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ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7: Building Health System Resilience in ASEAN

The ASEAN Admin | May 19, 2023

by Resilience Development Initiative and Aly Diana ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7 ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Policy Brief is a publication of the ASCC Department at the ASEAN Secretariat. It identifies trends and challenges that will impact ASEAN and ASCC sectors and propose policy-relevant solutions and recommendations to … ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7: Building Health System Resilience in ASEAN

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #2: Common Resilience Challenges in ASEAN and Potential Areas of Collaboration in Disaster Management

The ASEAN Admin | March 23, 2023

This policy brief recommends a focus on institutions, financing, and technology to improve disaster resilience

Inclusion of Women and Girls as Both Targets and Agents of Humanitarian Response

The ASEAN Admin | December 14, 2022

Women are disproportionately affected by natural disasters. This statement is as irrefutable as it is disquieting.

Forging Ahead: The New AADMER Programme for 2021-2025

The ASEAN Admin | January 25, 2021

The ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) reflects the ASEAN Member States’ strong commitment to reduce disaster losses and respond to emergencies in the region in a collaborative manner.

ASEAN Aspires to be the Global Leader in Disaster Management

The ASEAN Admin | October 20, 2020

Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most disasterprone regions in the world. From 2012 to 2018,1,218 disasters occurred in the region, causing an estimated yearly damage of 15.9 billion US dollars, three times ASEAN’s collective annual GDP.

Myanmar Unified Platform for Disaster Risk Application: A Decision Support Tool for Risk Informed Development Planning and Implementation

The ASEAN Admin | October 14, 2020

Myanmar, which has a very long coastal line at 2,228 kilometers, is mainly exposed to water-related disasters. The decade before Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar in 2008, large-scale disasters had been occurring in three- to five- year intervals.

Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster?

The ASEAN Admin | October 14, 2020

Relief items distribution in response to the Lao PDR floods in 2018

“One ASEAN, One Response” is far from just a tagline. It is a well thought out concept born out of a necessity to connect the real disaster experience from ground zero to the highest level of the diplomatic arena in ASEAN. It was borne from ASEAN’s experience in its response to the 2013 Super Typhoon … Can ASEAN Respond to a Slow-Onset Disaster?

Dr. Rangi W. Sudrajat

The ASEAN Admin | October 9, 2020

Rangi Sudrajat dreamed of being a humanitarian worker since she was a young girl. She decided to pursue a path of helping the less fortunate, after watching the news about refugees affected by the Kosovo war.