ASEAN needs to assure the international community of its commitment to achieving regional disaster coordination and national capacity building. Another problem is that ASEAN states rely on global collaborations and contributions to technical assistance and recovery aid. Consequently, its progress in the area of disaster management is partly contingent upon the assistance it receives. Still, ASEAN could work on streamlining or improving distribution channels. Currently, the network of the World Meteorology Organization, UN agencies, US government agencies, Japanese government agencies, and other international organizations and government agencies help ASEAN improve the region's capacity for disaster resilience, but that assistance is channeled through multiple programs rather than managed systematically and organized coherently. AHA center could facilitate this by creating a database and information system that would help identify the gaps in regional efforts and assistance as well as to identify the need for additional capacity building at regional and national levels.