FACT

Over 70,000 People Were Killed Annually
by Natural Disasters in Asia

Asia Pacific region has the greatest numbers of people killed and affected by natural disasters in the world.
The frequency of disasters is increasing over the years.

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  Current Situation

  Asia Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region, observing 90% of world’s disasters in the region

• Challenges

  Limited cross-border and cross-sector cooperation for disaster relief and recovery activities in Asia Pacific

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  A-PAD’s Approach

  Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (A-PAD) develops a platform to mutually support across nations and across sectors

ADVANTAGE

A pre-agreement among stakeholders about possible 
cooperation for a natural disaster allows us to implement 
effective and efficient relief and recovery activities.

A-PAD develops national platforms that facilitate cooperation
among public, private and civil society sectors for natural
disasters in Asia Pacific nations.

When a large-scale disaster hits Asia, each national platform,
the members of A-PAD, collaborates internationally to undertake
disaster relief activities.

Anticipating specific cooperation among the public, private and civil society sectors
prior to a disaster is the most crucial for disaster management

ACTIVITIES

Develop Cross-Border Collaboration Network
Maintain collaboration network in order to promptly start emergency relief

6 Member Countries Aim for Future

Leveraging financial, logistic and human resources, each country
collaborates across sectors to carry out effective disaster relief activities.