Asia Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (Asia Pacific Alliance) will hold the first general assembly at Indonesia on 21st October, 2012. Founding members from five different countries, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Sri Lanka, will get together to address the establishment of the Asia Pacific Alliance.
Following the general assembly, Asia Pacific Alliance announces the establishment its organization at 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) held from 22nd to 25th October, 2012 at Indonesia. Its announcement session will be held during the Pre-conference and the side-event of AMCDRR in which case studies are introduced from each country.