Asian Preparedness Partnership - Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP)

Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP)

The Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) was established through a partnership between Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for improving the preparedness and emergency response to disasters in Asia by strengthening humanitarian leadership and technical capacity of National Governments, Local Humanitarian, and the Private Sector Organizations so that they can lead and better engage in the humanitarian framework.

Our National Preparedness Partnerships include Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Each of the partnerships comprises of a unique collaboration network of the government, local non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.

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Accurate data in the age of disinformation is crucial to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Our repository of information include the latest national updates from our member countries and other program countries included in South-South learning and knowledge.

COVID-19 Resource

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We believe that an informed community is one that is equipped for progress. We have highlights some the changes instilled in the communities we have reach.
APP seeks to inform and highlight some of the changes we are instilling within the communities we reach.

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Working towards strengthening the institutional and technical capacity of national and regional partners to support the institutionalization and sustainability of PEER in South Asia

Program For Enhancement Of Emergency Response In South Asia

About PEER South Asia

The Partnership strives to foster innovation for disaster risk management (DRM) in Asia by fostering an enabling environment that builds partnership, facilitates access to funding, provides informed policy directives & frameworks, develops expertise & capacities, and promotes the growth of local innovation champion

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The Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP) is a unique multi-stakeholder regional partnership established by its founding member countries which include Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Formed in 2017 with technical and secretariat support from the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) as well as assistance from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (the Foundation) and the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID BHA). Its goal is to achieve ‘‘safer and well-prepared communities through locally-led disaster risk management (DRM) actions, so that disaster impacts on at-risk communities of Asia will be reduced”.