sharing and learning on community based disaster...

Sharing and Learning on Community Based Disaster Management

in Asia (CBDM Asia) Phase II

Experience Sharing Workshop on Community Disater

Reduction and Relief

June 28-29, 2016, Chengdu, China

Acronym

ADB: Asian Development BankCBDM Asia: Sharing and Learning on Community Based Disaster Management in Asia ProgrammeCBDRR: Community-based Disaster Risk ReductionCBDRMC: Community Based Disaster Risk Management CommitteeCCPP: Community Civil Protection Plan CMDP: Comprehensive Disaster Management ProgrammeCSO: Civil Society OrganizationDDRC: District Disaster Relief Committee, Nepal DFID: Department for International Development, U.K.EPAC: Earthquake Preparedness & Awareness Committee, BangladeshEOC: Emergency Operation Center EU: Europe UnionEWS: Early Warning System LDRMP: Local Disaster Risk Management Plan JNA: Joint Need AssessmentMoCA: Ministry of Civial Affairs, ChinaMoDMR: Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, BangladeshMoHA: Ministry of Home Affairs, NepalNDRCC: National Disaster Reduction Center of China, MoCA, ChinaNGO: Non-governmental OrganizationPDRF: Post-disaster Recovery Framework PDNA: Post-disaster Needs Assessment PWVA: Participatory Ward Vulnerability Assessment SAR: Search and RescueSOS: Save Our Soul UNDP: United Nations Development ProgrammeVDC: Village Development Committee, Nepal

Table of Contents

About CBDM, CBDM Asia Project Workshops and Key Success Factors....................................................................1

Opening Remarks......................................................................................................................................................2

Session 1. Preparedness: Emergency Supplies and Contingency Plans........................................................................4

Session 2. Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping....................................................8

Session 3. Community Information Sharing and Emergency Coordination................................................................12

Session 4. Community Recovery and Reconstruction.................................................................................................15

Summary Session........................................................................................................................................................19

Closing Remarks............................................................................................................................................20

Field Visit................................................................................................................................................21

Feedback..................................................................................................................................................................22

Annex 1: Evaluation Form..........................................................................................................................................24

Annex 2: Meeting Manual...........................................................................................................................................26

About the Experience Sharing Workshop on Community Disaster Reduction and Relief

As part of the exchange activities of CBDM Asia Phase II, an Experience Sharing Workshop on Community Disaster Reduction and Relief was held in Chengdu, China from June 28th to June 29th, 2016. The seminar brought together governments, community representatives, enterprises, academia, civil society organizations from China, Bangladesh, Nepal and the UK to share ideas on key issues in community disaster reduction and relief.

A total number of 47 participants attended the workshop, among which 24 are representatives from the pilot communities in China, Bangladesh and Nepal. The participants shared their knowledge and experience on CBDRR . On June 28th and the morning session of June 29th, the participants shared and exchanged the policies, knowledge and practices on CBDRR in the four countries. The presentations and discussions centered on 4 topics: “Session 1 Disaster Preparedness: Emergency Supplies and Contingency Plans”; “Session 2: Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping”; “Session3: Community Information Sharing and Emergency Coordination” and “Session 4: Community Recovery and Reconstruction”. In the afternoon of June 29th, field visits were organized to the Xingsheng Community in Chengdu and Piba Village of Qionglai.

Materials for the workshop including agenda, participant list, presentations and photos are shared and can be downloaded from this link: http://pc.cd/4mOctalK.

CBDM Asia II Experience Sharing Risk Assessment

Disaster Preparedness

Participatory Risk Assessment and Mapping

PDNA

Disaster Information Sharing

Earthquake Prevention and Reduction

Social Participation

Early Warning Urban Risk

Technology in DRR

Policies

Disaster Response

Culture Protection

South-South Cooperation

Vulnerable Groups

Emergency Plan Satellite Data

Post-disaster Recovery

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Opening Remarks

Mr. YANG Siquan extended his warm welcome to the participants from China, UK, Bangladesh and Nepal, and he expressed his gratitude for coordination from Sichuan Provincial Civil Affairs Department and Sichuan Disaster Reduction Center. Mr. Yang highlighted the frequency of natural disasters worldwide, citing the examples of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, 2009 Ebola, and the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, which hindered the socio-economic sustainable development of the countries. He further highlighted CBDM Asia as a bottom-to-top approach to explore key issues in disaster management. Community, as the basic unit in society, is under direct influence of disasters and therefore an essential part for DRR. DRR awareness raising as well as capacity building of disaster preparedness, response and recovery are the key elements in CBDRR. He hoped that this workshop would serve as an effective communication platform for the governmental officials and community representatives from Nepal, Bangladesh and China and UK.

Mr. ZHANG Li provided a brief overview on the demographics and geography of Sichuan province, highlighting it as one of China’s most disaster-prone provinces. Mr. Zhang introduced the disaster response mechanisms established post-Wenchuan earthquake, including emergency command system, disaster relief platforms etc. He called for strengthened international cooperation on CBDRR with other Asian developing countries, especially Bangladesh and Nepal.

Mr. MD Mohsin stressed the importance of the CBDRR approach in disaster management and the cooperation among China, Nepal and Bangladesh. He also provided a brief introduction of Bangladesh and its disaster management system. Mr. Mohsin extended his gratitude for the CBDM Asia workshop and the partnership built through the project. He welcomed the participant to visit Bangladesh to gain a better understanding of the disaster management situation in Bangladesh.

Mr. Narayan Thapa introduced the aftermath and the disaster management situation in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake. He emphasized the importance of CBDRR approach in the post-earthquake management. Through exchanges with other countries under CBDM Asia, he hoped to generate community based knowledge regarding disaster risk reduction. He further noted Nepal’s wish to utilize this platform and learn from other partner countries’ best practices/knowledge and share Nepal’s experience in earthquake response/recovery through South-South cooperation.

Mr. Patrick Haverman acknowledged the workshop as an excellent platform for community sharing. From the past disasters, disaster management experiences and lessons in China, which could be shared worldwide to reduce future risks when encountering the same kind of disaster again. Mr. Haverman emphasized CBDRR approach in disaster risk reduction in Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Lastly, he conveyed his appreciation for the contribution and support from NDRCC of MoCA as well as the participation of the representatives from Nepal, Bangladesh and UK.

Chair: GUAN Yan, Director of International Cooperation Department, NDRCC, MoCA, China

Speakers:YANG Siquan, Chief Engineer, NDRCC, MoCA, ChinaZHANG Li, Deputy Director General of Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province, Deputy Director General and Secretary-General of Commission for Disaster Reduction of Sichuan Province, ChinaMD Mohsin, Joint Secretary, MoDMR, BangladeshNarayan Thapa, Undersecretary, MoHA, NepalPatrick Haverman, Deputy Country Director, UNDP China

Experience Sharing Workshop June 28, Chengdu, China

Session 1. Disaster Preparedness: Emergency Supplies and Contingency Plans

Eric Peuch: Community Contingency Plans in France Mr. Eric gave an overview of community civil protection plans. He noted that civil protection was still an international concept and could be further promoted in China. He stated that local governments need to develop a contingency and resilience planning policy for the benefit of the population. He further introduced the community civil protection plan (CCPP) and its main content, along with the emphasis on flexibility to changes of disasters. In the process of establishing CCPP, he mentioned that the key was to keep updating the plan.

