1. AADMER AND ASEAN’S COOPERATION WITH THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
By Adelina Kamal
Head of Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Division, ASEAN Secretariat
2nd Workshop on ASEAN Defense Establishments and CSOs Cooperation on Disaster Management, June 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

2. CONTENT Toward a disaster-resilient and safer community by 2015
OVERVIEW OF THE AADMER 1
CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION IN AADMER 2
CONTENT
ASEAN’S ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY 3 4
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3. CONTENT Toward a disaster-resilient and safer community by 2015
OVERVIEW OF THE AADMER 1 2
CONTENT 3 4
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4. Toward a disaster-resilient and safer community by 2015
FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 8 OUT OF 10 ASEAN MEMBER STATES HAVE EXPERIENCED MAJOR DISASTERS WITH ALMOST 500 THOUSAND PEOPLE DEAD OR MISSING, RECONSTRUCTION COSTS OF MORE THAN USD 10 BILLION AND MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED
584 million people
home of mega disasters
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5. 584 million or nearly 1/10 of world population
Number of disasters in ASEAN from :
Flood – 213 (13% of world total)
Storm – 132 (13%)
Earthquake – 42 (15%)
Landslide – 42 (24%)
Epidemic – 36 (6%)
Volcanic eruption – 15 (26%)
Drought – 12 (7%)
Wildfire – 7 (5%)
Affect
584 million or nearly 1/10 of world population
Source:

6. AADMER - For a more united and coordinated response toward disasters within the region
A legal framework for all ASEAN Member
States and serves as a common platform in
responding to disasters within ASEAN
Objective: Reducing disaster losses in ASEAN countries, and jointly respond to disaster emergencies
Initiated in mid 2004 before tsunami, signed by Foreign Ministers of ASEAN
in July 2005 after 4 months of negotiation
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7. ASEAN Leaders have designated Secretary-General of ASEAN as the ASEAN
AADMER - For a more united and coordinated response toward disasters within the region
Ratified by all ten countries in ASEAN, entered into force on 24 Dec 2009
Mentioned under both the Political Security cooperation as well Socio-cultural cooperation of the ASEAN blueprint signed by all ASEAN Leaders
ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) as the operational coordination body and engine of AADMER
ASEAN Leaders have designated Secretary-General of ASEAN as the ASEAN
Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator for natural disasters and pandemic in ASEAN
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8. ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management
National Disaster Management Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, Brunei Darussalam
Relief and Resettlement Department, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Myanmar
National Committee for Disaster Management, Cambodia
National Disaster Coordinating Council, Philippines
Current Chair
National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), Indonesia
Singapore Civil Defence Force, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore
National Disaster Management Office, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR
Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior, Thailand
National Security Division, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia
Central Committee of Flood and Storm Control, Viet Nam

9. Tools under AADMER: SASOP
ASEAN Standby Arrangements for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response
emergency response/ SAR directory
military and civilian assets
emergency stockpiles of relief items
DM expertise and technologies
The Parties shall prepare Standard Operating Procedures for:
regional standby arrangements
utilisation of military and civilian assets
coordination of joint disaster relief and emergency response operations
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10. Contents …. SASOP as the operational document …..
Disaster Preparedness
Assessment & Monitoring
Emergency Response
Chapter VI: Facilitation & Utilisation of Military & Civilian Assets & Capacities (being developed)
Annexes (of Templates and Forms)

11. ASEAN Regional Disaster Emergency Response Simulation Exercise (ARDEX)
Annual conduct of ARDEX to enhance Member Countries’ capabilities in joint disaster relief and emergency operations
Lessons learnt serve as inputs for review, and enhancement for the ASEAN SASOP
Article 8.3.c Conduct training and exercises to attain and maintain the relevance and applicability of the Standard Operating Procedures

12. ARDEX-09 Philippines ARDEX-10 Indonesia ARDEX-05 Malaysia
Collapsed Structure Disaster Scenario
ARDEX-06 Cambodia
Flood Disaster
Scenario
ARDEX-07 Singapore
Massive Collapse of Structures
Scenario
ARDEX-08 Thailand
Typhoon, technological disaster
scenario
ARDEX-09 Philippines
Volcanic eruption scenario
ARDEX-10 Indonesia
Earthquake tsunami, chemical emergency scenario

