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Tsunami is the disaster which occurred repeatedly in Indonesia. During the Dutch colonial era, all kinds of disaster succeeded to be documented. This was stated by Head of National Disaster Management Authority, Doni Monardo at soft launching  event of  Asia Disaster Management and Civil Protection Expo and Conference in Jakarta on Monday (Febr 24).  Doni Monardo added that the Authority will cooperate with a number of agencies in the Netherlands to register disaster which heppened in the Dutch colonial era.

"We have a cooperation with a number of agencies in the Netherlands. They will give information about disaster in the past in our country. Even, hundreds years ago, the Dutch officials who existed in Indonesia noted the disasters every day. All documents are existed at the Dutch museum. The agreement has been made at the first meeting" Doni Monardo said. 

Head of BNPB, Doni Monardo further said that although the MoU has not been signed yet, the Dutch museum welcomed the cooperation. This is intended as of Indonesia can learn symptoms of disaster.   Asia Disaster Management and Civil Protection Expo and Conference is the biggest exhibition in the world related to the handling of disaster. The exhibition is conducted as an effort to put Indonesia as a solution center of disaster in the Asian region. The exhibition which will hold on October 20 – 22, 2020 at JIExpo, Kemayoran, Jakarta, will be participated in by around 300 participants and display disaster response equipments and early warning system// NK/ Trs-yati