Experience Sharing Workshop June 28, Chengu, China

Another issue raised was the community civil protection team. The team members should be citizens who wished to contribute to the Community safety and to improve its resilience. He pointed out the qualifications of community civil protection volunteers should not be highly strict. To ensure the success of CCPP, he stressed the following four aspects to guarantee the plan simple and feasible, including preparedness for disaster assistance, early warnings, anticipation of the local government, and decision making process.

ZHANG Lei: Standards for Community/Family Emergency SuppliesMr. Zhang shared the approaches of specifications on community/family emergency relief supplies reserve. He pointed out the necessity of community/family emergency relief supplies reserve. With the impacts of natural disasters, it was extremely difficult for external relief supplies and rescue personnel to reach the disaster-stricken areas within a short time. Community/

family emergency relief supplies reserve could play an important role in supporting the self-rescue and escape of family members before the arrival of external supplies. Nepal, Bangladesh and China confront a number of common disasters including earthquake, typhoon, rainstorm and flood. Therefore, it is necessary for experience sharing and cooperation on community/family emergency relief supplies.

He further presented the status of China’s community/family emergency relief supplies reserve. Since 2010, China has promoted its community/family emergency relief supplies reserve system through the establishment of state-level and provincial-level Comprehensive Disaster-reduction Demonstration Communities. From the policy perspective, enhancing the emergency relief capacity of urban and rural residents has been stipulated by the Chinese government as the goal in the 12th National Comprehensive Disaster Prevention and Reduction Plan (2011–2015).

Mr. Zhang also introduced main items for emergency relief supplies reserve, technical approaches and regional practices in Beijing and Qingdao. Regarding the approaches, NDRCC has been working on specifying rules concerning community/family emergency relief supplies reserve and establishing a National Demonstration Community/Family Emergency Relief Supplies Inventory of China, Nepal and Bangladesh based on the countries’ actual needs. The target groups include community residents, volunteers, disaster managers, etc.

M A O J i a n j i e a n d J I A N G C h e n g z h i : C o m m u n i t y Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness and Contingency PlansMr. Mao briefed the participants of Dagan community’s work in establishing Comprehensive Disaster Reduction Demonstration Community in of Zhejiang Province. He gave a brief profile of Dagan, a community with around 11600 permanent resident population. Dagan’s economy is a mixture of fishery, agriculture and residence. The emergency preparedness plan covers the following four types of disasters: natural disaster, accident, public health emergency, and social security incident. The local disaster management priorities are typhoon and rainstorm. He further illustrated the community emergency rescue plan which was divided different parts according to the cycle of

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Chair: Md. Mohsin, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh

Speakers and Panel Members: Eric Peuch, Project Team Leader, EU-China Disaster Risk Management ProjectZHANG Lei, Director of Science and Standard Department, NDRCC, MoCA, ChinaMAO Jianjie, Chief of Tukou Community, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China JIANG Chengzhi, Chief of Dagan Community, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, ChinaMohammad Dulal Uddin Dulal, Commissioner, Mymensingh Municipality, Bangladesh Devendra Poudel, Chairperson, Community Based Disaster Risk Management Committee, Gardi, NepalKedar Babu Dhungana, Senior Programme Officer, CDRMP, UNDP NepalYIN Lefang, CEO of Beijing City Lianchuang Science Co., Ltd, China

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Devendra Poudel and Kedar Babu Dhungana: Early Warning System Development and the Linkage with the Emergency Operation Center (EOC)

disasters: pre-disaster, during disaster and post disaster. Apart from community emergency response command structure, the community also set up the disaster messenger team and volunteer service team. Mr. Mao also presented emergency preparedness for information communication security, supplies, inventory and shelters.

Mr. Jiang shared the experience of Tukou on Community Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness and Contingency Plans. Tukou has set up a leading group for coordinating comprehensive disaster prevention and managing disaster reduction network. To further enhance the operability of emergency plans and ensure the rapid formation of emergency management mechanism in case of disasters, the community constantly revises and improves emergency plans according to the characteristics of community disasters and the actual situations, and regularly carries out emergency plan drills. He gave an overview of the community dissemination for disaster prevention information, along with emphasis on expanding channels and innovating forms to effectively intensify efforts in dissemination of disaster prevention and mitigation. Another point he stressed as the lesson learnt from the local experience was integrating resources and improving facilities to enhance the overall disaster prevention and mitigation.

Mohammad Dulal Uddin Dulal: Earthquake Preparedness in BangladeshMr. Dulal introduced the experience of earthquake preparedness in Bangladesh. He presented the regulatory framework for earthquake and other disasters, including acts, agreements, policy, plan, rules and code related to disaster management. The disaster management institution for EQ was listed according to National level council (committee), local level coordination group, and local level coordination committee. He shared the best practices for earthquake risk management. At the national level, Bangladesh established the Earthquake Preparedness & Awareness Committee (EPAC) headed by MoDMR. Dhaka City contingency plan was created based on the division of eight zones for earthquake search and research (SAR). He also shared the information about the procurement of SAR equipment. He introduced other preparedness activities such as group discussion, including disaster managemnt into text book,

and awarding degree regarding disaster management by the appointed educational institutions.


Mr. Poudel and Mr. Dhungana shared experience of Maadi Community (Nepal) on Early Warning System (EWS) Development and the Linkage with the Emergency Operation Center (EOC). They introduced the community based flood early warning system, including the context, locations, background research and key features. A list of EOC facilities, including



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Session 1: Disaster Preparedness: Emergency Supplies and Contingency Plans


communication system, life saving equipment were presented. Regarding the existing issues and challenges, they summarized three aspects, maintenance and upgrading of sustaining technology based on EWS, sustaining CBDM activities ensuring local authority ownership and resourcing, and strengthening DEOCs’ outreach.

YIN Lefang: Introduction of Emergency Relief Materials Used in Community & FamilyMs. YIN provided an introduction of emergency relief materials used in communities and families. Lianchuang Liyuan is a national high-tech enterprise working on providing professional emergency solutions in strategic partnership with the Research Center of Digital Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management from Peking University. The main service areas incorporate seismic system, civil administration system, civil air-defense system, public security fire control, safety supervision system. Ms. YIN briefed the solutions of emergency relief materials used in community from perspectives of instruction, product functions and applicable scenarios. The presented relief materials include multiple function emergency lamp, earthquake warning device, community emergency tank, portable solar emergency power-supply case, descent control device, family emergency kit, emergency kit for children and multiple function family emergency box.

