Panama City, Panama. December  13 to 14, 2010 . Hotel Holiday Inn (City of Knowledge) Av. Omar Torrijos Herrera, Clayton. City of Knowledge. In front of the Miraflores Locks.

The main objectives of this meeting are:

1. To promote cooperation, coordination and development of institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa in the area of disaster risk reduction through a meeting aimed at sharing experiences and exchanging offers and requests for cooperation;
2. To establish inter-institutional agreements and pinpoint areas of mutual interest in the corresponding work programmes for the year 2011;
3. To identify the institutions of Asia and Africa in the area of disaster risk reduction and the main mechanisms, instruments and devices available for emergency response and disaster prevention.