Strengthening the Capacities of Asia-Pacific Local Authorities to Build
Resilient Societies through Disaster Risk Reduction in Sustainable Development
Strategies
4-7 June 2019, Jeju, Korea
Background
“The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction with its seven targets for the prevention of disasters and reducing
disaster losses is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The poor and most vulnerable, including women and girls, suffer
disproportionately in disasters. Let’s put more effort into tackling disaster
risk to create a safer, more sustainable world for all.”[1]
UN
Secretary-General António Guterres
In September 2015, member states of the United Nations adopted the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). This interdependent, universal, and transformative agenda sets the
strategic direction for building resilient cities and human settlements by
responding to concerns about the impacts of climate change and disaster risk.
Prior to the SDGs, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
was adopted as the first of the post-2015 development instruments and this new
framework will have a profound impact on the lives of people for years to come.
In this regard, building
resilience and adapting to climate change is crucial for cities especially
those in the Asia-Pacific region. The region is
subject to all major types of natural hazards and dominates disaster impact
categories across the world. During the past decade the region was struck by
1,625 disasters—over 40 per cent of the global total – and half a million
people lost their lives. The region has incurred substantial economic damage of
more than half a trillion dollars over the same period, accounting for 45% of
global total.[2] Unfortunately, planning and development of cities and local governments,
especially land-use plans and policies, have only briefly integrated disaster
risk reduction and planning,
This training will provide tools to localize the global frameworks for sustainable
development, especially focusing on climate change adaptation and disaster risk
reduction into plans and strategies to build safe, resilient and sustainable
cities in Asia-Pacific region. The training process includes lecture sessions
with expert inputs combined with real-life case work and best practice
application. Session-based group work will enable participants to transform
in-depth learning into practice and familiarize with coordinated action for
decision making. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to
localize and implement the international frameworks into their city or national
context in the pursuit of greater resilience and sustainable development.
Event objectives
The capacity building training workshop, while promoting the importance of
climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, will:
i) support the localization and implementation of 2030 Agenda and Sendai
Framework for DRR
ii) provide an international platform for knowledge exchange, supporting
sharing and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned across cities
iii) promote city-to-city cooperation by establishing a strong network and
community of practice in the region.
Learning objectives
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
· understand the global framework for climate change adaptation and
disaster risk reduction in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals;
· build capacities with a focus on effective urban planning and
implementation of making cities resilient to disasters;
· utilize the operational tools of Sendai Framework at local level to
develop city action plans;
· identify indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the city action
plan; and
· share good practices and find ways to cooperate with other participating
cities.
Content and structure
The workshop contents are composed of the following:
· Module 1:
Introducing the concepts and current trends
· Module 2:
Applying Making Cities Resilient (MCR) campaign tools
· Module
3: Developing a Local DRR strategy
· Module
4: Implementation for Resilient Societies
· Module 5:
Setting indicators for monitoring and evaluation
Methodology
The training will be comprised of:
· lectures and presentations by experts
· self-assessment exercise and group work
· action plan presentation
· site visit
Target audience
This training is open to central and local
government officials and other related personnel from civil society and
institutions in the field of disaster risk management and climate change
adaptation.
Event detail
Requirements
Selected
applicants are required to:
· submit necessary documents on time, i.e., registration form etc.
· complete and submit pre-training readings and assignments, i.e. case
studies etc.
· actively participate in the training program
· be fluent in written and spoken English
·
Additionally,
participants are required to bring a personal laptop for the workshop session,
Making Cities Resilient Campaign Tools exercise.
Application and
deadline
Send the following 7 documents tocifaljeju.jitc.1@gmail.com by 22 April 2019 (Monday)
※ Late application will NOT be accepted.
Note
· Application without required documents will NOT be considered.
· Participation is subject to approval of the application by UNITAR CIFAL
Jeju/JITC.
· Only selected applicantswill be notified individually.
Assistance with
travel expenses
· UNITAR CIFAL Jeju/JITC provides a LIMITED financial assistance
with the airfare to Jeju-do, Republic of Korea.
· Local expenses (venue-to-venue transportation, accommodation, and meals)
during the workshop will be covered by CIFAL Jeju.
· All other expenses including visa fee are the responsibility of the
participants.
[1] UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the
International Day for Disaster Reduction https://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18746.doc.htm
[2] Disasters
without borders: Regional resilience for sustainable development (p. Iv).
(2016). UNESCAP |