Department of Disaster Management

Kick-off Workshop
Development of Local Guidebook on
Compound and Cascading Disaster Risk (CCDR) Management in Bangladesh
Date and time: 5th November 2022 at 10:00 -12:00 (GMT+6)
Location: Online
Organizer: Ministry of Environment, Japan; Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES);
Postgraduate Programs in Disaster Management (PPDM), Brac University and the Department of Disaster
Management (DDM), Bangladesh
Language: English
Session Outline:
Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan (MOEJ) has been promoting international cooperation onclimate change adaptation utilizing the Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (APPLAT) since 2019. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), as a delivery partner, has been
engaged in activities that contribute to capacity development in the region through the AP-PLAT. In 2021,
IGES developed the online self-paced E-learning material “Building resilience to compound and cascading
disasterrisks”

whichison

theAP-PLAT

website(https://ap-plat.nies.go.jp/adaptation_literacy/resources/e_learning/drr/index.html).
In this vein, MOEJ intends to further enhance the content of the E-learning material to facilitate localizing
Compound and Cascading Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) based on the experiences, needs, andchallenges faced by the communities in developing Asia. Since Bangladesh is one of the countries
increasingly exposed to extreme hazards involving compound and cascading disaster impacts, MOEJ
intends to develop Local Guidebook on CCDRM in Bangladesh based on a consultative process with key
stakeholders as well as interaction with communities affected by multiple hazards.
For that purpose, we intend to organize the first workshop (online) with key stakeholder to discuss thecontent, scope, and potential uses of the guidebook at the local level followed by the second validation
workshop (face-to-face) with policy makers, the targeted end user of the guidebook. Based on the outcomesa team familiar with the disaster management situation in Bangladesh will formulate and prepare aguidebook both in English and Bengali language. The guidebook as well as other key outcomes will beshared through AP-PLAT website.

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Tentative Programs (10:00 - 12:00)
Duration AM
10:00-10:05

AgendaOpening Remarks

10:05-10:15
Welcome Speech

10:15-10:25
Remarks of Chief Guest
10:25-11:00

First session

10:25-10:35

Introduction of the AP-PLAT eLearning course: Building resilience tocompound and cascading disaster risks
Current Capacity Building Initiatives
in Disaster Management, Bangladesh

10:35-10:45

10:45-10:55

Project outline (including draft
guidebook outline)

10:55-11:00
11:00-11:05
11:05-12:00

Q&A
Break
Second session

11:05-11:30

Discussion 1:
Recognition of CCDR in the context ofBangladesh

11:30-11:55

Discussion 2:
Expected contents of the guidebook

11:30-11:55

Vote of ThanksSpeaker
Osamu MizunoProgramme Director, Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES), JapanFuad H. Mallick, PhD
Professor and Dean
School of Architecture and DesignAdvisor, Postgraduate Programs in Disaster Management
Board
Brac University, Bangladesh
Md. Atiqul Huq
Director General
Department of Disaster Management, Bangladesh
Akane MATSUO
Policy Researcher
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun
Director
Research and Training
Department of Disaster Management & Relief, Bangladesh
Muhammad Ferdaus
Program Coordinator
Postgraduate Programs in Disaster Management (PPDM)
Brac University, Bangladesh

Bijon Kumer MITRA
Deputy Director
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), JapanMr. Netai Chandra Dey SarkerDirector, MIM
Department of Disaster Management, Bangladesh