IAP Day 1 PM: Progress in voluntary commitments - Private Sector

Overview: Private Sector commitment 6AMCDRR

Action Targets Breakdown of indicator Time frameI. Improved collaboration of the private sector in DRR

Qualitative improvement

“Long Term”

Quantitative increase

# of private sector participants# of events with private sector

by AMCDRR 2016

# of relationships with governments# of relationships with CSOs # of relationships with academia

“Long Term”

# of new members

20% by WCDRR 2015 20% by AMCDRR 2016

# of guidance and examples# of strong ambassadors

by AMCDRR 2016

Improved risk information sharing

# of risk information sharing examples

2 by AMCDRR 2016

Overview: Private Sector commitment 6AMCDRR

Action Targets Breakdown of indicator Time frameII. Increase knowledge and capacity in among the private sector

Reduce business failure related to disasters

method to monitor business failurereduction of business failure

by AMCDRR“Long Term”, i.e. 2020

…by building the capacity of SMEs in BCM/BCP

# of BCM/BCP case studies by AMCDRR 2016# of local governments approached “Long Term”, i.e.

2020…by building capacity of SMEs in basic business planning

# mentorships on business planning# of case studies of above

“Long Term”, i.e. 2020

# mentorships in BCM/BCP …via toolkits # new translations of APEC toolkit

# further adoption of above toolkitby AMCDRR 2016“Long Term”, i.e. 2020

# new toolkits “Long Term”, i.e. 2020

# companies mentorships in BCM# associations mentorships in BCM

(not indicated)

Overview: Private Sector commitment 6AMCDRR

Action Targets Breakdown of indicator Time frameIII. Promote standards and reporting for resilience

Develop standards and certification

1 hotel certification programme

by WCDRR 2015

1 baseline study by AMCDRR 2016Inclusion of DRR in business reports

reporting guidelines for SMEs (not indicated)# of DRR mentions in reporting

“Long Term”

We have two targets to fulfil by WCDRR 2015

• increase in number of PSP members

• launch of Hotel Resilient certification programme

Progress – increase in membership

… with HQ in Asia-Pacific among 67 global DRR-PSP

6AMCDRR: 14 companiesCommitment Target: by WCDRR 2015:

20% increase in A-P membership

= 3 new A-P companiesNumbers are met

We now have additional 5 new companies from Asia-Pacific

• InterRisk Research Institute & Consulting Inc. • Japan Conservation Engineers• Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) • Mitsubishi Research Institute• Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance

However, sector/ country representation needs improvement

Progress – Hotel Resilient Programme

• Joint effort from UNISDR, GiZ/GIDRM and PATA

• Worked with a range of stakeholders, including governments, tourism and disaster management authorities and hoteliers

• Clear support for the program

Commitment Target by WCDRR 2015:

Market Survey on hotel needs to be presented

We are now at

• Development of governing mechanisms (Steering Committee)

• Implementation plan to develop standards

• Market Survey in Thailand

• A certification scheme for hotels and resorts to reduce climate and disaster risks and strengthen resilience across tourism destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.

• This programme will focus on the development of a set of standards and guiding principles

Concluding remarks

Many targets have been set for timeframe 2016. To meet these targets, work is underway to…

• Formalizing and linking Global and Regional PSP structures

• Organizing a Private Sector Engagement Strategy for the Asia-Pacific regional PSP.

In the meanwhile:

• Concrete ideas from AMCDRR commitments supported Major Group Business & Industry’s input to HFA II, and were reflected in Zero Draft, Member States’ statements and suggestions.