Cluster
5:
Preparedness for effective response |
Lead Agencies:
- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- World Food Programme (WFP) |
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Closing
statements |
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Discussion
paper |
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Panel |
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Panel
Report |
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Date: |
21
January 2005 |
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Time: |
13h00-15h00 |
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Venue: |
Kairaku
room |
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Chair: |
Mr. Siddiqur
Rahman CHOUDHURY, Secretary in Charge of the Bangladesh Ministry
for Food and Disaster Management |
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Rapporteur: |
Ms. Norah
NILAND, Chief, Policy Development Section, Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs Geneva (OCHA) |
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Speakers: |
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Mr.
Toni FRISCH, Delegate for Humanitarian Aid, Head of Swiss
Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA), Assistant Director-General
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Ministry
of Foreign Affairs |
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Enhance
Community-level engagement in Preparedness and Response
Systems
By Fernanda Teixeira
Secretary General of the Mozambique Red Cross Society Federation
Mozambique Red Cross |
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Mr.
Randolph KENT, expert in Relief and Development, Kings
College London |
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Cuba:
preparativos para la respuesta a huracanes
Mr. Jose LLANES, Director,
National Office para Caso de Desastres
Government Constituency/Affected
Country |
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Ms.
Yvette STEVENS, Director of AERC, OCHA, Geneva |
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Strengthening
Emergency Preparedness and Response - an Organizational
Perspective
Mr. Kenro OSHIDARI,
Deputy Regional Director; ODB,
Asia Bureau, World Food Programme,
Bangkok |
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Session
5.1
From research to action |
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Session
Report |
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Date: |
19
January 2005 |
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Time: |
16h30-18h30 |
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Venue: |
Ikuta room |
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Organizer: |
- International
Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer)
- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI, Norio Okada)
- Beijing Normal University (BNU, Peijun Shi) |
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Objectives |
Recognizing
that disaster prevention is often less costly, both in human
and economic losses, than disaster relief and reconstruction,
the disaster community is placing great emphasis on pre-disaster
or pro-active risk management. Pro-active disaster
risk management emphasizes loss prevention, and also preparing
ahead to meet financial obligations and thus reduce indirect
losses. Moving from research on proactive disaster risk management
strategies to genuine reduction of the disaster burden, or “from
research to action", is the challenge this session addresses.
We begin
with prevention, and ask how knowledge about seismic risks
has or has not lead to retrofitting schools and hospitals,
followed by a discussion on the role of the research community
in reducing seismic risks in Iran. We then turn to examining
pro-active risk financing, and discuss how two countries, Colombia
and Mexico, are implementing novel pre-disaster financing mechanisms.
The session turns from the public sector to action at the community
level by examining how to empower communities. An important
part of implementing pro-active disaster management policies
is educating current and future policy makers about concepts
and available approaches, and we discuss a recent initiative
for long-distance learning that educates developing country
policy makers about pro-active prevention and financing strategies.
Finally, we propose a new agenda for research focusing on “going
that last mile". |
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Agenda: |
Moderators:
Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer (IIASA), Norio Okada (DPRI) and Peijun
Shi (BNU)
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Prioritizing
Schools and Hospitals: Good Intentions But Miles
To Go
Ben Wisner and Tracy Monk,
Oberlin College and Families
for Seismic Safety |
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From
Seismology to Seismic Safety
Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtian:
IIEES |
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Financing
Disaster Risks: Implementing Novel Ideas in Colombia
and Mexico
Reinhard Mechler, IIASA |
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Empowering
Communities for Implementing Risk Reduction Action
Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University |
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Educating
for Action: The World Bank Institute Comprehensive
Disaster Risk Management Learning Program
Katalin Demeter, World
Bank Institute
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The
Last Mile Earthquake Risk Mitigation Assistance
in Developing Countries
Haresh C. Shah, Obayashi
Professor of Engineering, Emeritus,
Stanford University
Founder & Sr. Advisor, RMS Inc.
