Activities of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity in Disaster Management/Communications Dr. Stephen Sheehan

Meeting on the Asia-Pacific Gateway for Disaster Risk Reduction
15 December 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
Activities of the
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity in
Disaster Management/Communications
Dr. Stephen Sheehan
Programme Officer
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
ASEAN Symposium on Shaping the Digital Economy,
Leveraging the Internet Economy
Contents
• APT Strategic Plan for 2015 to 2017 and
Disaster Management/Communications
• Workshop on Disaster Management/
Communications (WDMC-6) in 2015
• Outcomes of the 39th Session of the
Management Committee of the APT
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APT Strategic Plan 2015 to 2017
and Disaster Management/
Communications
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APT
Strategic
Plan for
2015-2017
• The 13th Session of the General
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Assembly of the APT was held from 25
to 26 November 2014 in Yangon,
Myanmar
The meeting adopted a new APT
Strategic Plan for 2015-2017
The Strategic Plan includes
commitments from the “Brunei
Darussalam Statement”
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APT
Strategic
Plan for
2015-2017
APT Strategic Plan 2015-2017 is divided
into 8 main Work Items:
1) Policy and Regulation
2) ICT Development
3) Disaster Management
4) Cybersecurity
5) Radiocommunication
6) Standardization
7) Capacity Building
8) Regional Cooperation for ICT
Development
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APT
Strategic
Plan for
2015-2017
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Strategic Actions relating to disaster
management include:
– Share expertise on the use of
communication technologies for
PPDR (Public Protection and
Disaster Relief) to assist the
mobilization of equipment and
other resources to help people
during disasters;
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APT
Strategic
Plan for
2015-2017
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Strategic Actions relating to disaster
management include:
– Encourage the production of a
legislative and standard strategy
model for effective ICT use and
broadband deployment to mitigate
the damage from natural disasters;
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APT
Strategic
Plan for
2015-2017
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Strategic Actions relating to disaster
management include:
– Encourage and promote the
collaboration with relevant
parties including international
organizations and the private
sector to facilitate implementation
of necessary activities in disaster
management such as establishment
of the PPDR disaster
management/ICT expert teams;
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Workshop on Disaster
Management/Communications
(WDMC-6) in 2015
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WDMC-6
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6th Workshop on Disaster
Management/Communications, held
in Nadi, Fiji from 7-9 July
First WDMC was held in 2010
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55 participants
18 member countries
6 United Nations agencies:
ITU, WFP, OCHA, UNISDR,
UNESCO-IOC, UN Global Pulse
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11 sessions, 26 presentations
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WDMC-6
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Simulation Exercise:
The first 24 hours after a disaster
‒ First simulation exercise held by APT
‒ 24-hours compressed into 24-minutes
‒ Designed to give participants a sense
of the chaos and confusion that
immediately follows a disaster
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WDMC-6
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Group Work Exercise:
Recommendations for a
Standard Strategy Model in
Disaster Management/Communications
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19 recommendations grouped according to
4 headings:
1. Risk management, information
management, information flow
2. Developing strong planning, SOP,
resource mobilization, policy planning
3. Coordination with government and
private sector, humanitarian assistance,
community and people
4. Resilience of telecommunication network
and infrastructure, deployment of ICT in
disaster management
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Outcomes of the 39th Session of
the Management Committee of the
APT
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MC-39
• MC agreed to hold a 7th WDMC in 2016
• Venue has yet TBC
• Currently planning to hold in
2nd Quarter 2016 (April)
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MC-39
• Some of the topics the WDMC-7 will
cover include:
i.
disaster management strategies and
action plans by country;
ii. specific disasters types, e.g. flood,
typhoon, earthquake, and best practice
in the use of ICT for disaster
management;
iii. cooperation between governments in
disaster management;
iv. the role of the APT and other
international organizations in
disaster management; and
v. cost effective and sustainable use of ICT
for disaster management.
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For further information please visit
http://www.apt.int
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