The Asia Pacific Alliance (A-PAD) Sri Lanka and its local parent body, the Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) along with the partnership of the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) and the Ministry of Disaster Management and the Disaster Management Centre, coordinated the facilitation of ‘Sendai-Spring – Turning Risk to Resilience’, in Sri Lanka on the 9^th of February 2015 at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) auditorium. The occasion was graced by the Deputy Minister of Disaster Management, Honourabel Dunesh Gankanda.

Sri Lanka is a country located in the disaster-prone and still developing Asia Pacific Region, and is considerably susceptible to many of the issues the aforementioned frameworks assess. The half day event convening members of the public sector, private sector, I/NGO sector and civil society alike, created a platform on which to breakdown the various frameworks for local action, unearthing in its wake, issues of various magnitude as well as the parallel solutions and calling out to various stakeholders to make a commitment to aid in their implementation. CHA and A-PAD along with the ADRRN as the main coordinating bodies will follow-up on the results by assembling the report post-event.

Parallel to the event, the launch of the book, ‘Impacts of Disasters in Sri Lanka’, a collaborative effort of the A-PAD and the Disaster Management Centre of the Ministry of Disaster Management in Sri Lanka took place at the event. The book carries a detailed review of the various disasters and their impacts on Sri Lanka, acting as a country-wide hazard profile for the island.

The event report has now been assembled and can be accessed via the following link: (Sendai-Spring Report)

 

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