Living with Risk: The need to build partnerships

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Global Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction Second session, 15 19 June 2009
www.unisdr.org
ISDR Support Grooup Geneva, 7 October 2008 R.
Glenn Mittermann, Senior Coordinator
UNISDR, Geneva
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Issues covered in this presentation

• 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 PlatformFirst session June 2007

• Statistics
• 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
• Chairs 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
• Organizations
• 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
• 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
• Global assessment report
• Scientific and technical committee

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Key regional events - regional platforms

• 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, Sanaa, Yemen)

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Themes / Agenda(under discussion)

• Exploring linkages among disasters, poverty
  vulnerability
• Increasing investment at all levels to reduce
  disaster risk
• Increasing resilience to drought and floods in
  Africa
• Making schools and hospitals safe from disaster

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Themes / Agenda(under discussion)

• Progress and challenges
• Globally (Global Assessment Report)
• By region (region-specific discussions)
• Preparations for mid-term review of the Hyogo
  Framework
• Identification of actions to accelerate national
  and local implementation

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Programme(under discussion)

• Monday 15 June (prepartory day)
• Tuesday Friday 16 19 June (session)
• 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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Governments role

• Participate in preparations through Support
  Group
• before in follow-up to Global Platform
• (e.g. mid-term review of Hyogo implementation)
• 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 delpech_at_un.org with a copy to
  hakozaki_at_un.org
• ISDR Support Group web page (user id is isdrsg
  and password is support)
• www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/networ
  ks/private/support-group
• Information on the 2007 session and plans for the
  2009 session www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/
  GP/

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