The University of Hawaii’s Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) was awarded the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in
Indonesia and ASEAN usher in a new era of disaster readiness, response, and risk reduction
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Indonesia’s national government, the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre), and Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) recently celebrated the completion of two life-saving technology projects. More than 70 stakeholders representing multiple ASEAN member states (AMS) and numerous national and international organizations attended the virtual InAWARE and Disaster Monitoring and Response System (DMRS) handover ceremony marking the beginning of a new era of disaster management capacity throughout the ASEAN region.
Developed in partnership with funding support from USAID and its Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the technologies known as InAWARE and DMRS have been customized for the specific needs of Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Organization (NDMO) Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) and the regional AHA Centre, respecti