Panel Discussion:Topics:1.Standards for emergency supplies 2.The need for the types and quantity of emergency supplies3. Localization of emergency supplies4. Contingency plans and early warning

On the topics of emergency supplies, participants exchanged ideas on how to utilize the standards for emergency supplies to realize life protection for community residents, volunteers and other people engaged in disaster management. Mr. Zhang Li explained that currently in China, the emergency supplies for volunteers and other DM practitioners are managed and allocated by the governments, while emergency supplies for community and households are mainly for self-rescue and mutual rescue. So far China has established a 5-level reserve system (national, provincial, municipal, county and village) for emergency relief materials. He also stated that their research on the community/family emergency supplies standard is both need-oriented and also based on the existing policies. And the basic version of the standard will apply to urban communities facing the major types of disasters, while the expanded version will take into account of the specific situation of each area. When the standards are completed and listed into the national comprehensive disaster reduction plan, the local governments will be guided to implement the standards at local level. The panel members also discussed the methods to establish the supply connection between private sectors and community residents by utilizing the government platform. Ms. Yin stated that their company is working on coordinating with the related staffs in Ministry of Civil Affairs to apply their products into the Chinese and even the other partner countries’ areas which are in needs for emergency supplies.

Regarding emergency planning and response, Mr. Eric further explained the requirements for selecting community volunteers under the community civil protection plan. Local governments or communities would prefer people with previous experience in the related service of rescue teams. As for how to establish the linkage between contingency plan and government planning for civil protection, Mr. Eric stated that the provincial governments in China could provide standards for building



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service or volunteer teams, which could serve as reference for local governments on designing contingency plans. The effects and importance of local communities’ participation on localizing contingency plans cannot be ignored. Mr. Mao from Zhoushan Community shared their experience of emergency response team in providing emergency support in the face of disasters, which include disseminating early warnings to guarantee the safety of local residents. Regarding mobilizing resident participation in the early warning system, Mr. Poudel stressed the importance of utilizing the two to three hours prior to occurrence of disasters. During this period time, it is important to compile the disaster warning, inform residents, arrange evacuation and community coordination of upper and lower areas of river. Disaster monitoring updates from the early warning stations would be issued to provide sufficient time for residents to evacuate and for the local communities to organize disaster relief.




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Session 2. Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping


Sanny Ramos Jegillos: Enhancing Community Resilience: Policy, Practices and RecommendationsMr. Sanny gave a presentation on understanding of community resilience building, based on ADB-UNDP Multi-Country Study. He emphasized that the definition of “resilience” is not limited to retrofitting building, but also indicates an adaptability to the change of disaster, and the capacity of maintaining the normal operation of related organizations at the local level. With the changing hazard patterns due to climate change, he noted that it was necessary for people to change mindset on disaster risk. The disaster risk management requires communities to adopt a comprehensive, dynamic, and aspirational approach that goes beyond preparing for a disaster event.

Mr. Sanny shared research results on analyzing the policies

and practices of community initiatives that had contributed to resilience building in five countries – Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines and Viet Nam. By presenting the results of the study, he highlighted the impact of an integrated multi-sectorial CBDM approach on building community capacities. If designed to include risk reduction measures, all community development programmes, especially those focused on livelihoods, biodiversity, inclusion, environmental protection and climate change adaptation can help to build resilience.

Alexander Logan Densmore: The Use of Science in Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from Nepal and Kazakhstan

Professor Alexander introduced the basic information about their research projects, in particular on the use of science in CBDRR. He summarized the lessons based on the research results from Nepal and Kazakhstan into five points as follow: 1) landslide is a widely-recognized key hazard but there is little capacity to assess/predict/respond at community level or it is done mostly via NGOs; 2) importance of local champions; 3) the necessity of CBDRR activities on explicitly recognized livelihoods; 4) tendency to rely heavily on local knowledge; 5) and the role of scenarios as a promising tool for getting scientific knowledge into community-level discussion and planning.

The other issue he pointed out was the adaptability of these lessons to Chinese situation, which still needed to be taken into further consideration. At last he explained the prospects of the research projects on scaling up.

Chair:Prof. LI Jing, Professor of Beijing Normal University, Director of International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for National Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development, China

Speakers: Sanny Ramos Jegillos, Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP Bangkok Regional HubAlexander Logan Densmore, Professor, Department of Geography, Durham UniversityGUAN Yan, Department of International Cooperation, National Disaster Reduction Center of China, Ministry of Civil Affairs, ChinaWU Hongjie, Director of Disaster Relief Division of Chengdu Civil Affairs Bureau, Sichuan ProvinceHE Peng, the Chief of Piba Community, Daozuo County, Qionglai City, Sichuan Province, ChinaArif Abdullah Khan, Programme Specialist, Disaster Resilience, UNDP BangladeshSunita Lamichhane, Chairperson, Gaun Nagarik Manch (Village Citizen Forum), NepalKamlesh Kumar Yadav, Project Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge Management and Communication, UNDP Nepal

GUAN Yan: Implementation Way of Specifications for Community Disaster Risk Identification and Assessment Ms. GUAN highlighted significance of conducting community risk identification, assessment and mapping as China, Nepal and Bangladesh are all disaster-prone countries. The three countries have already established community-level single-hazard disaster risk assessment and mapping technology in early stage, and

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HE Peng: Implement Disaster Reduction and Relief Standards; Draw Comprehensive Disaster Reduction Info-maps; Build Safe and Happy New CommunitiesMr. HE shared experience of Piba Village on implementing Disaster risk mapping and engaging community residents into disaster reduction. He illustrated the lessons of Piba Village from five perspectives: 1) correctly understand the standards of risk mapping to avoid errors or misunderstanding; 2) grasp the layout of natural and human resources as well as public facilities; 3) understand the causes of disasters and evacuation plan under the instruction of governments; 4) select the best location of placing the map for people to learn about risk and use it for evacuation when disasters occur; 5) and mobilize the public to participate in risk mapping.

accumulated single-hazard disaster risk mapping results of some communities. Currently, they are in urgent need to establish a comprehensive community-level natural disaster risk assessment and mapping method. The research that NDRCC is undertaking under CBDM Asia II on community disaster risk identification and assessment will not only be applied in China, Nepal and Bangladesh, but also will be popularized in other developing countries.

The research aims to 1) develop technical methods for comprehensive risk identification and assessment as well as technical specifications for comprehensive community risk mapping, 2) select pilot communities to carry out comprehensive multi-hazard risk mapping and application, and 3) provide services for grassroots disaster managers, community residents and volunteers.

WU Hongjie: Practice and Exploration of Constructing Community Comprehensive Disaster Reduction Diagram System--A Participatory Way of Community Risk Identification, Assessment, and MappingMr. WU from Chengdu Civi l Affa i rs Bureau shared the experience of Chengdu on constructing community comprehensive disaster reduction diagram system. The system

adopts the top-down approach to build an interconnecting, interdependent and organically integrated system, including community evacuation route map for units and scattered households, as well as layouts of emergency shelters. He further introduced the specific steps of mapping and diagram products. Based on the research of people flow behavior, diagrams are designed according to one-way flow, nearby-split and the only determined principles. Mr. WU also shared the inclusion criteria and implementation of mapping standards including approaches, working model and achievements.