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To
Construct the Theory and Practice System of Integrated
Disaster Risk Management
Peijun Shi, IDPS, Beijing
Normal University, China,
Norio Okada, DPRI, Kyoto
University, Japan |
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From
Research To Action: Through a Realistic, Doable,
Usable and Socio-economic and
Culturally Acceptable Actions
Mohsen Ghafory-Ashtiany , International Institute
of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)
Tehran, Islamic Republic of IRAN |
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Session
5.2
Humanitarian preparedness: lessons learned and challenges |
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Session
Report |
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Date: |
19
January 2005 |
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Time: |
12h00-14h00 |
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Venue: |
Ikuta room |
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Organizer: |
- World
Food Programme (WFP): Carlo Scaramella, Mervat Shelbaya
- IASC SWG on Preparedness & Contingency Planning: Carlo Scaramella,
Everett Ressler
- Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Ricardo
Mena, Soichi Nakajima
- In consultation with other humanitarian partners including: UNICEF,
UNHCR, IFRC, INGO and NGO network, and national institutions. |
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Objectives |
This
segment will present and discuss some of the lessons learned,
best practices, systems and tools developed, as well as challenges
and opportunities in strengthening emergency preparedness
and response on the national, regional and international
levels.
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Overview
of Subjects Addressed: |
This session
will:
a) Discuss means and offer examples of how to improve emergency preparedness
and response coordination mechanisms on the national, regional and
international levels;
b) exemplify good practices in partnerships and collaboration at
the inter-agency and international level (UN, Governmental and Non-Governmental
Organizations) in emergency preparedness and disaster mitigation;
c) discuss constraints and opportunities in preparedness action,
including funding aspects;
d) illustrate case studies on enhancing capacity building and community
involvement in preparedness and response;
e) demonstrate some recent initiatives under way to enhance the link
between early warning and early action;
f) illustrate the development of new preparedness and response tools
through non-traditional partners;
g) provide examples of how the effective information technology and
information management are contributing to the implementation of
the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. |
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Agenda: |
1.
Strengthening Preparedness: Linking Early Warning to Effective
Response
IASC SWG & World Food Programme
- UN-WFP-IASC
organizational challenges in preparedness and response
- New
initiatives to enhance the linkages between humanitarian
early warning and early action
- Experience
and good practice in the utilization of information technology
and information management in preparedness – the
case of HEWSweb;
- How
non-traditional partners can contribute to enhancing
preparedness
- Thinking
ahead- strengthening networks and commitments: towards
humanitarian preparedness standards?
2. Building National Capacity in Emergency Preparedness & Response
NSET - Nepal
- Living
with hazards: lessons learned in building national capacity
in emergency preparedness in an earthquake prone environment
- Mechanisms
and tools developed for enhanced earthquake preparedness
and response in Nepal
- Organizational
and systemic challenges – perspectives on the future
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Sub-Regional Partnerships in Disaster Response Preparedness
ASEAN
- Experiences
gained by new partnership initiatives and explore means
to improve coordination mechanisms on a regional level,
highlighting the role in emergency preparedness and response
4.
Coordination in Disaster Management and the role of the
UN
OCHA
- Good
practices in partnerships and collaboration between UN
and key stakeholders in emergency preparedness and consequently
disaster mitigation, for the benefit of all;
- Promotion
of collaboration between disaster reduction and response
towards an integrated disaster risk management approach,
focusing on the role of the UN
5.
Preparedness and Disaster Response: Donors perspectives
ECHO
- Donors
perspectives on preparedness and response
- Financial
and funding aspects – how best can donors support
preparedness
- Establishing
the link – Early Warning to Early Action
- Developing
tools and exploring new means – the experience
of ECHO
6.
