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1 Outline Schedule of ICL-IPL UNESCO Conference Date: 15 (Tuesday) -18 (Friday) November 2016 Venue: Room XIII (-1 Floor), Bonvin Building, UNESCO Headquarters, 1 rue Miollis Paris, France. Date AM (9:00-12:00) and PM (13:30- ) World Landslide Forum 4 and Working Group meeting 15 November (Tues) Session for the World Landslide Forum 4 in AM Chair: Matjaz Mikos and Kyoji Sassa (President Yueping Yin can not attend) Volume/Theme editors are Sassa K (Vol.1), Tiwari B. (Vol.2), Arbanas Z (Vol.3), Casagli N (Vol.4), Vilimek V (Vol.5). Programme, Session organizations, publication, others. Working Group Free Discussion Meeting in PM (13:30- ) (all active members may contribute to it) Preliminary discussion on the high-level panel discussion on 30 May 2017 and the implementation of Sendai Partnerships Additional invitation of signatory organizations to strengthen the intergovernmental network and the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) Road map of Sendai Partnerships to 2020 WLF5 and the Mid-term meeting of Sendai Partnerships Possible contribution to International Network for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (IN-MHEWS) implemented by WMO, UNESCO and UNISDR. Possible link to other initiatives contributing to the Sendai Framework ISDR-ICL Teaching Tools. ICL World Reports on Landslides. Any draft idea from participants to be discussed in the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships session is most welcome. Any proposal for the ICL-IPL Management and the Action to strengthen ICL memberships and the Regional/Thematic Networks toward 2020 WLF5 will be invited to discuss on 16 or 18 November ICL statues were revised to involve a greater people in ICL management. President term is one term of 3 years, Vice presidents (3-6 persons): 3 VP as regional representatives (re-elected less than two terms), one VP for the immediate past president, one VP for the coming Forum, and VP for other mission (for one term). 1

2 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships :00-12:00 and 13:30-18:00 (Draft. It will be revised on the preliminary discussion on 15 November 2016) Greetings from Qunli Han, Director of Ecological and Earth Sciences of UNESCO Greetings from Irasema Alcantara-Ayala (representative from ICSU to attend Sendai and writing a paper for ICSU for Vol.1 Sendai Partnerships). Alik.Ismail-Zadeh (IUGG Secretary-General and, Signatory of the Sendai Partnerships) 16 November (Wed) Open Panel discussion on the Sendai Partnerships Chair: Qunli Han, Moderator : Kaoru Takara Discussion leader: Soichiro Yasukawa (Programme Specialist, Coordinator for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction) Panelists: Badaoui Rouhban (moderator of the WCDRR session Underlying Risk factors ). Irasema Alcantara-Ayala (representative from ICSU and IRDR). Alik.Ismail-Zadeh (Signatory for IUGG) Proposers of Sendai Partnerships signatories and additional signatories and others. Paolo Canuti/Nicola Casagli (Italy), Snjezana Mihalic-Arbanas (Croatia), Dwikorita Karnawati (Indonesia), Matjaz Mikos (Slovenia), Dinh van Tien (Vietnam). Presentations: Jair Torres (UNESCO): International Network for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (IN-MHEWS). The presentation highlights some of the issues described in the papers to Vol.1 Sendai Partnerships by UNESCO, WMO and UNISDR. WMO is taking the lead on the hydro-meteorological hazards, and UNESCO on Geo-hazards (Landslides, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis UNESCO- IOC-). Kyoji Sassa (ICL): Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools. Vol.1 Fundamental, Mapping and Monitoring (Sassa, Guzzetti,Yamagishi, Arbanas, Casagli, McSaveney, Dang Editors), Vol.2 Testing, Risk Management and Country Practice (Sassa, Tiwari, Liu, McSaveney, Strom, Elshayeb, Setiawan Editors). Total 96 text tools (1729 pages), and PPT tools and pdf tools) Kyoji Sassa, Biljana Abolmasov and Faisal Fathani (ICL): ICL World Reports on Landslides. WEB platform for joint research and possibly data sharing. 2

