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The ISDR Campaign 2010-2011 on “Making Cities Resilient

– My city is getting ready”and

ISDR Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)

Yuki MatsuokaAt IAP meeting on 26th March 2010

Bangkok

www.unisdr.org

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The 2006-2007 UNISDR World Disaster Reduction Campaign: Disaster Resilient Schools

www.unisdr.org/iddr-2007

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2010-2011 ISDR World Disaster Reduction

Campaign for Making Cities Resilient:“My city is getting ready”

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Goal of the Campaign

•The overall goal is to achieve resilient, sustainable urban communities, with a growing number of local governments that are taking actions to reduce the risks to disasters.

•A longer term objective following the campaign is to empower local governments with stronger national policies to invest in risk reduction at local level, as part of urban and regional development plans.

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What is the target of the campaign?

The target for 2010 is to achieve at least 25 role model resilient cities/local governments, and fifty additional participating ones. By the end of 2011, the target is to have reached more than a thousand cities/local government engaged in the campaign.

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Campaign objectives“My city is getting ready”

1. Awareness raising: To increase knowledge and awareness of urban disaster risk and the role of local governments

2. Political element: To raise political profile of risk reduction for local governments, with stronger synergy between local and national policies

3. Technical element: To support “Hyogo Framework implementation by Local Governments”, by providing tools and opportunities for local governments (such as training, capacity building and city to city learning)

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Core actions of the Campaign• To convince: Raise the commitment to sustainable urbanization which will

reduce disaster risk

• To connect: Build partnerships between local and national authorities, along with local actors

• To inform: Raise awareness of urban disaster risk and inform people how local governments and citizens can address risk as part of their development planning, building safer schools and hospitals and strengthening local government services

• To learn: Increase knowledge and improve access to tools, technology and capacity development opportunities for local governments and local actors

• To measure progress: Communicate the progress and successes of local governments in achieving the Ten Steps for City Resilience

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Partnerships for the campaignTo build an alliance of local governments and interested

partners to effectively support local governments:

Already engaged partners include• Global Local Government organizations • National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction and HFA Focal

Points

• ISDR thematic platforms and initiatives on urban risk reduction in the regions, e.g. Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction

• UN and other international organizations, in particular UN-HABITAT, but also UNESCO, UNDP, UNEP, World Bank, WHO, UNICEF, ILO IFRC, and regional organizations

• Academic, technical and expert institutions

• NGOs and civil society organizations

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Local Governments will be invited to join and support the campaign in either of the following ways:

1. As “Resilient City Role Model”

2. As ”Champion” for resilient cities

3. As “Resilient City Participant” city/local government

The “Ten-Point Checklist: Essentials for Making Cities Resilient”, is

drawn from the Hyogo Framework for Action, to serve as guide for the campaign.

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“10 essentials” for city resilienceA checklist for local governments

Put in place organization and coordination to understand and reduce disaster risk within the local government, based on participation of citizen groups and civil society-build local alliances. Ensure that all department understand their role and contribution to disaster risk reduction and preparedness

Assign a budget for disaster risk reduction and provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, communities, business and public sector to invest in reducing the risk they face.

Maintain up-to-date data on hazards and vulnerabilities, prepare risk assessments and use these as basis for urban development plans and decisions. Ensure that this information and the plans for your city’s resilience are readily available to the public and fully discussed with them.

Invest in and maintain infrastructure that reduces risk, such as flood drainage, adjusted where needed to cope with climate change.

Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities and upgrade these as necessary

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Apply and enforce realistic, risk-compliant building regulations and land use planning principles. Identify safer land for low-income citizens and develop upgrading of informal settlement, wherever feasible.

Ensure education programmes and training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities.

Protect ecosystems and natural buffers to mitigate floods, storm surges and other hazards to which your city may be vulnerable. Adapt to climate change by building on good risk reduction practices.

Install early warning systems and emergency management capacities in your city and hold regular public preparedness drills in which everyone participates.

After any disaster, ensure that needs of the survivors are placed at the centre of reconstruction with support for them and their community organizations to design and help implement response, including rebuilding homes and livelihood

“10 essentials” for city resilienceA checklist for local governments

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How to get involved?

