Towards implementation of Post 2015 DRR framework :

Asian Stakeholders’ group round table

Second IAP Meeting of 2014, 02-04 December 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

Sujit Mohanty

UINISDR Asia Pacific

Session objective• Stakeholder commitments in 3 WCDRR

(to be submitted in 2 weeks)

• Strategize the future direction of the Asian Stakeholder groups

• Report back to IAP members on the collective vision/ mission of the Asian Stake holder groups

Stakeholder groups• Importance of stakeholder engagement for DRR has been

established by HFA, global platforms and regional platforms

• The Zero draft of the Post 2015 DRR framework puts a prime importance on stakeholders and their commitments

• In Asia, Ten stakeholder groups voluntarily engaged in 5th and 6th AMCDRR and provided statement of commitments

• IAP has been the main forum for engagement

Asian Stakeholder groups

1. Mayors and Local Governments

2. Asian Civil Society Organizations

3. Children, Youth and Child-Centered Organization

4. Parliamentarians

5. Individuals and organizations concerned with disability

6. Individuals and organizations concerned with Women and Gender Issues

7. Private Sector on Disaster Risk Reduction

8. Scientific, Academic and Research Stakeholders

9. National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent

10. Media

Key issues and challenges

• Guiding principles and stakeholder engagement strategy/ guidance developed through the IAP

• Engagement at varied level and often ad-hoc

• Commitments are often not measurable

• Monitoring the progress in implementation of the commitments have been challenging

• Voluntary vs. accountability

• Sustainability of the momentum

• Resources to engage stakeholder groups

Key questions/ issues for discussion

1. How do the Asian stakeholder groups (SHGs) see themselves implementing the Post 2015 framework?

2. What is the self-sustainability and continuation strategy of the SHGs?

3. What kind of structure (formal or informal) would be required to make the SHGs more sustainable?

4. How the SHGs will ensure that the commitments are followed up and actions are taken? (Accountability issues, need for monitoring, reporting vs. self assessment etc)?

5. What would be the linkage with the commitments to be made at the 3 WCDRR?