Proposal of
Technical Committee on the Sumatra Offshore Earthquake and the
(TC-4)
Through the debrief session on the “Sumatra Offshore
Earthquake and the Indian Ocean Tsunami” and the subsequent discussions on the
occasion of the 11th Executive Committee Meeting, the importance of
the role of ACECC was highly recognized.
This is a proposal to establish a technical committee as described
below, with the purpose of collecting information and exchanging opinions for
tsunami disaster mitigation, and transmit the information to the world by the
cooperation of ACECC members and the disaster affected nations.
1.
Committee
Organization
1) Chair: Prof.
2)
Sub-committees: Since
this area has so many diversified fields to be studied, such as tsunami
education, early warning system, damage investigation and so on, some
sub-committees shall be organized as needed.
3) Committee members: In order to make
the TC activity successful, it is essential to have participation of affected
countries in addition to the ACECC members.
2.
Duration
of the Committee’s activity
After the approval of the ACECC Executive Committee
Meeting until the end of June, 2007 (4th CECAR)
3.
Terms
of References
（1）
To collect and provide information concerning the Sumatra Offshore
Earthquake and the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
（2）
To hold workshops for the purpose of exchanging mutual
information.
（3）
To hold a forum (4th CECAR) as summarization of the
activity result.
（4）
To transmit proposals for tsunami disaster mitigation to the
world.
（5）
To encourage education for tsunami disaster preparedness.
4.
The activity for each term of references shall be carried out as
follows.
(1) To collect and provide
information concerning the Sumatra Offshore Earthquake and the
Rather than the earthquake motion itself,
the information centering on the following points focusing on the tsunami and
its damage, which is useful for affected countries, shall be collected, selected,
and posted on the website in English.
· The information on the
investigation results obtained from the ACECC members’ activities.
· The
experience of developed countries in terms of tsunami disaster prevention like
· The information on education
for tsunami disaster preparedness.
· The information on the experts
in the area of tsunami and earthquake prevention.
(2) To hold workshops for the purpose of
exchanging mutual information.
· To put a crown of ACECC on the
workshops and symposiums on tsunami to be held among ACECC members with the
following conditions noted: 1) it should be conducted in English, 2) A notice
of meeting should be sent to each ACECC member society and each society can have
an opportunity to give a presentation if she wants.
·
To hold workshops of ACECC’s own.
·
To plan a special issue on tsunami in the e-journal.
(3) To hold a forum as summarization of the activity result (4th
CECAR).
· To hold a forum at the 4th
CECAR to report the TC activity. An
arrangement to encourage the participation of affected countries shall be
started as soon as possible.
(4) To transmit proposals for tsunami disaster prevention to the world
· To transmit our proposals as
the summarization of the above mentioned forum to the world.
(5) To encourage education for tsunami disaster preparedness.
· To translate the videos and
animation for tsunami disaster preparedness into English and distribute them to
the world.
5.
Others
1) ACECC is requested to bear the minimum
expense necessary for the activity to support holding ACECC workshops and
encourage the education for tsunami disaster preparedness.
2) Participation of the tsunami affected
countries is absolutely essential for the 4th CECAR. Therefore, it is requested that 4th
CECAR LOC consider supporting participation of the disaster affected countries.