3 Zeljko Arbanas (ICL): Progress of Landslides: Journal of International Consortium on Landslides. Paolo Canuti/Nicola Casagli (Italy). Establishment of the UNESCO Chair Prevention and Mitigation of Geo-hydrological Hazards at University of Florence, Italy. Matjaz Mikos (Slovenia) Establishment of the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 16 November (Wed) 17 November (Thu) Discussion items. High level panel discussion on 30 May 2017 and Round table discussion on 31 May 2017 Additional invitation of signatory organizations to strengthen the intergovernmental network and the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) Road map of Sendai Partnerships to 2020 WLF5 and the Mid-term meeting of Sendai Partnerships Contribution of ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships to Global Platform in Cancun, Mexico, Contribution to the Global Platform on May 2017 in Cancun, Mexico. Sendai Framework Monitoring Session. Progress of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships The Fifth World Landslide Forum on September 2020 in Niigata, Japan and Sendai Partnerships mid-term mile-stone conference. The Sixth World Landslide Forum in July or August 2023 in Los Angeles, USA Any proposal and presentation contributing to the Sendai Partnerships will be welcome. Please propose it in the preliminary meeting in the afternoon session of 15 November 2016, or directly IPL UNESCO Symposium 9:00-12:00 and 13:00-18:00 Proposals of World Centres of Excellence (WCOE and IPL projects are core of Sendai Partnerships) Proposals of new IPL Projects The Programme of IPL Symposium is attached. Management of ICL and IPL 9:00-12:00 and 13:30-17:00 16th session of Board of Representatives of ICL Chairs: Irasema Alcantara-Ayala, Matjaz Mikos, Dwikorita Karnawati (VP) 3

4 18 November (Fri) Kyoji Sassa (ED) and Kaoru Takara (Treasurer) Selection of ICL President ~ Selection of Vice President Nomination committee members (5 individuals) ICL members in 2016 and participating ICL board members ICL membership fee for 2016 with previous years Financial statement of ICL 2015 Budget for ICL for 2017 Officers, Committee chairs, Network coordinators of ICL Varnes Medal for 2017 Report on Regional and thematic networks -- ICL Network Committee Reports on Teaching Tools, Report of World Report on Landslides (both are reported on 17 November) and Others 18 November (Fri) 12 th Session IPL Global Promotion committee Chairs: Qunli Han, Kyoji Sassa (Deputies are absent) Technical Evaluation of WCOE proposals IPL Evaluation Committee Discussion and recommendation on WCOE The result will be passed to the Independent Panel of Experts. Approvals of New IPL Project Proposals IPL Evaluation Committee New IPL projects will be approved. IPL Award for Success will be proposed to be announced in WLF4 Report of ongoing IPL projects --- ICL Network Committee (Snjezana Mihalic- Arbanas) Report of the Committee for World Report on Landslides Officers of IPL Committees High-level panel discussion for strengthening the networks of the Sendai Partnerships (review of 17 November and further examination) Preparation of the World Landslide Forum 5 in Niigata, Japan, 2020 Preliminary proposal of World Landslide Forum 6 in Planning of ICL-IPL Next meeting (one possibility of extended STC meeting will be held in Niigata, Japan on 4-7 March 2017 if a budget will be obtained from JST under the application.) Free discussion time for strategy for the development of ICL-IPL activities Contact with UNESCO in Paris: Soichiro Yasukawa: Coordinator for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction Natural Science Sector, UNESCO: 4

5 Tel :+33 (0) , Giuseppe Arduino: Chief of the Section of Ecohydrology, Water Quality and Water Education in the Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO: Tel: +33 (0) g.arduino@unesco.org Venue: Room XIII (-1 Floor), Bonvin Building, UNESCO Headquarters, 1 rue Miollis Paris, France. Please do not go to UNESCO Headquarters in Place de Fontenoy. The meeting place is in Bonvin Building on 1 rue Miollis below. Entrance is on 1 Rue Miollis. Entrance Badge will be given to the registered participants at the entrance of Bonvin Building. Please keep the badge when you will come to UNESCO. 5

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