Building Community Resilience through Disaster Preparedness & Response
IFRC - Kenya
- Lessons
learned in strengthening emergency preparedness, disaster
management and response capacities at the national level
in Kenya;
- Building
community resilience and enhancing community involvement
in preparedness and response
- The
challenges ahead: community perspectives
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Potential
Speakers: |
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Chair: Carlo
Scaramella, Co-chair IASC SWG on Preparedness & CPlanning
and Chief, Emergency Preparedness & Response Unit,
WFP
Carlo.scaramella@wfp.org |
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IASC
SWG: Everett Ressler, Co-chair IASC SWG on Preparedness & Contingency
Planning & UNICEF focal point for emergency preparedness.
eressler@unicef.org |
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Emergency
Preparedness For Effective Response: Strengthening
Institutional Capacities in the
UN World Food Programme
WFP: Monica Trujillo, Early Warning and Preparedness
Officer, World Food Programme (WFP).
Monica.trujillo@wfp.org |
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OCHA: Terje
Skavdal, OCHA Regional Disaster Response Advisor
for Asia
skavdal@un.org |
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Kenya
Red Cross Society: Mr. Farid Abdul Kadir, Director
of Disaster Preparedness and Response.
abdulkadir.farid@kenyaredcross.org |
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EXPERIENCES
GAINED BY NEW PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES
AND POSSIBLE MEANS TO IMPROVE COORDINATION AT REGIONAL LEVEL
ASEAN: Mr. Puji Pujiono, Expert on Disaster
Management for National Committee for Disaster Management,
Kingdom of Cambodia.
pujiono@aseansec.org |
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Building
National Capacity in Emergency Preparedness and Response
Mr. Amod Mani Dixit,
Executive Director
National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET Nepal)
adixit2003@yahoo.com |
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Preparedness
and Disaster Response: ECHO´s Tools, Funding
Instruments and Policies
ECHO: Peter Billing, Head of Sector for Strategic
Planning, EC, Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid
Peter.Billing@cec.eu.int
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BUILDING
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE THROUGH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
AND RESPONSE
International Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
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Chair: |
World Food
Programme (WFP) |
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Rapporteurs: |
Mervat Shelbaya, WFP
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Session
5.3
Effective response through coordination, partnership and integrated assessment |
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Session
Report |
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Date: |
21
January 2005 |
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Time: |
16h45-18h45 |
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Venue: |
Nunobiki
room |
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Organizer: |
UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Roy
Brooke, Thomas Peter) and Field Coordination Support Session
of CARE International (Charles Kelly) |
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Objectives |
This session will highlight practical activities
and illustrate models for partnership, collaboration and
integrated effort that help the disaster management community
prepare for effective response.
1. Introduction and Overview of the International
Disaster Response System (OCHA - FCSS)
- Overview
of the mandated coordination role of the United Nations
and the responsibilities of the United Nations Emergency
Relief Coordinator in international disaster response
and disaster response preparedness.
- Describe
how this translates into tools and services that can
be made available by the UN in the context of disaster
response. Highlight partnerships in this respect.
- Clarify
the role of the on-site operations coordination centre
in sudden onset disasters.
- Provide
examples of partnership development through information
management tools and systems in the immediate aftermath
of a disaster.
- Provide
a chronology of some of the main lessons learned in
the last 10 years.
- Provide
points for debate and discussion.
2. Presentation on partnership approaches (OCHA – EES)
- OCHA
and UNEP launched the Environmental Emergencies Partnership
(EEP) to reduce risks from environmental emergencies
- including natural disasters with major environmental
aspects and technological disasters - through greater
collaboration and information flow between national,
international and regional emergencies stakeholders.
- Presentation
will provide an overview of this mechanism, highlighting
practical EEP initiatives to deliver better response
and preparation for response.
- Points
for discussion: Numerous institutions and countries supported
EEP establishment, and its progress to date has been
solid. Given the magnitude of issues to be tackled implementation
must continue, and accelerate. Discussion should focus
on ways to achieve this.
3. Integrated
approaches to disaster assessment (CARE International)
- There
are many methodologies for assessing disaster impact.
Many focus only on specific sectors (e.g., water, health).
