The South-East Asia Flood Risk Reduction Forum was held on 20 February 2012, in Bangkok, Thailand, organized by the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division (IDD) of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) supported by Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA).
The objectives of the Forum were to share information and lessons learned from the 2011 Floods in South-East Asia, including the potential and actual application of Space applications and other technologies during such events.
Opening Session
Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP (Opening Remarks) |
H.E. Mr. Kittirat Na-Ranong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Thailand |
Dr. Masanori Homma, JAXA Executive Director (Opening Remarks) |
Keynote speeches
Prof. Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, ICHARM Director (Speech) |
Mr. Kimio Takeya, Senior Advisor of JICA (Speech) |
Panel discussion: Relationships between Rapid Economic Development and the Increasing Number of Water-related Disasters in Asia (statements)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Statement)
Myanmar (Statement)
Vietnam (Statement)
Lessons learned from the 2011 Floods
Cambodia (Presentation)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Presentation)
Myanmar (Presentation)
Philippines (Presentation)
Thailand (Presentation)
Vietnam
(Presentation)
Key messages from the forum (Eng) |
