Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre

About Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre: 

• It is an autonomous international organization established in 1986.
• It is for cooperation in and implementation of disaster risk reduction and building climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific region.
• Vision: Safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction" and its geographical remit is Asia and the Pacific
• Member countries: India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand are the founding members.
• Governance: The organs of ADPC, defined in the ADPC Charter include the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee, the Advisory Council and the Regional Consultative Committee (RCC), which are the governing or advisory bodies of ADPC.
• ADPC's international Charter was signed by nine founding member countries and it was put into effect in 2018 through the ratification by all the founding members.
• As of January 2020, ADPC is operating as an autonomous international organization governed by the Board of Trustees.
• Headquarter: Bangkok, Thailand and sub-centers in the country of operations are the operational parts of ADPC.

Q1: What is Disaster risk reduction?

It is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyse and reduce the causal factors of disasters.

Source: India assumes the Chair of Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC)