TC Cooperation Mechanism
on Typhoon-related Disaster
Risk Reduction
DANG THANH MAI - VIETNAM

Today’s presentation
 What’s Typhoon Committee (TC) TC Strategic Plan 2017- 2021

 Cooperation Mechanism in TC
 Cooperative Projects

 Concluding Remarks

ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee An inter-Government Regional Organization;

 Treat with typhoon-related disasters ; Founded in 1968;
 Affiliated to the Economic and Social Commission of Asiaand the Pacific (ESCAP) and the World MeteorologicalOrganization (WMO); Evolved into a collaboration of 14 Member.

World Map of the Five Regional Bodies

Membership of Typhoon Committee
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2.
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4.
5.

Cambodia, 1968
China, 1968
DPR of Korea 1992
Hong Kong, China, 1968 Member Territory
Japan, 1968 - (RSMC TokyoTyphoon Center)

6.
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11.
12.
13.

Lao PDR, 1968
Macao, China, 1992 Member Territory
Malaysia, 1968
Philippines, 1968
Republic of Korea, 1968
Singapore, 1997
Thailand, 1968
USA, 1998 - (RSMC Honolulu Hurricane Center)

14. Viet Nam, 1968

Structure of Typhoon Committee

Chairperson of TC
Training & Research
Cooperation Group (TRCG)

Advisor Working Group (AWG)

Typhoon Committee Secretariat (TCS)
Meteorologist

Hydrologist

Expert on DRR

Working Group on
Meteorology (WGM)Working Group on
Hydrology (WGH)

Working Group on
Disaster Risk Reduction(WGDRR)

Member’s Leadership and Focal Points

Today’s presentation
 Background of TC
 TC Strategic Plan 2017- 2021

 Cooperation Mechanism in TC
 Cooperative Projects

 Concluding Remarks

Vision and Mission
The Typhoon Committee has been repeatedly recognized as an
outstanding regional body who has integrated the actions andplans of the meteorological, hydrological, and disaster risk
reduction (DRR) components to produce meaningful results.
 Vision: The Typhoon Committee is the world’s preeminent inter-governmental, regional organization for improving the quality of life of theMembers’ populations through integrated cooperation to mitigate impacts
and risks of typhoon-related disasters and to enhance beneficial typhoonrelated effects.
 Mission: To integrate and enhance regional (Meteorological, Hydrological, andDisaster Risk Reduction) activities of Members within internationalframeworks to reduce the loss of lives and minimize social, economic, andenvironmental impacts by typhoon-related disasters.

Scope of the Strategic Plan
• To be achieved through the Members’ regional and integrated activities withsupport and monitoring of the TCS, WMO, and the UN ESCAP.
• The critical part is the required regional cooperation and collaboration
among Members and the integration of the Meteo, Hydrol, and DRR.
• To directly support the functions of the Committee as described in theStatute of the Typhoon Committee:
1. Review regularly the progress made in the various fields of typhoon damage
prevention;
2. Recommend to the participating Governments for the improvement of meteorologicaland hydrological facilities needed for typhoon damage prevention;
3. Recommend to the participating Governments for the improvement of community
preparedness and disaster prevention;
4. Promote the establishment of programmes and facilities for training personnel fromcountries of the region in typhoon forecasting and warning, hydrology and flood
control within the region and arrange for training outside the region, as necessary; and5. Promote, prepare and submit to participating Governments and other interested
organizations plans for coordination of research programmes and activities concerning
typhoons.

Key Results Areas and Strategic Goals
KRAs are defined as the critical, overarching, priority areas ofspecial interest for the Typhoon Committee. The Committee mustcomplete these KRAs for it to achieve its vision and mission
through Priorities. The Committee has identified two Targets andfive Key Result Areas (KRAs) in addition to the one crosscutting
theme and Priorities for special emphasis in the next five years.
 Targets• Target 1: Substantially reduce total mortality caused by typhoonrelated disasters of the Members in the decade 2020 -2030 comparedto the period 2005 – 2015.
• Target 2: Reduce direct economic loss caused by typhoon- related
disasters in relation to the total gross domestic product (GDP) of theMembers by 2030.

 KRAs•••••KRA 1: Enhance capacity to monitor mortality and direct economic loss
caused by typhoon-related disasters.
KRA 2: Enhance capacity to generate and provide accurate, timely andunderstandable information using multi-hazard impact-based forecasts
and risk-based warnings.
KRA 3: Improve typhoon-related flood control and integrated water
resource management.
KRA 4: Strengthen typhoon-related disaster risk reduction activities invarious sectors, including increased community-based resiliency with
better response, communication, and information sharing capability.
KRA 5: Enhance Typhoon Committee’s Regional and International
collaboration mechanism.

 Climate Change Impact Crosscutting Theme
 To achieve its mission, the Committee believes climate change must be

viewed as one of the major challenges of our time.
 The Committee considers it a high priority to understand the possible

effects brought about by climate change, such as changes in tropical
cyclone frequency and intensity and the associated extreme rainfalland coastal inundation impacts from both scientific and socioeconomical viewpoints and to share relevant information amongMembers.
 Sustainable disaster mitigation efforts against tropical cyclone related

impacts, including too much or too little typhoon-induced rainfall, will
be needed to address issues across the whole spectrum of climate
and weather systems.

 High Priority Areas
The Typhoon Committee’s Working Groups on Meteorology, Hydrology, andDisaster Risk Reduction along with the Advisory Working Group (AWG) met
jointly to define high priority regional actions required to reduce the loss oflife and social and economic impacts from tropical cyclones.

