ISDR Asia
Partnership
Regional Stocktaking and
Mapping of Disaster Risk
Reduction Interventions in Asia
and the Pacific
Initiative of the ISDR Asia Partnership
Supported by the Asian Development Bank under
a Regional TA
February 2009- June 2010
Presentation at the IAP Meeting, August 2009, Incheon
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Structure of the
presentation
Part A: Overview of this IAP
initiative
Part B: Progress till date and
next steps
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Part A: Overview of this IAP
initiative
•
Background
•
Importance of this IAP
initiative
•
Expected Outputs
•
Beneficiaries
•
Framework
•
Methodology
•
Implementation
Mechanism
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Background
At the September 2007 meeting of the IAP,
Stocktaking was identified by the IAP members as
one of the 8 priority functions
At the 2
nd
Meeting of the Expanded IAP held during
the 2
nd
Ministerial Meeting, November 2007 in New
Delhi, a
Working Group was established for the
initiative
and ADB expressed interest to support it.
Concept note prepared by UN/ISDR with inputs from
IAP members and submitted to ADB.
Project started from February 2009
Reporting on this at IAP meeting, September, 2008,
Kuala Lumpur and March 2009, Bangkok
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Regional Stocktaking and
Mapping of DRR
Interventions would
contribute
to:
– Improved
regional planning
and programming
on DRR
– Highlight
areas of cooperation
among regional and sub-
regional organisations
– Add to the
periodic progress
reviews and reporting processes
at regional and sub-regional
levels
– Assist
donors and decision-
makers to channel resources
and efforts
that can meet their
own policy and programmatic
imperatives
Why IAP?
• IAP acts as the
inter-agency forum
supporting the
functions
of the Asia
Regional Platform
on DRR
• As a
regional
coordination
mechanism
is an
appropriate vehicle
to assist coherent
regional strategy
setting, and
programming and
progress reviews
through improved
information
exchange.
Importance of this IAP initiative
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Expected Outputs
Develop work
plan for
information
collection from
various regional
agencies
Prepare a
data
collection template
on DRR intervention
to obtain information
from wider
stakeholders
Regional Stock
take
;
Document
on DRR
interventions in all
sub regions of Asia
and Pacific
Identify and
review available
sources
and
information on
hazards,
vulnerability and
risks
Based on collated
information an
analytical overview
of the regional risk
patterns
would be
prepared highlighting
potential information
gap
Inventory of Risk
Assessment
describing the wider
context in which
regional initiatives
are undertaken
Develop a
template for an
interactive
knowledge map
to update
information
On-line tool to
collect & reflect the
information collated
on hazard and
vulnerability
information and
regional DRR
initiatives.
Maps and
charts
to present the
analysis
Interactive
Knowledge Maps
linked to web sites
such as Prevention
Web and with a
regular update
strategy
1
2
3
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Beneficiaries
The primary
beneficiaries of the
initiative will be:
– National DRR
stakeholders
; national
governments, UN
agencies, research
institutions,
universities, private
sector and donor
agencies
– Regional stakeholders
in DRR such UN
Agencies, inter-
governmental
organizations,
research and
technical
organizations, NGOS
and in particular the
IAP members
Results of the project
will help in
enhanced
regional planning,
programming and
cooperation
.
Will benefit by receiving
more
coherent regional
assistance and greater
clarity on the type of
support
that may be able
to access from the
regional level to achieve
their DRR goal
ISDR Asia
Partnership
It would help the countries and stakeholders in
knowing:
– Who are the
partners
involved in DRR?
– What are they working on (
Thematically
)?
– Where are they working (
Geographical coverage
)?
– Which
geographical areas needs more level of
intervention
considering its level of risk?
– Which thematic area should receive more focus?
– Which all
initiatives
from other sub-regions
we could
learn from
?
– In
which geographical area more financial resources
are
being put in? Where not?
– In
which thematic area there is more partners involved
?
Which all needs stronger partnership?
– In
which area (geographical/thematic) we can partner
with others to scale up?
