South-East Asia Regional Delegation

CONCEPT NOTE “Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners Workshop”

Thailand, 13-14 November 2013

1. Background The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) South- East Asia Regional Delegation has been implementing the Regional Project Initiative supported by ECHO through DIPECHO Action Plans 6th, 7th and 8th. The project targets to seven countries of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Viet Nam with major focus on institutional capacity building for national societies in strengthening and scaling up community based risk reduction initiatives and approaches toward vulnerable communities in South- East Asia region. In this framework, the IFRC is gearing up to organize a so called “Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioners Workshop” to further engage relevant DIPECHO partners to explore what are key learning points for the future intervention and what can be collectively achieved in the region as well.

2. Purpose and objectives The workshop aims to bring together 60 Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) practitioners with hands-on experience with implementation of community based risk reduction activities on the ground under the current DIPECHO Action Plan in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Viet Nam plus DPR Korea and Mongolia and review and identify the best practices and lessons learned for future references when implementing DIPECHO Action Plans.

The workshop will also focus on further identification of persisting bottlenecks and up to date practices related to more integration of DIPECHO projects into longer term sustainable programmes supported by governments and donor community. Two expected specific objectives toward the workshop:

Understand and identify the good practices, lessons learned, gaps, skills, challenges, tools and methods and share experiences in community based risk reduction initiatives to enhance integrated community based programming

Identify inclusive areas and approaches toward community resilience linking the grass root level with national, regional and global level initiatives.

The event intentionally focuses on several themes below:

School safety- empowering youth in risk reduction;

Early warning- early actions;

DRR & livelihoods;

Community mobilization and inclusive approach (People with disability; Women; Children Ethnics etc.)

Advocacy; Awareness; and Accountability

South-East Asia Regional Delegation

3. The target and selection criteria Current DIPECHO partners in South- East Asia; 35 international and local non-governmental organizations and their local partners1, Red Cross, ECHO, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Viet Nam, government representatives, ADPC, DFID, USAID, JICA, FAO, UN-ISDR, UNDP, and community representatives.

4. Duration and Venue The workshop will be conducted in two (2) days from 13-14 November 2013 in the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Sukhumvit Soi 22. 5. Expected outputs vs. process Identification of good practices, lessons learned, gaps, skills, challenges, tools and methods and share experiences in community based risk reduction initiatives to enhance integrated community based programming are major expected outputs of the workshop. In order to achieve it, participatory methodology to be carried out including country focused presentations; plenary and group work sharing experience and practices under different themes, from global to local updates on common issues to guide us is future programming and sharing individual experience and impressions.

Potential themes for good practices with critical learning’s (Day-1)

Common areas for future reference (Day-2)

Advocacy; awareness; accountability

School safety- empowering youth in risk reduction;

Community mobilization to empowerment;

Early warning- early actions;

DRR & Livelihoods;

Urban DRR

Post HFA

DRR and Livelihoods

Coordination and Resource Sharing

Early Warning Early Action

6. Agenda (see attached)

7. Logistics and financial support The IFRC’s South- East Asia Regional Delegation is primary contact and providing necessary administration and logistics arrangement for the workshop. Financial support to this workshop is primarily supported by DG- ECHO.

1 See attached list of DIPECHO partners for your reference

South-East Asia Regional Delegation

DIPECHO Partners in South East Asia under the 8th Action Plan

Cambodia Indonesia Laos Myanmar The Philippines Viet Nam Regional Projects

Plan Intl + World Vision UK

Oxfam Oxfam Belgium Action Aid Action Against Hunger Plan Intl Oxfam Care NL Christian Aid Handicap Intl

Care Save the Children Plan Intl

APG

Dan Church Aid Concern Worldwide Action Aid

Handicap Intl Plan Intl Care Intl

Health Poverty Action

Malteser Intl Help Age Oxfam Plan UNHABITAT

GIZ NLRC FAO- Cambodia and the Philippines

Development Workshop (DW)

IFRC (Timor Leste + DPRK + Mongolia)

Care- JANI