This can pose challenge when assessments of different
sectors need to be consolidated into a single comprehensive
disaster impact assessment. In addition, sector-specific
assessments do not usually give full consideration to
cross-cutting issues such as those identified in the
Sphere Standards: Children, Older people, Disabled people,
Gender, Protection, HIV/AIDS and the Environment.
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discussion will focus on integrating cross-cutting issues
into sector specific assessments, and how this integration
process can contribute to producing consolidated assessments,
with a specific discussion of different aspects of disaster
impact assessment.
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will also highlight the utility of partnership approaches
in this integration process.
4. Turkey’s civil protection experience (Republic of Turkey
- Ministry of Interior)
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will provide overview of recent civil protection experience
in Turkey, including the practical application of lessons
learned and partnerships.
- For
example, Turkey has used lessons from previous incidents,
including the Marmara earthquake, to prepare for a more
effective response.
- Presentation
will illustrate such activities, including efforts to
raise awareness amongst the public and volunteers.
5. Turning
concepts into reality: a perspective from the field (Actionaid)
- NGO
discussant will provide a perspective ‘from the
field’ based on preceding presentations.
- Discussant
will offer perspectives that stimulate discussion on
how to turn the material presented into specific, practical
and ‘actionable’ ideas that will work on
the ground.
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Session
Chair: |
Ricardo
Mena, OCHA-CRD |
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Potential
Speakers: |
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Actionaid, Roger
Yates, Head of Emergencies Division |
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Improving
Assessment of Disaster Impact: Integrating Cross-Cutting
Cutting
Issues and Sector Specific
Assessment Procedures and Results
CARE International, Charles Kelly |
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Results
through partnership: environmental emergency experiences
OCHA-EES, Roy Brooke, Humanitarian Affairs Officer |
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Capacity
Building for Disaster Response
OCHA-FCSS: Thomas Peter, Deputy Chief, OCHA-FCSS |
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THE
SITUATION AND ROLE OF THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF
CIVIL DEFENCE
Government of Turkey – Ministry of Interior, Mehmet
YILMAZ |
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Rapporteur: Roy
Brooke, OCHA-EES |
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Session
5.4
Telecommunication saves lives: role of information and communication technologies |
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Session
Report |
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Session
5.5
ENSO and Food security: coping with nutrition issues during climate-related
crisis |
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Session
Report |
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Date: |
19
January 2005 |
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Time: |
14h15-16h15 |
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Venue: |
Ikuta room |
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Organizer: |
Jose
Luis Santos
Director – International Research Center on El Niño
(CIIFEN)
J.Santos@ciifen-int.orgt.ec
Henri Josserand
Chief - FAO Global Information and Early Warning System.
Henri.Josserand@fao.org |
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Objectives |
- Show
case studies that demonstrate the benefits of application
of weather and climate information and forecasts to protection
of people, agriculture, and to food quality, quantity
and availability;
- demonstrate
the benefits of dynamic partnerships between all relevant
sectors concerned with food security (weather and climate
services; disaster managers; agricultural and climate
researchers; space-based monitoring agencies; food and
financial aid agencies; and
- highlight
guidelines for adopting a longer-term perspective to
addressing nutrition issues during periods of crisis
- make
recommendations for specific initiatives and partnerships
to support the implementation of the Future Programme
of Action with a specific target of reducing hunger and
malnutrition.
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Overview
of the subjects being addressed: |
Four broad topics
will be addressed by invited speakers:
First we will talk
about ENSO (in the context of the broad swath of natural
hazards and climate variability); discuss impacts and introduce
the concept that developing countries are disproportionately
afflicted by hazards, and bear a heavier burden of ensuing
disasters. Also we will talk on the issue of predictability
of ENSO, which makes it possible, in some regions, to develop
reliable (skilful) predictions months to seasons ahead, thus
becoming a vital factor in reducing risk and preventing disasters,
thereby improving options for development.