Importance of this IAP initiative
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Framework
The analytical
framework of
the
stocktaking
will be
guided
by the HFA
and its 5
priorities for
action and by
the
Indicators
as in the
HFA
Monitor
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Methodology-Building on past efforts
Stocktaking and
Mapping initiatives
are
NOT NEW
to
Asia or Pacific
This project will build on
these efforts and learn from
their strengths and
shortcomings
Past and ongoing efforts on
Risk
Assessment
1.Global Risk Identification
Programme
(GRIP)
2.DesInventar
in 5 Asian
Countries by UNDP
3.Risk Assessment Analysis for
Asia Pacific
by UNOCHA
4.Disaster events database
by
ASEAN
5.Hazard and Vulnerability
Atlas
by Pacific Disaster Center
Past and ongoing initiative
on
stocktaking and
databases
1.Pacific Disaster Net
(SOPAC)
2.Overview of DRR in Asia
and Pacific
(ISDR, ADPC and
ADRC)
3.IRP Database
4.CBDRM Database
(ADPC)
5.Prevention Web
(ISDR
system)
6.WWW, Indonesia
(UNDP)
Principles for
data
collection
– Broad and inclusive
overview of the information
on DRR and related
initiatives
– Recording of information in
neutral and uncontroversial
manner
– Building on and adding to
the existing
stocktaking
and mapping initiatives
– Adopting a
user friendly
approach
to encourage
participation for
information sharing and
access
– Development of a
sustainable tool
which will
serve to update information
periodically in the region
– Focus on regional initiatives
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Implementation mechanism
-
Regional Stocking and
Mapping is being
implemented under the
auspices of the IAP and the
Asian Regional Platform
-Implementation is guided by
a
Project Steering Committee
comprised
of the members
from IAP working group on regional
stocktaking and mapping ; ADB,
ADPC, ADRC, IFRC, OCHA ,
UNDP, UN/ISDR, WB
-Project steering committee
is
chaired by
UN/ISDR
-Working under the close
guidance of the IAP,
ADPC as a
technical agency is the
executing agency on behalf
of the IAP
-
ADPC is working with ISDR
Regional Office
with weekly
meeting between the both
-
ADB will monitor the
activities
through regular
progress reports
Purpose of PSC
•
Overall guidance,
technical and advisory
support to the EA;
•
Monitoring project
implementation and
progress;
•
Taking decisions on project
direction;
•
Sharing progress reports
and results with the wider
IAP;
•
Establishing linkages with
information providers and
other key stakeholders that
need to be involved;
•
Contribute own information
to the stocktaking initiative;
and
•
Capture and disseminate
lessons learned.
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Implementation mechanism
•
1
st
Meeting of the PSC
Meeting held on 30
th
of
April, 2009 in Bangkok
•
Meeting chaired by
UN/ISDR and attended by
ADB, ADPC, ADRC, IFRC,
SOPAC, UN/ISDR and
UNOCHA
•
ToR of the PSC
finalized
•
Meeting reported the
progress till date and
inputs on implementation
plan
ToR of PSC
•
Attached as the annex
to the ToR of IAP
Working Group on
Stocktaking and
Mapping and
responsible for guiding
implementation of this
particular initiative of
the IAP
•
Confirms the
membership of PSC
namely; ADB, ADPC,
ADRC, IFRC, SOPAC,
UN/ISDR, UN/OCHA,
UNDP and WB
•
Purpose of PSC,
Secretariat and
Frequency of Meeting
•
Tenure- February 2009-
July 2010
ISDR Asia
Partnership
Part B: Progress till date
•
Output 1
•
Progress made
•
Next Steps
•
Output 2
•
Progress made
•
Next Steps
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.1
Twenty
Regional initiatives on
hazards, vulnerability and risks assessment
identified
with inputs from PSC members
1.2
Inventory of initiatives prepared
1.3
Template designed
with inputs
from PSC members to capture the
information on each of the initiative
mentioned in the inventory
1.4
Currently the
templates is being
filled out
and once over it would be send to
respective agencies involved in the
initiative for further inputs
Inventory of Risk
Assessment
describing the wider
context in which
regional initiatives
are undertaken
Output 1
Progress made
1.5
Study of
selected National
initiatives
on Risk Assessment to understand
the type of output found to be of use by
Governments
1.6
Initial analysis of issues and gaps
in existing initiatives
1.7
Review meeting to identify gaps
and areas of improvements
Next Steps
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.1 Twenty Regional Initiatives identified on Hazard, Vulnerability and
Risk Assessment
1.
Risk Model by UNOCHA
2.
Global Risk Identification
Programme (GRIP), by UNDP
3.
Natural Disaster Hotspots: A
Global Risk Analysis by The
World Bank
4.
Global Assessment Report by
UN/ISDR
5.
Emergency Events Database
(EM-DAT) by CRED
6.
Food Insecurity and
Vulnerability Information
Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) by
FAO
7.
Vulnerability Analysis and
Mapping (VAM)by WFP
8.
Natural Hazards and
Vulnerability Atlases by PDC
9.
