The conference on Disaster Management and Sustainable Development had been postponed as the reason of the impacts of SARS. Co-organized by South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD) and Oxfam-Hong Kong, it will be held on August 27-28 in Beijing.

1. The theme of conference
Disaster Management and Sustainable Development

2. The main topics of the conference
(1) Policy options for disaster management
(2) Economic assessment for disaster management
(3) The relationship between community-based poverty alleviation and disaster management
(4) The roles of local governments and peasants in the course of the reconstruction after disaster occurrence
(5) The effects and countermeasures of disaster management
(6) Disaster management networks between government and NGO Sectors
(7) Capacity building for disaster management
(8) The experiences and instructions from SARS prevention and treatment

3. The arrangement of the conference
The seminar will be conducted by the presentation, discussion and advices, which includes the reports, lectures and sub-group discussions.

4. The participants of the conference
(1) The leaders from governments;
(2) Specialists and Scholars from the related research fields;
(3) Representatives of related associations in China
(4) Representatives of international institutions in China
(5) Personnel of NGOs in China
(6) Correspondents from media.

5. Contact information
South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD)
Add: Zhongshan Park,Tiananmen
Beijing 100031, China
Tel: (86-10)66069844 66069810 66055360
Fax: (86-10)66050115
E-mail: baoxb@hotmail.com