Secondly we will focus on vulnerability, demonstrate through figures,
stats, photos, the high involvement of climate (including ENSO-related
variability) in the world's natural disasters - talk about costs,
human tolls, and reinforce that because hydro-met events are involved
in more than 80% of disasters, climate experts need to work effectively
with the disaster prevention and response teams, and then lead
into one example of how that can be effective, i.e. food security.
Thirdly, we would highlight the work of FAO on nutrition in crises,
and the broader picture of food security - what factors are important,
who are the players, what are the risks, known impacts, what is
happening now, and the relationship between food security and development.
Finally, we make an overview of the main issues and will link them
into the Plan of Action, and propose specific activities such as
alliances in ENSO-sensitive regions, for close cooperation between
the GPCs, the NMHSs, regional authorities, Agriculture experts
and bodies, monitoring and surveillance communities, media, disaster
prevention and response groups, etc.
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Agenda: |
(1)
ENSO predictability, and the benefits of the forecasts
(2) Impacts and vulnerability, highlighting development issues
(3) Lessons learned: impacts in the area of food security and nutrition.
(4) Summary and the way forward. |
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Speakers: |
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ENSO
predictability and the benefits of the forecasts
Jose Luis Santos
Director – Internacional Research Center on El Niño
(CIIFEN)
J.Santos@ciifen-int.orgt.ec |
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Antonio
Divino Moura
Director – Nacional Institute of Meteorology, Brazil
(INMET)
diretor@inmet.gov.br |
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Protecting
and Promoting Adequate Nutrition in Crisis and
Recovery
Henri Josserand
Chief - FAO Global Information and Early Warning System.
Henri.Josserand@fao.org |
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Climate,
Disasters and Food Insecurity with examples from
Africa
Maxx Dilley
Disaster and Risk Management - International Research Institute
for Climate Prediction
mdilley@iri.columbia.edu |
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ENSO:
IMPACTS & VULNERABILITY
Central American Case
Paulo Manso
Costa Rican Meteorological Institute
Kobe, 2005 |
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Session
5.6
Case studies onPreparedness for effective response |
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Session
Report |
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Date: |
20
January 2005 |
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Time: |
12h15-14h15 |
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Venue: |
Kitano
room |
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Organizer: |
- Ms Lynda
Angus, Manager Capability, Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency
Management, New Zealand.
- Mr.Provash Mondal, Humanitarian Programme Coordinator Oxfam International
in Vietnam
- Mr. Shimogouchi Tsukasa, Director of the Disaster Management Division,
Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Government of Japan |
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Objectives |
In a disaster,
one of the most important purposes is to mitigate the damage.
Preparedness is important for quick and effective response.
It is greatly useful for the purpose of reducing the severity
of the damage caused by a disaster to share the knowledge for
effective response and preparedness. In this session, we will
present three national case studies concerning the challenges,
issues and implementation of effective preparedness and response
including partnerships and inter-agency coordination. |
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Agenda: |
- Opening
address by the chair
- Presentations
and discussions
-Integrated
Disaster Hazard Mitigation, Disaster Preparedness and Response
Capability Development (Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency
Management, New Zealand)
- Oxfam International Vietnam Contingency Plan for Humanitarian
Response (a case study) (OXFAM GB)
-The state and subject of initial response of disasters (rescue
and evacuation) (Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Government
of Japan,)
- Conclusions
to be addressed by the chair
- Facilitation
Chairman:
- Mr. Shimogouchi Tsukasa
- Mr John Norton
Rapporteur:
- Mr. Provash Mondal
- Mr. Shimogouchi Tsukasa
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Speakers: |
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Integrated
Disaster Risk Management, Preparedness and Response
Capability Development
Lynda Angus, Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency
Management
New Zealand |
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Oxfam
International Contingency Plan for Humanitarian Response,
Vietnam
Provash Mondal
Humanitarian Coordinator,
Oxfam International, Vietnam |
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Fire
and Disaster Management Agency
Mr. Shimogouchi Tsukasa
Government of Japan
The disasters (rescue and evacuation) in Japan |
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