ASEAN Urban Resilience Forum was established as a regional cross sector collaboration mechanism which enhances partnerships to increase urban resilience in ASEAN, after discussion in Concept Note 18 Project in AADMER Work Programme Phase 2(CN 18 Project).
What is CN18 Project?
Due to their climatic environment and geological property, disaster risk in ASEAN area is high and it bring number of disasters to ASEAN countries. Under the globalization trends in modern society, once a city is hit by a disaster, it causes not only human casualties but also impacts the national, regional and, to some extent, the global economy. Hence, building urban resilience to disaster and climate risks has become an important issue in ASEAN region.
From this viewpoint, ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) and ASEAN counties have been addressing disaster risk reduction in regional level and formulated Concept Note 18(CN 18) “Building Disaster and Climate Changes in ASEAN Cities” of AADMER Work Programme Phase 2 under ACDM Working Group on Prevention and Mitigation.
CN 18 Project was implemented by JICA from Nov.2015 to Jun.2017, targeting 10 ASEAN Member States.
