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Building Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: The Philippine Experience

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Drawing lessons learned from previous experiences in responding to major disasters, the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) system has shifted its policy focus from a relief-centric approach to a more proactive, holistic, and integrated disaster system. Informed by the global trends in addressing the adverse impacts of climate change and threats of hazards, … Building Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: The Philippine Experience

No Country Faces Disasters Alone

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Cambodia currently serves as the Chair of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM). ACDM Chair and Secretary General of the National Committee for Disaster Management of Cambodia Kim Virak discussess ASEAN’s progress under the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), its growing role in shaping global disaster management, and how Cambodia’s … No Country Faces Disasters Alone

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn

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The frequency, scale, and complexity of disasters are escalating across Southeast Asia—driven by climate change, rapid urbanisation, and emerging transboundary risks. These growing threats strike at the very foundations of our development, stability, and shared prosperity.

In Your Words

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With the adoption of the ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future, we continue to be in conversation with people in the region on their hopes and concerns for the future. The ASEAN aimed to involve various perspectives in this endeavour, reaching out extensively to gather insights. We received responses from our readers, social media followers, youth … In Your Words

Connecting for Resilience: ASEAN’s Strategic Path Forward

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Amidst global transformation, geo-economic shifts, climate change, rapid urbanisation, digital transformation, and ageing populations continue to impact people’s lives in ASEAN. Responding to and leveraging these developments will be crucial to realising the ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future.

Shaping the Future Together

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With the commitment that “people are at the centre of ASEAN,” the ASCC takes a bold step in advancing a people-centred, people-oriented, and inclusive Community that prioritises people’s well-being and quality of life amid evolving regional and global geopolitical and socio-economic landscapes.