Thematic Cluster / Platform on Knowledge and
Education
Today, the world has a wealth of knowledge and information on
disaster risk reduction at its disposal; the key is sharing and
using this in a pro-active way through awareness-raising and educational
initiatives so that people can make informed decisions and take
action to best protect themselves, their property and their livelihoods
during natural hazards.
Education for disaster risk reduction is an interactive process
of mutual learning among people and institutions. It encompasses
far more than formal education at schools, universities, and in
training courses. It involves the use of traditional wisdom and
local knowledge to safeguard against natural hazards as well as
the active and informed participation of the mass media.
The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience
of Nations and Communities to Disasters adopted at the World Conference
on Disaster Reduction represents the essential guide for implementation
of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in the coming
years and it constitutes an unprecedented conceptual shift that
takes account of the complexity of action in disaster risk reduction
and the large variety of actors whose inputs are required in the
pursuit of this objective.
Knowledge and
Education represent one of the Hyogo Framework priorities for
action and during the 12th International
Strategy for Disaster
Reduction’s Inter-Agency Task Force Meeting (IATF/DR) it
was agreed that a cluster approach would best combine IATF/DR and
partners efforts and achievements on the issue. The work of the
cluster has been organized through a phased approach, focusing
on identifying the priority themes, sectors and initiatives and
critical gaps in relevant areas of the Hyogo Framework.
The cluster
is currently formed by the following members based on the actors
that provided inputs for the matrix
on Commitment and initiatives: ActionAid International, Council
of Europe, FAO, IFRC, ITU, ProVention Consortium, UNCRD, UNDP/BCPR,
UN/ECE, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNU/EHS, UNV, WMO Regional entities: ADRC,
AU, CRED.
The work of the cluster is further enriched by exchanges and feedbacks
by a number of national, regional and international actors that
have shown an active interest in the subject. Exchanges and forums
via e-mail are constantly running..
The cluster,
is aiming among other things, at strengthening networking, creating
new partnerships, identifying gaps/sharing
of members’ priorities;
identification of focus areas and collectively advancing the implementation
towards concrete results for the benefit of countries in achieving
the Hyogo Framework goals though knowledge and education.
Since its first meeting in November 2005, the cluster has commissioned
a desk study on knowledge and education and disaster risk reduction,
with the aim of identifying good practice that can be replicated
and that can be served as a baseline for future impact assessment,
especially at country level. The study also aims to identify how
good and innovative practice can be scaled up.
Based on this review and on the cluster’s commitment and
initiative to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework, a workplan
focused on outputs and a strategy to collaborate with interested
states will be developed in the near future.
Background
The
information provided by the ISDR system on their commitments,
initiatives and interests related to the Hyogo Framework see
matrix,
has communed a number of actors working towards
the achievements of disaster risk reduction based on the Hyogo
Framework priorities
for action.
The IATF/12
has discussed how these interested actors could convey and exchange
on their common efforts through
some “thematic
clusters” (IATF/DR-12/workdoc3).
The task force discussion determined the following core elements
on the cluster’s purpose and organisation (Summary
report, Decisions and recommendations IATF/12):
- The
added value of the thematic ‘clusters’: information-sharing;
networking; creating new partnerships (using synergies); gap identification/sharing
of members’ priorities; identification of focus areas and
collectively advancing the implementation towards concrete results
for the benefit of countries; and mobilisation of resources in
support of focus areas.
- Some
guiding principles: provide incentives for participation
and contributions; benefit from and build on existing
networks and
their activities (at international, regional and national
levels; agencies, platforms); avoid further layers of
bureaucracy;
avoid rigid processes, and encourage flexibility to accommodate
new
developments and evolving priorities; associate States
with clusters (provision
of resources and conceptual support); encourage inter-cluster
coordination to further realize synergies; promote voluntary
participation.
- The
generic role of the cluster convenor: ensure that
all interested partners with relevant capacities be
engaged in the clusters;
facilitate reporting of the cluster to the Global Platform
and the PAC; facilitate
inter-cluster coordination through participation in
the MOB; and assume other specific convenor roles to
be determined
by
the clusters
themselves.
- Suggested
tasks for the ISDR secretariat: designate
staff to provide secretariat support to each cluster
and their
convenors;
lend resource
support to the cluster (as possible); and promote
its achievements in close collaboration with the cluster
leads, and give visibility
to the work of the members of the clusters.
- Clusters
outputs: identify gaps and needs; build
on the members’ priorities
of action and thus address target focus areas;
align member plans and activities to advance focus
areas, in order to maximize benefits
at national level; mobilize resources to address
gaps (in focus areas); and consolidate reporting
on progress made, at the country
level, by each cluster.
Members
The cluster is currently formed by the following members
based on the actors that provided inputs for the matrix
on Commitment
and Initiatives. Please note that the current cluster member’s
list might be subject
to updates. Contact
persons
Experts
You can find
out more on actors initiatives by consulting the
matrix
on roles and initiatives.
The list of organizations, actors, networks and experts currently
associated with the ISDR system thematic cluster on knowledge and
education are the below:
- ADPC – Asian
Disaster Preparedness Center . To find out more see: www.adpc.net or contact Loy
Rego - ajrego@adpc.net
- AFPCN -
French Association for Natural Disaster Reduction. To find
out more contact
Olivier Schick - olivier.schick@numericable.fr
- Architects
for Humanity – To find out more see: www.architectureforhumanity.org/
- Bangladesh
Disaster Preparedness Centre (BDPC) – To find
out more contact: Muhammad Saidur Rahman, bdpc@glinktel.com
- Bergische
Universitat Wuppertan, Germany - Civil Engineering Department.
To find out more contact Dr. Hamid Isfahani - isfahani@uni-wuppertal.de
- Coalition
for Global School Safety (COGSS) – To find
out more contact: Ben Wisner – bwisner@igc.org and/or
Stephen Bender – baybender@verizon.net
- French
Red Cross - To find out more see: www.croix-rouge.fr/goto/index.asp or contact: Matthieu Le Seach - Matthieu.LeSeach@croix-rouge.fr
- IIEES – International
Institute of Earthquake, Engineering and Seismology. To find
out more see: http://www.architectureforhumanity.org or
contact Mahammad Mokhari - mokhtai@iiees.ac.ir
- Ministry
of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Direction de la Prövention
de Risk Majeurs - Paris, France To find out more see: http://www.prim.net or contact Mr. Jacques Faye - jacques.faye@ecologie.gouv.fr
- Ministry
of Interior and Planning, Directorate of for Defence and Civil
Protection, Sous direction de la Gestion des Risques. To find
out more contact Ms. Chantal Dauphin chantal.dauphin@interieur.gouv.fr
- Plan-International -
To find out more see: www.plan-international.org or contact:
Hoa Phuong Tran - hoa-phuong.tran@plan-international.org
- Risk
Red – To find out more see: www.riskred.org or contact
Marla Petal and Ilan Keman – riskred@riskred.org
- S.A.R.A.I.D
(Search And Rescue Assistance In Disaster) - To
find out more see:To find out more see: www.saraid.co.uk or contact:
Garry de la Pomerai - Gdpsaraid@aol.com; gdp@saraid.co.uk
- SEEDS - To find out more see: www.seedsindia.org/schoolsafety or
contact: Anshu Sharma - anshu@seedsindia.org
- Ministry of Home Affairs, General Directorate of for Civil Protection and Emergencies - Madrid, Spain. To find out more see: http://www.proteccioncivil.org or contact Mr. J.P. Lahore, E-mail: jplahore@civil.mir.es
- Wageninger
University, The Netherlands - Department of Social
Sciences. To find out more contact Dr. D.J.M.Thea Hilhorst
- thea.hilhorst@wur.nl
The
work of the cluster is further enriched by exchanges and feedbacks
by a number of national, regional and international actors that
have shown an active interest in the subject. Exchanges and forums
via e-mail are constantly running. If you wish to be part of
this network do not hesitate to get in touch with the ISDR secretariat
Focal Point.
Relevant
documents and information
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HPN Publication
" Standards
put to the test Implementing the INEE Minimum Standards for
Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crisis and Early Reconstruction"
Number 57 December 2006 |
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Let
Our Children Teach Us!
The ISDR System Thematic Cluster/Platform on Knowledge and Education
and its partners are pleased to present "Let Our Children Teach
Us! - A review of the Role of Education and Knowledge in Disaster Risk
Reduction. This review, prepared by Professor Ben Wisner, examines good
practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge and innovation.
It looks critically and strategically at current activities in order
to identify gaps, opportunities in the form of synergism and partnerships.
The
review addresses activities related to Priority 3
of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building
the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters:
knowledge management, education and risk awareness.
Its purpose it to provide the background and basis
for two initiatives: "Disaster Risk Reduction
Begins at School" a two-year campaign launched
by the ISDR secretariat in collaboration with the
thematic cluster/platform and the ActionAid schools
project: "Disaster Risk Reduction Through Schools".
Hoping that the report will inspire the actors at
the national, regional and international level involved
in education and disaster risk reduction, we invite
you to find out more about initiatives related to:
formal education, training courses, informal education
and communication, knowledge management and an analysis
on gaps and opportunities.
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Risk RED Report
Risk Reduction Education for Disasters
Spring, 2006
Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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Education
for Disaster Risk Reduction & School
Protection
Summary
challenges and actions based on a larger desk-study for the
ISDR System’s cluster on Knowledge and Education
for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Ben Wisner |
Events related to Education and Disaster Risk Reduction
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At the International Disaster Reduction Conference, DAVOS, 27 August-1 September 2006
the thematic cluster/platform will host four side events. To find out more see: http://www.davos2006.ch/conferenceprogram_by_date.php
Education and Local Knowledge for Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development
– Plenary Session (Monday 28/08/2006), Organised by UNESCO/Council of Europe.
Disaster Risk Reduction at the Local Level
– IFRC: plenary session (Monday 28/08/2006), Organised by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
A platform for COGSS (Coalition for Global School Safety
– Side event (Thursday 31/08/2006) organised by S.A.R.A.I.D. (Search and Rescue Assistance in Disaster);
Exhibition on Educational Materials for Disaster Reduction
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II International Congress on Education and Training for Disaster Prevention (Madrid 26-28 September 2006).
The workshop organised by the Spanish Ministry of Home Affairs (Civil Protection) jointly with ISDR secretariat and in collaboration with UNESCO.
The main objectives pursued by the Congress are: To facilitate the exchanges of methods and experiences at every level of training, and of public information as tools for disaster reduction and to promote the sharing of initiatives, the identification of best practices and to promote the cooperation in the areas of education, training and public awareness. To find out more see: http://www.proteccioncivil.org/enpc/ciedu2006/index.htm |
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