ISDR: Inter-Agency Task Force

Former Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction

Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - Functions and responsibilities - Membership - Working groups - Discussion groups -Meeting records

	12th meeting 22-24 November 2005

	11th meeting 24-26 May 2005

	10th meeting 7-8 October 2004

	9th meeting 4-5 May 2004

	8th meeting 5-6 November 2003

	7th meeting 10-11 April 2003

	6th meeting 24-25 October 2002

	5th meeting 25-26 April 2002

	4th meeting 15-16 November 2001

	3rd meeting 3-4 May 2001

	2nd meeting 10-11 October 2000

	1st meeting 27-28 April 2000

9th meeting 4-5 May 2004

	Summary record and conclusions
	Press release Integrating disaster risk reduction into development – a challenge for the future High-level panelists discuss the World Conference on Disaster Reduction

AGENDA
Room VII
Palais des Nations,
Geneva

Tuesday 4 May 2004

Morning session 10.00-13.00 - Closed
Task Force members only

Introduction by the ISDR Secretariat, Sálvano Briceño, Director

Review of current status of working groups (past ones and new ones), see previous background paper and work programme IATF 2004 (211103).

Working Document 1
Work Programme for the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction (IATF/DR), 2004

Role of the Task Force in support of the WCDR and the follow-up arrangements after the Conference. Discussion on the content and approach of the background paper on elements for the programme outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction.

	Working Document 2 Elements for the Programme Outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)
	Related document presented at WCDR PrepCom 1 Proposed Elements for the Programme Outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (A/CONF.206/PC(I)/4)
	Information document Proposed Format for the Thematic Segment for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
	Preliminary Summary of Discussions at the IATF-9 session on the Draft Elements for the Programme Outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)

Any other business

Afternoon session 15.00-18.00
Open for observers
Panel discussion, chaired by USG for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland

Panel discussion on challenges to be addressed at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, in particular financing and integration of disaster risk reduction in development sectors.

Key-note remarks by:

	Jan Egeland Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Bio data
	Markku Niskala Secretary-General IFRC (replaced by Ibrahim Osman, Director, Policy and Relations Division, IFRC) Bio data
	Hong Yan Assistant Secretary-General WMO Bio data
	Janos Bogardi Director, UNU Institute on Environment and Human Security Bio data

Questions and answers to the speakers of the panel and dialogue with IATF members and observers.

Presentation of the status of the review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action

	Working Document 3 Progress report on the review of implementation of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World of 1994
	Related document presented at WCDR PrepCom 1 Draft Annotated Outline of the Review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action (A/CONF.206/PC(I)/3)
	Information Document Note on Terminology of Disaster Risk Reduction drawn from the review of implementation of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World of 1994

Discussion and comments by IATF members and observers

18:00
Reception, Delegates’ Restaurant, 8th floor of the Palais des Nations

Wednesday 5 May 2004

Morning session 10.00-13.00
Open for observers

Report from the ISDR Secretariat. Focus on preparations for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, including the IATF working document on “Elements for the Programme Outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction”.

	Information Note for the period 1 November 2003 – 30 April 2004
	Information Document Preliminary Summary of Discussions at the IATF-9 session on the Draft Elements for the Programme Outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)
	Information Document Extracts Relevant to Disaster Risk Reduction From International Policy Initiatives 1994-2003

Statements

	Germany
	Japan

Report by IATF Working Group 3 “Risk, Vulnerability & Disaster Impact Assessment”

	Report from a Meeting on Indicators and Indexing for Global and Regional Risk Assessment, hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C. 9 – 10 March 2004
	Report by IATF Working Group on Africa

Report from Task Force members coordinating regional and thematic consultations related to WCDR preparation.

Compilation of the Outcomes of the Regional and Thematic Meetings for the Preparation of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)

Reporting on regional or thematic meetings and consultations preparing reviews and recommendations for the WCDR (2-5 min each) – refer to documents

Document	Organization	Speaker	Name of the meeting
(5.29Mb)	ADRC	Mr. Nishikawa	International Conference on Total Disaster Risk Management (Kobe, December 2003)
			Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2004 held (Siem Reap, February 2004)
	ADPC	Loy Rego	Third Asian consultation during 4th meeting of Consultative Committee on Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management (Dhaka, March 2004)
			3rd regional meeting: Mainstreaming disaster risk management into development practices in Asia (Manila, February 2004)
	SOPAC	Russell Howorth	Pacific Regional consultations and SIDS preparation (CSD-12, April 04)
	IACNDR/OAS (PAHO)	Jean Luc Poncelet	Latin American Meeting on Health Risk Reduction (Nicaragua, April 2004)And the approach for consultations in the Americas
(3.28Mb)	UNCRD	Kenji Okazaki	International symposium on "Community Legacy in Disaster Management," (Kobe, Japan, February 2004)
	IFRC	Eva von Oelreich	International Conference of the Red Cross & Red Cress movement (Dec. 03)
	WMO	Dr. Guzman	Tropical Cyclone Committee meetings
	UNU	Srikantha Herath	Mainstreaming Risk reduction
(2.49Mb)	GFMC	Johann Goldhammer	Wildland fire network and recommendations
	WHO	Tanja Sleuwenhoek	Health agenda to reduce risk
(4.23Mb)	UNESCO		Flood protection centre
	UNITAR	Alain Retiere	Local authorities, Paris meeting 4 May

Any other business

Confirmation of date of the tenth session, 7-8 October 2004

Concluding remarks from the Chair

14.30-16.00
Room IX, Palais des Nations
Open side event in conjunction to the first session of the Preparatory Committee on « Strengthening Policy Uses of International Disaster Data », organized by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED, Brussels, Belgium), and Climate Information Project (CIP/OGP/NOAA, Washington D.C., USA)

Other related meetings

IATF Working group in support of WCDR

	Agenda
	List of participants
	Preliminary Summary of Discussions at the IATF-9 session on the Draft Elements for the Programme Outcome of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR)

IATF working group 3: GLIDE Technical Meeting
Organized by ADRC, CRED, ReliefWeb

Agenda

WG 3 on Risk, Vulnerability and Impact Assessment.
Meeting on improving the quality, coverage and accuracy of disaster loss databases
(organized by IRI-Columbia University and UNDP)

2004 Steering Committee Meeting of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)
hosted by UN/ISDR
3-4 May

Agenda

Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting on EM-DAT: the OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
Organised by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
http://www.cred.be

Agenda

Additional documents

Update Information of the ISDR Wildland Fire Advisory Group and the Global Wildland Fire Network submitted to the 9th Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction
(Geneva, 4-5 May 2004) and the 1st WCDR PrepCom Meeting (Geneva, 6-7 May 2004).