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Viewing cable 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN239, APCSS OUTREACH SEMINAR IN BRUNEI

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07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN239 2007-08-08 07:13 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan
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DE RUEHBD #0239/01 2200713
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 080713Z AUG 07
FM AMEMBASSY BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3908
INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 000239 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MARR PREL BX
SUBJECT: APCSS OUTREACH SEMINAR IN BRUNEI 
 
 
1.  SUMMARY:  A four-day disaster management workshop co-sponsored 
by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) attracted 
Cabinet-level support from the Government of Brunei (GOB), 
widespread participation from over two dozen GOB agencies, and 
extensive media coverage.  Participants produced a set of specific 
objectives aimed at significantly increasing the GOB capability to 
respond effectively to national disasters, both domestically and 
regionally via multilateral operations.  An improved GOB capability 
to inter-operate effectively with USPACOM forces in combined 
disaster relief operations will be one of the positive effects of 
this APCSS outreach event; it also paid dividends as a practical 
example of the ongoing USG commitment to an active and constructive 
partnership with this Muslim-majority country and the Southeast 
Asian region.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2.  APCSS and Brunei's National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) 
co-sponsored a disaster management workshop in Brunei from July 30 
to August 2.  The primary objectives were to further develop a 
strategic plan for disaster management within Brunei and facilitate 
improved command, control, and coordination by the Government of 
Brunei (GOB) in the event of a disaster striking the country. This 
was the first APCSS outreach event in Brunei. 
 
3.  The idea of APCSS partnering with the GOB on an outreach event 
was initially discussed by Deputy Minister of Defense Pehin Yasmin 
and APCSS Director LTG (Ret.) Ed Smith during the Director's visit 
to Brunei last year.  Yasmin suggested a workshop on disaster 
management as an appropriate topic, and helped to arrange for the 
Ministry of Home Affairs and NDMC to act as co-sponsors given their 
lead responsibility for disaster management within the GOB. 
 
4.  The timing for the workshop proved fortuitous.  The NDMC was 
just beginning to find its footing after its establishment several 
months ago.  Only a week earlier it had coped with its first 
real-life small-scale disaster, a severe wind and rain storm that 
damaged nearly 200 houses in Bandar Seri Begawan's "water village" 
of structures built over the Brunei River, and left many families 
homeless.  GOB officials were left with a keener appreciation of the 
challenges inherent in disaster management as a result of that 
event, and so were highly motivated to use the workshop to share the 
lessons they had learned and improve the government's response 
capability. 
 
5.  APCSS recruited an impressive roster of international 
facilitators and disaster management specialists for the workshop 
from the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management, Pacific Disaster 
Center, a private consultancy, and APCSS itself.  NDMC brought in 49 
Bruneian participants from 26 government agencies (including a niece 
of the Sultan who is attached to the Foreign Ministry, where her 
father, Prince Mohamed, is Minister).  The Minister of Home Affairs, 
Ambassador, and APCSS Director Smith all spoke at the opening of the 
workshop, signaling the high level of support that it received from 
both governments.  Local media provided extensive coverage. 
 
6.  After four days of presentations and team-based game scenarios, 
Bruneian participants agreed on three major findings and 30 
"next-step" objectives.  The three general findings were that 
disaster management must be a priority commitment of the GOB at all 
levels; support for this effort was required from the whole of 
government, with NDMC taking the lead; and, resources applied to 
this effort had to be targeted based on an agreed set of priorities. 
 The specific objectives fell under the categories of identifying 
vulnerabilities, sharing information, improving intra-government 
collaboration, and expanding international coordination.  They 
ranged from immediate creation of a multi-agency action planning 
team to construction of a national disaster management command 
center in the GOB's 08-09 fiscal year, and included recommendations 
for increased participation in regional disaster management 
exercises held under the auspices of ASEAN and the ASEAN Regional 
Forum (ARF). 
 
7.  Beyond the agreement on findings and objectives, the most 
significant outcome of the workshop may prove to be the attitudinal 
shift among its Bruneian participants.  Although the NMDC was 
originally conceived as an inter-agency coordinating body, in 
reality it had been little more than a branch of the GOB Fire and 
Rescue Department.  By building on the cooperation forged during the 
recent e storm and highlighting the need for a whole-of-government 
approach, the workshop accelerated the process of transforming the 
NDMC into a true government-wide lead agency for disaster response. 
The NDMC Director pointedly addressed his closing remarks to the GOB 
"disaster response community," and went on to say that only a week 
earlier he would not have been able to use those words, since such a 
"community" did not exist until APCSS and the workshop it 
co-sponsored had facilitated its creation. 
 
8. Comment:  This APCSS outreach event produced several positive 
effects.  The GOB and USG have already worked together in a relief 
operation, in Aceh following the December 2004 tsunami, and the 
process of upgrading GOB disaster management skills and response 
capabilities that began with this workshop will have a direct impact 
on the ability of the GOB to inter-operate effectively with U.S. 
forces in similar combined disaster relief operations in the future. 
 In addition, this commitment of time and effort by a DOD-sponsored 
institution was a powerful symbol of the USG commitment to an active 
and constructive partnership with this Muslim-majority country and 
with the ASEAN region.  Embassy commends and thanks APCSS for a job 
exceedingly well done.  End Comment. 
 
 
SKODON