2017 11th APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group Meeting

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2017-02-18 ~ 2017-02-19

Event

Information

Date
2017-02-18 ~ 2017-02-19
Proposing APEC Economy
Vietnam
Co-sponsoring APEC Economy / Economies
Organizer(s)
Updated date and time
2017-02-18 00:00:00
Venue
Sheraton Nha Trang

Event Information

Date
2017-02-18 ~ 2017-02-19
Proposing APEC Economy
1856
Co-sponsoring APEC Economy / Economies
Organizer(s)
Update date and time
2017-02-18 00:00:00
Venue
Sheraton Nha Trang

The EPWG, IPEG, PPSTI and CD concluded with progress in many areas. Member economies agreed on susbstantive work in preparation for the High-Level Policy Dialogue on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Response to Climate Change - a Ministerial-level Meeting to be held in Can Tho City this August. Other topics discussed during the meetings were strategies to meet intellectual property needs of micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs); disaster risk reduction using science and technology; cooperation between industry and governments to improve chemical product stewardship and safe use; and science capacity and enabling environment for innovation, to name a few.

https://www.apec2017.vn/ap17-c/press-release/highlights-second-day-som-1-and-related-meetings

Documents
Draft Agenda
10th Emergency Preparedness Working Group Meeting Summary
Proposed EPWG 2017 Workplan
Recent Major Disasters and New Policy Initiatives
Indonesia Post Disaster Needs Assessment
Project Update
Recommendations to APEC Economic Leaders and Senior Officials from the 4th Meeting of the APEC Chief Science Advisors and Equivalents in Lima, Peru, 18-19 August 2016
EPCC2017 Workplan
APEC Workshop on Tsunami Disaster Reduction
Leveraging on Technology to Build a Lean and Effective Organization
Strengthening Leadership in Disaster Management
Managing Risks Through Preparedness Activities in Indonesia
2017 APEC Viet Nam Priorities
Brief introduction on the Initiative to Live with the New Normal: Enhancing APEC’s Coastal Deltas to Live More Resilience with ‘New Normal’ by Fostering Science Technology Innovation
National Disaster Risk in Viet Nam in the Period 2006 – 2016 and Forecasting and Warning System
Viet Nam Search and Rescue to Present Natural Disaster Search and Rescue Activities in Viet Nam
Input from Minister of Health on the Activities to Ensure Safe Water, Environment, Sanitation After Natural Disaster
Innovations and Investments on Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Reduction in New Normal: The Philippine Experience
Advanced Technologies
ICT and Risk Informed Decision Making for Resilient Development
Institutionalizing Early Warning Systems
Promotion of Evidence-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Using Science and Technology
APEC Project on Workshop on Tsunami Disaster Risk Reduction
Reviews and Reflections on 2016 Typhoon Season in Chinese Taipei
Major Disaster in China 2016
Floods Situation in Central Viet Nam
Follow Ups of Kumamoto Earthquake
Enhancing Rural Disaster Resilience Through Effective Infrastructure Investment
Plant Back Better