Parties AHMM-ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting SOMS-Senior Officials Meeting on Sports to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution ASCC Magazine March 2020 IBC_AR_Edt v3-Chosen.indd 1 4/28/20 6:52 PM s of ight Contents 3 R n and n and G ome Wome ender W en hildr are C L elf t ab W en or ial pm oc elo ACW S ev D nd ACWC a SLOM In this issue nt e on m ti SOMSWD C p a iv o ic i l d l S ve ra e e E rvi D y c l rt e a e r v u o AMMW R P SOMRDPE SOM-ACCSM 26 42 d n AMMSWD ALMM a AMRDPE ACCSM H s e t r a o lt p ASEAN SOCIO-CULTURAL h S Secretary-General of ASEAN SOMS SOMHD COMMUNITY Dato Lim Jock Hoi n o l i i Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN t c AMMS a AHMM n Ministerial Bodies r u o for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community o b C a l and Senior Officials l (ASCC) C o C c S Kung Phoak s A e The Inside View: Shifting Currents t s r a e o i t i f d l i Disaster Management EDITORIAL BOARD e n o c e o a b i t A Union of Choice? 42 l f t Directors of ASCC Directorates t i a a d SOM-ED ASED r AMMDM c n m o Poverty and the COVID-19 Pandemic: 45 Rodora T. Babaran, u ASCC a t d l m c As Typhoons Hit the Region 8 i E e o t Ky-Anh Nguyen c A Look at the “New Poor” s C n n Council ’ e ASEAN is Prepared to Respond u C s l o S m a C S i e A ASEAN Aspires to be the Global Leader 10 Assistant Directors of c C g g f C a S n ACDM ASCC Divisions O n in Disaster Management A o a r s m o t M Snapshots Ferdinal Fernando, i r a n o s r Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster? 14 AMMY e p t COP-AADMER e S p r Jonathan Tan, u o st f a Ready for the Dry Years: Regional Action 17 S e Mary Anne Therese Manuson, f is o Five Years of SDGs in ASEAN: 48 SOMY SOCA D to Adapt to Drought Mega Irena, Riyanti Djalante, Y Progress and Lessons Learned o Sita Sumrit, Vong Sok u Myanmar Unified Platform for Disaster 20 t h Risk Application: A Decision Support Tool Easing the Burdens of Persons 51 EDITORIAL TEAM AMRI AMME for Risk Informed Development Planning with Disabilities Through Inclusive Covid-19 Response and Recovery Editor-in-Chief and Implementation Mary Kathleen Quiano-Castro ASEAN Training Centre for Social Workers: 26 The Rice that Binds 53 AMCA COP-AATHP Associate Editor SOMRI ASOEN Social Protection and Social Resilience Joanne B. Agbisit t n e in Disaster Situations Staff Writer In m fo n r o Safe Schools and Child-Centred Climate 28 Novia D. Rulistia m COCI* vir ati En on Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia Senior Officer of SOMCA COM Inclusion of Women and Girls as Both Targets 30 ASCC Analysis Division Cu ltu Kiran Sagoo re e and Agents of Humanitarian Response an az d y H Art ar s und EDITORIAL ADDRESS sbo Tran The ASEAN Secretariat ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Department Ministerial Bodies Sectoral Bodies * takes guidance from and reports to both AMCA and AMRI 6 36 33 Jalan Sisingamangaraja 70A Jakarta 12110, Indonesia Tel: 62-21-7262991 AMRI-ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Information AMMDM-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting SOMRDPE-Senior Officials Meeting on Rural E-mail: [email protected] on Disaster Management Development and Poverty Eradication AMCA-ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts COP-AADMER-Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN SOMSWD-Senior Officials Meeting on Social AMMY-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth ISSN 2721-8058 Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Welfare and Development ASED-ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting Response ACWC-ASEAN Commission on the Promotion AMMS-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports AMME-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children AMRDPE-ASEAN Ministers on Rural Development and COP to AATHP-Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN ACW-ASEAN Committee on Women Interviews Conversations Infographics Poverty Eradication Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution SLOM-Senior Labour Officials Meeting AMMSWD-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare SOMCA-Senior Officials Meeting on Culture and Arts SOM-ACCSM-Senior Officials Meeting Secretary-General of ASEAN 6 Disasters through the Lens 35 Slow-Onset Disaster 12 and Development COCI-The ASEAN Committee for Culture and Information on ASEAN Cooperation on Civil Service Matters Dato Lim Jock Hoi Dr. Rangi W. Sudrajat 36 vs. Sudden-Onset Disaster AMMW-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women SOMRI-Senior Officials Meeting Responsible for SOMHD-Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development Asian Development Bank’s 16 Rowel Balais 37 Major Disasters, 2006-2020 33 ALMM-ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting Information ACDM-ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management Jose Antonio R. Tan III Alex Baluyut 38 ACCSM-The Heads of Civil Service Meeting SOMY-Senior Officials Meeting on Youth ASOEN-ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment and Benita Ainabe and Precious Leano for ASEAN Cooperation on Civil Service Matters SOMED-Senior Officials Meeting on Education COM to AATHP-Committee under the Conference of Parties Pimvadee Keaokiriya 40 AHMM-ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting SOMS-Senior Officials Meeting on Sports to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution On the cover: A family stays in the shell of their damaged home, after Super Typhoon Cover ©ymphotos/Shutterstock Haiyan ravaged Leyte province in the Philippines, November 2013 Composed by Kramakata ASCC Magazine March 2020 IBC_AR_Edt v3-Chosen.indd 1 4/28/20 6:52 PM 4 A Note from the Editors A Note from the Editorial Team The ASEAN magazine was rising global temperatures.
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