13. ASEAN-Emergency Rapid Assessment Team (ERAT)
First deployment (2 times) in 2008 after Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
Idea endorsed by ASEAN Member States in March 2008
ERAT being formed, to be tested as part of ARDEX scenario
ERAT being formed, to be tested as part of ARDEX in early Nov
Objective: a pool of trained and rapidly deployable (within 24 hours) ERAT
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14. CONTENT Toward a disaster-resilient and safer community by 2015
OVERVIEW OF THE AADMER
CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION IN AADMER 2
CONTENT 3 4
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15. ASEAN HAS ADDRESSED CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION IN AADMER
AADMER Articles 8, 9, 11, 12 and 15
Draft Chapter VI of SASOP underlines the need to treat the utilisation of military assets as part of a “Whole Government Approach”
All ASEAN’s work linked to disaster management needs to be in line with the AADMER
Maintain ASEAN’s centrality and coordinate efforts
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16. ASEAN HAS ADDRESSED CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION IN AADMER
It is critical that ADMM/ADSOM’s work and other relevant entities be familiar with AADMER and the operational documents developed so far
Involve or consult the civilian government organisations in charge of disaster management (the National Disaster Management Organisations or NDMOs) who are members of ACDM
AADMER belongs not only to the NDMOs, but to all elements of the society in ASEAN countries
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17. CONTENT Toward a disaster-resilient and safer community by 2015
OVERVIEW OF THE AADMER 2
CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION IN AADMER
CONTENT 3 4
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18. AADMER - For a more united and coordinated response toward disasters within the region
Principle 6:
“The Parties, in addressing disaster risks, shall involve, as appropriate, all stakeholders including local communities, non-governmental organisations and private enterprises, utilising, among others, community-based disaster preparedness and early response approaches”
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19. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ASEAN CHARTER
From a LOOSELY-ORGANISED body towards more RULE-BASED inter-governmental organisation
Providing ASEAN with a LEGAL PERSONALITY
To be an EFFECTIVE PLAYER on the international stage
CHAPTER 1: PURPOSES, point 13
“ To promote a PEOPLE-ORIENTED ASEAN in which all the sectors of society are encouraged to participate in, and benefit from, the process of ASEAN integration and community building”
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20. Examples of engagement with CSO
Grounding of policies (such as providing inputs in the development of policies, facilitating dialogues, providing platforms for bringing the voices of the most vulnerable)
Support in the development of monitoring indicators for key policy outputs

21. ASEAN Partnership Group
APG
Aim: Support in the ‘people-centred’ implementation of AADMER, by raising awareness and engagement of CSOs in the discussions and implementation processes at national and regional level

22. ASEAN Partnership Group in AADMER
Partnership and Resource Mobilisation Strategy
Proposed mechanisms (agreements, SOPs)
Procedures for involving civil society in ERAT and AHA Centre
Workshops with CSOs in ASEAN countries for raising awareness and clarifying the role of CSOs in AADMER
Feedback mechanisms for stakeholders
Training and Knowledge Management Strategy
Identification of training gaps and priorities
Development of AADMER Pools of Trainers
ASEAN Network of Training Institutions
AADMER Knowledge Management System (collection, sharing and dissemination)
ASEAN Partnership Group in AADMER

23. Examples of engagement with CSOs
Strengthening institutional capacity (such as through secondment, attachment programme, etc)
Supporting the implementation (such as ASEAN youth volunteers programme, public education and awareness, training, etc)
Sharing good practices and tools
Monitoring progresses at the community level

24. Cyclone Nargis
First time for ASEAN’s collective response to a major disaster within the ASEAN region
First time for ASEAN to establish an ASEAN-led coordinating mechanism and play a significant role in the international humanitarian arena
First time for mechanisms and tools under AADMER tested and utilised in a real situation
Cyclone path
Cyclone path

25. Assessment and Monitoring
Post-Nargis Joint Assessment
Periodic Reviews
Social Impacts Monitoring

26. CSOs Participation
Planning and execution (such as development of tools, facilitating dialogues, etc)
Operational support
Assessment teams
Peer review

27. ASEAN Volunteers Programme
First-ever in ASEAN
Promoting people-centred ASEAN
Bringing ASEAN closer to the people
Cooperation with local and international NGOs to train and work together with the ASEAN volunteers

28. CSOs Participation Development of proposals Planning
Training of ASEAN volunteers
Implementation
Direct feedback

29. CONTENT Toward a disaster-resilient and safer community by 2015
OVERVIEW OF THE AADMER 2
CIVIL MILITARY COORDINATION IN AADMER
CONTENT 3 4
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30. conclusions
AADMER provides the legal framework for both civilian and military organisations in enhancing ASEAN cooperation in disaster management: “Whole Government Approach” 1
AADMER provides the opportunity for ASEAN to work closely with the CSOs, particularly those who are ASEAN-borne and ASEAN-based: “People-Centered Approach” 2
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31. Thank you … 31