Review of National Platforms Process

Janet Edwards

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, MSB

May 20, 2013Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Geneva, Switzerland

CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE REVIEWWHAT INFORMATION DO WE WANT?

Role and mandate

Challenges and opportunities

Type of support needed

Good practices

Drivers for establishing National Platforms

CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE REVIEWWHAT MORE DO WE WANT TO KNOW?

What moves governments to building a national platform?

What are the expectations of governments?

What are the expectation of the members?

How to involve all sectors in society and the local level

THE INTIAL STEPS OF THE REVIEW OF NATIONAL PLATFORMS

1. Invitation from Margaret Wahlström to HFA focal points and heads of platforms

2. Establishment of Working Group (7 countries)

3. And Reference Group (20 countries)

4. Information UNISDR at the European Forum for DRR, October 2012

5. Sample questions from UNISDR

6. Revised questions by Working Group and the Reference Group

Ecuador, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Senegal, Sweden

ORGANISATION OF THE REVIEW OF NATIONAL PLATFORMS

Secretariat UNISDR

Working Group

Reference Group

All National Platforms

GOALS FOR THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Understandable questions

Quantitative and qualitative questions

Questions that could lead to policy recommendations

Relatively easy to answer

English (then translated to French and Spanish)

MORE GOALS FOR THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Use current knowledge of the HFA focal point and the people in charge of the national platform

Interesting enough to want to answer

Minimal consultation process to reduce time required

Avoid repeating the questions from the HFA Monitor national reporting

On-line user friendly questionnaire

Computer program for analysis functions

FROM QUESTIONNAIRE TO A REPORT

Develop questionnaire

Translated questionnaire

Put it on the Web

Follow-up and ask those that have not answered to do so

Collect, study and analyse answers

Initial draft report to Working Group and Reference Group

Working Group meeting in Geneva

New draft report for Global Platform

EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROCESS

1.Summary of the characteristics of the platforms today

2.An array of effective ways of working as a platform

3.Provide basic information about how to establish and run a successful NP

4.Input for updating the existing Guidelines for NP

5.Basis for policy recommendations for National Platforms worldwide

Secretariat for the Swedish National Platform for DRR

Mette Lindahl-Olsson, HFA focal point

Head of Unit, Natural Hazards and Critical InfrastructureMette.lindahl-olsson@msb.se

Janet Edwards, international coordinator for NP

janet.edwards@msb.se

Åke Svensson, national coordinator for NP

ake.svensson@msb.se

www.msb.se/nationalplatform