The ASEAN Assessment on Multi-sectoral Pandemic Preparedness and Response will be held on 1-5 June 2009 in Jakarta.  The pilot assessment in Indonesia will be later followed by country assessments in other ASEAN Member States. The Assessment will be done based on the ASEAN non-health pandemic preparedness and response indicators earlier developed by a small working group in Kuala Lumpur on 21-22 August 2008.   Based on the assessment results, activities to strengthen capacity and institutions will be recommended.

The Pilot Assessment will be held for five days: the first two days (1-2 June 2009) will be allocated for training for the assessment teams and the remaining three days (3-5 June 2009) for the pilot assessment itself.

Expected Participants for the Pilot Assessment

r      ASEAN Assessment team which consist of Assessors from AMS (two experts).  The first assessors/experts will attend the Pilot Assessment in Indonesia, in their own country, and in the countries in the agreed country groupings.  The second assessors will only attend the Assessment in their own country, and in the countries in the agreed country groupings.     These experts will be nominated by the TWG Focal Points and should have relevant expertise in multi-sectoral pandemic preparedness planning.  In this case the experts could also be the ASEAN TWG-PPR focal points themselves.

r      An external consultant (hired under the TATF to oversee and evaluate the implementation of the Pilot Assessment as well as produce report of the Pilot assessments).

r      ASEAN Secretariat representatives (members of the ASEC-ONE Health Working Group)

r      Partner Organizations as observers (WHO WPRO, WHO SEARO, WHO country office UNSIC, UNOCHA ROAP, USAID and EID Programme Phase II, IFRC,  UNICEF country office)