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Arif Abdullah Khan: Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping in BangladeshMr. Arif Khan pointed out the major challenges of participatory community risk identification, assessment and mapping in terms of mobilizing a whole community into participation. He highlighted the need to include the needs of community disaster risk identification and reduction into the overall planning of socio-economic development by communicating with government officials. In response to addressing these challenges, the entry point of the CBDM Asia project in Bangladesh is to

conduct Participatory Ward Vulnerability Assessment (PWVA). He introduced general group discussion and seasonal calendar as methods for participatory risk assessment work and ways to utilize them to assess vulnerability in different seasons. Citing an example of community residents participating in community risk assessment and mapping, Mr. Arif further explained the contribution of PWVA on community development planning. PWVA could provide guidance on disaster prevention and responsibilities of local government specific to different degrees of vulnerability in each area. Another point raised by Mr. Arif about one of the key parts of PWVA was to confirm the vulnerability of a community and the related solutions, which would provide a basic framework on mobilize different stakeholders like schools and expert groups to support community disaster reduction prevention.Sunita Lamichhane and Kamlesh Kumar Yadav : Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping-- An experience from Sot-khola sub-watershed, Surkhet, NepalMs. Sunita and Mr. Kamlesh shared the local experience of participatory community risk identification, vulnerability assessment and disaster management in Nepal. They introduced the context of the local communities where UNDP community disaster management project was implemented, including demographics, gender structure and disaster risks. They pointed out the purpose of the assessment was to complete the disaster



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Experience Sharing Workshop June 28, Chengu, ChinaSession 2. Participatory Community Risk

Identification, Assessment and Mapping



management planning in accordance to the local circumstances. In the process of conducting risk identification and assessment, they highlighted the support from UNDP on coordination and preparation as well as the monitoring mechanism of the project.

Panel Discussion:Topics:1. Standards and guidelines for risk mapping 2. Procedures of risk mapping 3. Type of risk mapping products

First the panel members shared their experience and knowledge on guidelines for the participation of community residents and vulnerability groups in risk mapping, especially women and aging people. If community residents lack the awareness or experience of local disaster risks, it is necessary for the community organizers to conduct research on local disaster risks by utilizing indigenous or external resources. As for the participation of women and aging people, diverse participation would be beneficial for a comprehensive risk mapping and disaster management at community level. Given their experiences, engaging the aged group in community disaster risk management would facilitate the preparation and planning for a community participatory disaster response mechanism. The panel members also shared the progress of engaging women in disaster management in Nepal, including empowering women in decision-making mechanism, establishing database about gender and age information to categorize the basic situation of different groups in a community, and cooperation with local women organizations.

Furthermore, the panel members also exchanged ideas on how to ensure the effectiveness of conducting risk mapping. For risk-mapping of post-disaster reconstruction, it is important for the multi-sectorial coordination to ensure the reasonable planning of space, industry, infrastructure and disaster-relief facilities. In terms of effective community risk-mapping, it is important to focus on three key aspects: planning of resident evacuation routes; community volunteers and aids serving specific to vulnerable people; and organization of volunteer rescue teams on providing public services for disaster-affected people.

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Session 3. Community Information Sharing and Emergency Coordination


The overall repeat cycle of the current SAR is 1.6 days, which makes rapid responses possible. Automatic rapid assessment of earthquake damage observed by satellite radar is ongoing. Two prototypes of automatic rapid creation and web-publication of co-seismic displacement maps from SAR missions, and (Semi-) automatic fault modelling have been established. Rapid calculation of Coulomb Stress changes on neighboring faults is manually competed for evaluation of disaster risks in the future.

ZHONG Ling: Public Disaster Reduction Information NetworkMs. ZHONG introduced the DRR Key Messages Workshop held on 22 June, 2016 by Save the Children in collaboration with IFRC and Beijing Normal University, based on the principle of evidence-based, consensus-based, and action-oriented. She noted that it was necessary to create DRR messages for public in China because the public was facing various DRR Key messages

ChairSanny Ramos Jegillos, Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Speakers and Panel Members: Yang Siquan, Chief Engineer, NDRCC, MoCA, ChinaLI Zhenhong, Professor of Imaging Geodesy, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, ChinaZHONG Ling, Sichuan DRR and Emergency Manager, Save the Children GU Zuyu, Coordinator of Dushugendong Community, Beihai City; WU Yuming, Chief of Qiaonan Community, Beihai City, Guangxi Province, ChinaArif Abdullah Khan, Programme Specialist, Disaster Resilience, UNDP BangladeshRam Chandra Khatiwada, Chairperson, Community Based Disaster Risk Management Committee, Sindhupalchowk, NepalMr. Kedar Babu Dhungana, Senior Programme Officer, CDRMP, UNDP Nepal

Dr. YANG Siquan: CBDM Asia Phase II Disaster Information Sharing and Service PlatformDr. Yang introduced the plan to establish the Community Information Sharing and Service Platform under CBDM Asia II. He highlighted the significance of the platform in solving the existing problems of community disaster information sharing. He pointed out the five functions of platform, including information entry, search, sending, customization and service. The Platform would incorporate website for customer services and information release APP, data and database management system and computer network and hardware platform. In particular, he stressed the convenience and value of APP in providing information service and sharing among community residents.

Regarding platform operation and service model, Dr. Yang illustrated the platform target users include community managers, residents and volunteers. After its completion, the platform will be delivered to and applied in the pilot communities in China, Bangladesh and Nepal. The required data updating, information release and daily operation and maintenance during the operation will be in charge of by each community. He noted that the project would coordinate and integrate existing resources of UNDP and NDRCC. During the construction of the platform, the experts from China, Nepal and Bangladesh will contribute to the collection and collation of pilot community-related information.

LI Zhenhong: Use of Satellite Earth Observations for Rapid Geo-hazard Response Prof. LI introduced the use of satellite optical data in the rapid response to the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Given the seasonal frequencies of cloud-free conditions, the Satellite Earth Observations which have been widely recognized as common-used observation approach are limited on providing timely and accurate geo-hazard information for disaster response. He further introduced the functions of the currently effective Satellite Radar (SAR) Missions by illustrating how it worked at Yushu earthquake response.

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harmonized at different levels. The distribution of current information is unevenly focused on emergency response.

DRR key messages mainly comprise three spheres of actions, including assessment and planning, disaster risk mitigation measure, and response capacity. She pointed out actions were consistent at all levels of social organizations. Ms. Zhong also stressed the key steps for localization and consensus develop and the Summary of China DRR Key Message Workshop.

GU Zuyu and WU Yumin: Community Disaster Management CoordinationMr. Gu shared the experience of community disaster resilience building in the Eastern Dushugen Community. He stated a unified mechanism was established to coordinate and strengthen the comprehensive capacity of disaster prevention and reduction among society, community and households. Apart from the mechanism, three professional teams had been working on providing disaster risk reduction advocacy and education, periodical inspection for disaster risks, and disaster rescue. He stressed three aspects as the foundations for building community resilience, including improving the construction of community infrastructure, strengthening advocacy to enhance the residents’ capacity of self-rescue, and organizing training and emergency drills.

