Discussion towards Promoting Inter-linkages
1. Needs, Issues and Benefits
2. Linkage to Regional and Global
Coordination Framework
3. Building capacity
4. Planning Strategy

Discussion towards Promoting Inter-linkages
1. Needs, Issues and Benefits
2. Linkage to Regional and Global
Coordination Framework
3. Building capacity
4. Planning Strategy

17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets

Holistic, Evident-based, Quality, Quantity
Water is Key
Dialogue  Platform
Integration• Observations• Data• Models(Richard H. Moss, et al., Nature, 2010)

RAINFALL IN SRI LANKA DURING THE YEAR 2016 WAS HIGHLY ERRATIC!

COLOMBO IN WET ZONESPELL OF EXTREMELY HEAVYRAIN IN MID-MAY FOLLOWED BY
5-MONTH LONG DRY SPELL
UNTIL LATE OCTOBERPOLONNARUWA IN DRYZONERAINFALL IN 2016
NORMAL RAINFALL(81-10)Discussion towards Promoting Inter-linkages
1. Needs, Issues and Benefits
2. Linkage to Regional and Global
Coordination Framework
3. Building capacity
4. Planning Strategy

HLPW Panel members(as of 3/21/2016)

Special Advisors to the Panel

Kevin RutteJános ÁderEmomalii RahmonovPrime Minister, Netherlands

President, Hungary

President, Tajikistan

Dr. Han Seung-soo
Former primeMinister, South Korea
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal
Minister, Peru```

Macky Sall
President, Senegal
Co-chairs``

President, Mexico`

Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister, Bangladesh

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim`

President, Mauritius

Jacob Zuma

Prime Minister, Jordan`

Enrique Peña Nieto

Abdullah Ensour``Malcolm Turnbull

President, South Africa

Co-convened by:Prime Minister, Australia

UNITED NATIONS
Ban Ki-moon

Jim Yong Kim

Secretary General, United Nations

President, World Bank GroupHLPW Action Plan “9 Areas of Action”
1. Catalyzing Changes, Building Partnerships
and International Cooperation
2. Resilient Economies, Societies,
and Disaster Risk Reduction
3. Universal Access to Safe Waterand Sanitation
4. Sustainable Cities and HumanSettlements
5. Water and the Environment
6. Infrastructure and Investments
7. Water Governance
8. Water Data
9. Valuing Water

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HLPW’s Actions: promoting innovative ways ofInvestment and financing for water-related Disasters
Proposed HLPW/HELP Actions:• Compile good practices and case studies– Validating investment through economic (cost-benefit) analysis– Mainstreaming disaster resilient investment– Long-term strategy and Innovation/alternatives for financing– Water-related disaster risk transfer instruments and insurance• Analyze cases leading to establishment of principles
and standardized practices and systems• Formulate HELP’s recommendation• Lobby and promote inclusion of HELP’srecommendation in global agenda

IFI is invited for substantial contribution
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HLPW’s Actions: promoting innovative ways ofInvestment and financing for water-related Disasters
Proposed HLPW/HELP Actions:• Compile good practices and case studies– Validating investment through economic (cost-benefit) analysis– Mainstreaming disaster resilient investment– Long-term strategy and Innovation/alternatives for financing– Water-related disaster risk transfer instruments and insurance• Analyze cases leading to establishment of principles
and standardized practices and systems• Formulate HELP’s recommendation• Lobby and promote inclusion of HELP’srecommendation in global agenda

IFI is invited for substantial contribution
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UN International Decade for Action, “Water for
Sustainable Development”, 2018-2028- Adopted by UN General Assembly on December 20th, 2016 -• HLPW, under Championship of Tajik President, has been
actively promoting adoption of new International Decade onWater.
• The resolution of the Decade was proposed by over 170states, and unanimously adopted by UN General Assemblyon December 20th, 2016.
• The new decade focus on the entire water goals and targets
in SDGs particularly integrated management of water.
• The resolution also decided not only the new decade onwater but start of new discussion process on global waterarchitecture.
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Opportunities and Challenges for collaboration• Target: SDGs is common with global community. Especially the World Bank(WB) aims to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity;• Role: The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance todeveloping countries around the world. Not a bank in the ordinary sense but
a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development;• Motivation:- Influence on global agenda- Expectation to get lacked/missing experience and expertise within WB;- Keen to learn innovative approach. (e.g. many BBLs on spatial data).
• Challenge:- Variety of expertise within WB;- Quick delivery and solid achievement.
Always question is how to apply to WB operations concretely.

