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This event brings expertise and experiences from Asian and Pacific countries to learn from each other. The themes of the conference are:

1. Building capacities for effective flood management and mitigation.
2. Effective land use planning and flood probability information for flood plains
3. Mekong Children Forum on flood safety in a changing climate
4. Partnerships for flood preparedness planning at sub-national levels

The workshop will employ a range of formats to enable participants to share knowledge and stimulate active discussions: Presentations, Plenary Sessions and Discussions, Break-up group discussion, Poster and Photo Exhibitions, Film Screening based on the main themes of the workshop.

Each of the themes will be further divided into sub-themes such as;

1. Flood Preparedness and Risk Reduction Programmes at Sub-National Levels: Lesson Learnt and Way Ahead.
* Reflections by National, Provincial, District and Commune officials
* Safer Brother Provinces: Experiences from Province to Province Flood Management and Mitigation Cooperation
* Effective Community Based Early Warning Systems and Disseminations.

2. Effective Land Use Planning and Flood Probability Information for Flood Plains
* Flood Information Based Land Management
* Flood Probability Information and Production of Flood Probability Maps for the Flood Plains: Experiences from the Member Countries

3. Partnerships for Flood Risk Reduction and Integration into National and Local Development Planning Framework
* Integration of Flood Risk Reduction into National and Local Development Planning
* Public Private Partnerships for Implementation of National and Sub-national CBDRM programmes.

4. Mekong Children Forum on flood safety in a changing climate
* Child focused Flood Risk Reduction
* Flood Awareness through Education Department Officials
* Educating Teachers and Students on flood safety