Resilience in the tourism sector: ARISE Japan Activity Plan 2019-2022
ARISE is a UNDRR-led network of private sector entities, whose members voluntarily commit to align with the Sendai Framework. ARISE Japan is the network based in Japan. This SFVC is ARISE Japan’s Action Plan for 2019-2022.
Description
This SFVC is ARISE Japan’s Action Plan for 2019-2022.
The plan is set up to invigorate Network activities in Japan and to attract new members through:
a) Differentiation: In Japan, the government has established groups to promote disaster risk awareness, business continuity, and multiple stakeholder partnerships etc. among the private sector. Existing ARISE Japan members are already active in such groups. ARISE Japan will avoid overlap and focus on activities that draws on the strengths of ARISE Japan.
b) Focus: For 2019-2022, ARISE Japan will focus on the tourism sector, to create synergy with the Japanese government’s growth strategy which sets tourism as one of its pillars, and to work on the issue of disaster risk of tourists and visitors which needs to be urgently addressed. Background to Japan and the tourism sector: Inbound tourists have increased fivefold, to 31 million in 2018 from 6.2 million in 2011. Japanese government has set a 40 million target for 2020. The Japanese government has public promised disaster risk management and safety for visitors when bidding to host the 2020 Tokyo Olympics/Paralympics. Tourism crisis management and disaster risk management is a governmental focus area.
c) Statements and good practices: ARISE Japan will issue formal statements and prepare good practice publications timed for international days set by the UN, such as International DRR Day and International Tsunami Awareness Day, and on the occasion of UNDRR’s major conferences and meetings such as the regional platform, to support UNDRR, which will allow ARISE Japan members to cite and build on during subsequent member-driven activities.
Other deliverables from this commitment include public symposiums, meetings, and other tangible projects as well as outputs whose details are specified in the deliverables section.
Did the Sendai Framework change or contribute to changes in your activities/organization? If so, how?
ARISE, the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, is a network of private sector entities led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and ARISE Japan is one of its Networks. In joining ARISE, private sector companies voluntarily commit to support and implement the Sendai Framework (from ARISE Terms of Reference, v. December 2019). Thus, yes, the Sendai Framework changes and contributes to changes in the activities of ARISE Japan, in that it provide guidance to the Network as well as its members. For example, point 36 paragraph (c) encourages the private sector to integrate disaster risk management into business models and practices through disaster-risk-informed investments and the dissemination of knowledge.
What led you to make this commitment/initiative?
What was your position before making this Voluntary Commitment / prior to the Sendai Framework?
The Sendai Framework recognizes that the State has the primary responsibility to reduce disaster risk, but it also underlines that this responsibility is shared with other stakeholders including local governments, the private sector, academia and civil society, among others. UNDRR launched the VC platform in December 2018 as a mechanism to mobilize, monitor and take stock of VCs from multi-stakeholders for the implementation of the Sendai Framework until 2030 (from Concept Note, SFVC Learning Lab, GP19). As the network of ARISE, which is a partnership under the UNDRR Partnership Strategy, we are submitting this commitment so that actions and activities by ARISE Japan can be properly monitored and counted as acts of private sector engagement towards the implementation of the Sendai Framework.
Deliverables and Progress report
Deliverables
Deliverables are the end-products of the initiative/commitment, which can include issuance of publications or knowledge products, outcomes of workshops, training programs, videos, links, photographs, etc.
Invigorate ARISE Japan and increase membership
A) Recruit prospective ARISE members in Japan (i.e. ARISE Japan members)
B) Target and recruit prospective ARISE associate members (such as tourist bureaus)
C) Encourage dialogue with multistakeholders
Reorganize ARISE Japan Winter Meeting as event for ARISE candidates and stakeholder partners
Host ARISE Japan Public Symposium around the anniversary of Great East Japan Earthquake, March 11.
A) Themed around tourism for this three-year period
B) Invite speakers and participants from the tourism sector
C) Include a reporting of ARISE Japan activities in agenda
D) Organize event to have clear outcomes and statements, contribute to collection of good practices
One event per year, in March. Three events by 2022
Publish formal ARISE Japan statements around UN international days related to disaster risk reduction and UNDRR events, such as:
A) International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October)
B) World Tsunami Awareness Day (05 November)
C) Major UNDRR events, such as regional platforms
Three statements by 2022
Pursue tangible projects and outputs (in Japanese) in DRR
A) Contribution and mention of ARISE Japan in member-driven projects and outputs
B) ARISE Japan initiated outputs in collaboration with other stakeholders
One output by 2022
Porgress report
Happy to report that we have delivered all of our deliverables as of October 2022, and have thus fulfilled our Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitment as ARISE Japan.
As of October 2022: On Deliverable 1. ARISE JAPAN PUBLIC SYMPOSIUMS, we report our successful event from March 2022, completing the 3 EVENTS BY 2022. On Deliverable 2. FORMAL ARISE JAPAN STATEMENTS, we report our official APMCDRR statement from September 2021, completing 3 STATEMENTS BY 2022. On Deliverable 3. TANGIBLE OUTPUTS IN JAPANESE, we report the publication of a full BCP development support tool for the tourism sector. Deliverable 4. INVIGORATE ARISE JAPAN - NEW WINTER MEETINGS BY 2022, was reported complete via our updated winter meeting in our August progress report. Please refer to Deliverable outputs.
Organizations and focal points
Implementing Organization(s)
Focal points
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