The ASEAN Secretariat and its partners convened the commemoration of the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management on 14 October 2021, in conjunction with the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) every 13 October. The commemoration was held via teleconference and hosted by Singapore as the current Chair of the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM).

This 2nd edition of the ASEAN Risk Monitor and Disaster Management Review (ARMOR) is now published and can be downloaded at AHA Centre website. The publication aims to advance the publication’s objective of providing authoritative information specifically regarding the ASEAN region.

The publication can be found at below link:

ARMOR 2nd Edition

We are back this month with a more exciting topic to be shared! This will be a final Training Series conducted for the year 2020!

We have successfully conducted the 1st Training Series (6 June 2020), the 2nd Training Series (4 July 2020) and the 3rd Training Series (8 August 2020) previously. The final 4th Training Series for the year of 2020 will be on Climate Change Finance. The event will feature young professionals as speakers who have been exposed and have had training to the topic at hand.

The 3rd Training Series on Climate Change Finance will be conducted on Saturday, 12 September 2020 at 10 am (+GMT8 KUL). The registration is now open here.

You will be notified by the Secretariat & received a link for the Zoom after the registration is closed on 10 September 2020. Please contact Mr. Mohd Khairul Zain (zainkhairul@ukm.edu.my) or Dr. Nurfashareena (fasha@ukm.edu.my) for more details. Certificate of attendance will be provided to those who have successfully attended the training.

Registration also can be found at U-INSPIRE Malaysia website at http://www.ukm.my/uinspiremalaysia/?p=227. Feel free to disseminate this information to your colleagues and networks!

In view of the growing uncertainties and changing situation amidst the outbreak of the COVID-19 across the region, it is regret to inform that the 2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APSTCDRR, Official Website -http://www.ukm.my/apstcdrr/) convened under the aegis of the National Disaster Management Agency of the Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia and Academy of Sciences Malaysia scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur on 16-17 March 2020 has been cancelled. Continue reading →

Malaysia will host the 2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction on 16-17 March 2020 in Kuala Lumpur, in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Asia Pacific Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group (APSTAAG), whose members play a crucial role in strengthening regional networking and providing advice and insight to boost national science and technology capacities. Continue reading →

The impacts and damages caused by natural hazards are still enormous. While various disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures have been taken for many years, the application of science, technology and innovations are required more than ever to develop and implement further effective and evidence-based approach.

The APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities) Multi-Hazards Program organized a strategic meeting on the disaster risk reduction policy influence at Tohoku University in February 2018 with the APRU member universities and partner organizations. Continue reading →