Online Southeast Asia Disaster
Inventory (OSADI)
10. Natural Disaster Profiles for
Indian Ocean Countries by
Earth Institute at Columbia
University
11. Disaster Inventory System,
Coordinated by UNDP
12. AIF-DR Workstream 2: Risk and
Vulnerability, Governments of
Australia & Indonesia
13. Flood Management and
Mitigation Programme of MRC
14. A study on 'Adaptation to
Climate Change in Asian
Coastal Cities' by JICA-WB-ADB
15. CCA in Asia and the Pacific,
Regional TA 6420, ADB
16. Tool to assess Climate Resilient
Cities by World Bank and UNISDR
17. Central Asian Regional Risk
Assessment (CARRA) by UNDP
18. Preliminary Natural Hazard Risk
Assessment in the Asia-Pacific
region, by Geo science
Australia
19. Risk Assessment in Pacific, by
The World Bank
20. Database for Disaster
Information, by ADRC
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.2
Inventory of initiatives prepared
Inventory captures
•
Name of initiative
•
Implementing
organisation
•
Brief description
•
Focus
(Hazard/Vulnerability)
•
Target audience
•
Outputs
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.3 Template designed to review each of the
initiative
Example:
Risk Mode of UNOCHA
Template to input
information on the
initiative
Information on …
•
Name
of initiative
•
Nature of initiative:
System/Study
•
Year
of initiation and
completion
•
Implementing organisation
•
Objective
of the initiative
•
Brief
description
•
Partners
•
Donors
•
Target
Audience
•
Geographical
Coverage
•
Activities
•
Methodology
•
Scope
: Hazard
/Vulnerability/Capacity/
Risk assessment
•
Preventive measures
given?
•
Prediction forecast
•
Accessibility
of the system
•
Output
•
Reports available
•
Limitations
•
Overlaps with other
initiatives
•
Scope of improvement
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.4 Filling out the template
• Information readily available on the
20 identified initiatives have been
filled up in the template
• Filled out template to be circulated to
respective partners for their further
inputs on:
– Information provided in the template
– Design of the template with a view of
setting up a long term system on
information on initiatives related to hazard,
vulnerability and risk assessment
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.5 Study of selected National initiatives on Risk
Assessment to understand the type of output
found to be of use by Governments
• China
: Atlas of Natural Disasters
• India
: Vulnerability Atlas, NIDM disaster database
• Maldives
: National Risk Profile
• The Philippines
: Hazard Mapping and Assessment
for Community-Based DRM (READY)
(ongoing)
• Sri Lanka:
National Risk Assessment
(ongoing)
• Indonesia
: Multi hazard GIS & disaster inventory
• Malaysia
: Hazard Mapping GIS and RS (MACRES)
• Vietnam
: Hazard & Vulnerability Atlas
• Cambodia
: Flood & Drought Risk mapping
(ongoing)
• Lao PDR
: Disaster Risk Information System
(LANGOCA)
• Myanmar
: Hazard profile of 9 hazards
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.6 Information collected would be analyzed
using the following indicative framework
•
Analysis of need of the users
–
Kind of users
–
Kind of decisions the end users could take using the results of the risk
assessment
–
Kind of information an end user need from a risk assessment in
supporting decision making
•
Reasons for usage (limited/extensive) of existing initiatives
–
Regular update
–
Capacity to undertake and apply the results of risk assessment
–
Availability of tools and guidelines on applications of risk assessment
results
–
Institutional and legal framework for risk assessments
–
Involvement of stakeholders in design
•
Gaps in scope of current initiatives on risk assessment
–
Geographical scope
–
Type of hazards covered
–
Methodology
–
Availability of Data Source (hazards, exposure on population and
economic asset, vulnerability etc.)
•
Overlaps between the initiatives if any
ISDR Asia
Partnership
1.7 Review meeting to identify gaps and areas
of improvements
• Ongoing discussions with key players in the region on
risk assessment as well as the product developers
;GRIP, PDC, SOPAC, OCHA, World Bank to be a part of
a product developers committee for reviewing the
analytical overview of existing systems on risk
assessment in the region
• Product developers meeting planned in
September/October to review the initial analysis and
come up with recommendations
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.1
Compilation of initiatives on
stocktaking of DRR
interventions- 26 initiatives
identified with inputs from PSC members
2.2
Desk Review of initiatives on
Stocktaking of DRR
interventions and initial
identification of issues-ongoing
2.3
Proposed
methodology
discussed
with PSC members
for collection of information
for stocktaking
on interventions on DRR
2.4
Regional entities identified
with inputs
from IAP members, initiatives of which is to be
covered under the stocktaking
2.5
Initial collection of information
started
Output 2
Progress made
2.6
Design of online systems
for feeding
information from stocktaking
2.7
Collected information to be reviewed by
partners
and fed into the system developed
and
partners oriented to use the online system
Next Steps
Regional Stock
take
;
Document
on DRR
interventions in all
sub regions of Asia
and Pacific
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.1 List of initiatives on Stocktaking and Mapping of
DRR initiatives
1.
Global
1.
IRP Capacity Building Database (IRP and ILO)
2.
