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Locally led Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance in Asia

Summary and Aims of the Project

The objectives of this project are to analyze locally-led disaster response measures in the disaster-prone areas of Asia, to prepare educational materials for capacity building of personnel for disaster rescue and recovery, and to make policy recommendations for global disaster-related discussions.

Until now, disaster relief efforts in Asia have been carried out by international organizations, DAC member countries, and other donors. These efforts seem to have three limitations.

First, because disaster relief efforts are based on the experience of the donor, the locally led disaster recovery rooted in Asian culture and traditions is neglected, creating discord and distrust between donors and recipients Asian countries. Second, in extracting the "human resources" that should be developed, organizations and individuals that international organizations can easily see have become the main targets, and almost no local organizations and individuals that are not immediately visible have been considered. Third, in order to overcome these two limitations, the "Sendai Disaster Prevention Framework 2015 -2030" of 2015 and the "grand bargain" adopted at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 proposed the "localization" of disaster countermeasures, but the definition of this is still unclear, and there is no prospect of concrete implementation of the "localization" policy.

This project will explore ways to boldly solve these problems.

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