Iranian Red Crescent International Seminar on Urban Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Persian Esteghlal International Hotel , Tehran, 4-7 May 2015 Provisional Agenda Day 1: Monday 4 May Registration Opening Session and key note speeches Session 1: Urban risks: Present situation and future prospects, where and how should we go? Our vision and approach Understanding better the context, current situation and future trends -Impact of urban risks on human development -Humanitarian consequences of disaster risks in cities and urban settings What has been done so far in reducing urban risks? - A global picture, including the outcomes of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai 2015 - Social environment and community dimension, including the outcomes of the IFRC Partnership for Urban DRR/DM and relevant initiatives Panel on: "No one can do it alone, role of national/local governments and communities in reducing urban risks" Working Groups Day 2: Tuesday 5 May Session 2: What is needed to make a measurable progress in reducing urban risks and responding to urban disasters effectively ? (Programming, methodologies and tools) Urban risks: key concepts and characteristics -Urban vs rural community? -Social context in urban risks Institutional set up, clarity in mandate and effective engagement - Integration of community level action into national system - Legislation and legal frameworks Better understanding, assessment and mapping of urban risks -Outcomes of recent IFRC urban DRR projects - Role of science and technology in urban risk assessment, Risk monitoring and disaster early warning in cities and urban areas Working groups on: Developing the key indicators and index for: - Institutional and operational capacities for Urban DRR-DM - Urban risk assessment and mapping - Monitoring and early warning in urban context Day 3: Wednesday 6 May Session 2: ( continued) Disaster preparedness, response and recovery in cities and urban area. What are the differences? what more needed to be done? - Contingency planning for disasters in megacities, Tehran - Experiences of response to typhoon Haiyan - Experience of recovery after Haiti or Christchurch earthquakes (TBC) Reducing social violence in cities and urban settings Prevention of and response to armed conflicts - Recent experiences of humanitarian response in Syria - Response to armed conflicts in cities, new developments Working groups on: developing the key indicators and index for: -Urban disaster preparedness and contingency planning -Urban disaster response and recovery -Prevention of social violence and humanitarian response to armed conflicts in cities and urban settings Social event and dinner Day 4: Thursday 7 May Session 3: How to reach and help more communities and vulnerable people in cities? Strategic directions for IFRC urban DRR/DM in the coming five years Launch of the IFRC 50 Cities DRR Initiative Final Session: Way forward Next steps Recommendations and Key Messages for post 2015 Agenda Final remarks Closing ceremony ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. For more information or any query contact: Mostafa Mohaghegh Manager Partnership for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Chemin des Crêts, 17 | 1209 Petit Saconnex | Geneva | Switzerland Tel. +41 (0)22 730 4242 Email: [email protected] https://fednet.ifrc.org/urbandrr www.ifrc.org
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