Middle East and North Africa Regional Workshop on: Building Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction and Natural Hazard Risk Management

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1 Middle East and North Africa Regional Workshop on: Building Partnerships for Disaster Risk Reduction and Natural Hazard Risk Management Cairo, April 2007 Venue: Marriott Cairo Wednesday 18 April Registration and distribution of documents Welcome reception Draft Programme Agenda DAY 1- Thursday 19 April 2007 Speakers Registration and distribution of documents Welcome address and Opening remarks Government of Arab Republic of Egypt Dr. Fatma Salah El Din Mallah, Director, Department of Environment, Housing and Sustainable Development, League of Arab States, Cairo, Mr. James Rawley, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt Ms. Ayat Soliman, Acting Country Director in Egypt, World Bank, Objectives, expected results, and methodology of Workshop United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) Coffee Break

2 Session I: Disaster Risk Reduction and Hazard Risk Management, global and regional overviews 1. Disaster Risk Reduction, from World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Japan, January 2005 until today, an overview 2. Global trend in hazard risks and impact on socio-economic development (Disaster risk management on the development agenda, comprehensivevision and integrated approach in disaster risk reduction and management) 3. Disaster response and recovery in the Middle Eats and North Africa Region Mr. Mostafa Mohaghegh, Regional Coordinator for West Asia and North Africa, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, (UN/ISDR) Ms. Rosanna Nitti Sr. Urban Specialist, and Mr. Niels B. Holm-Nielsen Water and Environment Middle East and North Africa Region (World Bank ) Mr. Ivo Freijsen, Head of Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, United Nations office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) 4. Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into development planning Reflections on presentations and discussions Mr. Mohamad Mukalled, Regional Advisor for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Lunch Break Session II. Disaster Risk Reduction in Middle East and North Africa region Introducing key concepts and tools of Disaster Risk Reduction and Hazard Risk Management including hazard/vulnerability mapping, risk assessment, GIS, Risk financing. 2. Characteristics of hazards and vulnerabilities in the MENA region Introducing the working groups Philip Buckle, Advisor to MENA Disaster Risk Reduction and Hazard Risk Management Programme Coffee Break Working groups on disaster risk reduction and hazard risk management planning

3 DAY 2 - Friday 20 April Report from Working Groups Plenary discussion on the reports Break for Friday prayer and lunch Session III: Disaster risk reduction and hazard risk management, national systems and mechanisms, integrated approach toward disasters, 1. Experiences of the national systems in the Middle East and North Africa Region Presentation by governments of: Arab Republic of Egypt Islamic republic of Iran Kingdom of Morocco Republic of Yemen Experiences of other regions Plenary discussions on presentations Social event and Dinner Coffee Break Guest speaker: Mr P G Dhar Chakrabarti, Executive Director,National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, India

4 DAY 3- Saturday 21 April 2007 Session IV: Thematic and sectoral issues in disaster risk reduction 1. Panel discussions and presentations on climate related hazards (floods, storms, drought, sea level change) in the Middle East and North Africa Panellists: - Mr. Fareed I. Bushehri, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme,(UNEP), Regional Office for West Asia, Bahrain - Dr.. Jaser Rabadi,., WMO Representative for West Asia, Bahrain,World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Panel discussions and presentations on urban, seismic and health risk reduction Professor Djillali BENOUAR, Director, Built Environment, University of Bab Ezzouar, Algeria Dr.Mohamad Belazougui, Director, Earthquake Engineering Centre, Housing Ministry, Algeria Coffee Break Dr. Altaf Musani, Regional Advisor, Emergency and Humanitarian Action, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO), Cairo Panellists: Panel discussions and presentations on community based disaster risk reduction - Mr Bruno Haghebaer, ProVention Consortium, Geneva - Ms. Anne Leclerc, Head of Regional Office, Tunis,, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Lunch Break

5 Session V: Regional cooperation on disaster risk reduction 1. Experiences on regional cooperation on disaster risk reduction and hazard management Mr. Jemal El-Din Jaballah Deputy Director, Department of Environment, Housing and Sustainable Development, League of Arab States, Cairo 2. Regional Collaboration, the experience from Central America 3. Regional collaborative centres, Thematic platform and Global Platform in ISDR system Mr. David Smith, Executive Secretary, Coordination Centre for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC) UN/ISDR 3. Plenary discussion on challenges and opportunities for regional cooperation on disaster risk reduction in the Middle East and North Africa Coffee Break Session VI: Way forward Working groups to discuss recommendations on ways for improvement of DRR in MENA region and regional cooperation 2. Reports form Working Groups 3. Final discussions and recommendations 4. Wrap up Closing remarks Government of Arab Republic of Egypt Mr. Salvano Briceno, Director, UN/ISDR