PPP in Disaster Risk Reduction - UNECE · PPP in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 1. Private sector in the ‘disaster preparedness business’ 2. ‘Emergency agreements (saigai kyotei)’

Sandra Wu, Wen-HsiuPresident and Chief Executive Officer

Kokusai Kogyo Group

PPP in Disaster Risk ReductionPPP in Disaster Risk Reduction::Examples from a Japanese companyExamples from a Japanese company

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PPP is standard operating procedure in Japan… especially in Disaster Risk Reduction


PPP in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

1. Private sector in the ‘disaster preparedness business’HazardMap



1. Private sector in the ‘disaster preparedness business’

2. ‘Emergency agreements (saigai kyotei)’

Photo (right) http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/tachitravel/(left) http://www.asahi.com 14 March





3. Reconstruction through PPP – more resilient cities using private sector strengths


1. The ‘disaster prevention’ businessUtilization of public and private resources, hard andsoft measures in DRR strategy

Network of Soft MeasuresHard Infrastructure

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Earthquake-proof

structures

Dams

City planning

Sea walls

Flood levees

Cellphones

Public media

Warning systems

Monitoring units

Weather satellites

Government offices

Public Sector investment, plus… Private Sector know-how and services


Periodic evacuation drills + innovative teaching tools

Residents study hazard maps and build their own emergency plan

Map-based disaster management planning

DRR ‘jobs’ through public procurement


Benefits of PPP tiesPrivate Sector as emergency ‘backup’

Tsunami extent on-the-ground survey: March 20- (Fukushima, Ibaragi, Iwate, and Miyagi Pref.)

Manning local government offices for damage certification and demolition application: April 14-







2. Emergency agreementsa.k.a. standing agreements, emergency activated contracts

- Agreed prior to disasters, public-to-private

- Reserve the specific expertise of company

- Multiple agreements cover all contingencies

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Pre-disaster emergency ‘just-in-case’ agreements

Emergency agreements


Tsunami Extent

18th/29th October 2010 13th March 2011

Building damage, Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Pref.Emergency agreements

© Geospatial Information Authority of Japan


Emergency agreements

Acceptance of emergency in-need personsElderly day care centersImpatients

Assessment and repair of public facilitiesPref’s surveyors association

Assessment of agricultural facilities; surveyCity’s civic engineer association

Emergency repairs to public buildings etc. City’s construction associationDisaster recovery

Assistance city in collecting informationCity’s taxi associationInformationTransportation of wounded and vulnerableCity’s taxi associationTransportationRemoval of obstacles from roadsPref’s demolition associationDemolition

Provision of emergency LP gas tanksCity’s gas supplier association

Food, clothes, daily suppliesUse of parking lot as emergency shelter, with free access to water, toilets, information

National large-scale retail A, B

Specialty equipment rentalLocal equipment rental A, B, C

Provision of suppliesLocal supermarket A, B…

Free drinks from vending machinesDelivery of water, use of message boardInternational bottling company A, B

Emergency supplies

Emergency broadcastLocal FM channel and cable TVBroadcasting

From http://www.city.sanjo.niigata.jp/gyousei/page00042.html

for example, in Sanjo City, Niigata (abbreviated list)




2. ‘Emergency agreements(saigai kyotei)’

3. Reconstruction with PPP – more resilient cities using private sector strengths


Tago nishi ecology model town, Sendai City

Tago nishi

Sendai station

Arahama, Sendai City© Google, Digital Globe, GeoEyeArahama


Mass relocation housing (houses)For residents from coastal communities

Tago nishi ecology model town, Sendai City

Relocation public housing (apartments)

180 public housing financed by Sendai City Council. Expected completion 2013

Commercial Zone

Smart VillageR&D Tohoku UniversityMETI’s ‘smart community’ pilot project site


Ishinomaki Reconstruction Project, Miyagi Pref.

Ishinomaki City1 April 2011


Steering committee

Ishinomaki CityPrivate Sector

(Japan IBM, Kokusai, etc.)

Smart grid energy

managementWG

Renewable energy

generationWG

ICT assisted fishing and agriculture

WG

Ishinomaki Reconstruction Collaboration Project Council

ResidentsBusinessesBiz. AssocsGovernments

Actors

Coordinatedby

Private sector

AdvisorsUniversities

Ishinomaki Reconstruction Project, Miyagi Pref.Aims to attract investments, new residents, etc. to the area

through state-of-the-art redevelopment







Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG)

PPP in Disaster Risk Reduction

In support of the Hyogo Framework of Action, the UNISDR Private Sector Advisory Group brings together leading global private sector actors who are aware of the benefits that preventive actions for reducing the risk of disaster have on their businesses and thus demonstrate their will to cooperate closely with the UNISDR to make the world more resilient to disasters.

- PSAG Operational Framework


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PPP in Disaster Risk Reduction - UNECE · PPP in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 1. Private sector in the ‘disaster preparedness business’ 2. ‘Emergency agreements (saigai kyotei)’