ASEAN’s Regional Risk and Vulnerability Assessment

Developed by the ASEAN Centre for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre), the ASEAN Regional Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA) provides high-level guidance to the National Disaster Management Organisations (NDMOs) of ASEAN Member States (AMS) on the implementation of a regionally consistent approach to RVA at the national level. The RVA Guidelines is made up of three documents.

• ASEAN Regional Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Guidelines
• Guidelines for the implementation of ASEAN Disaster Risk Index
• Exercise Manual supporting the implementation of the ASEAN RVA Guidelines

These documents will inform Regional Risk Assessment at the regional and national level through:

• Supporting cross-boundary response planning;
• Helping to anticipate potential impacts and relative ability to cope at the national level;
• Helping to identify high risk areas;
• Supporting cross-boundary risk governance initiatives;
• Providing a starting point for national assessment and disaster risk information initiatives;
• Helping to anticipate potential impacts and relative ability to cope at the subnational level; and
• Supporting prioritization and resource allocation.