International Peer-Learning Workshop. Call for Expression of Interest

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1 International Peer-Learning Workshop Building a Local Government Alliance for Localising the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) in the Asia-Pacific Region in the frame of the UCLG Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, September 12-14, 2018, Surabaya, Indonesia Call for Expression of Interest United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Secretariat Learning Department and United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC), together with the international cities platform Connective Cities 1 and its initiators, the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German Association of Cities (DST) and Engagement Global GmbH / Service Agency Communities in One World (SKEW), and Surabaya City Government are organising a Peer-Learning Workshop on Building a Local Government Alliance for Localising the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) in Asia-Pacific to be held in Surabaya, Indonesia in conjunction with the UCLG ASPAC Regional Congress from September The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the UCLG Task force on Territorial Prevention and Management of Crises shall be invited to partner. The upcoming event is geared specifically towards Local participants include representatives of different stakeholder groups, such as local government and administration, economy, civil society, and academia who are contributing their know-how and expertise to identify the underlying challenges in the urban and regional context. Up to 3 urban practitioners from German municipalities are asked to provide first-hand experience on practical approaches and proven solutions to disaster risk reduction and management from their municipality and context of work. Background The Asia-Pacific region is the world s most natural disaster-prone area, with disaster-induced deaths in the region increasing more than three-fold in the past decade. According to the World Disaster Report 2015, the Asia-Pacific region accounted for 71 percent of deaths caused by disasters. Geologically, the region is characterized by active tectonic plate movements in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, which have been the source of major earthquakes and tsunamis. 1 UCLG and Connective Cities have signed a MoU in 2016 to support each other s learning agendas and jointly facilitate peer-learning events. 2 The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai Framework) a 15-year, voluntary, nonbinding agreement which recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector and other stakeholders.

2 In recent years, Asian cities have been sharing experiences and gaining access and knowledge to policy tools for risk sensitive and pro-poor urban development. While authorities of metropolitan cities and complex urban areas currently attract more attention due to their high concentration of risk, local and regional authorities have an equally important role to play in medium and small-scale cities, towns, and rural centres. It is widely acknowledged that local governments are well positioned to reduce disaster risk in local areas, since they are familiar with (and sometimes responsible for) both the disaster risks experienced, as well as the resources and opportunities available to identify and manage those risks. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) practices at the local level are gaining momentum and new, innovative initiatives are starting to make an impact on how people deal with issues related to disasters. One of the key drivers of knowledge transfer for local levels is the city-to-city cooperation in which peer-to-peer learning methods have helped translate DRR technicalities into a more user-friendly and acceptable format of knowledge sharing for local agencies and residents to understand. Increasing participatory planning has also helped disseminate the knowledge on DRR further while making the programmes more inclusive. In Asia-Pacific, UCLG ASPAC has been actively involved in localizing the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) at the local level through the Making cities resilient campaign programme. The event will bring together experienced DRR practitioners from the Asia-Pacific region and from Germany, to exchange their views and experiences on DRR policies and instruments. The results of this workshop will be utilized for future policy-making on disaster risk reduction and preparedness issues and nurture a learning strategy focusing on localizing the implementation of the Sendai Framework. Examples of good practices and city-to-city cooperation on DRR knowledge exchange in Asia- Pacific will be shared, including on policy-making and implementation, participatory planning, formation of crisis management committees, DRR education at schools and community levels, and budgeting for DRR activities. All participants will engage proactively in the workshop by presenting their experience, highlighting examples of good practices from their municipality and context of work. The workshop will also explore opportunities for including new partners as well as resources, which may support the activities planned by local level authorities to align with the priorities of the Sendai Framework, especially target e (promotion of local practices). Expected Outcomes The workshop will look into concrete examples of DDR practice and its outcomes, identify the specifics of knowledge localisation process and impacts on local stakeholders, and define ways to effectively localise the SFDRR together with other global agendas (SDGs, NUA, etc). This will also be an opportunity for DRR experts from local governments to network and seek advice

