The Power of Partnership@ APRU Multi-Hazard Summer School
Takeshi Komino

General Secretary, CWS Japan

SG/Executive Committee, Asian Disaster Reduction and Response NetworkRegional Steering Group, World Humanitarian Summit Asia

Co-Chair, Humanitarian Policy and Practice Advisory Group at ACT AllianceInterim Board Member, Core Humanitarian Standard

Serbia

Tokyo

U.S.A

Afghanistan
PakistanThailand

Vietnam
MyanmarCambodia
Kenya

Indonesia
East Timor

Argentina

Disaster Trends
From UNISDR…
1. Downward trend in mortality
risk due to enhanced capacities
in early warning, preparednessand response.

2. Upward trend in economicloss and damage due toincrease in exposure andvulnerability to natural hazards.

3. No sufficient attention,
capacity and investment toaddress underlying risk
drivers (unequal economicdevelopment, poorly managed
urbanization, climate change)

Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030• 1.5 billion people were affected bydisasters in various ways.
• At Technical Hazard working session at
WCDRR, participants called forproactive risk assessment, andtransparent disclosure of risks.
• Sendai Framework’s priority of areas:• 1. Understanding disaster risk;• 2. Strengthening disaster risk governanceto manage disaster risk;• 3. Investing in disaster risk reduction forresilience;• 4. Enhancing disaster preparedness for
effective response, and to “Build BackBetter” in recovery, rehabilitation andreconstruction.

• Clear focus on risk identification andmitigation.

World Humanitarian Summit Consultations• Nearly 70 million people, half of them children, have been forced from their homes due to conflictand violence.
• In the last two decades, 218 million people each year were affected by disasters; at an annual
cost to the global economy that now exceeds $300 billion.
• Build hope and solutions by investing in preparedness, managing and mitigating risk, reducing
vulnerability, finding durable solutions for protracted displacement, and adapting to new threats.
• Business as usual is not going to address humanitarian needs.
• Increase in disasters →More risks to industrial sites.

It’s Time to Re-examine Partnership
Why…?
• We’ll need to do more withless• We’ll need to solve theunsolved• We’ll need to make solutions
constant and sustainable

1+1=3http://www.globalhumanitarianassistance.org/wpcontent/uploads/2010/07/data-and-guides.pdf

Strength of Local / Faith Based Organizations
We need to ship things in!

It’s fine to ignore as long as
they get what they need

• Understand local

history, culture, issues
through historical andphysical presence

Solidarity• ‘If you ask’ feeling on• ‘Among us’ feelingwith sharing of samevaluesutilization of local
resource and access

Local resources

Local rootedness

and access‘They’ and ‘We’ right?

Bridging policy and practice- strengths demonstrated in DRR• Road to Sendai campaign• World Humanitarian Summit
consultations• Strategic National Action
Plan (SNAP) for DRR in
Afghanistan

Always think about
operationalizing whencreating policies!

Challenges for Local Organizations• Knowledge – the ‘system’• Resources –monetary
resources andadministrative capacity oflarge grants• Capacity and innovation –not much incentives forchanging

SO, WHAT DO WE DO?

Create Enabling Environment• Knowledge – A platform that…

• One can feel at home for meaningful participation• Can learn from each other• Think about and act on collaboration• Resources – Support mechanism that…

• Allows more programmatic funding towards local organizations• Integrate capacity support for those elements that are not strong• Intentionally involve from preparedness stage• Innovation facilitation that…

• Captures innovative elements• Amplify best practices to regional/global learning• Fosters cross/mutual learning for enhancing capacity

As local as possible, as international as necessary….
Agenda for Humanity – SG ReportHumanitarian Innovation Forum Japan 2016

Technological Innovation Examples

Process Innovation Examples
気仙沼信用金庫
Cooperation

Program Development

Start upStart upsupportApplicationBusinessAssociationcandidates

Key Lessons from HIF Japan 2016
SocialBenefitsGovernmentNGOEmpathy
Sustainable framework thatencompasses both socialand economic benefits andrationality

NGO’sVisionCorporates’ Vision

EconomicBenefits

Companies

Common Vision,
Same Language,
Shared Understandingof issues that needs to be solved

Conclusion: Elements of Success• See root causes of the issues• Use power of others effectively• Have passion as a driver• Be generalist with expert knowledge• Have courage to make decisions

Value Producer!