Workshop 2018

2018 Campus Safety Workshop

2nd Workshop on Building Disaster Resistant Universities

~Is Your University Ready for the next Natural Disaster?~

3-5 April 2018 at Tohoku University in Japan

A special workshop focusing on preparedness for natural disasters was organized again at Tohoku University in Japan under the APRU Multi-Hazards Program. 21 participants attended including faculty members and staff from 12 universities and institutions in Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Spain and Taiwan.

This workshop aimed to share experience of disaster preparedness on campus and identify challenges and issues, discuss how to strengthen their current management plan, and focus on various aspects of disaster management on campus – chemical, pandemic and natural hazards.

Major Objectives

  • Learn from the campus safety procedure of other universities
  • Share common challenges, experiences, and successes
  • Discuss how to strengthen the current disaster management plan and minimum checklists
  • Develop a minimum checklist for campus safety

DAY 2: 4 April 2018

Group presentation and Plenary Discussion: 1) How can we overcome the challenges/what are needed to be done? and 2) Disaster preparedness minimum checklist

GROUP ACTIVITY 2
Group work 2: Developing a minimum checklist for campus safety Group presentation and Plenary Discussion
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DAY 3: 5 April 2018

FIELD TRIP
A field trip to affected sites (Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Onagawa town and Arahama Elementary School in Sendai)
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