All participating entities, groups and cities are encouraged to:

• Recommend champions, apply for role model cities, or join as a participating cities.

• Nominate innovative and good urban risk reduction practice and experience to the “UN-Sasakawa Award on Disaster Reduction” in 2010-2011.

• Undertake public activities such as local media outreach, drawing contests, public preparedness drills or exercises, public hearings on risk assessments or other disaster resilient initiatives, during the annual International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, 13 October- or national disaster prevention awareness day.

• Report back to UNISDR and make sure your achievements are recorded in the national reporting process of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action.

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How will UNISDR support cities and local governments during the Campaign?

As the coordinator of the Campaign, UNISDR will in particular provide support to the following activities:

Organization of policy dialogues, workshops and other Campaign-related events at the global and regional level.

Mobilize partners/partnerships

Information and knowledge support (interactive web-space, media briefs, info kit and publicise good practices etc)

High-visibility media events and communication tools.

The UN-Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction 2010-2011, which will prioritize nominations from cities who participate in the Campaign.

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Milestone campaign related meetings

Rio de Janeiro: World Urban Forum, 22-26 March Bonn, 28-30 May, Resilient Cities-2010, ICLEI – a major

launching event for the campaign Shanghai: 2010 World Expo, «Better Cities, Better Life»

July and October 2010 EXHIBIT for partners with Mayors and media

13 October every year: International Day for Disaster Reduction for awareness raising events in several places

4th Asia Ministerial Meeting on DRR, Incheon, Republic of Korea: 25-28 October 2010

GLOBAL Platform for DRR- mid 2011- focus on local implementation “ADOPT HFA FOR LOCAL GOVTS”

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Example of active engagement by a partner

ADPC : ADPC Strategy 2020: Reducing Urban Disaster Risks since 1995

ADPC welcomes the ISDR Global Campaign for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction. In unity with the world community and in observance of the Campaign’s action lines, ADPC will undertake the following commitments:

Convince: Publication of Strategy 2020, Publication of a paper on a comparative assessment on Mainstreaming DRR into local governance, Promote Leadership in Urban DRR

Connect: Develop a Safer Sister Cities Network, Promote ADPC’s Urban Disaster Risk Management activities, Publish a set of municipal guidebooks, Develop a Primer on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction. National-level workshops and other events

Learn and Implement: Publish a compendium of “Safer Cities” case studies, offer training courses for Urban DRR.

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Further details of the ISDR Campaign 2010-2011http://www.unisdr.org/english/campaigns/

campaign2010-2011/

Nomination Guidelines is also available

These guidelines give an overview about the cities and local governments can get involved in the Making

cities resilient campaign.

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Asia Regional Task Force

On Urban Risk Reduction

As ISDR thematic platform in Asia,

Coordinated by UNISDR Hyogo Office

Current 21 members:

ADPC, ADRC, CITYNET, DRI, EMI, India Local Government Network, IRP secretariat, JICA, Kobe University , Kyoto

University, NSET, SEEDS, Tokyo University (ICUS), Tokyo Polytechnic University, UNCRD, UNEP, UN-Habitat,

UNISDR, UNU, WB TDLC, and WHO

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Main elements of the ISDR System in support of the Hyogo Framework for Action

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The Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction (RTF-URR)

The Goals of the RTF:

To enhance decisive actions to reduce risk and increase community resilience in the urban areas in the Asia region.

The Objectives of the RTF:

To act as an advocacy vehicle to major urban policy bodies;

To provide a platform for collective information and knowledge development sharing ;

To facilitate interactions and cooperation among related organizations and stakeholders for collaborative efforts.