Mr. Wu introduced the disaster reduction system in Qiaonan community, Beihai municipality of Guangxi. Qiaonan is a community located in Beihai, where Chinese returnees accounts for 95 percent of the population. The local industries focus on fishing and seafood production. Based on the specific situation, the local government established the community disaster reduction system from the following three aspects. 1) Establish safety network for disaster reduction by geographically dividing the community into ten groups with communicators respectively. With the division of safety network, administrators would inspect for disaster risks and register for the local vulnerable groups. 2) Enhance the capacity of disaster response, including advocacy, education and emergency drills. The community-organized emergency drills incorporate resident relocation, maritime emergency exercises, volunteer aids, and utilizing maritime transportation to relocate the wounded personnel. 3) Build a comprehensive service platform for disaster reduction by

cooperating with the local government and fishing service center.

Arif Abdullah Khan: CSO Participation in Emergency ResponseMr. Arif gave a brief overview of Bangladesh CSO’s efforts in supporting survivors of Rana Plaza tragedy, the deadliest structural collapse in modern human history. After incident, CSOs provided emergency response and long term rehabilitation support. Regarding the long term rehabilitation support after the disaster, the CSOs provided various activities for different target groups, including medical support, psychological support, monthly reserve fund, livelihood training and seed capital grant. Mr. Arif summarized the lessons learnt from the CSO participation in the Savar Tragedy and noted Programmes of CSO as well as their initiatives for the affected families.

Ram Chandra Khatiwada and Mr. Kedar Babu Dhungana: Emergency Response Efforts by Communities during Nepal Earthquake 2015Mr. Ram and Mr. Kedar introduced the impacts of the earthquake on the local residents, infrastructure, transportation and banking system. A list of community immediate actions was introduced, with a summary of the strengths of CSO participation in the emergency response. The current challenges include limited capacity at community level, lack of materials for temporary shelter at community level, unity in relief materials and standards, and coordination among different agencies.



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information sharing platform could serve as an effective tool to disseminate disaster-related information towards this group of people, which would reduce the local economic loss and causalities.

They stressed the importance of preparation as the lesson learnt from this experience. Given the difficult of anticipating intensity, it is necessary for the local CSO to prepared for any scale of disaster and damage, including SAR and First Aid teams, community seed money, as well as connection with Village Development Committee (VDC). The greater the preparedness is, the more effective the response efforts would be.

Panel Discussion: Information Sharing and Service PlatformTopics:1.Types and forms of information to be shared among communities Standards 2.Ways of community information sharing 3.Designs for community information sharing and service platform

On types and forms of information to be shared among communities, Ms. Zhong further illustrated how to utilize key message book to realize localization. She stressed that key message book is based on the information collection from governments, academia, and experts in different areas. With information collection, a customized key message book which is specific to a nation’s situation or a specific disaster could be created. In other words, key message book serve as a framework for communities with different disaster risks and demographics. Each communities or households could customize the one which could adapt into the specific situation.

Regarding the ways of community information sharing, Mr. Wu shared the experience of disseminating disaster information to aging people who were illiterate in his community. He noted that the local community would conduct quarterly trainings for the aging population with oral education about disaster prevention and preparedness. This kind of training guarantees the effective response of the aging people when the disaster warnings are sent out to the whole community.

On the designs for community information sharing and service platform, Mr. Yang further stressed the importance and necessity of establishing information sharing platform, based on the remote villages’ situation in China. It is difficult for the residents living in remote villages to get access to disaster information via using television or internet. Under such circumstances,



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Session 4. Community Recovery and Reconstruction

Mr. Arif Abdullah Khan: Post Disaster Need Assessment and Early RecoveryMr. Arif presented the Save Our Soul (SOS) programme to provide need assessment of approximate loss, damage and emergency requirement in the phase I after disaster. The related information would be collected and consolidated as a report within three days. The objective of phase I assessment is to provide a rapid overview of the disaster and the need for assistance. Information collected will be the basis for decision making in the initial stages of a disaster.

Within three weeks, the Joint Need Assessment (JNA) phase II would be completed. Deputy Commissioners will send the report to the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) after compiling all the reports from Upazila /Pourashava within 3 weeks of the disaster. The reports will cover further specific information about loss, damage and weather conditions. JNA phase II will provide a shared understanding of the disaster impact to identify priority needs of the affected population, which will contribute to the making of strategic decisions on resource mobilization and response planning. Post disaster need assessment provides a reference to disaster assistance. The most important output of post need assessment is to establish a framework for the disaster recovery based on the evaluation results.

Ram Chandra Khatiwada and Prakash G.C: Efforts, Issues and Challenges of Reconstruction of Post 2015 Earthquake in NepalMr. Ram and Mr. Prakash gave a brief overview about the recovery coordination institutions after the 2015 Earthquake at national, regional or cluster, sub-National, and village levels. The district coordination mechanism consists of eight working groups in different areas, led by the District Disaster Relief Committee (DDRC). Each working group has cooperation with the District Development Committee (DDC) and plays the role of government coordinator in monitoring and updating the progress of disaster recovery and reconstruction. Mr. Ram highlighted the support of UNDP Nepal on disaster recovery and reconstruction at the district level, including human resources, equipment, technical support on post-disaster recovery framework (PDRF) and post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA). In addition, UNDP Nepal also provided support in livelihoods, economic recovery, governance and restoring public service. As for disaster risk reduction and resilience, the CBDRMC cooperated with the government agencies, working on providing support for humanitarian support, disaster preparedness plan at subnational level and disseminating key information about recovery.

The current issues and challenges include grant for housing construction, availability of trained labors, grievances handling of expected beneficiaries, onsite supervision system, direct access to the affected communities, accurate information


Chair:Kedar Babu Dhungana, Senior Programme Officer, Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme (CDRMP), UNDP Nepal

Speakers: Arif Abdullah Khan, Programme Specialist, Disaster Resilience, UNDP BangladeshRamchandra Khatiwada, Chairperson, Community Based Disaster Risk Management Committee, Sindhupalchowk, NepalPrakash G.C, Recovery Coordinator, UNDP NepalMOU Zhen, Representative of Civil Affairs Bureau of Lushan County, Ya’an City, Sichuan Province, ChinaDING Baofu, Secretary of Party Committee of Yong Ping Town, Yi and Dai Autonomous County of Jing Gu, Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, ChinaMA Yufu, Government Representative of Longtoushan Town, Ludian County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, ChinaMD Asif Hossain, Councilor and panel mayor, Mymensingh Municipality, BangladeshG M Abdul Quader, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, BangladeshRam Chandra Khatiwada, Chairperson, Community Based Disaster Risk Management Committee, Sindhupalchowk, NepalKamlesh Kumar Yadav, Project Officer - Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge Management and Communication, UNDP Nepal

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reaching to beneficiaries on enrollment, high expectation of beneficiaries, as well as high grievances registration.

