• Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act of 2010
  

The eighth meeting of Regional Consultative Committee (RCC-8) on Disaster Management is being held from 22 to 24 February at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila in Ortigas, Quezon City, Philippines, with the special theme on "Implementing National Programs on Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction in High Risk Communities". RCC-8 is being jointly hosted by the Office of the Civil Defense, National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Philippines and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), with support from the Australian Government Overseas Aid Program.

Reviewing progress of implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA), which was adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005, is one of the key agendas of the eighth RCC meeting. Continuing challenges and priorities for the years to come will be discussed as well. The meeting will also look into the progress of “Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) into development” which ADPC has been strongly advocating. Given that the region is prone to major natural hazards and recently experienced numerous major disasters, it would be essential to observe what are the lessons learned and how each government has been dealing with post-disaster situation. Government of China, Indonesia, Myanmar and Pakistan will provide examples of post-disaster response and changes in DRR systems.