Transcript Living with Risk: The need to build partnerships

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Global Platform
for Disaster Risk Reduction
Second session, 15 – 19 June 2009
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ISDR Support Grooup
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Geneva, 7 October 2008
R. Glenn Mittermann, Senior Coordinator
UNISDR, Geneva
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Issues covered in this presentation
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What is the Global Platform ?
Outcome of 2007 session
Who participates?
Supporting processes
Agenda / Programme for 2009
Milestones towards 2009 session
Governments’ role
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What is the Global platform?
• Main body of the ISDR system
• Goal: to sustain world-wide momentum to build the
resilience of nations and communities to disasters
• Convened by the USG as Chair of the ISDR system
• Brings together a broad range of partners
• Four fold objective (A/RES/62/192, paras 15, 11 February 2008):
• Assess progress
• Enhance awareness
• Share experience and learn from good practice
• Identify remaining gaps and actions to accelerate
implementation
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Global Platform
First session June 2007
Statistics:
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– 3 day session
– 120 + governments
– 105 + organizations
– 1150 + participants
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Outcomes of 2007 session
• Higher profile for disaster risk reduction
• Knowledge sharing by organizations
• Networking / partnership-building
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• Chair’s summary: recommendations on
– supporting country efforts
– programme focus
– ISDR System development
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Who participates?
• By invitation USG as Chair of the ISDR
system
• Member States
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• Organizations
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UN agencies
Regional bodies
IFIs
Representatives of civil society, the private
sector and the scientific and academic
communities
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Government participation
• Official invitations through missions in Geneva
• Copied to NY missions
• Information also provided to partners in countries
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national platforms for disaster risk reduction
concerned government ministries
other major organizations / institutions in the country
UN country team
• Government decides on composition of national
delegation
• Multi-stakeholder delegation encouraged
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Supporting processes
• Regional platforms
• Major conferences & events
• Thematic platforms
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• Global assessment report
• Scientific and technical committee
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Key regional events - regional platforms
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Europe
• International workshop: for a new governance of natural risk
(27 – 28 October, Istanbul)
Asia
• Third Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
(2 – 4 December, Kuala Lumpur)
Africa:
• Senior Level regional platform meeting (4 – 6 February, Addis
Ababa
Americas
• Second Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction for the
Americas
(10 – 12 March, Panama)
West Asia and the Middle East
• Second Middle East and North Africa regional conference on
disaster risk management and reduction (tbd, Sana’a, Yemen)
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Themes / Agenda
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Exploring linkages among disasters,
poverty & vulnerability
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Increasing investment at all levels to
reduce disaster risk
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Increasing resilience to drought and floods
in Africa
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Making schools and hospitals safe from
disaster
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Themes / Agenda
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Progress and challenges
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Globally (Global Assessment Report)
By region (region-specific discussions)
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Preparations for mid-term review of the
Hyogo Framework
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Identification of actions to accelerate
national and local implementation
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Programme
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• Monday 15 June (prepartory day)
• Tuesday – Friday 16 – 19 June (session)
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• Plenary sessions (Tuesday - Friday)
• Thematic orientation
• High level dialogues, statements
• Committee of the whole (Tuesday & Wednesday)
• Supplements plenary sessions
• Disaster risk reduction marketplace
(Monday – Friday)
• Presentations & booths
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Timeframe
Key milestones
2008
May
√Book participation of SG at the opening of the Global Platform
√Disseminate 1st announcement
√Launch Global Platfom 2009 website
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(www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/GP/)
June
√Lock-in venue (CICG), UN security; begin logistical preparation
July
√Disseminate 2nd announcement
September October
•Identify partners (agency, government, NGO etc.) to contribute
to particular aspects of the session
•Informal working group of Member States convened to act as
sounding board on preparations
October –
November
• Special invited high level participants identified and contacted
On-going
•Member States kept informed about preparations
•Raise funds, especially for developing country participation
November
•Issue 3rd (final) announcement (including agenda and timetable)
December
• Brief ISDR Support Group on Global Platform preparations
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Timeframe
Key milestones
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2009
January February
• Issue formal invitation from USG to permanent missions in
Geneva / head of invited organizations.
•Follow-up on the invitations to ensure they get in the right hands
•Finalize budget to support developing country delegates
February
• All major organizational and logistical issues in place and under
contract as required
March
• All major partner contributions on track
•Identify developing county participants whose attendance will
be funded
• Most session and background documents ready in original
language
April
• Make session documents available to delegations
(most in E, F & S)
May
•Launch of Global Assessment Report
15 – 19 June •Global Platform session at CICG in Geneva
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Governments’ role
• Participate in preparations through
Support Group
–before & in follow-up to Global Platform
(e.g. mid-term review of Hyogo implementation)
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• Prepare (appropriate delegation,
substantive inputs)
• Participate actively in lead-up processes
(regional platforms etc.)
•Provide financial support
•Attend and contribute to the session
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More information
• Inform the secretariat of your interest to participate in an
informal group to advise & support the secretariat in preparing
for the 2009 session. E-mail: [email protected] with
a copy to: [email protected]
• ISDR Support Group web page (user id is “isdrsg” and
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password is “support”:)
www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/
networks/private/support-group
• Information on the 2007 session and plans for the 2009 session:
www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/GP/
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