PHÒNG CHỐNG BÃO ! – Prevent storm damage – Prévention des catastrophes naturelles

DIPECHO South East Asia and the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control is going to engage with partners, practitioners, government agencies and donor institutions in a consultative dialogue contributing to the formulation of the DIPECHO strategy for the 6^th Action Plan for South East Asia, particularly for Vietnam.

As part of the strategic planning process for the 5^th DIPECHO Action Plan for South East Asia (SEA) and based on the outcomes of a recent comprehensive external evaluation of the Program covering the period 1998-2006, DIPECHO South East Asia (DIPECHO SEA) and the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control (CCFSC) is going to engage with partners, practitioners, government agencies and donor institutions in a consultative dialogue contributing to the formulation of the DIPECHO strategy for the 6^th Action Plan for South East Asia, particularly for Vietnam. This National Consultative Meeting will be organized on 29-30 November 2007 at the Guoman Hotel located at 83A Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi and, as part of the strategic programming process, will look at:

• an exploration of some of the key lessons learned from past disaster risk management actions in the country
• an examination of the strategic perspectives of both the government and representatives of the donor community in disaster risk reduction, related to, and beyond, the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. Regarding DIPECHO SEA, it will be looked at strategic orientations for the period 2008-2011.

 It will also spend the a session (in the second day) for DIPECHO applicants, including staff members of interested applicants and their counterparts who will be involved in the preparation of the projects, with information on summary of the first day meeting’s contents, programming issues and other practical information.

By renewing this important exercise, it is hoped that the spirit of information sharing and exchange that was so keenly welcomed following the NCM series of 2004 and 2005 will be perpetuated, and furthermore will promote the complementarily of individual strategies in disaster reduction in Vietnam.

Other primary disaster risk reduction stakeholders in DIPECHO SEA countries, namely Laos, Cambodia, Timor-Lester, Indonesia and Philippines will also be involved in such national consultative dialogue that will assist DIPECHO in identifying its strategic priorities for the forthcoming 2008 – 2009 funding cycle. Agenda of the meeting

DIPECHO partners consolidated lessons learnt - previous DIPECHO national consultative meeting - 2005