escap disaster risk reduction strategy in asia and the pacific including north and central asia...
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ESCAP Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy
in Asia and the Pacific including North and Central Asia
Nikolay PomoshchnikovHead
ESCAP Subregional Office for North and Central Asia
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
• ESCAP is the regional development arm of the United Nations for the Asia-Pacific region
• 62 members and associate members• The largest United Nations body serving the Asia-Pacific
region • The Subregional Office for North and Central Asia
(SONCA) addresses subregional development priorities• ESCAP has more than five decades of experience
integrating disaster risk management with economic and social development at the regional level.
ESCAP resolution 64/1 established an intergovernmental Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction as a regional platform to formulate regional perspectives and facilitate discussions on collective efforts and actions required
Issues addressed by the Committee: • Policy options and strategies on multi-hazard disaster risk
reduction and mitigation• Regional cooperation mechanisms for disaster risk
management, including space and other technical support systems
• Multi-hazard assessment, preparedness, early warning and response to disaster risks
• ICT applications for disaster risk reduction Sessions of the Committee on DRR:First session was held on 25-27 March 2009Second session was held on 29 June-1 July 2011
Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction
Strategic framework for 2012-2013• To promote applications of information and
communications technology and to enhance regional cooperation for improved disaster risk reduction and management, as well as for improved management of the associated socio-economic risks, for inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
Regional strategy
• Improve the capabilities of ESCAP members to create more disaster resilient societies and reduce the socio-economic impact of disasters.
• Integrate disaster risk reduction with development and through regional cooperation
ESCAP’s Subprogramme on ICT and disaster risk reduction
DRR with a socio-economic focus
• Socio-economic analysis of disaster risk reduction and assessment of the effects of disasters to development
• Promoting policies for mainstreaming disaster risk
reduction into economic and social development, putting people first
• Damage and loss assessment, including capacity building
• Regional advisory services and technical assistance to integrate disaster risk reduction into economic and social development, putting people first
ESCAP – Key Deliverables Evidence based Analytical Study - Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction, Strategic Investments- Climate Change Adaptation through DRR- Strategically using innovative technologies – ICTs, Space
Information/knowledge Sharing- Repository of best practices from region- - Focus on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction- - Policies, Standard Operating Procedures etc..
Capacity development and governance - AVA Module 9 & 10 disaster risk management and Climate change abatement
Asia-Pacific Gateway for disaster risk reduction and development
• Aggregate information and improve online access to DRR resources
• Provide analytical tools for mainstreaming DRR into development planning
• Provide regional and subregional online network for information sharing
• Profile ESCAP regional cooperation mechanisms and others
Central Asia DRR Knowledge Network
• Central Asia DRR Knowledge Network portal set up on the Gateway
• Network for sharing of information and knowledge to improve disaster risk reduction and management in the subregion
1957 - Mekong River Commission 1957 - Mekong River Commission
1968 - ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee 1968 - ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee
2008 - Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction2008 - Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction
2005 – ESCAP Tsunami Regional Trust Fund 2005 – ESCAP Tsunami Regional Trust Fund
1973- WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones1973- WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones
1994 - Regional Space Applications Programme (RESAP) 1994 - Regional Space Applications Programme (RESAP)
Regional cooperative mechanisms initiated by ESCAP
2010 – Asia-Pacific Gateway for DRR and Development2010 – Asia-Pacific Gateway for DRR and Development
2010 – Central Asia DRR Knowledge Network2010 – Central Asia DRR Knowledge Network
Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Networks – support to DRR components, Regional Advisory Services
DRR aspects of CCA – Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Capacity building for Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) – Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)
DaLA/PDNA for low impact & high frequency disasters –focused on highrisk LLDC, LDCs and SIDs
• Investment Tracking on DRR promoting investment
• Risk Transfer and Resilient Sectoral Development
• Emerging Issues related to CCA and DRR
• Asia Pacific Disaster Report
ECLAC
Typhoon Committee, Panel on Tropical Cyclone
Partnership for DRR
• Economic and Social Issues of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)• DRR as entry point to Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
• Economic and Social Issues of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)• DRR as entry point to Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)
ESCAP: Regional Coordination Role
Regional coherence, synergy and
maximum combined impact
from the efforts of UN agencies
ESCAP - the secretariat of the Asia-Pacific RCM
Post Cyclone ‘Nargis’ Response - • Tripartite Partnership UN – ASEAN and Govt of Myanmar • Expedited the flow of aid in desperate need and to begin quickly reconstruction• Part of Post Nargis Joint Assessment • Facilitation of Recovery/Rebuilding
ASEAN UN Agreement on Disaster Management
3rd ASEAN-UN Summit, Oct 2010, Ha Noi
ASEAN-United Nations Strategic Plan of Cooperation on Disaster Management (2011-2015) will address:
• Operational issues and capacity-building issues prioritised in the AADMER
• Risk and vulnerability assessment and risk reduction; preparedness, early warning and monitoring; prevention and mitigation; response and recovery; and aspects of reconstruction and development
• Collaboration between ASEAN and the United Nations following Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar..
