Presentation at the Consultion Day event about: Scientific and Technical Platforms / Networks: Achievements and Future Goals during the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction GPDRR 2013 in Geneva

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CONSULATION DAY EVENT
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PLATFORMS/
NETWORKS: ACIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE GOALS
Monday, 19 May 2013, 08:30 – 14:30h
Room 14
Convenors on behalf STAG UNISDR:
• Walter J. Ammann, Global Risk Forum GRF Davos,
Davos, Switzerland
• Virginia Murray, Public Health England, UK

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• Implementing the HFA has led to
the creation of 34 thematic
platforms and networks.
– the more science and
technology focused risk and
hazard networks,
– implementation oriented
networks with coordination
efforts.
SCOPE OF THE EVENT

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• Stock taking of thematic platforms and
networks based on their presentation of
their past achievements
• Discuss the future role, in particular in view
of the potential contributions to the HFA2
process.
• Discuss how collaborative networks can
proactively help generate knowledge and
good practice.
• Discuss working models and assess value
added (consult on the possibilities of
establishing “UNISDR collaborating
centers” on science as a multi-disciplinary
approach to DRR (network of networks)
SCOPE OF THE EVENT

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Each network will have the opportunity to
briefly present in 8 minutes with a
maximum of 6 slides:
• Goals, objectives and Members of the
network/ thematic platform (1 slide)
• Major achievements in the past 5 years
(2 slides)
• Future goals and contribution to post-
HFA 2015 (2 slides)
• Possible synergies and overlaps with
other networks and needs for
coordination (1 slide)
• in addition: poster, table to dispose
material on a table
SCOPE OF THE EVENT

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RISK AS A HUMAN (SCIENCE) CONSTRUCT
RISK Hazard Values at Risk Vulnerability= x x
Climate Change
will increase the
frequency and
intensity
Humans,
Animals, Assets,
Infrastructures,
Services,
Environment
All values are
vulnerable.
Vulnerability can
be reduced with
measures
Resilience

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What has to be done?
Measures to be taken
What can
happen?
Risk Analysis
What is
acceptable to
happen?
Risk Assessment
Hazard analysis (hazard
intensity and exposure
analysis, vulnerability, S
cenarios important
What is an accepted
safety level?
(Protection goals,
acceptable risk
levels)
How safe is safe enough?
IRM – KEY QUESTIONS

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Avoiding, eliminiating
risk situations
Risk reduction
by preventive
measures
Risk Transfer (Micro-)
Insurance
Self-Responsibility
(Residual Risk)
Totaloriginalrisklevel
Emergency
Management
IRM – THE RISK CIRCLE AND THE RISK REDUCTION
STAIR-CASE
Limited resources:
Cost effectiveness and cost
efficiency are most important

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LINKING SCIENCE TO POLICY AND PRACTICE
Science Policy and
Practice:
• Politics
• Administration
• Practitioners
• Private Sector
• Media
• Society
• Natural
• Social
• Engineering
• Financial
• Medical
• …..
Technology – Solution driven
Research – Education – Training
Capacity Building – Awareness Rising - Communication

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• Overview on the achievements of the
networks on their quality and their ideas
for contributing to HFA2.
• Overview on potential synergies, over-
lapping, potential concentration of
networks/platforms.
• Overview on gaps for HFA2 in particular
with the objective of evidence-based
DRR.
• Recommendations
EXPECTED OUTCOMES

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Monday 20 May 2013, 15.00 – 16.50 Room
3+4
• The objective of the session is to explore
common ground on substance for a
post-2015 framework for disaster risk
reduction (HFA2). Groups will answer
the following questions:
• How do we build on the HFA and yet
ensure that we capture and formulate
ideas to reduce disaster losses over the
next 30+ years?
JOINT SESSION WITH STAKEHOLDERS

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• What are your views on how best to
encourage commitment among
stakeholders?
– Whose engagement is essential?
– What are the most effective and appropriate
mechanisms to ensure a new decision-taking
model?
• There is a need to improve
implementation of disaster risk reduction
actions within HFA2.
– What mechanisms, tools or methods would
you consider are the best means of creating
this enabling environment for DRR
implementation, especially at the local level?
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