 High Priority Areas (Cont’d)Today’s presentation
 Background of TC
 TC Strategic Plan 2017- 2021

 Cooperation Mechanism in TC
 Cooperative Projects

 Concluding Remarks

Workshop/Meeting as Platform
ESCAP/WMO TC 43rd Session Workshop
Jan. 2011,Jeju, Republic of Korea

1. TC Annual Session
2. TC Integrated Workshop
3. TC Working Group Meetings
4. TC Training/Seminar:
Field training on HM SD
Sept. 2010, Zhuhai, China—On-job Training—Roving Seminar—Project workshop/seminar
5. International Workshop/Conference
TC 4th OJT on Flood
Forecasting
July. 2010,KL.Malaysia

TC 5th Integrated Workshop
Sept. 2010,Macao, China

6th IWS of TC
Nha Trung, Vietnam,Nov. 2011

Publication of TC as Experience Sharing
1. Technical Publications

2. Typhoon Committee Annual Report (TCAR)
3. TC Newsletter
4. TC Journal: Tropical Cyclone Research and Review (TCRR)-ecsi

Cooperation with Regional Bodies
Themes of WMO RA II WGH
THEME 1
Improving Institutional Capacity including theimplementation of the RA II Strategic Plan for NHSs

Areas proposed by TC WGHArea 1
Urban Flood Risk Management

THEME 2
Disaster Mitigation – Implementation of the WMO Flood
Forecasting Initiative including Flash Flood Forecasting
Capabilities Strategic Plan for NHSs

THEME 3
Water Resources Assessment, Availability and Use(Surface water and groundwater)

THEME 4
Hydrological responses to climate variability and changeand promotion of the use of climate information bywater managers

THEME 5
Regional exchange of hydrological data and information
including WHYCOS and contributions of regional aspectsof INFOHYDROArea 2
Flash Flood / Debris Flow /Landslide Forecasting /Warning
Area 3
Assessment of the Variability ofWater Resources in a Changing
ClimateArea 4Drought Monitoring andForecasting based on Spacebased Information Possible joint work areas by TC and WMO RA II
THEME 2
Disaster Mitigation –Implementation of theWMO Flood Forecasting
Initiative including Flash
Flood Forecasting
Capabilities Strategic Planfor NHSs

Area 1
Urban Flood Risk
Management

THEME 3
Water Resources
Assessment, Availabilityand Use (Surface waterand groundwater)

Area 3
Assessment of theVariability of Water
Resources in a Changing
ClimateArea 2
Flash Flood / Debris Flow /Landslide Forecasting/Warning

Joint Work 1

Joint Work 2

Today’s presentation
 Background of TC
 TC Strategic Plan 2017- 2021

 Cooperation Mechanism in TC
 Cooperative Projects

 Concluding Remarks

Annual Operating Plan
Each year during the 5-year period of this Strategic Plan, the AWG
with input from the working groups and TCS will prepare a
proposed draft Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) to be approved at
the next Typhoon Committee Session. The AOPs will be developedin line with Priorities and contain detailed actions and successindicators to be conducted in that year.

 Current AOPs in Three Components

 Cross-cutting Projects in TC
Urban Flood Risk Management (UFRM) in TC region— AOP of WGH, Led by China— First cross-cutting project of TC— Implementation duration: 2008-2012

Continual Project of UFRM: Operational System for Urban
Flood Forecasting and Inundation Mapping (OSUFFIM)— Pilot Members: China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos
— Phase-I: 2013-2017— Phase-II: 2018-2020

SSOP Phase I: Implementation of Synergized Standard
Operating Procedures (SSOP) for Coastal Multi-hazard Early
Warning System
BeneficiaryCountries

TargetGroup(s)13 Countries in TC and PTC region:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; China; India;
Lao PDR*; Malaysia; Maldives;
Myanmar; Pakistan; Philippines; SriLanka; Thailand and Viet Nam.
 NMHSs National Tsunami Warning Centres
 National Disaster ManagementOffices
 Government sectoral agencies

Implementa Aug. 2012 ~ May 2015tion Period
ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami,
Disaster and Climate Preparedness inFunding
Indian Ocean and Southeast AsianCountries

SSOP Phase II: Implementation of Synergized Standard
Operating Procedures (SSOP) for Coastal Multi-hazard Early
Warning System
Activity 1: Training Workshop
in WMO Nanjing RTC

10 Countries in TC and PTC region:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; Lao PDR;
Beneficiary
Maldives; Myanmar; Pakistan;Countries
Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand andViet Nam.
 NMHSs National Tsunami Warning Centres
Target National Disaster Management
Group(s)Offices Government sectoral agencies
Implementation
18 months (until 31 October 2018)
PeriodESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami,
Disaster and Climate Preparedness
Funding
in Indian Ocean and Southeast AsianCountries

ParticipantsParticipantsToday’s presentation
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ConcludingConcludingRemarks
Remarks TC KARs, Strategic Targets and Priorities: the Committee wants toachieve in 2017-2021 and to continue to produce meaningful results forsaving lives and mitigation of damage from typhoon-related events. The
impact of climate change is thought to influence all of the KRAs, Targets
and Priorities and thus is viewed as a crosscutting theme.
 TC Cooperative Mechanisms: the effective and efficient structure andnetwork in TC support its cooperative mechanisms on typhoon-related
disaster risk reduction.
 TC Cooperative Project: through completion of AOPs and regional
projects, the Committee and its Members should accomplish all of theKRAs, Strategic Targets and Activities of the Committee.
 Areas to Be Enhanced in the Region: (1) urban flood forecasting andwarning; (2) flash flood (including landslide and mudflow) predictionand warning; and (3) Assessment of the Variability of Water Resourcesin a Changing Climate.

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