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| Regional
and thematic meetings |
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| Regional
and thematic meetings in 2003 and 2004 will review achievements and lessons
learnt on disaster risk reduction, identifying
areas that need to be addressed as well as propose needs for future action.
These meetings are being organized by partner organizations and the ISDR
Secretariat has proposed additional discussions on disaster reduction as
a contribution to WCDR. The following table lists those meetings contributing
to the process. |
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Compilation
of the Outcomes of the Regional and Thematic Meetings for the Preparation
of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) |
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| Regional
Meetings |
| 2003 |
| 17 January |
First
Asian consultation, (Government of Japan, ADRC, Kobe-Hyogo, Japan |
| 5-7 May |
Pacific Regional consultation
(SOPAC), Fiji |
| 10-12 September |
Safer Sustainable
Communities 2003 Australian Disaster Conference (EMA), Canberra |
| 6-8 October |
Euro-Mediterranean
consultations (Council of Europe, Spain), Madrid, Spain |
| 9-11 December |
Forum
Mitch+5 (CEPREDENAC,
UNDP, COPECO), Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
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| 2004 |
| 4-6 February |
Third Asian
consultation (Governments of Cambodia and Japan, ADRC), Cambodia |
| February 7 |
International Symposium on “Community
Legacy in Disaster Management” gathered
more than 200 visitors, including disaster-management experts from 18 countries |
| 24-26 February |
Third Asian
Consultative Meeting of Regional Organizations and Regional Offices
of UN Agencies,
(WHO/WPRO, ADPC), Manila, Philippines |
| 11-13 March |
EUR-OPA (Council
of Europe), Rabat, Morocco |
| 29-31 March |
Third
Asian consultation during 4th meeting of Consultative Committee on
Regional
Cooperation in Disaster Management (ADPC and Government of Bangladesh),
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 10-13 May |
Third
Southeast Asia Disaster Management Practitioners Forum, (ADPC, UNESCAP, ECHO,
IFRC-SE ASIA), Bangkok, Thailand |
| 25-27
May |
International
Conference on Disaster Reduction in Central Asia (Government of China),
Beijing, China |
| 2–3 June 2004 |
African
consultation,
(UNDP, UNEP, AU/NEPAD), Johannesburg,
South Africa |
| June/July |
International Seminar
on Risk Reductions following the Bam Earthquake, Iran |
| October |
Caribbean consultation,
(UWI, CDERA) |
| November |
Second Meeting of
ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management, Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
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| Thematic Meetings |
|
2003
|
| 16-18 october |
Regional consultations
on Early-Warning
Asia: Bandung, Indonesia, 26-28 May - Africa: Nairobi, Kenya, 23-24 June
Americas: Antigua, Guatemala, 3-5 June - Europe: Potsdam, Germany, 28-29 July |
| 25 August-25
September |
Online
Conference to develop Framework for Disaster Risk reduction, by ISDR/UNDP |
| 8 October |
International
Wildland Fire Summit (GFMC), Sydney, Australia |
| 16-18
October |
Second
International Conference on Early Warning (ISDR, Government of Germany), Bonn, Germany |
| 25-28
November |
Sixth International
Conference on Disaster Management (Civil Defense, Government of Cuba),
Havana, Cuba |
| 2-4 December |
Asian
International Conference on Total Disaster Risk Management (OCHA, ADRC, UNDP), Kobe,
Japan |
| 2-5 December |
International Conference
of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, topic includes Risk Reduction
(IFRC), Geneva, |
| 8-10
December |
First Meeting of ASEAN
Committee on Disaster Management –ACDM, (ASEAN), Brunei Darussalam
|
| 2004 |
| 26-30 January |
Inter-regional
preparatory meeting for SIDS BPoA+10 (UN/DESA) Bahamas |
| 6-7 February |
Sustainable Community
Empowerment for Disaster Management organized (UNCRD), Kobe-Hyogo, Japan |
| 8 February |
Disaster
Reduction Forum 2004 - transfer lessons of catastrophic disasters – (Disaster
Reduction Alliance -DRA). Kobe-Hyogo, Japan |
| 19-21 February |
World Congress on
Natural Disaster Mitigation New Delhi, India |
| 1-6 March |
Thirty-first
session WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 22 March |
World
Water Day (WMO
and ISDR), Geneva & worldwide |
| 23 March |
World Meteorological
Day |
| 24-26 March |
Risk Management as
a Sustainable Development Factor on Human Scale- Ibero-America Civil
Protection (ONEMI, Chile) Santiago, Chile |
| 26-28 March |
Eighth Annual Meeting
of the Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program, (ADPC, USAID), Dhaka,
Bangladesh |
| 26-29 March |
Global Disaster Information
Network Conference (GDIN), Washington DC, USA |
| second quarter of
2004 |
Ministerial Conference
on Earth Observations, Tokyo, Japan |
| 30 March - 2 April |
Conference
on International Cooperation in Fire Management and Emergencies in
