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‘‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’ ‘ ‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’
Proposal for Sustaining the CEOs’ Forum to 2013
Tony Pearce
Director General, Emergency Management Australia
APEC CEO Emergency Management Seminar 2008 Lima – Peru 12
to 14 August 2008
‘‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’ ‘ ‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’
Background
• In 2007 and 2008 there have been a number of large-scale disaster events in the region, including earthquakes in Peru, China and Japan, severe cyclone/typhoon damage and devastating flooding in many locations including Australia, United States and China
• Successful CEO Forums conducted in 2007 and 2008
• APEC leaders have stated:
“We agree on the need to further strengthen APEC’s efforts to build community resilience and preparedness for emergencies and natural disasters.”
‘‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’ ‘ ‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’
Proposal
• Annual CEO forums from 2009 to 2013 to consolidate and advance the progress made and initiatives arising from the 2007 and 2008 forums
• Development of a forward program of work to be produced by the CEO forum over the five years
• Identification and implementation of a forum hosting process
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Proposed processes
• Forming a CEO’s Steering Group to guide the structure and content of the Forums:
- two TFEP Co-Chair economies
- the previous year’s host
- the current year’s host
- and the incoming host
• Eg. the Steering Committee for 2009 would comprise: Indonesia, Australia, 2008, 2009 and 2010 hosts
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Proposed processes
• CEO Steering Group to develop indicative forum administration and logistics timetable of critical dates and processes to include but not be limited to;
- Confirmation in August each year of the host for the coming year
- Ensuring TFEP issue of formal Invitation to proposed host, if required, on advice from CEO’s Steering Group
- Ensuring that incoming host applies for APEC funding assistance (particularly for APEC travel assistance eligible economies) in October
- Ensure that formal invitations are distributed in February of the host year
‘‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’ ‘ ‘safer sustainable communities’safer sustainable communities’
Recommendations
That the CEO Forum seek TFEP endorsement to;-
• conduct an annual CEO Forum from 2009 until 2013
• form a CEOs’ Forum Steering Group that comprises the CEO’s from the TFEP co-chair economies (Australia and Indonesia), previous year host economy, current year host economy and incoming year host economy. The 2009 Steering Group to be tasked with developing a draft 5 year program for CEO approval and an annual calendar of critical dates and processes