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Thailand Disaster Management Structure and Links to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Thailand Disaster Management Structure and Links to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response and Beyond. ASEAN DEFENCE ESTABLISHMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS (CSOs) COOPERATION ON NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ( Disaster Management ) 28 June 2010

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Thailand Disaster Management Structure and Links to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response

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  1. Thailand Disaster Management Structure and Links to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response and Beyond ASEAN DEFENCE ESTABLISHMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS (CSOs) COOPERATION ON NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY( Disaster Management ) 28 June 2010 Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok

  2. Outline of presentation • The Objectives and Elements of AADMER • Thailand’s Disaster Management System • Links to the AADMER • Areas of linkage/how • Challenges/Gaps • The Road Ahead

  3. The Objective AADMER • To provide effective mechanisms to achieve substantial reduction of disaster loss in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of the Parties, and to jointly respond through disaster emergencies through concerted national efforts and intensified regional and international co-operation

  4. Core Elements of AADMER • Disaster Risk Identification, Assessment, and Monitoring • Disaster Prevention and Mitigation • Disaster Preparedness • Emergency Response • Rehabilitation • Technical Co-Operation and Scientific Research • AHA Centre • Institutional Arrangements

  5. Activities under AADMER • ARDEX (an annual disaster response simulation exercise, guided by SASOP) • ASEAN Standby Arrangements (List of earmarked assets and capacities) • ASEAN Emergency Rapid Assessment Team (ASEAN ERAT) • Others

  6. Thailand Disaster Management System • Policy level: National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Committee (Report to The Cabinet) • Strategic: Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) (Report to MOI) • Strategic/Tactical Level: The Provinces (Report to MOI through DDPM) • Operational Level: Local governments (Report to Provincial Governor)

  7. National Plan for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation • The National Plan for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation is the very important mechanism for disaster management work in the country. • Procedures for actions of (1) Pre-disaster; (2) during disaster; and (3) after disaster are the main parts of the National Plan • Provisions under the National Plan: • Conceptual Framework of disaster management • Classification of disaster scale • Role and Responsibility of government ministries , agencies, state enterprises etc. • Standard Operating Procedure • Communication line and means • Tools, equipment and personnel

  8. When a disaster strikes…… National/Provincial/local Plans shall be activated • Local government shall react first • Neighboring local governments shall assist • Provincial government to support • DDPM shall support and coordinate with other national agencies

  9. Linking National DM Structure with AADMER AADMER Thailand’s Disaster Management System National Focal Points Preparedness Risk Identification Provincial Governor Cabinet Risk Assessment ? Prime Minister COP Armed Forces Early Warning MOI Work Programme CIMIC Competent Authority NDPMC AHA Centre Technical Cooperation SASOP Local governments DDPM Policy NGOs Research Rehabilitation

  10. Areas of linkage • Disaster Risk Assessment • Disaster Monitoring • Disaster Prevention and Mitigation • Disaster Preparedness • Disaster Response • Disaster Relief • Disaster Reconstruction and Recovery • Civil Military Coordination

  11. Areas of linkage

  12. Areas of linkage

  13. Areas of linkage

  14. Areas of linkage

  15. Challenges • There are many actors in disaster management system in Thailand. It is a big challenge to give an equal or suitable role to all • As Thailand is “not much” a disaster prone country, to make the disaster risk reduction on top of the National Agenda is not an easy job • The challenge will be on the shoulder of DDPM, as the National Focal Point in Disaster Management, to start the process of linking national mechanism with the AADMER

  16. The Road Ahead • Establishment of a national committee (or sub-committee under the National DPM Committee, that would be directly responsible for the Implementation of the Agreement • Formulation of National SOPs (Request and Offer Assistance) • Establishment of SAR team, ERAT relief teams that has the international capacity • Make the AADMER more widely known to other agencies/organizations and have more engagements from them • Others

  17. Thank you for your attention

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