Discussion towards Promoting Inter-linkages
1. Needs, Issues and Benefits
2. Linkage to Regional and Global
Coordination Framework
3. Building capacity
4. Planning Strategy

Possible Collaboration
Collaboration with AWCI might be considered in the areas:

1

2
3

Jointly facilitate “Integrated River Basin Management”, or“River Basin Approach for Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM)” which, especially in Asia, should
include flood and drought disaster risk management;
Select pilot river basins where holistic approach for water
related disaster risk management would be conducted;
Identify needs of institutional and human capacity
development for participating country/basin and thenproduce Knowledge Products and conduct Trainings

Discussion towards Promoting Inter-linkages
1. Needs, Issues and Benefits
2. Linkage to Regional and GlobalCoordination Framework
3. Building capacity
4. Planning Strategy

Policy Framework and Key Directions

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in thePhilippines

1. Legal Framework
 Republic Act 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Act (May 2010)
 Created in response to the global call of mainstreaming Disaster RiskManagement and Climate Change Adaptation
 It is a holistic, integrated, proactive and collaborative approach toDisaster Management
 Vision: Safer , Adaptive and Disaster Resilient Filipino Communities
towards Sustainable Development (National Risk Reduction Plan 20112028)
 The agency who shall coordinate amongst other concerned agencies
for the attainment of this goal is the National Disaster Risk Reductionand Management Council (NDRRMC)

Policy Framework and Key Directions
The Mandate of the Department of Public Works andHighways

Communication Scheme of a CBFEWS
Warning

Weather
Update / Info◄◄

1 – Color
2 – Speed of Flow
3- Sound4 – Presence ofDebris

Communicationof Warning
1 - MDCC
2 – BDCC
3 – Local
Volunteers

PDCC

Flood info

Weather
Update /Info
PAGASA- Field Station

Bandillo
Megaphonew/sirenChurch Bells

TargetCommunity

Batingaw
Sitio/Purok
Leaders

Evacuation
CenterRDCC
Legend: ◄ Information starts here in case of large-scale

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Observation

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Information starts here in case of local/
small-scale system (Ex. Thunderstorm andITCZ).

After several rounds of discussions, it was decided to develop aPrototype Integrated Flood and Water Management System
for the Kelani river basin by an inter-agency working group.
The agencies involved are,
 Irrigation Department – mandated for riverine floods
 Department of Meteorology – mandated for weather forecasting

Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Dev. Corp (SLLRDC) – flash floods
Disaster Management Centre
National Water Supply & Drainage Board
Water Resources Board
Colombo Municipal Council

The major functions of the Integrated Flood and Water
Management System are,
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Monitoring
Collection and integration of data
Simulation and forecasting
Real time dissemination
Short and long term risk assessment

Agreed sequence of development of the System,
1. Develop a water information and communication system
2. Implement real time control and implementation of risk based responseprocedures
3. Improving current level of flood safety through structural and non-struct. measures

How to promote to establish and strengthen a flood(IWRM) platform as a part of national platform?
How to confirm the IFI implementation plan?
1. To engage advanced S & T• Data integration, in-situ, satellite and models• Integrated assessment and change identification• Co-design and co-production among policy-makers,
practitioners and citizen society
2. To learn from Regional Knowledge and Experiences:• Identify one or two target(s)• Establish a senior level discussion framework incollaboration with IFI Partners3. To leverage high level discussions:• High Level Panel on Water• New Water Decade, ““Water for SustainableDevelopment”
4. To collaborate with development agencies and donors:• Capacity building framework: knowledge partnership function• Funding steps: demonstration funding for preparation for fulloperation projects• Mainstreaming DRR, strengthening DRR governanceHow to promote to establish and strengthen a flood(IWRM) platform as a part of national platform?
There is a need to link with the National Disaster
Management Mechanisms ? these mechanisms normally
include standard operating procedures under different
levels of floods. A key component of IWRM upward spiralapproach is stakeholder participation in decision making
processes at all levels. Perhaps national IFI committees
in pilot countries linked with existing UNESCO-WMO andother water related coordination mechanisms.

Thank you, Prof. Khan!
IFI will need to work with major water related agencies.
Especially those managing water resources and floods
and make an effort to bring them together. Disastermanagement can be reactive, rather than preventive, inmany developing countries, due to many constraints,
including political. Incorporation of science andtechnology for reducing risks can be easier in water
management and weather agencies which usually have abetter technological capacity

Thank you, Prof. Herath!

How to confirm the IFI implementation plan?
We need confirmed intentions and work plans of the pilot
countries for a given period with clearly identified
milestones and deliverables to help prepare a regional
plan. The national stakeholders need to sign off on thecountry plans and overall IFI Implementation plan could
be endorsed by the partners through an MOU under theexisting IFI framework.

Thank you, Prof. Khan!
This should be a two way process. IFI should havespecific objectives and indication of resources andsupport that it can provide. Then subsets of pilot country
programs and IFI objectives can be identified andstrengthened.

Thank you, Prof. Herath!

GEO-Water under Three Key Global Agendas in 2015

SendaiFrameworkon DisasterRisk
Reduction

Investment

Sustainable
Development
Goals

December 2015

Governance
September 2015

March 2015

Understanding

Implementation

ParisAgreement(COP 21)

Concerted Action is Required
Reducing
Current Risk

Preventing
Future Risk
Building Resilience

Adaptation& Recovery

Sustainable Development