Home | Contact Us | Feedback
.

What is AZEECON ?
AZEECON Members
Latest
Disaster in South/SE Asia
Environmental Initiatives
Disaster Preparedness Materials
  Documents
  Events
  You Can Contribute
Links
  LWF Home

 

Latest AZEECON Newsletter

LWF Field Programmes: Asian Zone Emergency & Environment Co-Operation Network (AZEECON)

» AZEECON Update No 28: June 2003
» AZEECON Update No 26: October/November/December 2002
» AZEECON Update No 24: July/August 2002 
» AZEECON Update No 23: June/July 2002
» AZEECON Update No 22: March/April 2002
» AZEECON Update No 21: February/March 2002
» AZEECON Update No 20: January/February 2002

October/November/December 2002 - No. 26:

Contents:

  1. AZEECON Regional Activities: Forthcoming (and recent) Events
  2. AZEECON Project Activities
  3. AZEECON Member Contact Directory

1 AZEECON Regional Activities: Forthcoming (& recent) Events

1a. Forthcoming AZEECON and related Events:

December 16-19:
Islamabad, Pakistan ADPC organized Conference on Flood Risk
February 16-22:
LWF/CLWR Environmental Training, North Bengal Training Institute-RDRS, Rangpur, Bangladesh

1b. AZEECON Provisional Planning 2003-2004

Dates/Months
Event/Theme (provisional)
Host
February 2003 (16-22) CLWR Environmental Training Bangladesh
March 2003 (first half) EETV (conflict, advocacy) Nepal
June 2003 (first half) Customized Training (risk management) Bangladesh
September 2003 (7-14th) Combined APRM + EETV (SPHERE Standards) Cambodia
October 2003 (first half) EETV Institutional devt/capacity building Bangladesh
Nov 2003 (second half) EETV Community-based Disaster Preparedness India
Provisional/Indicative (subject to change)
March 2004 EETV: (theme: to be arranged) Nepal
June 2004 Customized Training (Risk management?) Bangladesh
August 2004 Annual Planning/Review Meeting To be arranged
September 2003 (7-14th) EETV: (theme: to be arranged) Cambodia
October 2003 EETV: (theme: to be arranged) Bangladesh
Nov 2003 EETV: (theme: to be arranged)) India

1c. Recent AZEECON and Related Activities:

September 7-11
Puri, India SAGA (South Asia Gender Alliance) workshop
September 23-27
AZEECON Exposure, Exchange & Training Visit to LWS Cambodia (themes: participatory monitoring, relating to HIV/AIDS/Gender) (see attached report)
October 1-7 AZEECON Supplementary Training Event: general management Nepal (RDRS-commissioned)
October 2-10 Geneva, Switzerland LWF-WS Field Directors' Meeting
October 6-9 DipECHO Regional Conference: Flood, Bangladesh October
21-30 EETV earthquake rehabilitation/preparedness, India
October 10 Global: international disaster reduction day
October 6-9 Dhaka, Bangladesh APC/DipECHO Regional Conference Dhaka
October 21-30 India Exposure, Exchange & Training
October 21-30 Gujerat, India AZEECON Exposure, Exchange & Training Visit to LWS India, (theme: earthquake preparedness and response)
November 10-16 Trivandrum India NCA Regional Partners consultation

2. AZEECON Projects

2a. DipECHO Project: Community-based Disaster Preparedness

The current one-year DipECHO Funded AZEECON projects - Community-based Disaster Preparedness (India, Bangladesh, Nepal + Regional) has been completed with good results. All parties agree that further commitment to disaster preparedness is needed in the region and possibilities for obtaining a 1-year extension are under consideration. LWS Cambodia (with DCA) submitted a DIPECHO SE Asia proposal for 2003.

2b: AZEECON Support Project

The current two-year AZEECON Support Project funded by ACT Netherlands ended at the end of August 2002. The next AZEECON Support Project phase, to run for two calendar years from January 2003 until December 2004, has with gratitude secured core activity funding from Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS), and NCA(Regional - Bangalore). Additional funding support for project enhancement is still being sought.

3. AZEECON Contact Directory

RDRS, Bangladesh: rdrs@rdrsbangla.net
AZEECON Contact Point: Mr. Kamaluddin Akbar, Executive Director
Finance: Mr. Zillur Rahaman, Finance Coordinator
Exchange Coordinator: Mr. Anthony D' Cruze, Program Officer
Environment and Disaster Preparedness: Mr. Matiar Rahaman, Disaster preparedness Coordinator and Mr. Anthony D' Cruze, Program Officer (Emergency).
SAGA: Ms. Dilrose Hossain, Coordinator (Project Development)

LWF Cambodia: lwf@lwfcam.org.kh
AZEECON Focal Point: David Mueller, Country Representative
AZEECON Finance 2003: Ruth Chinte, Finance Manager
Exchange Coordination: Albert Weinmann, Program Coordinator
LWF Environment Working Group Leader: Mey Sarun, Project Coordinator
Forestry Consultant: Inn Sam, Ph.D. Forestry, Reintegration
Program-Forestry Consultant
LWF Disaster Management Working Group Leader: Oum Syvibola

Related Cambodia Networks/Partners:
ACT: Thor-Arne Prois, Director ACT International
NCA S.E. Asia Regional Network, Geog Tumyr, Regional Representative
DCA Country Program: Lars Jorgensen, Country Representative until March
2003 then Jonas Noddekar
DCA-EU/ECHO/DIPECHO: Allan Jensen, DCA
Cambodia Community Based Ecotourism Network: Graeme Brown, Coordinator and
Director, TRIP
National Disaster Management Committee: H.E. Nhim Vandda, 1st Vice President, NCDM
International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent:
WFP: Rebecca Hansen, Director WFP Cambodia and Yukinoru Hibi, New Graduate Program Officer

LWS India: lwsi@cal.vsnl.net.in
AZEECON Contact: Howard Jost, Country Director
Emergencies and Relief: K.G. Mathaikutty (Mathew)
Monitoring: George Varghese, Senior Monitoring Officer

LWF Nepal: mail@lwf.org.np
AZEECON Contact/SAGA Focal Point: Shashi Rijal, Organizational/Advocacy Training Co-coordinator
Development: Krishna Bahadur Rawal, Development Co-coordinator
Refugee Camps/Emergencies/SPHERE: Tulasi Sharma, Relief & Rehabilitation Co-coordinator
Finance: Ramesh J. Rayamaghi, Finance & Administration Co-coordinator

New pages planned to be added to the website soon - AZEECON Documents, AZEECON Events www.azeecon-lwf.com.

AZEECON Focal Point: David H. Mueller
Representative
LWF Cambodia
phone: +855-23-881100 / 883254 / 883264
fax: +855-23-881616
mobile: +855-12-791191
« Back to Latest Page