- Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Khokana held in Lalitpur
- "Action Planning Workshop for Tomorrow's Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City" Held in Lamahi, Lumbini Province
- Media Interaction held on plan for Tomorrow’s Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- Art Competition on Tomorrow’s Rapti City held in Rapti Valley (Deukhuri) Capital City
- National Tabletop Simulation Exercise by NDRRMA MOHA
- Workshop on Earthquake Hazard Assessment and Aftershock Forecasting was held in Lalitpur
- 26th National Symposium on ‘Earthquake Risk Reduction and Management in Nepal’ held in Kathmandu.
- Mason Training begins in Darjeeling, India
- 26th Earthquake Safety Day observed in Nepal with the slogan: Let's promote use of Local Resources and Technology for Earthquake Resilient Structures
- Shaping Visioning Scenarios for Rapti, the Lumbini Provincial Capital City in Nepal
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WCDRR: NSET hosts Panel Discussion on PPP for DRM
Private sector is the largest contributor to the national economy of any country. It plays vital role in providing employment and social growth as well as in recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation post disaster. In recent decades, increasing number of natural disasters in developing countries is the reason of greatest setback to development efforts. In this regard, participation of private sector in aspects of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is crucial, and hence should have been a self-understood “Matter of Fact”.
Key issues discussed are:
• How do businesses perceive Business Continuity Planning in developing countries?
• How can a business plan to successfully bounce-back after a disaster?
• In developing countries, can PPP be incorporated within a sustainable business model?
• How to accelerate involvement of private sector on DRM?
• Besides profit, what are the other measures of success for a business?
• Investment on DRR: is it a cost or a value?
• DRM for private sector: is it just a social responsibility or is it a business opportunity? How can we successfully tie-up the strategic DRM needs and sustainable CSR values of a company?
• PPP for DRM: Is it a charity? or can it be a profitable business? Can disaster risk management prove to be a creative business opportunity for companies?
Panelists:
• Mr. William S. Berger, Principal Regional Advisor, U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), Regional Office for Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Mr. Loy Rego, Advisor, Global Disaster Preparedness Center, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C., U.S.
• Professor Kimiro Meguro, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Mr. Iwan Gunawan, The World Bank
Session Moderator:
Dr. Amod Mani Dixit, Executive Director, National Society of Earthquake Technology-Nepal (NSET)
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