Improving preparedness to response in Asia by building partnerships between Governments, LNGOs & Private sector through capacity building and knowledge exchange
🌏The NPDM 2026–2030 Technical Review is out! The Bangladesh Preparedness Partnership of #ADPC, funded by the #GatesFoundation, guides Bangladesh’s next disaster management plan—strengthening risk reduction, preparedness, response & recovery. 📷 Read: https://t.co/Q8RPNdhvQ0
On 18 Sept 2025, Bangladesh Preparedness Partnership (BPP) of @ADPCnet, funded by Gates Foundation, hosted a webinar on strengthening local disaster governance via effective SOD 2019 & implementation to guide revision of #NPDM2026 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/UHdb5aErzG
Next-gen defenders are redefining disaster preparedness through Disaster Café—one of BPP’s four locally led research projects, running June–Sept 2025. Led by MoDMR with #ADPC & #GatesFoundation support. Watch: https://t.co/FyFyPzznON
BD is activating its Disaster Management Information Centers (DMICs)! Cox’s Bazar—home to the world’s largest Rohingya refugees—is the first model under #BPP of #ADPC, led by #MoDMR with support from the #GatesFoundation. Action plan, staff & equipment underway. See graphic
PhilPrep is gearing up to:
📘 Localize training curricula
📢 Push policy reforms
🤝 Boost multi-stakeholder coordination
📊 Build systems for impact tracking
With enhance optimism, the partners are committed to locally-led action. The work continues. ✊
#APPPhase3#Localization
Local Leadership in Action 🇵🇭
The #APPPhilPrep Workshop (9–10 June 2025) brought together gov’t, civil society, academia & private sector partners in QC to co-define a #localization model for DRR & climate resilience.🌱
📍Theme: Sustaining collaboration beyond projects.
#DRR
Participants crafted a strategic action plan aligned with 8 shared objectives—from capacity-building & advocacy to innovation & community voice.
📡 UPRI wowed us with how IoT is being used for hazard monitoring & smart planning in target areas. #Tech4Resilience
🌍🔥 2024 was the hottest year ever. From Nepal to Pakistan, Cambodia to Thailand, Philippines to Sri Lanka extreme heat is no longer just a discomfort — it’s a deadly crisis.
Communities face heatwaves, crop failures, power cuts & water stress. It’s time to act — locally.
At ADPC, we believe local challenges need local solutions.
Through the Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP), we’re:
✅ Strengthening early warning systems
✅ Scaling nature-based solutions
✅ Supporting women Led grassroots climate adaptation
✅ Advancing South-South learning
🌧️🌄Locally Led Disaster Preparedness at the Last Mile! 🌄🌧️
From June 3–5, 2025, SLPP will lead field visits in Walasmulla, Hambantota to develop community-led early warning systems for landslides — protecting rural lives from recurring disasters.
#DisasterPreparedness#SLPP
🚨 Driven by the learnings of the 2003 Saputhanthri Kanda landslide, SLPP with ADPC-APP & #ADRF support from the Gates Foundation – is empowering communities with early warning & climate readiness.
🔔 Follow updates:
👉 https://t.co/1iKtjfK7gG
👉 https://t.co/Ty9uocC9Vb
Partners from govt, academia, private sector, NGOs & CSOs in 🇧🇩committed to a safer, stronger Bangladesh at the BPP meeting on 26 May, hosted by #FBCCI .
BPP is led by MoDMR | Supported by #ADPC | Funded by #GatesFoundation
🔗Read more: https://t.co/1sn9kTf2Ai
Now, they're working with local authorities to integrate the plan into municipal budgets and policies. 💼
From Madi to Ramailo Basti, Chitwan is weaving a stronger safety net — one locally-led action at a time.
💪 #CommunityResilience#DisasterPreparedness#Nepal#LocallyLed
👥 A CBDRM Committee representing 75 households across 2 vulnerable settlements came together to identify key risks:
🌊 Flooding
🐘 Wild animal attacks
🦠 Pandemics & epidemics
✅ The community co-developed a local action plan to tackle these threats head-on!
Building on Progress in Madi — Now in Ramailo Basti! 🛠️🌱
After a successful disaster risk assessment in Madi (Ward 1), the momentum grows! 🚀
📍 Ramailo Basti, Ward 8 of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan, is now using PRA tools to lead its own risk assessment under #APP#ADRF