The 18th Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention


１　Overview
・Distributing materials on Hyogo Prefecture’s measures to prevent disaster in the Covid-19 era and the verification of the Covid-19 measures implemented by Hyogo Prefecture to all NEAR member regional governments (77 members of six countries)

２　Period (Material distribution)
・March 2021

３　Host (Local government to draw up and distribute materials)
・Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention of the Association of North East Asia Regional Governments (Hyogo Prefecture, Japan)

４　Content of materials
○ 「Shelter Operation Guidelines in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic」
・Containing guidelines for appropriate shelter operation in case of the occurrence of a natural disaster, such as a storm, flood, or earthquake, in times of infectious disease, during the global spread of Covid-19.
※ Language of materials: English

○ 「Overview: Shelter Operation Guidelines in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic」
・Overview of the guidelines above
※ Language of materials: English

○ 「First Analysis and Verification Report on COVID-19 Control Measures」
・Report containing the analysis and verification of Hyogo Prefecture's COVID-19 control measures and proposing future measures [The First Edition(Including the results of verification by August 2020)]
※ Language of materials: English

○ 「Hyogo’s Disaster Risk Reduction Measures」
・Containing information of Hyogo Prefecture's measures for disaster prevention and reduction. It also includes the prefecture's reconstruction efforts and lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake since it occurred in 1995
※ Language of materials: English, Chinese, Korea, Russian, and Mongolian