Representatives of eight countries will participate in a meeting here on Tuesday to prepare a regional roadmap for disaster risk reduction for the Asian region.
"The meeting will be co-chaired by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju and United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction Margaretta Wahlstrom," a Home Ministry statement said.
It said China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Mongolia and India will participate in the meeting.
"Soon after the Asian Ministers Meeting on 17th November, the second Asian Partnership on Disaster Reduction (IAP) meeting of delegates, sponsored by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and Government of India will be held from 17th to 19th November, 2015," it said.
The Ministry said the main focus of the three-day IAP meeting will be to discuss substantive preparation of the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) to be held in New Delhi on November 14-17 next year.
The IAP meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss substantive issues related to the implementation of the Sendai framework at the regional, national and local level, it said.
The Ministry said as a follow-up from the sixth Asian Ministerial Conference outcome and as a requirement of the Sendai Framework implementation, the intended outcome of AMCDRR in 2016 will be to ensure a political endorsement of an 'Asia Regional plan for implementation of the Sendai Framework'.
It said the IAP forum will mainly work as the regional consultation mechanism and provide technical input for the preparation of the AMCDRR 2016 and development of the regional plan.
