The Malaysian Confederation of the Disabled (MCD) and the National Council for the Blind, Malaysia (NCBM) in partnership with the ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF) organized Webinar on “Strengthening Partnerships and Collaborations among Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and other Stakeholders to Advance Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in Southeast Asia” as a disability cluster event at ASEANPeoples@ASEAN2025.
Ms. Nanda Annisa Husni, Information & Communication Coordinator of YEU, one of active ex-participants of APCD DiDRR training course along with Mr. Somchai Rungsilp, APCD shared their experiences and good practices on implementing DiDRR in the webinar.
Keynote speech was delivered by H.E. Park Kim Hong, Deputy Secretary-General of National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Other resource persons included representatives from Government and OPD in Malaysia. The webinar was moderated by Mr. Tolhas Damanik, IFES-AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor.
Ms. Nanda Annisa Husni, from Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) and APCD representative shared their good practices on implementing DiDRR.
The Webinar concluded with diverse experiences and lesson learned delivered from different levels, regional, national and community by various resource persons. More than 30 people participated both in-person and online platform.