Hazards of Nature, Risks and Opportunities for Development in South Asian Countries

Day 1, Tuesday, December 19

 

09.00-10.00

 

Registration

 

10.00-11.00

 

Inaugural Session

 

Welcoming Address - PG Dhar Chakrabarti

Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, India

 

Special Address – Rachid Benmessaud

Acting Director, New Delhi Office, World Bank

 

Keynote Address - Ajay Chhibber

Director, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), World Bank

 

Presidential Address - Gen. (Retd.) N.C. Vij

Vice Chairperson, National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi

 

Inaugural Address – Shri Shivraj V. Patil

Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs, India

 

Vote of Thanks - Santosh Kumar

Professor, National Institute of Disaster Management, India

 

11.00-11.15

Break

 

11.15-16.00

 

Session 1

International Lessons Learned  - Review of 20 Years of International Experience with Disaster Preparedness and Response

Chair: Ajay Chhibber

Director, IEG, World Bank

 

11.15-11.35

 

Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development – An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters

Ron Parker, Lead Evaluator, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank

 

11.35-11.55

 

Build Back Better - Earthquake Reconstruction in Gujarat

Rajesh Kishore, CEO, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA)

 

11.55-12.15

 

International Experience with Disaster Management Operations: Lessons Learned from the Asian Development Bank

Alex Jorgensen, Principal Urban Specialist, Asian Development Bank

 

12.15-13.00

 

Question & Answer Session

 

 

13.00-14.30

 

Lunch Break

 

14.30-14.50

 

 Maharashtra Emergency Earthquake Rehabilitation Programme 1993-1999

Krishna S. Vatsa, Secretary, Relief and Rehabilitation, Government of Maharashtra and Praveen Pardeshi, Senior Advisor, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

 

14.50-15.10

 

Disaster Reconstruction in Japan: Lessons Learned from the Kobe Earthquake
Etsuko Tsunozaki, Sr. Researcher, Asian Disaster Reduction Centre, ADRC

 

15.10-15.30

 

From Reconstruction to Mitigation: Turkey’s Experience in Hazard Risk Management

Murat Sungur Bursa, Former Director, Project Implementation Unit, Prime Ministry, Turkey

 

15.30-16.00

 

Question & Answer Session

 

 

16.00-16.30

 

Break

 

16.30-18.30

 

Session 2

South Asia - A Region Highly Exposed to Natural Disasters

Chair: Syed Yasin Ahmed,

Additional Secretary, Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan

 

16.30-16.50

 

Lessons Learned from the Tsunami Reconstruction Program in Sri Lanka

Lalith R. De Silva, Director General, Department of Treasury Operations, Sri Lanka

 

16.50-17.10

 

Taking Stock -   Status of the Reconstruction Program in Tamil Nadu

C.V. Sankar, Officer on Special Duty and Project Director, Government of Tamil Nadu

 

17.10-17.30

 

 Bangladesh - Progress of the Flood Reconstruction Programme

Ahmadul Hassan, Division Head, cegis, Bangladesh

 

17.30-17.50

 

Challenges of a New Dimension -   Reconstruction after the Pakistan Earthquake

Seerat Asghar, Director, Emergency Reconstruction Recovery Agency, Pakistan

 

17.50-18.30

 

Question & Answer Session

 

 

20.00-22.00

 

Dinner Reception

 

 

Day 2, Wednesday, December 20

 

9.30-11.15

 

Session 3

Hazard Risk Management: Concepts and New Initiatives

Chair: P. D. Amarasinghe

Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Sri Lanka

 

09.30-09.45

 

Hazard Risk Management in South Asia: The World Bank Perspective

Christoph Pusch, SAR Regional Coordinator Hazard Risk Management, World Bank

 

09.45-10.00

 

All About Risk Financing: Theory and Practice

Eugene Gurenko, Lead Insurance Specialist, World Bank

 

10.00-10.15

 

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

Saroj Jha, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank

 

10.15-10.30

 

United Nations Coordination in Humanitarian Response and Disaster Management

Pieter Bult, UN Coordinator for Tsunami Recovery, India

 

10.30-10.45

 

Do Local Strategies Have Local Roots and Impact?

Mihir Bhatt, Director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)

 

10.45-11.15

 

Question & Answer Session

 

11.15-11.55

 

Break

 

11.55-13.15

Session 4

From Vision to Implementation: Country Approaches to Risk Mitigation

Chair:Praveen Pardeshi

Senior Advisor, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

 

11.55-12.05

 

Afghanistan

Ghulam Haider, Chief Coordinator, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development

 

12.05-12.15

 

Bangladesh

Aslam Alam, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food & Disaster Management

 

12.15-12.25

 

Bhutan

Reezang Wangdi, Executive Engineer, Ministry of Works & Human Settlement

 

12.25-12.35

 

India

H.S. Brahma, Additional Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority

 

12.35-12.45

 

Maldives

Wais Waheed, Major, National Disaster Management Centre, Ministry of Defense

 

12.45-12.55

 

Nepal

Pratap Kumar Pathak, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs

 

12.55-13.05

 

Pakistan

Syed Yasin Ahmed, Additional Secretary, Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan

 

 

13.05-13.15

 

 

Sri Lanka

P. D. Amarasinghe, Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights

 

13.15-14.45

 

Lunch

 

14.45-15.45

Panel Discussion

The Path Ahead: How Best to Promote and Implement Risk Mitigation Activities in South Asian Countries

Moderator: Christoph Pusch, SAR Regional Coordinator, Hazard Risk Management, World Bank

 

Building upon the previous session, this panel discussion will focus on how to promote and implement risk mitigation activities in South Asian countries, how to make more effective the assistance provided, as well as the identification of issues which may require further discussion.

 

Panel Members: Aslam Alam, Bangladesh, Mihir Bhatt, India, Murat Sungur Bursa, Turkey, P.K. Mishra, India, Raja Rehan Arshad, WB, Saroj, Kumar Jha, WB, Syed Yasin, Ahmed, Pakistan

 

15.45-16.45

Valedictory Session

 

Workshop Conclusions - PG Dhar Chakrabarti

Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi

 

Next Steps - Ron Parker

Lead Evaluator, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank

 

Special Address- Salvano Briceño

Director, ISDR Secretariat, Geneva

 

Valedictory Address - Sashidhar Reddy

Member, National Disaster Management Authority, India

 

Note of Thanks - Katalin Demeter

Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank Institute