※ Date: Mar 3, 2008-Mar 6, 2008

※ Venue: JICA Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

※ Participated by: 17 member organizations from 5 countries (+ NEAR Secretariat): China (Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region), Japan (Hyogo Prefecture), Korea (Busan Metropolitan City, Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do, Chungcheongbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do Province), Mongolia (Gobi-Altai Province, Dornogovi Province, Umnugovi Province, Uvurkhangai Province, Urkhon Province), Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Territory, Kamchatka Region, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))

・ Keynote Speech: "Disaster Control and Environment"
Nishikawa Satoru, Director of Water Resources Policies, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
・ Case Presentation: Environmental learning program for disaster control/disaster reduction
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan; Hubei Province, China; Khabarovsk Territory, Russia; Gyeonggi-do Province, Korea
・ Suggestions and explanations for unification to restore supply markings
・ Earthquake experience, evacuation training in smoke, etc
・ Visit to disaster control facilities