International Symposium on
Integrated Actions for Global Water and Environmental Sustainability
In line with the Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO

21-22 October 2015, Medan, Indonesia

International Flood Initiative (IFI) andInternational Drought Initiative (IDI)

International Symposium on
Integrated Actions for Global Water and Environmental Sustainability
In line with the Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO

Implementation Now! How to Address?
Learn from and support to national and local platforms topractice evidence-based flood and drought risk reduction.
• Considering how to share best practice eg. WWF7
Implementation Road Map.
• Monitoring- Activities, progress, achievements• Data Collection & Sharing, Statistics• Risk Monitoring• Early Warning and Risk Assessment• Financing mechanism• Capacity Building
Mobilize existing networks of scientific and research
institutions, at national, regional and international levels.
• Synthesis• Advice to Stakeholders• Communication and Engagement

International Symposium on
Integrated Actions for Global Water and Environmental Sustainability
In line with the Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO

Implementation Now! How to Address?
Learn from and support to national and local platforms topractice evidence-based flood and drought risk reduction.
• Considering how to share best practice eg. WWF7
Implementation Road Map.
• Monitoring- Activities, progress, achievements• Data Collection & Sharing, Statistics• Risk Monitoring• Early Warning and Risk Assessment• Financing mechanism• Capacity Building
Mobilize existing networks of scientific and research
institutions, at national, regional and international levels.
• Synthesis• Advice to Stakeholders• Communication and Engagement

Second UN Special Thematic Session on

Water and Disasters
9:30-17:50
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The UN Headquarters, New York

OrganizersUN Secretary-Generalco-organized by
UN Secretary-Generals’Special Envoy on Disaster
Risk Reduction and Waterand High-level Experts andLeaders Panel on Water
and Disasters (HELP)

Science and Technology
to Advance DRR on Water

Key Directions and Actions
Key Direction 1:
Improve data collection, sharing, integration anddissemination
Suggested Actions•••••

Support countries to collect damage data and maintaindisaster statistics.
Develop methodologies for measuring flood and droughtrisk and resilience based on improved understanding ofdisaster mechanisms and socio-economic characteristics.
Enhance real-time data availability for early warning.
Promote coordinated and sustained satellite observations:rainfall(PR), flooding area (SAR), drought index (MR)
Enhance data integration and analysis capability.

Key Directions and Actions
Key Direction 1:
Improve data collection, sharing, integration anddissemination
Suggested Actions
••
•
•
•

Support countries to collect damage data and maintaindisaster statistics.
Develop methodologies for measuring flood and droughtrisk and resilience based on improved understanding ofdisaster mechanisms and socio-economic characteristics.
Enhance real-time data availability for early warning.
Promote coordinated and sustained satellite observations:rainfall(PR), flooding area (SAR), drought index (MR)
Enhance data integration and analysis capability.

Key Directions and Actions
Key Direction 2:
Advance inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary
research on flood and drought risk reduction
Suggested Actions•••

Promote dialogue among stakeholders, share needs andco-design collaborative research plans.
Enhance collaboration between natural science andsocio-economic science communities by taking advantage
of data integration and analysis infrastructure forassessing risk and resilience.
Co-produce evidence-based actionable information andknowledge for reducing flood and drought risk andbuilding resilience.

Key Directions and Actions
Key Direction 2:
Advance inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary
research on flood and drought risk reduction
Suggested Actions•••

Promote dialogue among stakeholders, share needs andco-design collaborative research plans.
Enhance collaboration between natural science andsocio-economic science communities by taking advantage
of data integration and analysis infrastructure forassessing risk and resilience.
Co-produce evidence-based actionable information andknowledge for reducing flood and drought risk andbuilding resilience.

Key Directions and Actions
Key Direction 3:
Promote regional cooperation by mobilizing
existing international initiatives for supporting
local/national efforts.
Suggested Actions•••

Promote dialogue among representatives of administrative,
civil and scientific communities, UN agencies, regional
development banks and private sectors.
Develop regional cooperative frameworks on flood anddrought and make implementation plans for demonstration
and/or prototyping of regional flood and droughtmonitoring and early warning support system.
Share good practices of evidence-based flood and droughtrisk reduction.

