3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
[HDS14-01] Local and global Activity to contribute the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
★Invited papers
Keywords:Disaster Risk Reduction, rounding table, awareness and public education, Disaster Statistic
The group of rounding table for DRR in Miyagi was started in April 2015 just after the UN world conference for DRR to enhance the collaboration among, members of academia, government, private, citizen and mass media and to share the information of each activity once a month. International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University and the office of Sendai city jointly organize the series of lectures in 2016 to understand what is the SFDRR and how we can contribute for it for students, people including workshop for future activities. And statistics. The Global Centre for Disaster Statistic (GGCDS) was established in April 2015. The GCDS creates a unique collaboration among United Nations organizations and other disaster risk reduction (DRR) related institutions, centering on collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The purpose of the Centre is to support countries to manage disaster risks in their country and contribute to international process on DRR. The GCDS has developed a database on statistical data concerning the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, hoping that the lessons from the catastrophic disaster will be spread across the world.