PROMISE-Philippines for Local Preparedness

This Safer Cities 20 Newsletter features the Case Study of Dagupan City illustrates the significance of setting up and operationalizing an early warning system and evacuation plan for flood to draw people together in pursuit of collective action towards building safe and resilient communities.

The Program for Hydro-Meteorological Disaster Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia (PROMISE) aimed to reduce the vulnerabilities of high-risk communities and increase the capacities of the city government. The approach called for identifying viable preparedness and mitigation measures, Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), and good governance. The project team was composed of the City Government of Dagupan as local partner, the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) as implementing agency, the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) as regional coordinating organization and the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID) as donor.

Safer Cities is a series of case studies that illustrate how people, communities, cities, governments and businesses have been able to make cities safer before disasters strike. The series presents strategies and approaches to urban disaster mitigation derived from analyses of real-life experiences, good practices and lessons learned in Asia and the Pacific and is published by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).

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