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Seventh Youth Looking Beyond

Disaster (LBD7) Training Workshop Kathmandu, Nepal 27-31 October 2015

Agenda1

26 October

Transfer from airport to Venue, National Mount View Hotel & GreenPeace Resort Pvt. Ltd. Street: Lapsiphedi-8, Deurai; check-in (No formal activities – discussing action plans and experiences – making profiles for website)2

27 October 7:30 – 8:45 Breakfast 9:00 – 12:00 Session 1: Opening and Looking Beyond Disaster • Opening Remarks, Mr. Rimesh Khanal, President, Youth’s UNESCO Club, Nepal • Opening Remarks, Mr. Ranjan Aryal, Director, Himalayan Environment Research Institute, Nepal • Opening and Welcome comments – speaker to be confirmed • Orientation to LBD, Welcome to LBD7, Action Plan Development and Goals of Workshop - Prof. Darryl Macer, Director, Eubios Ethics Institute and Provost, AUSN • Self-introductions of all participants • Looking Beyond Disaster (LBD), the AUSN Postgraduate Certificate on Community and Peace and Postgraduate Degrees - Prof. Darryl Macer, AUSN and Eubios Ethics Institute • A report on Youth’s UNESCO club after the Earthquake in Nepal 2015 – Mr. Bibek Adhikari, Nepal, Youth UNESCO Club • Group photo 12:00-13:00 Lunch

1 Draft agenda of 24 October 2015. (Hotel Phone Number: +977-1-6209807, Mobile: +977-9843791047) 2 All participants should read the LBD7information guide file.

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13:00 – 16:00 Session 2: Recovery from 2015 Nepal Earthquakes*3 Chair: Prof. Darryl Macer • Disaster Ethics and Sustainability (Background lecture) - Prof. Darryl Macer, Director, Eubios Ethics Institute and Provost, AUSN • Role of Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal in Post Disaster Management in Nepal Earthquake - Ramji Sapkota, Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal • My experience with #NepalQuake - Binod Parajuli, Youth Alliance for Disaster and Climate Resilience, Nepal • Technology in Rehabilation Reconstruction after Disaster, Nirmal Karki, Youth UNESCO Club, Nepal • Experience and lesson learnt by Manipur Youth during Relief Campaign for #NepalQuake - Laisangbam Veerjeet Singh, India • Community Based Reconstruction Approach in NepalQuake with case study of Kavreli Youth Sivahari Manali Sital, Himalayan Environment Research Institute, Nepal 16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break 16:30 – 18:30 Session 3: Presentations for Awards of Youth Ambassador* Chair: Prof. Darryl Macer, Director, Eubios Ethics Institute and Provost, AUSN (presentations of papers including previous action plans from YPA or LBD trainings that will allow the persons to be qualified as either a: Youth Peace Ambassador (YPA) or Youth Looking Beyond Disaster (LBD) Ambassador)4 • Water as Disaster in Nepal – Mr. Ranjan Aryal, Himalayan Environment Research Institute (HERI), Nepal • Youth Participation in Disaster Relief and Response – Mr. Dinesh Singh Malla, UNICEF Nepal • Involvement of young people in Disaster Risk Recovery – Mr. Dibakar Babu Bhattarai, Youth UNESCO Club, Nepal • The Big One: Philippine Preparations for a Predicted Major Earthquake – Mr. Chadwick Tan, Faculty of Saint Paul University Quezon City, Philippines • Heritage During Disaster: Nepalese Youth’s Experience in Building Back Heritage, Mr. Rimesh Khanal, Nepal, Youth UNESCO Club, Nepal 18:30 – 20:00 Dinner 20:30 – 22:00 Interactive Evening

28 October 7:30 – 8:45 Breakfast 9:00 – 12:00 Session 4: Disasters and Public Health*5 • Disasters, Risk and Public Health (Background lecture) - Prof. Darryl Macer, Director, Eubios Ethics Institute and Provost, AUSN

3 *AUSN group skype sessions are underlined and marked by an *

4 You can see the list of members until date of the Youth Ambassadors that I started with UNESCO in 2011; on http://www.eubios.info/youth_ambassadors) If this is your first time to a YPA or LBD training you will become a candidate after presenting your action plan, and next time you will present what you have done and what you have learnt, to become an Ambassador. 5 *AUSN group skype sessions are underlined and marked by an *