Financial Tracking System (UN/OCHA)
3.
HFA Monitor (UN/ISDR)
2.
Regional
1.
Capability Statements (PDRM Network)
2.
Pacific Disaster Net (PDRM Network)
3.
South Asia Disaster Knowledge Network (SDMC)
4.
Online South east Asia Disaster Inventory (OSADI) (ACDM and PDC)
5.
Stocktaking of DRR initiatives based on Delhi Declaration (UN/ISDR)
6.
Matrix for mapping DRR and CCA (UN/ISDR and UNESCAP-RCM)
7.
Stocktaking of DRR initiatives under the KL Regional Action Plan (UN/ISDR
and ADPC)
8.
Regional Synthesis Report on HFA Implementation in Asia and Pacific - An
Overview of Reports by Countries up to 2007 (UN/ISDR, ADRC and ADPC)
9.
CBDRM Database (ADPC)
10. Stocktaking of Capacity Building Initiatives in Asia and Pacific (ADPC)
3.
National
1.
Disaster Risk Reduction Database; Indonesia, Who does What, Where
(Indonesia)
2.
Stocktaking of DRR initiatives as part of development of SNAP
(Cambodia)
3.
Matrix of Status and Action Plan of DRR initiatives as part of development
of National Action Plan for DRR (Indonesia)
4.
Stocktaking of DRR initiatives as part of Myanmar Action Plan for DRR
(MAPDRR) (Myanmar)
5.
Capacity statement of all DP Net Partners (Nepal)
6.
Stocktaking of DRR initiatives among JANI partners (Vietnam)
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.2 Desk Review of initiatives on Stocktaking of DRR
interventions and initial identification of issues-
ongoing
Review looks into
•
Objective of the stocktaking
•
Geographical coverage of the
initiative
•
Final output of the initiative (study,
report, on line system)
•
Start and Completion Dare and
Implementation Date
•
Current status of the initiative (if it is
aimed to be a system)
Learn from the past and identify some of the
pitfalls
•
How to adopt a
user friendly
approach
to encourage participation
for information sharing and access
•
How to develop a
sustainable tool
which will serve to update information
periodically in the region
•
Long term maintenance
of the online
tool by IAP members
•
Linking to national systems
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.3 Proposed methodology for collection of
information for stocktaking on past and ongoing
interventions on DRR
To avoid questionnaire fatigue initial
information being collected by EA
from secondary sources and focuses
Collected information to be
reviewed by partners subsequently
Principles for data
collection
•
Broad and inclusive
overview of the information
on DRR and related
initiatives
•
Recording of information in
neutral and uncontroversial
manner
•
Building on and adding to
the existing stocktaking
and mapping initiatives
•
Adopting a user friendly
approach to encourage
participation for information
sharing and access
•
Development of a
sustainable tool which will
serve to update information
periodically in the region
•
Focus on regional
initiatives
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.4 Regional entities identified, initiatives of
which is to be covered under the stocktaking
•
50 Regional entities identified
with inputs from IAP members at
March 2009 meeting of the IAP
•
Regional entities
categorized
under
1. Regional Offices of UN and
other Agencies
2. Regional Organisations
3. Regional
Committees/Mechanism/For
um
4. Regional Centres
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.5
Initial collection of information
started
Based on the
regional entities
identified,
information is being
collected from
secondary sources
on regional projects
on DRR
•
Organization
•
Name of Project
•
Geographical coverage
•
Period of implementation
•
Description
•
Project partners
•
Project donors
•
Resources
ISDR Asia
Partnership
2.6 Design of online systems for feeding information
from stocktaking
Design of the system to factor in
experiences of
•
Past initiatives
on setting up of systems
•
Reporting process
of Global Assessment
Report
•
Plans for
long term maintenance
of the
system
The proposed system is intended to
•
Identify
gaps in DRR
(geographic, HFA
priority area, thematic, resource)
•
Program synergy
in national and
provincial programs
•
Harmonized work plans
at the Regional
and National (?) level
Output would consist of the
•
Online
Tool to collect information
•
Tool for visual representation
(such as
interactive knowledge maps) of
information collected
The system to be designed in close
consultation with PSC members
2.7 Start up of the system
•
Collected information to be
reviewed by partners and
fed into the system
developed
•
Orientation for partners to
use the system
•
Maintenance of the systems
by IAP members
Key considerations for successful
implementation of the initiative
•
Regional stocktaking and inventory of
risk profile is meant to
support the
National systems
•
Though the focus is on Regional
Actors, this should be
linked to the
national system
•
In the long run
effective National risk
profile and stocktaking is the key
•
Current resources do not permit focus
at the national level. Subsequent
phases can look into national level.
•
Should feed into the
Global
Assessment Report