MOU Zhen: Practices in Post-Disaster Reconstruction of Xianfeng Community in Lu Shan County, Sichuan ProvinceMs. Mou from Xianfeng Community of Lu Shan County shared the experience on the post-disaster reconstruction. The reconstruction planning is in principle of “safe, livable and indigenous”, with financial and policy support to address coordination, housing quality and land issues. He pointed out the local government put safety into priority by organizing scientific research when choosing locations for reconstruction. Regarding policy support, the local government revised and improved the related policies for reconstruction by collecting the feedbacks from the public. Mr. Mou stated that the implementation of fundraising focused on the following three aspects: national subsidy policies, housing fund, and special loans.

By utilizing community organization, the reconstruction won great understanding and support from the local residents. Guided by the principle of “safe, adaptable, economic and space-saving”, the construction quality was guaranteed by supervision of specific monitoring institution and the lead of the local government at the county level. Mr. Mou finally illustrated the post-disaster practices by using the case of a local residents’ house reconstruction.

DING Baofu and MA Yufu: Post-earthquake Reconstruction and Protection of Minority Ethnic Groups’ CultureMr. Ding gave a brief overview on the post-disaster livelihood recovery of Jinggu County. The recovery is led by the government with the support from the public. The county residents are comprised of 20 ethnic groups. To preserve the traditional ethnic culture and revitalize livelihoods, Yongping County strived to attract businesses and investment by developing a number of local tourism products to achieve market-oriented profits at maximum in the shortest time. Ancient villages and buildings was explored and protected in this process of recovering livelihood.

Yongping integrated its project-funding to accelerate the development of ethnic groups. It has launched six projects covering infrastructure, characteristic industries, livelihood, human resources development and harmonious community in order to better improve the living standard of ethnic group. Great importance has been attached to the housing reconstruction and resettlement. The selection of new housing sites and construction planning were well coordinated under scientific principles in line with local culture and the style of ethnic housing. He stated that great efforts were made to advance income-generating projects for industrial development in Yongping. A series of preferential policies was initiated by the county government to promote agricultural development.

Mr. Ma shared Longtoushan County’s experience on reconstruction after Ludian earthquake in 2014. The county government established a headquarter to comprehensively coordinate reconstruction. A working group comprised of more than 400 people was also established. As for the housing reconstruction, he highlighted the efforts of providing technical guidance, monitoring of building materials, loan-issuing and funding support. The subsidy policy and planning were fully advocated to inspire public enthusiasm on post disaster reconstruction. He also shared the idea of remaining balance between reconstruction and planning of economy development in Longtoushan County.




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MD Asif Hossain and G M Abdul Quader: Introducing Experience on Post-Disaster ReconstructionMr. Hossain and Mr. Quader introduced Bangladesh’s experience on reconstruction from Cyclone Sidr in 2007. A long-term disaster risk reduction framework has been established that consists of the following five strategic aspects: risk identification and assessment, emergency preparedness, Institutional and community capacity building, risk mitigation investments, and catastrophe risk financing. An early recovery assessment was carried out (within three months) followed by the Early Recovery Action plan, which emphasized the need to build transitional or core family Shelters and to assist in repairing the houses. They also introduced the basic information of the Shelter Working Group and the standards of selecting families who received houses from the shelter working group member agencies.

The local government played a key role for coordinating with the implementing agencies and in allocating designated work areas, whilst the agencies also verified the places themselves. They noted shelter-related public services are used as the Early Recovery Interventions. Several results were shared by them on the efforts of post disaster reconstruction.

Ram Chandra Khatiwada and Kamlesh Kumar Yadav: Introducing Capacity Building of Vulnerable Communities in Post-Disaster Context

Mr. Ram and Mr. Kamlesh introduced the experience of post disaster reconstruction from Sindhukola sub-watershed in Nepal. They explained the process and main areas of capacity building support from the Community Disaster Risk Management Project of UNDP. Climate resilience cultivation practices were implemented to strengthen the capacity building of institutional and human resource. They also presented support for livelihood improvement, including cash crops plantations, income generating activities, and drought resistant varieties of paddy cultivation. The restoration of community small infrastructure incorporates small irrigation canals, water supply schemes, community building and protection measures of gabion box, farm lands and forests.

They stressed economic empowerment of communities as the key to cope with disaster and climate risks. The existing issues and challenges include diverse needs of community, expensiveness of goods/materials, and community needs of longer-term support.




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Panel Discussion: Community Recovery and ReconstructionTopics: 1. Post-disaster needs assessment and early recovery 2. Post-disaster reconstruction planning 3. Protection of vulnerable groups in post-disaster reconstruction

On the post-disaster needs assessment and early recovery, the progress of Construction Act and implementation of post-disaster need assessment in Nepal were further discussed by the partiicpant. Currently, Nepal government is working on creating the specific enforcement requirements of Construction Act. The Act is intended to expand its force of law from Katmandu to more areas. Various risk assessments are undertaken to meet the needs of each areas. Since the earthquake happened last year, reconstruction and related emergency preparedness for disaster have been attached great importance by the UNDP and related government agencies of disaster management.

Regarding post-disaster reconstruction planning, Professor Eric stressed the importance of expert intervention on instructing post disaster reconstruction and recovery. He mentioned the internal intervention system which could identify the EU experts specializing in different areas and send out them to the countries with disaster immediate need to ensure the timely and effective implementation of disaster relief. Mr. Sanny commented that it would be significant to establish international post disaster reconstruction mechanism for community cooperation and to collect as well as compile community experience in this area.

On the protection of vulnerable groups in post-disaster reconstruction, two issues were raised among participants. One is the reconstruction of schools for children to continue their education. In Nepal, thousands of schools and dormitories collapsed or were damaged in the earthquake last year. Nepal is working on accelerating reconstruction of these buildings as soon as possible to recover education in the shortest time. With the efforts of UNICEF and Save the Children, a number of children have moved out from shelters to schools for study, but the

specific number needs to be further confirmed. The other issue is about the psychological trauma recover of disaster survivors and affected people. Mr. Ding introduced that their experience is to arrange the government officials to live and communicate with the local residents. In this process, the disaster-affected residents’ concerns and fear would be alleviated.




