| "ICHARM has conducted the ""UN/ISDR Tsunami Disaster Prevention Training Course""as one of the UN/ISDR projects from 2nd June to 11th July with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA)to make good use of Japanese experience of tunami countermeasures for developing countries. There were 11 course participants from four countries,including India,Indonesia,the Maldives and Sri Lanka. They were section-chief-level government administrators and responsible for promoting tsunami disaster mitigation in their home countries. During the 1st,2nd and 4th weeks,the participants mainly had lectures and exercises on tsunamis,coastal vegetation,and other tsunami related issues.In the 3rd and 5th weeks,to learn tsunami countermeasures and the actual condition of locl disaster mitigation in japan,the participants visited two tsunami-prone areas,the Sanriku coast area and Kii peninsula,and interviewed local municipal personnel and residents. The participants were not only amazed to see gigantic structures,such as tsunami breakwaters and sea walls, but also overwhelmed by local people's high awareness toward disaster mitigation. In the last week,they made presentations on their action plans,and the training ended successfully. This is the report of the course activities and its achievement." |
