Tackling the role of governments, private sector and civil society organizations in fostering comprehensive Risk and Disaster Management
Description
Governance influences the way in which governments, public servants, the media, the private sector and civil society organizations are willing and able to account for disaster losses, assess risks systematically and coordinate their actions to manage and reduce disaster-related risks. More public awareness to address risk and stronger political will to set policy and commitments to allocate resources at the local level are crucial. Equally important are institutions with sufficient managerial and coordination capacity to manage and integrate disaster risk reduction efforts in relevant sectors.
In practice, governance arrangements for disaster risk are still not optimum. Disaster management institutions sometimes lack the political authority or technical capacities to influence important investment decisions. Progress has been made, for example setting up national institutions and national platforms, as guided by the Hyogo Framework for Action. At the same time there is a need to move from the ad hoc response to disaster risk to more systematic and comprehensive risk and disaster management. In this side event, partners of the Global Initiative “Comprehensive Risk and Disaster Management” from China, Thailand and Germany will exchange existing experience and know-how on new technologies and approaches for early warning, emergency management and capacity development in civil protection systems.
The objective of the side event is to show countries how to access tailor-made approaches, methods, services and products on risk and disaster management in response to their country specific interests and needs, so they are better able to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action and its successor post-2015.
Background Papers
- Concept Note and Agenda (149.26 kB)
- Welcome to theside Event (152.38 kB)
Presentations
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China's Government Efforts to Strengthen Disaster Risk Management (2.63 MB)
Speaker: YOU Zhibin Associate Professor National Instituon of Emergency Management (NIEM,CAG)