the Eastern Mediterranean,
Balkans, Near East and Central Asia, Antalya, Turkey |
| 14-30 April |
Commission on Sustainable
Development, UN, New York, April + PrepCom SIDS |
| 21-23 April |
Hospitals and Water
Disaster Mitigation (PAHO), Nicaragua |
| 13-24 April |
Twenty-sixth
session RA IV Hurricane Committee (WMO), Miami, USA |
| 3-4 May |
International Consortium
on Landslides (ICL), Geneva |
| 25-27
May |
International Conference on Disaster Reduction
Beijing, the People’s Republic of China
Beijing Declaration on the 2005 World Conference On Disaster
Reduction
Summary of Proceedings |
| 8-18 June 2004 |
Executive Council
WMO |
| June |
Third Mekong Annual
Flood Forum, (Mekong River Commission), Vientiane, Laos |
| 9-11 June |
Second Conference
on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness (Red Cross Centre on Climate
Change), the Hague, Netherlands |
| 16-25
June |
Twentieth
Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany |
| 20-23 June |
Fourteenth
World Conference on Disaster Management (Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness),
Toronto, Canada |
| 5-9 July |
International
Conference on Storms, Brisbane, Australia |
| 11-14 July |
Third International
Conference on Continental Earthquakes, Beijing, China |
| 13-17 July |
2004 Annual Hazards
Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
| 1-6 August |
Thirteenth
World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (International Association of Earthquake Engineering),
Vancouver, Canada |
| 10-12 August |
Gender
Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop (University of Hawaii Social Science
Research Institute, USAID, ISDR), Honolulu Hawaii |
| 15-20 August |
Thirtieth IGU International
Geographical Congress, Glasgow, UK |
| 24 August |
Public Forum
Recovery from Catastrophic Disasters,
Tokyo,
Japan
Organized by UNU, Cabinet Office of Japan, UN/ISDR, UNDP, ADRC
Presentations:
Disaster Recovery: Faster, Better, Safer?
Challenge of Bam Earthquake - Role of the UN System in Recovery
and Reconstruction
Sustainable Post-Disaster Recovery - Turning Disasters into Opportunities
for Development |
| 24-26 August |
Partnership
in Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) in Asia, Delhi, India
partnership@hyogo.uncrd.or.jp
http://www.hyogo.uncrd.or.jp/
|
| 20-28
August |
Thirty-second
International Geological Congress: Geological hazards-Assessment and Mitigation, Florence,
Italy |
| August |
South Pacific Forum,
Niue |
| 8-11 September |
International
Conference on Education (UNESCO/IBE), Geneva, Switzerland |
| 12-17
September |
European
Seismological Commission General Assembly, Potsdam, Germany |
| 13-17 September |
World
Urban Forum (UN-HABITAT), Barcelona, Spain |
| 20 September |
Joint
Seminar on Systemic Risks and Lessons Learned:
On the Road to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction
Organised by: European Commission Joint Research Centre & Swedish Rescue
Services Agency in collaboration with OECD International Futures Programme.
This seminar will precede the OECD Workshop on Lessons Learned from Chemical
Accidents and Incidents on 21-23 September 2004, in the same venue.
Karlskoga, Sweden
First
Announcement |
| fourth quarter of
2004 |
Ministerial Conference
on Earth Observations, European Union |
| 13 October |
International Day
on Disaster Reduction |
| 18-21 October |
Asian
Seismological Commission, Fifth General Assembly, Yerevan, Armenia |
| 17-19
November |
Conferencia
Interamericana Sobre Reducción del Riesgo de los Desastres
Reflexiones y propuestas para mejorar la efectividad de la gestión
Encuentro y Coloquio del Sistema Nacional para la Prevención
y Atención de Desastres de Colombia
Manizales, Colombia
Declaration
Programa
Formato de inscripción
bididea@nevado.manizales.unal.edu.co
|
| 15-20 November |
Thirty-seventh session
ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, China |
| 13-14 December |
International
Workshop Water and Disasters, London, Ontario, Canada |
| 29 Nov-10 December |
COP
10, (UNFCCC),
Buenos Aires, Argentina, |
| Venue and dates TBC |
Meeting
on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into development and aid policies |
| Dates TBC |
International
Forum on Earthquake Insurance, (CBS), Beijing |
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| 2005 |
| 10-14 January 2005 |
International
Conference to review the implementation of the Barbados Programme of
Action/SIDS+10 (UN/DESA), Mauritius
Background Consultative Paper
1st version prepared for the BPoA +10 Inter-regional
Preparatory Meeting, Nassau, Bahamas, 26 Jan 2004
Prepared by the UN/ISDR Secretariat |
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| Inter-Agency
Task Force on Disaster Reduction and WCDR Preparatory Committee Meetings |
| 2004 |
| 4-5
May |
Ninth
IATF/DR meeting, Geneva |
| 6-7
May |
First
PrepCom session, Geneva |
| 6-8 October |
Tenth IATF/DR meeting,
Geneva |
| 11-12 October |
Second PrepCom session,
Geneva |
