1. Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network (ADRRN) Founded in 2002 and now has 34 members from Asia & 1 from Australia Steering committee Secretariat MERCY Malaysia Funding VISION "Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies“ MISSION "Promote coordination and collaboration among NGOs and other stakeholders for effective and efficient disaster reduction and response in the Asia-Pacific region“

2. Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies OBJECTIVES To develop an interactive network of NGOs committed to achieving excellence in the field of disaster reduction and response. To raise the relevant concerns of NGOs in the Asia- Pacific region to the larger community of NGOs globally, through various international forums and platforms To promote best practices and standards in disaster reduction and response To provide a mechanism for sharing reliable information and facilitating capacity building among network members and other stakeholders

3. Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies THE ADRRN IN 2007-2008 PARTNERSHIP IN THE FIELD Tsunami Capacity building of local governments/NGOs in the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan Building Resilience to Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean with ISDR funded by EC (“Selamat” toolkit) Bangladesh Cyclone Sidr Cyclone Nargis NETWORKING/CAPACITY BUILDING Website E-groups Training each other

4. Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies PUBLICATIONS NGO reporting towards achievement of HFA in Asian region Partners handbook CONFERENCES Participated in many international conferences including Global Platform meeting organized by UN/ISDR (Vice Chair of GPDRR), 2 nd Asian Ministerial Meeting in India, IOTWS etc WORKSHOPS Organized two Building Safer Organizations (BSO) Investigation and Management Workshops with HAP Accountability Workshops Annual meeting for members

5. Safe community environments and disaster resilient societies 5 Year Strategy Membership expansion to have partners in every country in Asia-Pacific Expand Associate Membership Research, Evaluation and Publications Unit International Partnerships e.g. GOLFRE, ALNAP