The AHA Centre has officially launched the AHA Centre Executive Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management Programme (ACE-LEDMP) Phase II, supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).

ACE-LEDMP focuses on elevating disaster leadership skills and knowledge of disaster management professionals in the ASEAN Member States in line with the effort of ASEAN to realise people-centred development.

As a long-standing partner of the AHA Centre, the Government of Japan has contributed significantly towards the strengthening of leadership capacity-building programmes on disaster management in ASEAN. This collaboration was first initiated with the support of the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) through the AHA Centre Executive Programme (ACE Programme) from 2014 to 2022, producing 118 graduates at the executive level, and the AHA Centre Executive Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management Programme (ACE-LEDMP) from 2023 to 2025, resulting in 80 graduates at both the executive and middle-manager levels.