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• Urine-Epidemic outbreaks and ways to prevent health disaster using eco-san methods - Ashwani Aggarwal, BasicShit.org, India • Man made disaster solid waste management a study on Guwahati city - Hemajit Phukan, Club 25 International Assam, India 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 16:00 Session 5: The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction* and Other Global Policy-making Frameworks • Disaster Frameworks (Background lecture) - Prof. Darryl Macer, Director, Eubios Ethics Institute and Provost, AUSN • Zuhair Ahmed Kowshik, Bangladesh: "Role of Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: An Example of Flood Forecasting Model in Bangladesh" • Vulnerability of Women and Children during Disaster Cycle - Puja Karanjit, Nepal, Youth UNESCO Club, Nepal • Involvement of Youths UNESCO Club in Post DRR Activities in Nepal Earthquake, Bikash Thapa, Youth UNESCO Club, Nepal (Dialogue also with Participants who joined UN forums and a discussion of points to implement between local, national and global principles) 16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break 16:30 – 18:30 Session 6: Peace, Disasters and Youth* • Nation never Fall from the Sky: Children are the future of the Nation - Md Rubel Uddin, Local Economic and Education Development Organization, Bangladesh • Roles of Fortune telling and Disasters - Ms. Ananya Triptipthumrongchok, General Manager, Eubios Ethics Institute, Thailand • Title to come - Kanarjit Singh Kangujam, UNESCO Youth Club India • Title to come - Bhisam Singh, ASC Lakhavati, India • LBD Action Plan – update – Dialogue between Darryl Macer and all participants 18:30 – 20:00 Dinner 20:00 – 22:00 Interactive Evening 29 October – Visit to Disaster Affected Sites and Field Research

7:30 – 8:45 Breakfast All day excursion: Taken by shuttle for guided tour of Disaster Effected Heritage Sites, Kathmandu Durbar Square, see state of relief activities in Kathmandu, field research.6 18:30 – 20:00 Dinner back at Resort 20:00 – 22:00 Session 7: Debriefing by all to share reflections

6 Course Credit for AUSN students present only as field work; Required for LBD workshop certification

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30 October 7:30 – 8:45 Breakfast 8:00-12:00 Session 8: Action Plan Development by All Workshop on Action Plan Development, facilitated by Prof. Darryl Macer, AUSN. Group Work to confirm draft action plan titles and team members. Action Plan Development will be facilitated by Darryl Macer, Ananya Tripthumrongchok, RImesh Khanal and other YPA and LBD Ambassadors; All persons work on draft action plan [10:00-12:00 First Presentations of Draft Action Plans] In addition to all the above presenters and participants who will be also developing an action plan the following persons are confirmed in action plan development (but are not making a separate presentation), these persons will also present: 1. Milan Karki, Nepal (Youth UNESCO Club) 2. Gopal Kushuhawa, Nepal (SYNERGY) 3. Deepti Poudel, Nepal (Youth UNESCO Club) 4. Giana Christelle Camacho Prado, Philippines (St. Paul University Quezon City) 5. Nishcal Malla, Nepal (Student) 6. Rishad Raihan, Bangladesh (AUSN MBGPH student) 7. Inah Yessa Torrechilla, Philippines (St. Paul University Quezon City) 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00 – 15:00 Session 9: Continued Presentations and Development of Draft Action Plans 15:30-19:00 Session 11: Final Action Plan Presentations All participants to present an Action Plan (Individual or Group, max size 3 persons) 19:00-20:00 Dinner 20:00-20:30 Dinner and Farewell Party

31 October 7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast and check out of rooms 8:00-10:00 Awards and Certificates Further lectures and thesis supervision for AUSN students - Prof. Darryl Macer Transfer to airport or other sightseeing Note: LBD7 also counts as one of the required residential programs for AUSN students in the Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Masters in Bioethics and Global Public Health (MBGPH) degree program.7 Accommodation and Meals included The conference fee including accommodation (5 nights from the night of the 26th October) and meals from 27-31 October is USD200. This price includes a field trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and other excursions. Applications to Email: lookingbd@gmail.com

7 http://au-sn.com/degree-programs/mbgph-master-of-bioethics-and-global-public-health/

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Postponed presentations (May be cancelled) • Social service in Responding to the 2015 Earthquake in Nepal - Ms. Bijayata Maharajan, Youth’s UNESCO Club, Nepal • Recovery of the Nepalese Tourism Industry - Buddhi Prasad Khanal and Loka Maya Adhikari, United Youth Organization, Nepal • YPA9 Action Plan - Mr. Grewal Jatwinder, India Inform the organisers if your presentation title is absent, or any changes are needed.