Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 14 to 18 March 2015 Sendai City, Japan Reporting template for Public Forum Event type: Side Events Event Background Event ID * 1017 Date and Time * Using each other’s strengths: How can (national) civil, military and private parties effectively build and maintain cooperation with regard to Disaster Risk reduction (DRR)? Dr. Peter Essens (TNO) Mr. Marcel Michon (BCI) Monday 16 March 13:00 - 16:00 Venue Tohoku University, Sendai (Japan) Primary language English Organizer’s Email peter.essens@tno.nl Organizer’s Phone No. +31 6 5163 6789 Event Title * Organizer Name * * Mandatory information Event Report Required information Reporting text From Japan Number of participants attending the event Basic guidance for reporting From other countries 2 Female Total * 13 Male 2 Main outcomes /messages of the event (50 words) * Government announcements and voluntary commitments made at the event (in bullet points) * Approximate number of persons in the audience and speakers. (Only the total number is mandatory but an estimation of the disaggregation would be preferable, if possible) - Civil–military–private (CMP) interaction and dialogue at all levels should be built during preparation. However, preparation efforts are fragmented, with concerns about their effectiveness. - Action in post-2015 is needed to improve CMP preparation by establishing overview and data of efforts, and developing policies and common standards for effective preparation. High level summary of what was achieved from the event and key message from the same. This will form the main crux of the inputs into the proceedings - UNOCHA will continue its work to develop regional and international frameworks for effective civil-military coordination, taking into account emerging regional and national capacities. A specific focus will be on civil-military coordination, bearing in mind the IASC approved guidance on emergency response preparedness (2015). - TNO in cooperation with University of Groningen will continue to develop concepts and processes for improving preparation, in particular for building and managing coordination and cooperation between parties. For information on Government announcements and voluntary commitments, please refer to the webpage http://www.wcdrr.org/prep aratory/commitments. Request to encourage the entities making the announcements / commitments to submit the details on the above webpage. If no announcements / commitments are made, please mention not available - “The approach toward Civil–Military–Private cooperation should shift from ‘why’ to ‘how’” (Oliver Lacey Hall – OCHA) - “Civil–Military–Private interaction should move from only event-based to dialogue and trust building before a crisis“ (Munish Kaushik - Cordaid India) Quotes from participants - “Rather than focus on perfect plans and procedures, organizations need to learn to work with ‘prepared improvisation’” (Marcel Michon – BCI) - “Effectiveness of preparations should be improved by measuring it, followed by collective feedback” (Peter Essens - TNO) - Dialogue and structured interaction between the humanitarian sector and the military to enhance Request to provide some quotes that may emerge from the event, along with their source. preparedness and reduce the impact of disasters is particularly relevant to realize Priority Four of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 ("Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to "Build Back Better' in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction") (Team) Any other information to be highlighted - In several nations there is a fundamental disconnect between military and civil society. To build interaction a sensitive, common sense-oriented approach is required, tuned to local situation with ‘bottom’-level engagement - The lack of regular exercises can be overcome by creating simple but effective small exercises ID1017_UsingEachOtherStrength-team: “Ready for further developing the recommendations from the UsingEachOtherStrength Sendai Side Event” Captioning of pictures * ID1017_CoopCapModel.png: “Adequate preparation requires a lift in the baseline capability to interact and cooperate (hypothetical model)” . . * Mandatory information Any other issues related to the event that the organizer may want to highlight. Please attach at least one high resolution picture of your event which may be used if and where possible. The filename should be: “(event ID)_(event name)_(1,2,3,…).jpg” . Please provide a caption for each photograph.