3 from the cities that have successfully implemented activities on DRR, and which may provide an opportunity for city-to-city cooperation. Thus, the workshop aims to 1. Link the Asian cities network with international organizations and expertise from cities with DDR practices highlighted through the Guangzhou Award, German cities and other cities in the region; 2. Share approaches on localising SFDRR, and building back better; 3. Enhance the connectivity of SFDRR with other global agendas, particularly SDGs and the New Urban Agenda; 4. Promote cities and local governments to join the UNISDR MCR Campaign. 5. Identify transferable lessons and practices and make them accessible through good documentation Methodology and Work Process All participants will receive a pack of international declaration as well as the guiding documents prepared by partners, in particular the UNISDR guidelines for local governments and the outreach of the UCLG working group. The 2-day workshop is structured into four steps, which build upon each other. After introduction of the overall policy and strategy contexts of DRR, in the first session international participants primarily from Asian-Pacific municipalities and from Germany as well as the UCLG working group present their current good practices on DRR strategies and instruments. Poster presentations provide for an exchange of applied solutions and illustrate respective preconditions, success factors and outcomes of DRR strategies, and will facilitate detailed understanding of the challenges and achievements as well the underlying success factors. The second step provides an opportunity to participants to present actual challenges in the field of local DRR and to receive concrete and practical recommendations by means of peerto-peer consultation. These will be contrasted with the contents of guidelines and work plans of the institutions. In the third step, participants will work on recommendations for local level transfer of good practices to respond to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction s localisation efforts. As the fourth step, a roadmap for localizing the Sendai Framework will be discussed. A site visit will be conducted in the first half of the 2 nd day, which aims to familiarize the workshop participants with insights on actual experience of dealing with a major natural disaster in the Municipality of Sidoarjo. Finally, partners agree on key messages to be delivered to the UCLG-ASPAC congress participants, and a task force will produce a Peer Learning Note (outcome document).

4 Factsheet: All information at a glance Type of Event International Peer-Learning Workshop Time / Place / Duration September 2018; 3 days including site visit/excursion, Surabaya, Indonesia Thematic Focus - Sharing of good practices on DRR policy making and implementation, participatory planning, formation of crisis management committees, DRR education at schools and community levels, and budgeting for DRR activities - Defining ways to effectively localise the SFDRR together with other global agendas (SDGs, NUA, etc.) Participants - Around 30 urban practitioners from Asia-Pacific as well as up to 3 municipal experts from Germany - Representatives of different stakeholder groups, e.g. local government and administration, private sector (service providers), civil society, academia - Representatives from DRR institutions in the region are also welcome Objectives / Benefits Methodology Cost sharing Language Contact Objectives of the dialogue are: - Link the Asian cities network with international organizations and expertise from cities with DDR practices highlighted through the Guangzhou award, German cities and other cities in the region; - Share approaches on localising SFDRR, and building back better; - Enhance the connectivity of SFDRR with other global agendas, particularly SDGs and the New Urban Agenda; - Promote cities and local governments to join the UNISDR MCR Campaign; - Identify transferable lessons and practices and make them accessible through good documentation. After introduction of the overall policy and strategy contexts of DRR, in the first session international participants primarily from Asian-Pacific municipalities and from Germany as well as the UCLG working group present their current good practices on DRR strategies and instruments. Poster presentations provide for an exchange of applied solutions and illustrate respective preconditions, success factors and outcomes of DRR strategies, and will facilitate detailed understanding of the challenges and achievements as well the underlying success factors. The second step provides an opportunity to participants to present actual challenges in the field of local DRR and to receive concrete and practical recommendations by means of peer-to-peer consultation. These will be contrasted with the contents of guidelines and work plans of the institutions. In the third step, participants will work on recommendations for local level transfer of good practices to respond to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction s localisation efforts. As the fourth step, a roadmap for localizing the Sendai Framework will be discussed. Connective Cities will cover all event related costs, including travel costs (flight ticket (economy class), land transport, visa fees, meeting package as well as accommodation costs for participants (up to a maximum of 4 nights). The event will be held in English. Dr. Manfred Poppe (Manfred.Poppe@giz.de) Benjamin Jeromin (Benjamin.Jeromin@engagement-global.de)

5 EXPRESSION OF INTEREST International Peer-Learning Workshop Building a Local Government Alliance for Localising the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) in the Asia-Pacific Region in the frame of the UCLG Asia Pacific Regional Conference, September 12-14, 2018, Surabaya, Indonesia Purpose of this document is to get an overview of the participants professional characteristics, demands and interests. We would like to know what kind of experience you would like to contribute to the peer learning. Please, fill in all parts of this form and return it to Dr. Manfred Poppe (Manfred.Poppe@giz.de) and Benjamin Jeromin (Benjamin.Jeromin@engagement-global.de) latest until July 20 th 2018 Family Name First Name Female / Male Address Mobile Phone Personal Data and Contact Details Please make sure to put your name in the form it is written in your passport! Name of organisation/local authority Institutional Context Address Department Your position

6 Your envisaged contribution to the workshop Which are your current good practices and challenges in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at local level? Which dimensions and functions of DRR would you like to focus on during the workshop? (e.g. risk assessments, institutional framework and governance issues, disaster preparedness, Community participation, etc. )? Which good practice example (title) would you like to present? Please, provide a brief description (objective, outputs, impacts, etc.) of the good practice!