JICA’s Support inDisaster Risk Reduction
AMANO Yusuke
Senior Vice President,
Japan International Cooperation Agency

Government of Japan Invested in Disaster Risk
Reduction during Development

5 to 8 percent of thegovernment budget
invested in disaster risk
reduction
2

Source: Created by the Cabinet Office using materials from various ministries and agencies.

Pre-investment to Flood Measures wereindispensable to reduce damages
Flood‐caused deaths and flooded areas were drastically reduced
6,000
5,000

Flood‐caused deaths

4,000
3,000
2,000
1,0000

1946

1951

1956

1961

1966

1971

1976

350,000

1981

1986

1991

19962001

1997

2002

2006

Flooded area (ha)300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
03

1962

1967

1972

1977

Source: Water Disaster Statistics, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure Transport and Tourism

1982

1987

1992

2007

Global Effort towards Disaster Risk Reduction:
From Hyogo to Sendai
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030

Global Effort towards Disaster Risk Reduction:
From Hyogo to Sendai
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction2015 – 2030
Following the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015)

Expected Outcome

The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and healthand in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons,businesses, communities and countries

Priority 1
Understanding
disaster risk

Priorities for Action
Priority 2
Priority 3
Strengthening
disaster risk
governance tomanage disaster
risk

Investing indisaster risk
reduction

Priority 4
Enhancingdisaster
preparedness for
effective response,and «Build Back
Better»
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JICA supports development of DRR strategies/plansDevelopment of State-level Roadmap for DRR
JICA supports development of State-level Roadmap for Disaster Risk Reduction Vietnam : Priority Programs for Disaster Risk Reduction−To Sustain socio‐economics development through DRR investment−(2018)6

Development of Local DRR Strategies/Plans

JICA developed “8 steps”, the practical and feasible method to develop a local
DRR strategies/plans with concrete measures for investment

8 steps: Practical Method for Developing Local DRR
Strategies/Plans• Step 1: Collecting local hazard information• Step 2: Understanding local disaster risks• Step 3: Reviewing existing DRR plans by national and other authorities• Step 4: Identifying residual risks considering time-scale• Step 5: Listing all necessary DRR measures by local government• Step 6: Prioritizing DRR measures• Step 7: Arranging budget allocation in necessary levels• Step 8: Implementing DRR measures and reviewing periodically⇒ By compile these information, it becomes a local DRR plan to reduce
disaster risks.

All Stakeholders work together
Private Sector(Electricity, Telecommunication,Water, Logistics, etc)

Government
Central
NPO/NGO

Academia
Prefecture
Municipalities

9Communities

Research InstituteJICA’s Contribution to the Sendai Cooperation
Initiative for DRR Phase 1 and 2 of Japan20152018

Sendai Initiative 1
USD 4 billion
training of 40,000 DRR
officials
within 4 years
JICA achievementin FY2015-2018
total USD 4.769 billion
75,109 people trained
102022

Sendai Initiative 2
Providing support for
5 million people andtraining/education to 85,000
DRR officials within 4 years(2019-2022)
Supporting 80 countries todevelop/improve DRR
strategies/plans by 2020

Thank youfor your attention