1. Fulfilling the commitments The 2 nd ISDR Asia Partnership Meeting 2014, 2 - 4 December 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

2. Presentation Outline  Recap of the 6 th AMCDRR  Commitments from the 6 th AMCDRR  Fulfilling the commitments from Thailand

3. Recap of the 6 th AMCDRR Conference objectives General objective : Promoting political commitments and actions for DRR in the region Specific objectives :  Declaration of commitments by governments and key stakeholders towards minimizing the impact of disaster  Recommended actions to enhance HFA1 implementation, addressing the Conference theme and sub-themes and gearing towards reflection on HFA 10-year implementation at 3WCDRR  Asia-Pacific inputs to HFA2 which will be consolidated with other regional inputs for the 3WCDRR  Strengthened partnerships and sharing of knowledge and sound practices on DRR

4. Recap of the 6 th AMCDRR 175 events organized in the 6 th AMCDRR 24 Pre-conferences 3+1 High Level Round Tables 3 Technical Sessions 3 Plenary Sessions 3 HFA2 Plenary Sessions 7 Special Sessions 45 Side Events 54 Booths at DRR Market Place 29 Presentations on Ignite Stage 3 Media Training Workshops and Video Clip Competition Conference activities

5. Recap of the 6 th AMCDRR More than 5,000 participants attending the conference Delegates from 63 governments 19 Ministers 19 High Level Officials 25 Heads of organization 10 stakeholder groups Conference engagement

6. Commitments from the 6 th AMCDRR Background Document Prepared by Technical Session Leads; 1. Enhancing Resilience at local levels - ADRRN, IFRC 2. Improving public investments for disaster and climate risk management - WB, UNDP 3. Private sector engagement - ADPC, UNESCAP

7. Commitments from the 6 th AMCDRR Bangkok Declaration& Voluntary Statements Governments & stakeholders UNISDR All partners -Support HFA2 implementation -Establish technical WG

8. Commitments from the 6 th AMCDRR Asia-Pacific Inputs to HFA2 The key recommendations: 1.Develop and implement strategies fro integration of disaster risk reduction, response to climate change and sustainable development 2.Prevent and reduce risks 3.Strengthen risk information and knowledge 4.Partner with the private sector to prevent and reduce risks 5.Strengthen local level actions 6.Ensure social inclusion 7.Strengthen measures for achieving resilience to disasters 8.Strengthen the role of women 9.Enhance risk governance and accountability

9. Fulfilling Commitments from Thailand Communication of the regional efforts  The 6 th AMCDRR Proceedings (Full report and Executive Summary)  Asia-Pacific Inputs to HFA2 and its 7 key areas study  Thai translation of the key document

10. Fulfilling Commitments from Thailand Get an insight of the country’s gaps and solutions The 6 th AMCDRR is the driving force for upscaling/upgrading the country’s DRR efforts. Gaps identifiedSolutions Lack of DRR strategic communication Soft policy like DRR mainstreaming requires different measures/tactics Weak linkage of DRR, development scheme, and CCA Ineffective roles of the national platform Lack of a systematic and empowerment monitoring and evaluation mechanism No common language for DRR practitioners and concerned sectors Revisit and make appropriate change to the existing policy framework Develop a standard sets of DRR knowledge and information as a tool for DRR communication Strengthen close cooperation and engagement of the key sectors to effectively link DRR, development scheme and CCA Strengthen the roles and functions of the National Platform

11. Fulfilling Commitments from Thailand The new efforts for mainstreaming DRR The new national policy for DRM (2015) -From reactive to proactive with more focus on DRM and BBB -DRR (HFA) focal point built-in in every sector -National DRR platform will be a key mechanism for multi- sectoral engagement Developing a standard sets of DRR knowledge (as reference) -DRM terminology -DRR handbooks -DRM video animation Make known of the new global SDGs and HFA2 to other development sectors (in the light of the next national development plan) Developing the DRR Action Plan

12. Fulfilling Commitments from Thailand Examples of Thailand commitments

13. Fulfilling Commitments from Thailand Examples of Thailand commitments Episode 1: Disasters…can be prevented http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBw- x5rz7v0 Episode 2 : DRR in Development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Qo41M0wDOAQ

14. Thank you Website: WWW.DISASTER.GO.TH Email: foreign_dpm@yahoo.com