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NEAR Secretariat Attends the 17th Subcommittee Meeting on Disaster Prevention2019-03-12

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NEAR Delegation headed by Director Kim Young-hee of Department of General Affairs and Public Relations attended the 17th meeting of the Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention which was held from March 5 to 7, 2019 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The meeting was attended by 30 representatives from 14 member regional governments including Hyogo Prefecture in five countries: China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Russia.



The subcommittee meeting has been held annually since 2002, and is organized by the coordinator, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Hyogo Prefecture shares the know-hows from the experiences on disaster prevention to overcome the hardships from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (January 17, 1995) to the NEAR member regional governments every year.


This year’s meeting of the Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention included visits to "People and Disaster Prevention Center" for exhibiting and experiencing disaster prevention and conservation, fire fighting schools and earthquake experience facilities at Miki Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Park, and the site of the Nojima Fault Park. In addition, ‘Phoenix Disaster Prevention System’ of the Hyogo Prefectural Disaster Prevention Center and lectures about on disaster prevention and conservation measures in Hyogo Prefecture were delivered to the participants.