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Summary SessionExperience Sharing Workshop

June 29, Chengdu, China

Speakers: MD Mohsin, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, BangladeshProf. LI Jing, Professor of Beijing Normal University, Director of International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for National Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development, ChinaSanny Ramos Jegillos, Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP Bangkok Regional HubKedar Babu Dhungana, Senior Programme Officer, Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme (CDRMP), UNDP NepalThe facilitators from each session briefly summarized the main points of the presentations and the key lessons generated from the sessions:

The facilitators from each session briefly summarized the main points of the presentations and the key lessons generated from the sessions:

Session 1: Disaster Preparedness: Emergency Supplies and Contingency PlansFacilitator: Mr. MD Mohsin a) risk assessment and emergency planning should be comprehensive; b) emergency supplies are key to post-disaster self-rescue before the external support arrives; c) emergency supplies should take into consideration of the economic and social situation; d) institutional framework is vital for CBDRR; e) CBDM activities should ensure local ownership and resourcing to achieve sustainability

Session 2: Session 2: Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and MappingFacilitator: Prof. LI Jing a) cross-sectoral collaboration in promoting DRR policies and resources; b) engaging and empowering women to participate in CBDRR; c) the combination of science/technology with local knowledge is key to CBDRR; d) participatory approach in community risk mapping should be further promoted; e) community risk assessment and mapping should take into account of their specific needs and situation;

Session 3: Community Information Sharing and Emergency CoordinationFacilitator: Mr. Sanny Ramos Jegillos a) disaster information dissemination mechanism should be sustainable to ensure public access to the information; b) satellite data could play a significant role for post-earthquake assessment, especially for remote areas; c) multi-stakeholder participation, especially from the public, in providing disaster reduction information could increase the effectiveness of information; d) (training for ) the coordination and capacity of local governments is key to disaster response; e) CBDRR could benefit from innovation and technology;

Session 4: Community Recovery and ReconstructionFacilitator: Mr. Kedar Babu Dhungana a) for post-disaster recovery, the government should be effective in keeping the communities informed of external aid resources and information; b) the CBDM Phase II should focus on the technical and scientific approaches in conducting the post-disaster needs and assessment; c) China’s experience in cyclone protection as well as high efficiency in retrofitting and protection of ethnic group/culture could be further shared with Bangladesh and Nepal; d) Nepal’s experience in building the capacity of vulnerable groups after disasters could be shared.

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Closing RemarksExperience Sharing Workshop

June 29, Chengdu, China

Speakers:GUAN Yan, Director of International Cooperation Department, NDRCC, Ministry of Civil Affairs, ChinaMd. Mohsin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, BangladeshNarayan Thapa, Undersecretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, NepalZHANG Sujuan, Programme Manager, Disaster Management Team, UNDP China

Ms. GUAN appreciated the attendance of participants from governments, academia, private sectors and NGOs for this experience sharing. She highlighted that this workshop provided an opportunity for the participants to share experience on the status quo and practices of community disaster management through presentation, panel discussions and field visits. Ms. GUAN stated that NDRCC would continue to explore and share experience and lessons of China’s disaster management with Nepal, Bangladesh and U.K. to promote cooperation on CBDRR.

Mr. MD Mohsin acclaimed the efforts of organizing this workshop. He stressed the importance of community disaster management in improving disaster resilience. Mr. Mohsin emphasized the importance of disaster preparedness as in the Sendai Framework Disaster Risk Reduction and invited participants to visit Bangladesh in the future.

Mr. Narayan highlighted the contribution of the learning and sharing during this workshop on strengthening disaster resilience building of partner countries. Throughout the presentations, a

general recognition on the impacts of disasters on people were generated. He stressed the long term impacts of disasters on social economy and development. Mr. Narayan stated that the workshop provided a paradigm for the cooperation in the future.

Ms. Zhang expressed her gratitude on the positive participation of attendants for this experience sharing workshop, facilitators and colleagues form NDRCC, Sichuan Civil Affairs Bureau, Sichuan Disaster Reduction Center on successfully organizing this workshop. She believed that more cooperation and activities would be held at the level of government and community in the Phase II of CBDM Asia.

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Field Visits

Field visits were organized in the afternoon of June 29th, 2016 to Jinniu Community of Chengdu as well as Piba Village of Qionglai, Sichuan. The participants visited the emergenycy shelters and the reconstructed communities and interacted with local government and communities on disaster preparedness, post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts and results.

The participants first visited Xingsheng Community in Jinniu District of Chengdu. The community disaster reduction work, including the community disaster risk map and evacuation route was introduced. In particular, the participants visited NO.7 high school, which serves as an emergency shelter in the case of disasters. The community representative showed the visitors the map of the emergency shelter, the different functions of each area, and the emergency supplies reserve. Advocacy boards were put up in the school with knowledge on disaster preparedness and reduction.


Afterwards, the participants visited Piba Village, Daozuo Village of Qionglai, Sichuan. The village suffered from serious impact from Lushan earthquake in 2013. After the earthquake, reconstruction and recovery efforts were carried out. CBDRR is listed as a key aspect of the local government’s priority. The participants visited the village committee and learnt about the disaster reduction work and procedures, including risk mapping,

emergency planning, emergency shelters and etc. A brief sharing session was organized between the participants and government officials from Qionglai, including the municipal vice mayor, chief of civil affairs bureau and village chief. They exchanged views on the relocation of disaster-afflicted residents as well as community disaster preparedness work.

FeedbackExperience Sharing Workshop

June 28-29, Chengdu, China

An evaluation questionnaire was administered at the end of the workshop. A total number of 22 completed forms were returned by the participants from China, UK, Bangladesh and Nepal. A summary and analysis of participants’ responses to the questionnaire is illustrated below.

In general, the participants rated high of the overall organization of the workshop (4.5); and they viewed the workshop as a learning experience (4.7) and a networking opportunity (4.4); the workshop was thought to have much relevance and application to their work (4.7); the quality of site visits (4.8) was spoken highly of. The quality of group work as well as their practicality of the workshop were generally rated high (4.4 and 4.7).

Through the narrative comments, the participants have gained most knowledge on:

- Participatory community risk assessment - Post disaster recovery - Disaster preparedness

At the same time, the participants also contributed their suggestions about how to improve such exchange/learning events in the future:

- The sharing parts could proportionally increase presentations given by experts specializing in natural science; - More field visits could be included into the workshop; - More discussions and exercises in smaller groups would contribute to deeper sharing and exchange; - Lecture on special topics could be taken into consideration in the future organization of workshop; - Sharing on disaster management updates among participants is suggested to as follow-up of the workshop.

Moreover, the participants have also made concrete recommendations to strengthen CBDRR/CBDM in their home countries based on current challenges under local context.

- It is essential to create strong link between academics, governments, NGOs and development partners; - Exchange program among partner countries should also be emphasized; - More scientific knowledge should be disseminated to public; - There should be increasing involvement of local authorities.

Through analysis of the feedback results as well as communication with the participants, the workshop is regarded as a success from the following aspects: 1) the workshop has achieved the expected objectives, i.e. knowledge and practice sharing among U.K., China, Bangladesh and Nepal on CBDRR; 2) representatives from the pilot communities from partner countries actively participated in the workshop, introduced their own experience, and exchanged with each other the best practices on CBDRR; 3) the themes of the sessions were closely related to CBDM Asia II activities of and of interest to the participants; 4) interaction among the participants yielded to deeper understanding of the community disaster management practices, knowledge and technologies in the partner countries as well as countries including France, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, and Vietnam.

As PMU, UNDP China suggest that: 1) similar exchange workshop could be held in Bangladesh and Nepal in the future under CBDM Asia II for Chinese partners to gain a better understanding of the CBDRR work in the two countries; 2) more participation from multi-stakeholders including privates sectors, academia and NGO/i-NGOs is encouraged in future workshops; 3) the themes of the workshops could be further widened to include issues such as disaster insurance and etc.

