First Voluntary Commitment as an ARISE network: A three-year plan by ARISE Japan to strengthen resilience in the tourism sector

ARISE is a UNDRR-led network of private sector entities, whose members voluntarily commit to support and implement the Sendai Framework. ARISE Japan was established as its network in 2015.

ARISE Japan submitted their 2019-2022 activity plan “Resilience in the Tourism Sector” to UNDRR’s SFVC online platform, so that private sector actions contributing to the implementation of the Sendai Framework can be transparently monitored, made more visible, and open to partnership and collaboration with the wider DRR community.

Achieving resilience in the tourism sector is now particularly urgent under the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme was originally proposed, by network Lead Masato Takamatsu (Japan Tourism Research and Marketing Co.), for the sector’s cross-cutting nature, its variety in type and size of businesses, and its ability to concretely demonstrate the benefits of preparedness, disaster risk-aware business management, and close public-private collaboration. Through this focus, ARISE Japan also hopes to raise the attention of ‘traditional’ DRR solution providers and bring their know-how to making the vulnerable but economically significant tourism sector resilient.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful tool to know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables. Good practices and achievements will be highlighted through the online platform.