APDRC - Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre

APDRC is the very first Red Cross Reference Centre in Asia and the Pacific, jointly initiated by the Republic of Korea National Red Cross (KNRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) ​​Asia Pacific Regional Office.
Investing in resilience is the best method we have for protecting the lives, livelihoods and dignity of the world’s most vulnerable people."
-- IFRC Secretary General, Elhadj As Sy

APDRC News

1st Interactive Innovation Workshop

As the first step of APDRC's Resilience Innovation Initiative(RII), the 1st Interactive Innovation Workshop was held on 11-12 May 2017.
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Roadmap to Community Resilience

APDRC successfully hosted the Global ToT Workshop on the Roadmap to Community Resilience on 15-17 March 2017.  
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Disaster Risk Management Training

Jointly with the Korean Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS), APDRC organised a simulation exercise.
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​Announcements

        The Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre (APDRC) is now looking for competent individuals from the Asia Pacific National Societies who can perform the role of program managers. While being an integral part of the APDRC, these positions will be project specific and eventually managed in a rotation basis to accommodate the interests of the Asia Pacific National Societies. 

​For more information please contact apdrc@apdisasterresilience.org

Engagements

EVENTS
DATES 
LOCATIONS
Flood Resilience Innovation Challenge in Indonesia
23-24 February 2017
Jakarta, Indonesia
Training of Trainers Workshop
​on the Road Map to Community Resilience
15-17 March 2017
Seoul, Korea
Training of Trainers (ToT) on the Practice-Based DRM:
​Coordination
17 April 2017
Seoul, Korea
Resilience Innovation Initiative: 
The First Interactive Innovation Workshop
11-12 May 2017
Seoul, Korea
​​Longitudinal Study of Asian Urban Practices ​​
February - June 2018
Regional
Asia Pacific Regional Training of Trainers Workshop
on the Road Map to Community Resilience
2 - 4 April 2018
Katmandu, Nepal
Virtual Reality (VR) Experiential Learning Field Test
throughout
April - September  2018
Mongolia, Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal ​and South Korea
2nd Steering Committee Meeting
April 2018
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1st Technical Advisory Group Meeting
May 2018
Seoul, Korea
Resilience Innovation Initiative:
​The Second Interactive Innovation Workshop 
September 2018
Seoul, Korea

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