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Annex 1

Sharing and Learning on Community Based Disaster Management in Asia Phase II

Experience Sharing Workshop on Community Disaster Reduction and Relief

EVALUATION FORM

June 28-29, 2016

Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

This questionnaire helps us evaluate how effective the workshop was in sharing participants the desired information. The comments you provide are anonymous and will be used to improve future training.

1. Exchange topics Before

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3. Further comments

1) What aspects of the sessions did you gain the most benefit?

2) Have you any suggestions about how the workshop could be improved in the future?

3) Have you any suggestions about follow-up community disaster risk reduction actions in your

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Thank you for completing the questionnaire!

Annex 2

Chengdu, Sichuan

1 Experience Sharing Workshop on Community Disaster Reduction and Relief

Content

I. An Introduction of Workshop ......................................................... 2

II. Agenda .......................................................................................... 3

III. Participant List ................................................................................. 8

IV. Administrative Circular .................................................................. 11

V. Secretariat .................................................................................... 14

VI. Appendix........................................................................................ 14

1. CBDM Asia Project .................................................................... 14

2. Hosts and Organizers ................................................................ 14

3. Host City—Chengdu, Sichuan Province ..................................... 16

JUN 27—JUN30


I. An Introduction of Workshop

In recent years, with the growing effects of the climate change, natural disasters

happened unexpectedly and frequently, which increasingly endanger the security of

people’s lives and property. In 2016, frequent violent earthquakes of at least

magnitude-6 struck Japan, Indonesia and Ecuador and other places, which destroyed

buildings and caused massive human casualties. Influenced by the strong El Nino in

2014, global extreme weathers increased, with more intense fall, hail, typhoon and

other meteorological disasters. Disaster risks become more and more severe.

Communities are not only direct hazard-affected bodies, but also main bodies

for disaster reduction and basic units for improving the comprehensive capacity of

disaster prevention and reduction. Community Based Disaster Management in Asia

(Phase II) aims to promote the capacity of disaster prevention and reduction in

communities. Through the exchange and cooperation of pilot communities, this

project intends to explore new mechanisms and new models for community-based

capacity building and international cooperation. Experience Sharing Workshop on

Community Disaster Reduction and Relief can enhance the mutual understanding of

pilots or communities in each country, share experiences and practices of disaster

prevention and reduction of Bangladesh, China, Nepal, the United Kingdom and

other countries, and lay a solid foundation for future exchange and cooperation

activities.

Chengdu, Sichuan


II. Agenda

27th June 2016, Monday

Arrival

14:00-17:00 Registration ( First floor of Antai Anrong Hotel, Chengdu)

28th June 2016, Tuesday

Opening Ceremony

Moderator: GUAN Yan, Director of International Cooperation Department, National Disaster Reduction Center of China, Ministry of Civil Affairs

08:30-09:00 Registration

(Zhijin Hall, 3rd Floor of Antai Anrong Hotel, Chengdu)

09:00-09:30

Opening Remarks: Dr. YANG Siquan, Chief Engineer, NDRCC, MCA, China ZHANG Li, Deputy Director General of Department of Civil

Affairs of Sichuan Province, Deputy Director General and Secretary-General of Commission for Disaster Reduction of Sichuan Province, China

Md. Mohsin, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh

Dr. Narayan Thapa, Undersecretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Nepal

Patrick Haverman, Deputy Country Director, UNDP China 09:30-10:00 Group Photo and Coffee Break


Facilitator: Md. Mohsin, Joint Secretary of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh

10:00-10:10

The Volunteer Civil Protection Team: a key asset in the Community Contingency Plan

Speaker: Eric Peuch, Project Team Leader, EU-China Disaster Risk Management Project

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10:10-10:20

Standards for Community/Family Emergency Supplies Speaker: ZHANG Lei, Director of Science and Standard Department, National Disaster Reduction Center of China, Ministry of Civil Affairs of China

10:20-10:30

Community Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness and Contingency Plans Speaker: MAO Jianjie, Chief of Tukou Community, Zhoushan City; JIANG Chengzhi, Chief of Dagan Community, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China

10:30-10:40

Earthquake Preparedness in Bangladesh Speaker: Mohammad Dulal Uddin Dulal, Commissioner, Mymensingh Municipality, Bangladesh Interpreter: Nafisa Shamim Rudmila, Research Assistant, UNDP Bangladesh

10:40-10:50

Early Warning System Development And the Linkage with the Emergency Operation center(EOC) Speaker: Devendra Poudel, Chairperson, Community Based Disaster Risk Management Committee, Gardi, Nepal; Kedar Babu Dhungana, Senior Programme Officer, CDRMP, UNDP Nepal

10:50-11:00 Community/Family Emergency Supplies Speaker: YIN Lefang, CEO of Beijing City Lianchuang Science Co., Ltd, China

11:00-12:00

Panel Discussion – Community emergency preparedness

Standards for emergency supplies

The need for the types and quantity of emergency supplies

Localization of emergency supplies

Contingency plans and early warning

12:00-14:00 Lunch

Session 2: Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping

Facilitator: Prof. LI Jing, Professor of Beijing Normal University, Director of International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for National Disaster

Reduction and Sustainable Development

14:00-14:10

Enhancing Community Resilience: Policy, Practices and Recommendations Speaker: Sanny Ramos Jegillos, Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Chengdu, Sichuan


14:10-14:20

The use of science in community-based disaster risk reduction: lessons from Nepal and Kazakhstan Speaker: Alexander Logan Densmore, Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University

14:20-14:30

Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping Speaker: GUAN Yan, Department of International Cooperation, National Disaster Reduction Center of China, Ministry of Civil Affairs, China

14:30-14:40

Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping Speaker: WU Hongjie, Director of Disaster Relief Division of Chengdu Civil Affairs Bureau, Sichuan Province; HE Peng, the Chief of Piba Community, Daozuo County, Qionglai City, Sichuan Province, China

14:40-14:50

Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping Speaker: Arif Abdullah Khan, Programme Specialist, Disaster Resilience, UNDP Bangladesh

14:50-15:00

Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping Speaker: Sunita Lamichhane, Chairperson, Gaun Nagarik Manch (Village Citizen Forum), Nepal; Kamlesh Kumar Yadav, Project Officer - Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge Management and Communication, UNDP Nepal

15:00-15:40

Panel Discussion - Participatory Community Risk Identification, Assessment and Mapping

Standards and guidelines for risk mapping

Procedures of risk mapping

Type of risk mapping products

15:40-16:00 Coffee Break

Session 3: Community Information Sharing and Emergency Coordination

Facilitator: Sanny Ramos Jegillos, Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

16:00-16:10

CBDM Asia Phase II Disaster Information Sharing and Service Platform Speaker: Dr. YANG Siquan, Chief Engineer of National Disaster Reduction Center of China, Ministry of Civil Affairs, China

16:10-16:20 Use of Satellite Earth Observations for Rapid Geo-hazard Response

JUN 27—JUN30


Speaker: LI Zhenhong, Professor of Imaging Geodesy, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University

16:20-16:30

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