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International disaster reduction cooperation by a local government

Hyogo invited international disaster reduction organizations to set up their Japanese offices. By cooperating with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Hyogo has been carrying out programs to dispatch experts swiftly to overseas' disaster-affected areas while accepting trainees from those affected areas.

• Send disaster relief donations to overseas' disaster-affected areas, provide relief goods such as blankets and diapers, and dispatch prefectural personnel to disaster-affected areas.
• The relief donations collected in Hyogo are used in projects for specific purposes such as school reconstruction. Hyogo establishes a relationship with overseas' disaster-affected areas on a medium to long-term basis.
• Hyogo invited international disaster reduction organizations to set up their Japanese offices in Kobe. These organizations have been strengthening their cooperation by establishing Disaster Reduction Alliance (DRA) led mainly by the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)

Main donation projects

Disaster	Date of Occurence	Support Contents
Turkey, Izumit Earthquake	1999	Provide scholarship subsidies for disaster-affected children (left as orphans)
Taiwan, Chi Chi Earthquake	1999	Support of elementary school reconstruction
2001 Gujarat Earthquake	2001	Support of seismic resistance for school
Attacks of Sep. 11	2001	Support of higher education for victim's family
Southeastern Iran Earthquake	2003	Support of seismic resistance for school, promotion of disaster eduction and seismic resistance technique training
Sumatra Earthquake	2004	Support of school reconstruction, support of establishing tsunami museum
China Sichuan Earthquake	2008	Support of hospital reconstruction
Typhoon Yolanda	2013	Support of disaster-resilient housing reconstruction

Main Disaster Reduction Alliance organizations (DRA)

• Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)
• Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• International Recovery Platform (IRP)
• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Office in Japan
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Kobe Office
• World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (WHO) Kobe centre