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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 [email protected]
Janet Edwards, international coordinator for NP
Åke Svensson, national coordinator for NP
www.msb.se/nationalplatform