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The Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction (RTF-URR)

Started with 14 members in January 2008:

Expanded and currently 21 members:

ADPC, ADRC, CITYNET, DRI, EMI, India Local Government Network, IRP secretariat, JICA, Kobe University , Kyoto University, NSET, SEEDS, Tokyo University (ICUS), Tokyo Polytechnic University, UNCRD, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNISDR, UNU, WB (TDLC), and WHO

ADPC, ADRC, DRI, EMI, IRP secretariat, JICA, Kobe University , Kyoto University, UNCRD, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNISDR, UNU, and WHO

Chair: Mr. Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University

Vice-chair: Ms. Etsuko Tsunozaki, SEEDS Asia

Coordinator: Ms. Yuki Matsuoka, UNISDR Hyogo Office

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The RTF-URR regular meetings since its establishment in January 2008

1st Meeting, January 2008 in Kobe

2nd meeting, February 2008 in Bangkok

3rd meeting, May 2008 in Kobe

4th meeting in Dec 2008 in KL

5th meeting in March 2009 in Bangkok

6th meeting in January 2010 in Kobe

Intranet workspace of the RTF-URR within PreventionWeb is functioning:

• Presentations, minutes from previous meetings, and relevant meeting information are uploaded.

• RTF members can upload useful events and information

The RTF-URR

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Events initiated/co-organized

by RTF-URR members as collaborative efforts

Side event on urban risk reduction at 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on DRR (December 2008, KL, Malaysia)

Special event on urban risk reduction at the Global Platform on DRR (June 2009, Geneva)

CITYNET-Kyoto Univ-SEEDS-UNISDR: Training and Action workshop on Climate and Disaster Resilient in Coastal Asian countries (February 2009, Da Nang, Vietnam)

DRA Forum organized by DRI and UNISDR along with ISDR Campaign themes (January 2009 on safer hospitals and 2010 on safer cities, Kobe)

UNCRD Forum on Urban Risk Management for Sustainable Development in Historical cities (October 2009, Kobe)

The RTF-URR

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Events initiated/co-organized by RTF-URR members as collaborative efforts (continued)

SEEDS-Kyoto University-UNISDR and partners: ACT AHEAD Conference (February 2009, New Delhi)

CITYNET Congress Disaster Cluster Meeting (September 2009, Yokohama)

CITYNET-ICLEI and partners: Conference on Climate change and Restoration of Urban Wetlands (October 2008, Changwon, Rep. of Korea)

Session on URR at Local Government Alliance on DRR meeting (August 2009, Incheon, Rep. Of Korea)

The RTF-URR

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URR Thematic Status Report in Asia and Inventory of Urban Risk Reduction Initiatives (as input to the GAR and launched at the 2nd session of the Global Platform June 2009)

Development of the Guideline for the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action for local governments/stakeholders

Publication ‘City Profile: Climate and Disaster Resilience’ (launched in February 2009)

Good practice compilations of local governments in Asia as input to the ISDR publication

Specific collaborative initiatives developed

under RTF-URR

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City Profile – climate and disaster resilience

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Banda Aceh

Bangkok

Colombo

Danang

Dhaka

Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh

Hue

Iloilo

Makati

Mumbai

San Fernando

Sukabumi

Suwon

Yokohama

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A Guideline for the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for

Action by Local

Stakeholders

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Structure

Introduction, Getting startedChapter 1. HFA-1 Chapter 2. HFA-2Chapter 3. HFA-3Chapter 4. HFA-4Chapter 5. HFA-5

Each Chapter HFA 1-5 has:

i) Summary table of the tasks (total 20 tasks), guiding questions,

and indicators

ii) Tools

iii) Examples (good practices/case study)

A Guideline for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action

by local governments

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Processes and next steps for HFA Guideline for local governments

• Work-in-progress draft developed and revised by receiving a number of feedbacks and suggestions by partners on several occasions (URR session at 3AMCDR, Da Nang training, GPDRR, Incheon URR Session, CITYNET congress session etc)

• Questionnaires to local government officials and partners on HFA priorities

• Launch of the first version of the Guide (at IAP March 2010)• Pilot use at the joint training programme under CITYNET-WBTDLC-

Kyoto University-SEEDS-UNISDR collaboration (Malaysia March 2010)

• Seeking further opportunities for utilization of the Guideline in existing training programmes for local governments

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RTF-URR has committed to serve

as a main driver in Asia

for the ISDR Campaign 2010-2011

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Thank you!

www.unisdr.orgwww.preventionweb.net