Key Directions and Actions
Key Direction 3:
Promote regional cooperation by mobilizing
existing international initiatives for supporting
local/national efforts.
Suggested Actions•••

Promote dialogue among representatives of administrative,
civil and scientific communities, UN agencies, regional
development banks and private sectors.
Develop regional cooperative frameworks on flood anddrought and make implementation plans for demonstration
and/or prototyping of regional flood and droughtmonitoring and early warning support system.
Share good practices of evidence-based flood and droughtrisk reduction.

Asia Water Cycle Symposium (AWCS2016)
1-2 March 2016, Tokyo, Japan

161 participants from 20 countries
and 4 UN organizations

IFI Strategic Structure
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Integrated Flood Management (IFM)
Minimizing

Sendai framework

IFI implementation steps

SDGs
UNCCC COP21

social, environmental and economic risks

climate change, changes in anthropogenic activities

Understanding of current status- magnitude of flood hazards- impact of development(changes in exposure, vulnerability)- shortage of resources- shortage of political will

Maximizing

net benefits from the use of flood plainsinter-disciplinary, trans-sectoral and basin-wide approaches

Planning

Implementation- stakeholder participation- cultural diversity- impact & cost/benefit
assessment- decision making- early warning systems- land use management- effective infrastructure development- increasing people’s awareness- institutional frameworks- building back better

Follow-up- risk re-analysis- clarifying problems- identifying areas to be strengthened

IFI supporting tools
science &technology

database(statistics of flood
damages/benefits
and flood
management
knowledge)

Focus Areas
Expected
Stakeholders(monitoring technology,simulation tools, risk
assessment methodology,clear indices)

Monitoring

IFI promoters(Internationalorganizations etc.)

HazardAssessment
Academic Society(universities,research institutesetc.)

local, national,
regionalinitiatives(IFI-AP, IFI-LAC etc.)

capacitybuilding(trainingcourses)

Exposure
Assessment

Vulnerability assessment
and capacity building

Government

Funding
Agencies(water, disaster)(ODAs, Banks, UNetc.)

DB operational
supporters

financialmechanisms(economic analysis
tools and methods)

Finance andinvestment
Project investors& owners

12• Analyzing and formulating policies• Visualizing values of preparedness
and investment efficiency

Support inSound Policy-making
Risk Assessment• Developing integrated
disaster risk assessment• Identifying locality andcommonality• Improving disaster literacy• Promoting co-design and coimplementation among stakeholders

Support inCommunity of Practice
Risk Change
Identification• Monitoring and predictingchanges in disaster risk
locality andData & Statistics • Identifying
commonality• Promoting data collection, storage, sharing, and statistics
13• Integrating local data, satellite observations and model outputs

systematic+participatory+accountability

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Support inSound Policy-making

Support inCommunity of Practice

Risk Assessment

Risk Change
Identification
Data & Statistics• Promoting data collection, storage, sharing, and statistics• Integrating local data, satellite observations and model outputs

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Flood duration= 3-4 days

Flood duration= 7 days

Flood duration >7 days

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Support inCommunity of Practice

Risk Assessment

Risk Change
Identification• Developing integrated
disaster risk assessment• Identifying locality andcommonality

Data & Statistics

15Support inSound Policy-making

Support inCommunity of Practice

Risk Assessment

Risk Change
Identification
Data & Statistics• Monitoring and predictingchanges in disaster risk
• Identifying locality andcommonality16• Analyzing and formulating policies• Visualizing values of preparedness
and investment efficiency

Support inSound Policy-making

Support inCommunity of Practice

Risk Assessment

Risk Change
Identification
Data & Statistics

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Bag Bag River
LabanganRiverAngat River

Labangan River

Support inSound Policy-making• Improving disaster literacy• Promoting co-design and coimplementation among stakeholders

Support inCommunity of Practice
Risk Change
Identification

Risk Assessment
Data & Statistics

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Spiral-up Development

Demonstration Prototyping  Operation
Regional coordination framework• Commonality & Priority• Sharing knowledge, bestpractices• Strengthening capability ofobservations, assessments
and management• Establishing a forum forpromoting dialogue at all level
National coordination framework• Locality• Institutional arrangements• Observations & data
integration• Natural & Socio-economic
collaboration• Communities of Practice19