Asia-Pacific Meeting on Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction:
Changing Mindsets through Knowledge
22-23 April 2014
Sendai, Japan
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 22 April (Day One)
09:10-09:28 Registration of local participants at Sendai Meeting venue
09:30-10:15 Item 1: Opening and objectives of the Meeting
Co-MCs Mr. Ichiro Miyamoto, Director, the World Federation of the Deaf Regional Secretariat for Asia and the Pacific, and Ms. San Yuenwah, Senior Advisor on Disability, Social Development Division, ESCAP
- Joint welcome statement by coorganizers ESCAP, Rehabilitation International and The Nippon Foundation
- Message of Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, delivered by Ms. Yuki Matsuoka, Head, UNISDR Office, Japan
- Congratulatory statement by Mr. Akira Fujimoto, Deputy Mayor, Sendai City, Japan
- Opening statement by Mr. Yoshitami Kameoka, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
10:15-10:50 Group photo and break
10:50-11:05 Item 1 (Continued)
"Meeting objectives, format and expected outcome", presentation and introduction by Mr. Jan Monsbakken, President, Rehabilitation International (RI), on behalf of the coorganizers
11:05-12:10 Item 2: Asia-Pacific disaster trends, and disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction (DiDRR) mandates
Facilitator: Mr. Patrik Andersson, Chief, Social Integration Section, Social Development Division, ESCAP
- "Disaster Risk Reduction: Rationale for Disability Inclusion", presentation by Mr. Katsunori Fujii, Chairperson, Executive Board, Japan Disability Forum, and ESCAP Champion for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022
- "Messages of Life", a short documentary film
- "Asia-Pacific disaster trends: facts and risk drivers", presentation by Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Regional Advisor on Disaster Risk Reduction, ICT and DRR Division, ESCAP
- "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Incheon Strategy to "Make the Right Real" for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific: a disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction perspective", presentation by Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division
Open discussion (15 mins)
12:10-12:45 Item 3: Introduction of the draft outcome document of the Meeting
Facilitator: Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Social Affairs Officer, Social Development Division, ESCAP
- "Towards the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 and the post-2015 DRR framework", presentation by Ms. Yuki Matsuoka, Head, UNISDR Office, Japan
- "Draft outcome document of the Asia-Pacific Meeting on Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction, 22-23 April 2014, Sendai, Japan", presentation by Ms. San Yuenwah, Senior Advisor on Disability, Social Development Division, ESCAP, on behalf of the coorganizers
Open discussion (20 mins)
12:45-14:00 Lunch hosted by the Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
14:00-14:55 Item 4: Disability inclusion in diverse aspects of DiDRR: sharing of practices and gap analysis
Case Study 1: Lessons learned from Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), presentation by the Manila Group
Facilitator: Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, Project Manager on DiDRR, Rehabilitation International
- Panelist 1 on risk assessment: Dr. Saneyuki Udagawa, Principal Researcher, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Kobe, Japan
- Panelist 2 on preparedness: Mr. Sunia Ratulevu, Principal Disaster Management Officer, National Disaster Management Office, Government of Fiji
- Panelist 3 on early warning: Ms. Anita Bhatnagar Jain, Joint Secretary, Policy and Plan, National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India
Panel discussion 1: Risk assessment
Open discussion (15 mins)
14:55-15:05 Interpreters' break
15:05-15:40 Panel discussion 2: Preparedness
Open discussion (15 mins)
15:40-16:00 Coffee/tea break
16:00-16:40 Panel discussion 3: Early warning
Open discussion (20 mins)
16:40-16:50 Interpreters' break
16:50-18:05 Item 4 (Continued)
Case study 2: Lessons from 3.11 Tsunami Evacuation in Urakawa Town, Hokkaido, presentation by the Urakawa Town group
Facilitator: Mr. Matthew Rodieck, Mercy Corps, and Member, RI Task Force on DiDRR
Panel discussion 4: Response to disaster
- Panelist 4: Mr. Sithamparapillai Amalanathan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management, Sri Lanka
- Panelist 5: Ms. Asha Hans, Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC), India, Member, RI Task Force on DiDRR
Open discussion (30 mins)
18:30-20:15 Dinner hosted by the Nippon Foundation
Wednesday, 23 February 2014 (Day Two)
09:30-11:00 Item 4 (Continued)
Case Study 3: Lessons from Indonesian practices: education and inter-ministerial cooperation, copresented by Mr. Sunarman Sukumoto, Executive Committee, CBR Asia-Pacific Network, Jakarta and Ms. Melina Margaretha, Programme Manager, Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund
Facilitator: Ms. Sae Kani, Inclusive DRR Advisor, Malteser International / Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Network (DiDRRN) Focal Person
Panel discussion 5: Recovery -- "Build Back and Better"
- Panelist 6: Mr. Mathieu Simard, International Medical Corps, and Member, RI Task Force on DiDRR
- " Panelist 7: Mr. Kazuhiko Abe, Chairman, Sendai City Association for Welfare of the Disabled
Open discussion (45 mins)
11:00-11:20 Coffee/tea break
11:20-12:10 Item 5: Accessibility and DiDRR
"Universal design saves all lives", presentation by Dr. Saneyuki Udagawa, Principal Researcher, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Kobe, Japan
Facilitator: Mr. Yasunobu Ishii, Director, Disability Progamme, The Nippon Foundation
- Panelist 8: Ms. Akiko Fukuda, Secretary-General, World Federation of Deafblind, and former JICA Expert
- Panelist 9: Mr. Dipendra Manocha, Developing Countries Coordinator, Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium
12:10-12:20 Interpreters' break
12:20-13:00 Item 5 (Continued)
Open discussion
13:00-14:15 Lunch hosted by ESCAP
14:15-16:15 Item 6: Consideration of the draft outcome document and next steps
Facilitator: Mr. Awanish Kumar Awasthi, Joint Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
- Introduction of the draft outcome document
- Discussion of the draft outcome document
- Adoption of the outcome document
- Next steps: commitments to champion the outcome document
16:15-16:45 Coffee/tea break
16:45-17:30 Item 6 (Continued)
17:30-17:45 Item 7: Closing
Co-MCs Mr. Ichiro Miyamoto, Director, the World Federation of the Deaf Regional Secretariat for Asia and the Pacific, and Ms. San Yuenwah, Senior Advisor on Disability, Social Development Division, ESCAP
Joint closing statement by coorganizers ESCAP, Rehabilitation International and The Nippon Foundation