IRF2016 Group Photo
Format
In person
Venue

Hotel Okura Kobe, Hyogo

Date

Event Description

IRP’s International Recovery Forum 2016” intends to reflect the guidance from the Sendai Framework on how to ‘Build Back Better’ and explore strategies and action for localization at the national and community levels. The discussions will revolve around the following areas: Experiences in ‘Build Back Better’; Development Continuity Planning; and Messages on ‘Build Back Better’.

 

The IRP Forum shares knowledge and information on strategies and experience where risk-informed development and development continuity planning have not only minimized the impacts of disaster events but also led to quicker recovery times and effective reconstruction through ‘Build Back Better’ - a recovery process leading to a more resilient development path. The Forum is expected to achieve the following objectives:

  • Explore knowledge and understanding of ‘build back better’ in recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction” through sharing of country experiences
  • Spread emerging ideas and initiatives on development continuity planning
  • Determine messages and trends from countries and partners on build back better
  • based on their experiences

 

Date and Time: 

26 January 2016  9:45-17:30

 

Location:

Hotel Okura Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

 

Report on the Forum:

IRP Herald Volume 14

 

IRP Forum 2016 Photos: 

IRF16 Photos on Flickr
 

 

Program

Keynote Speech and Panel Discussion: Experiences in localizing "build back better in recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction"


1. Ms. Elizabeth A. Zimmerman, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S.A.  (Slides)


2. Mr. Romeo F.Fajardo, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Department of National Defense, Philippines  (Slides)

3. Mr. Md. Akram H. Chowdhury, Build Back Better Foundation (BBBF), Bangladesh
    Mr. Shohel Ahamed Director, Build Back Better Foundation (BBBF) Bangladesh  (Slides)


Introductory Presentation: "The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: Priority Four and Build Back Better in Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction"


Mr. Neil McFarlane, the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)  (Slides)



Session: Development Continuity Planning


(1) Mr. Yoshiaki Kawata, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI)  (Slides)


(2) Mr. Joe Leitmann, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the World Bank  (Slides)

(3) Mayra Valle Torres, Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC)  (Slides)

(4) Ms. Chikako Takase, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)  (Slides)


Round Table Messages on Build Back Better from the Globe and Other IRP Partners
 

(1) Ms. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga, Manila Observatory, Philippines  (Slides)

(2) Mr. Hiroaki Maruya, Tohoku University  (Slides)

(3) Mr. Jo Scheuer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

(4) Mr. Stern Kita, Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoMA), Malawi  (Slides)

 

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