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Dr. Wiwat Seetamanoch - The importance on collaboration was stressed and before collaboration we need to start communication and then move to coordination and then finally collaboration.
Myanmar - Different countries have a different system of government related to foreign relations. We need to make an effort to understand the government system of each country. One idea is for national disaster medicine planning, maybe all countries can develop their own program and have central website that every country can upload their policy and their facilities and their needs. Disaster experiences can be shared here as well.
Dr. Anuchar- If we need to make a disaster medical system we need to start to qualify the emergency medical system also.
The remaining countries could not voice their opinion due to time constraints.
Session 3: Outline of the Survey
The survey has three objectives:
-Collect necessary information on disaster medicine and emergency medicine in ASEAN member states
-Formulate a future vision of cooperation in disaster medicine in the region
-Propose cooperation program to support strengthening of capacity of disaster medicine
The survey targets all ASEAN member states, especially those agencies concerned with disaster medicine emergency medicine emergency response and search and rescue. The survey consists of two components, which are data collection components, and invitation program component. The survey team will consist of Ms. Keiko Nagai, Mr. Toshiaki Hosoda, Dr. Yushi Nakajima, Ms. Junko Yamada, and Ms. Kumiko Nishimura.
Questionnaire Survey
In order to make the in-country survey efficient
ASEAN countries should:
-to obtain general information on disaster medicine and emergency medicine
-obtain relevant documents
Update of “Inventory of Information on Disaster Management”
This sub component will focus on features of disasters, development of legislative framework and disaster management policy and plans, establishment and enhancement of disaster management system, preparedness and response.
Discussion
ASEAN:
There should be a communication process established. Particularly there should be a focal point to communicate with the ASEAN+3.
In regards of the way forward the AHA center directly reports to the governing board, which consists of the national disaster management agencies of each ASEAN country. As such, the AHA center should be included in the consultation process for the survey.
JICA: Concerning the involvement of the AHA center, in this meeting they were invited but were unable to attend in this session. JICA intends to involve the AHA center more in the future.
In addition to the national disaster management agencies of each country JICA will also visit the ASEAN secretariat along with the AHA center.
JICA will also include the safety systems for the medical teams as an additional point in the survey upon the Chair recommendation.
Ideally the survey should be completed before the end of the year if possible. Any questions about the survey should be directed to Ms. Keiko Nagai.
Both Malaysia and the Philippines have scheduling issues that will prevent survey from being conducted. In response JICA will coordinate with countries with scheduling issues in order to set an ideal time to conduct the survey.
Way Forward
Dr. Phumin Silapunt
Way forward
1. Communication line
Thailand and Vietnam are the lead for smooth implementation. NIEM is the focal point. Sharing information through ASEC
2. Expectation and resp of AMS
Nominate 2 representatives from each AMS, to attend meeting and share progress update. One senior level form implementation agency on DM, senior level from Ministry PH, Ph and Myan have already done so.
Also to share the information in-country
3. Survey schedule
Jan – Mar 2015 in-country survey
Mar 2015 2nd regional meeting in Japan (during 3rd WCDRR)
May 2015 3rd regional meeting and technical seminar in Thailand as the trial of future
Questions
Q: ASEAN Sec: Focal point of in-country survey, the participants of the workshop or to be named later?
A: NIEM: Can be either, can be the current participants or to be nominated at a later stage
A: JICA: expect the representatives nominated will serve as the focal point under the initiative, be available to coordinate with the agencies within AMS. Each JICA foreign office except Singapore and Brunei will provide further support to this survey
A: Survey team: assuming the respondent to be MPH officials. Particular bureau, who is in charge of DM. If it is difficult to answer, please contact survey team and more explanation will be provided.
Q: Philippines: could be nominated someone else but unless if the invitation is specified with the names of the participants of this workshop, echo by Brunei as well.
Q: Malaysia, previous email from JICA asking for nomination of 2 people, it should be continue with these two people. Also need soft copy of the survey form for easy filling
A: Survey team: revised survey will be sent out within 2 weeks before the end of year
Closing Remarks
It’s important to build regional collaboration mechanisms on disaster medicine in the ASEAN region due to the high number of disasters in the region. Throughout the day we heard from many different presentations sharing the lessons learned from past disasters as well as useful systems already introduced.
In order to strengthen the regional capacity of disaster management, especially focusing on the capacity of Disaster Medicine to mitigate preventive loss and damages, it was recognized that the development/enhancement of the National EMS & DMS Capacity would be prioritized at first, eventually followed by establishment/enhancement of Regional Disaster Medicine Capacity including Regional Operation Mechanism & Systems (i.e. ASEAN Standard Operation Procedures) for enabling more proactive cooperation, technical assistance and resource mobilization in all aspects of disaster risk reduction, preparedness and response is highly required.
Through the enhancement of the national capacity of emergency/disaster medicine, the strengthening of the regional capacity and any type of operation mechanism could be realized.
It has been requested that the progress of this survey including schedule, outputs of regional meetings/workshop and etc. will be shared with all concerned organization & personnel in the field of emergency medicine, disaster medicine and beyond, if necessary.
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