ASEAN and the UN-RCM…
Risk knowledge
Systematically collect data and undertake risk assessments
Monitoring and warning service
Develop hazard monitoring and early warning services
Dissemination and communication
Communicate risk information and early warnings
Response capability
Build national and community response capabilities
ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness
Regional Architecture for Multi-hazard Early Warning
Regional Multi-hazards Early-Warning System (RIMES)
Regional watch
services
National capacity building
Community resilience
Earthquakes
And Tsunami
heavy precipitation
flooding
drought
flashfloods
landslide
dry spell
storm surge
Establishment of Regional
core observation networks
Provision of Regional
tsunami watch
R&D for hydro- met
disaster risk information
Enhancing capacities to
respond to early warning
information at national /localRIMES AgreementsSigned by countries
RIMES Member States
Uzbekistan and Armeniain North and Central Asia
Provides Hydro-met services to Afghanistan
RIMES operates from its regional early warning center located at the campus of the Asian Institute of Technology
Regional Cooperative Mechanism on Disaster Monitoring and Early Warning, Particularly Drought
The mechanism was launched by ESCAP in September 2010 and since then it is moving towards its operational phase with the efforts also on to expand the scope of the mechanism to cover floods , other disasters.
It aims at providing member countries substantive technical support, including satellite information products and services, an information portal and capacity-building activities, for the development of national drought disaster monitoring and early warning capabilities and services.
The mechanism draws the support expressed by China, India, Japan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation and Thailand as well as relevant international organizations, such as WMO and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization
SONCA activities
SONCA will work on enhancing cooperation in disaster risk reduction for sustainable development in Central Asia in the following areas:
• Establishment of geo-reference portal for disaster risk management (Geo-DRM) in support of Rio+20 outcomes and as part of the implementation of the UN Development Account Project on “Improving capacity for disaster risk preparedness in the ESCAP region”
• Strengthening the Central Asia Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Network, established in 2010 as part of the Asia-Pacific Gateway on Disaster Risk Reduction and Development
• Developing further a compendium on water-related hazards and extreme weather events in Central Asia.
• Assistance in developing the Regional Disaster Statistics
SONCA activities
Implementation of the pipeline project on expanding ICT connectivity of North and Central Asia with the Asia-Pacific region.
• The project, seeks to analyze the status of the information superhighway infrastructure networks in North and Central Asia with the objective of creating an enabling policy environment that will deepen intra-subregional connectivity and expand connectivity of the subregion with the overall Asia Pacific region. The project aims to turn North and Central Asia into an ICT land-link connecting the Asia Pacific region with Europe and beyond, at improved speeds, affordability and reliability.
SONCA activities
Implementation of the project on “Strengthening cooperation for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in North and Central Asia”
• The project aims at building capacity of the Central Asian countries on DRR and strengthening cooperation and information exchange between them on forecasting of extreme weather events
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