Brainstoming Meeting
Follow-up Meeting
Third Meeting
Fourth Meeting

Concept Note
23 January 2008 (ADRC Meeting Room)Hari Srinivas, UNEP to moderate
11:00 – 11:15

Welcome Remarks- Salvano Briceno, Director, ISDR

11:15 – 11:25

Objectives of the meeting- Jerry Velasquez, ISDR

Urban Resilience and Disaster11:25 – 11:40

Vulnerability in the Asia-Paciﬁc- Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University

Region
11:40 – 11:55

Urban Risk Task Force ? Focus,
outputs and deliverables- Jerry Velasquez, ISDR

Preliminary mapping of urban risk
11:55 – 12:10

activities in the Asia and Paciﬁc- Fouad Bendimerad, EMIregion
12:10 – 13:00

Discussions

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:00

The Local Government Alliance forDRR
The Global Forum on Urban RiskReduction

15:00 – 15:30

Discussions

15:30 – 15:50

Coﬀee break- Michele Cocchiglia, ISDR Geneva- Fouad Bendimerad, EMI
Kenpei Kojika, ADRC to moderate15:50 – 17:30

Proposals for follow-up actions

Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University to moderate-?Angelika Planitz (on the ISDR-World Bank
related activities)-?JICA (on joint work with JICA)-?UN HABITAT (on joint work with UN HABITAT)-?UNCRD (on joint work with UNCRD)- Prof. Kawata, Executive Director, DRI &Director, Research Center for Disaster Reduction
System, Kyoto University

18:00 – 19:30

Reception at JICA Hyogo
International Center

24 January 2008 (UNCRD Meeting Room)
Srikantha Herath, UNU to moderate- Masahiko Murata, IRP
9:00 – 10:15

Proposals for follow-up actions(continued)- Hari Srinivas, UNEP
- N.M.S.I. Arambepola, ADPC
- WHO (on joint work with WHO includingcampaign)- Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University

10:15 – 10:30

Coﬀee break-Srikantha Herath (on extreme ﬂood event

10:30 – 11:30

Proposals for follow-up actions

mapping, etc.)(continued)- Fouad Bendimerad, EMI- Koji Suzuki & Etsuko Tsunozaki, ADRC

11:30 – 12:00

Summary and Closing- Jerry Velasquez, UN/ISDR

List of Participants
Minutes of the Meeting
Whiteboard

18:00 – 18:10

Welcome Remarks

18:10 – 18:20

Election of the Chair and Vice-chair

18:20 – 18:50

Identiﬁed so far:
- GTZ meeting 4-6 March, Makati,
Philippines (FB)

-Jerry Velasquez, ISDR
Chair

- ISDR-WB-EMI meeting April,Philippines (FB)- WB-ESCAP meeting, May, Singapore- UCLG meeting, 15-18 July, Pataya,
Thailand (FB, AP)- Habitat World Urban Forum 13-17
October, Nanjing, China- 3rd Ministerial Conference 2-4
December, KL, Malaysia
Discussion to agree on speciﬁc
activities for the ARTF-URR until
December 2008.
- According to areas of work identiﬁed
18:50 –19:30

in the last meeting, identify leadChairagencies (ﬁlling in the Matrix ofactivities and organizations)- Identify cost for activities(publications, how many times the TF
meet this year and where?)
19:30-19:45

Identify necessary logistical support-Jerry Velasquez, ISDR

19:45-20:00

Wrap upChair

List of Participants
Minutes of the Meeting
Presentation at the IAP Meeting on 15 February 2008

15 May 2008 at ADRC Meeting Room
Brieﬁng on recent development after
13:00 –13:10

the 2nd Meeting in Bangkok inFebruary (e.g. Flyer, CD Rom, Logo,Vice Chair, Etsuko Tsunozaki, ADRC

ToR, a standard PPT)
Discussion on next steps- Draft workplan- Production of a local words into action(a proposed content)
13:10 –14:10- Plan for development of matrix withChair, Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University

inputs from each agencies- Regional reporting on URR for theISDR Global Assessment Report- Cooperation with CITYNET
14:10 – 14:30

Wrap up

List of Participants
Minutes of the Meeting

Rajib Shaw, Kyoto University

1 December 2008 at Putra World Trade Center, Room No. 7 at level 2(90 minutes)

moderator

11:00 –Brieﬁng on recent development and current situation

Chair, Vice-Chair, and

11:45(15 minutes) by the RTF-URR Secretariat:

UNISDR Hyogo(45 min)RADIUS plus 10
Production of “ Local Words into Action”
Inventory and URR status report compilation
City proﬁle and good practice compilation
Short presentations by RTF-URR members on theiron-going activities and plans for 2009 related to URR(5 minutes each)

All the participating
RTF-URR members
UNU ︓
Kyoto Univ.︓
EMI ︓

11:45 –
12:15
(30 min)

Discussion and comments:

Chair

Draft URR status report (aiming at ﬁnalization forthe GP/DRR)
Draft “Local Words into Action”

12:15 –
12:45
(30 min)

Discussion on way forward:
Next year plan for the RTF-URR
Brainstorming for organizing a session on URR
during the Global Platform on DRR.

List of Participants

Flyer of the Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction

Chair