CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Online Training Workshop on Advancing Government Innovation and Leveraging Frontier Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience
July 27, 2020
Organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) / Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) / United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Global Education and Training Institute (GETI)
Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) of the Republic of Korea
18 August - 22 September 2020 (Tuesdays, six 2-hour sessions)
8:00 East Africa | 10:00 Maldives | 12:00 Thailand | 17:00 Fiji
Registration
Upon application, you will be asked to provide:
1. Your reason/learning objective for taking this course
2. Your expectations from the course, and how do you plan to apply your learning
3. Your current role relative to advancing government innovation and leveraging frontier technologies for disaster risk reduction and building resilience
4. If you have been officially nominated to participate on behalf of your ministry/organization
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Presentations
Session 1: Global Frameworks & Risk-informed Governance
- Mr. Bokyun Shim, Head of Office, United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG/DPIDG/UN DESA)
- Mr. Sanjaya Bhatia, Head of Office, UNDRR ONEA&GETI, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Mr. Young-kyun Kim, Director-General, National Disaster and Safety Control Center, MOIS
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Session 2: Leveraging Frontier Technologies for DRR and Building Resilience
- Mr. David Green, Head of Disaster Programme of NASA
- Mr. Koji Suzuki, Head of Asian Disaster Reduction Center of Japan
- Mr. Zhang Chi, National Disaster Reduction Center of China (NDRCC), Ministry of Emergency Management of P.R. China
- Prof Yang Saini, Director of International Collaboration Center on DRR, Beijing Normal University, P.R. China
- Mr. Sanjay K Srivastava, PhD, Disaster Risk Reduction, UN ESCAP
Session 3: Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups in DRR Policy Design and Implementation to Build Resilience
- Ms. Mi Kyoung Park, Governance and Public Administration Officer, UNDESA/DPIDG/UNPOG
- Ms. Kim Mallalieu, Deputy Chairman, Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago; Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of the West Indies; Co-Author of ITU Report "Women, ICT and Emergency Telecommunications"
- Mr. Louis Meuleman, Visiting Professor, Public Governance Institute of the University of Leuven; Vice Chair & Member, UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA); Co-founder Public Strategy for Sustainable Development and Mr. Andreas Versmann, Independent policy advisor in environmental law, governance, stakeholder invovement and peer learning; Associate, Public Strategy for Sustainable Development
- Ms. Channe Lindstrom Oguzhan, Social Affairs Officer, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Section, Social Development Division, UNESCAP and Ms. Aiko Akiyama, Social Affairs Officer, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Section, Social Development Division, UNESCAP
- Mr. Purushottam Ghimire, Joint Secretary, National Planning Commission, Nepal
- Mr. Bhagawan Aryal, Chief of Planning and Budgeting Division, National Reonstruction Authority
- Ms. Naomi Simanihuruk, Trainer, Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Indonesia
Session 4: Data & Digital Government for DRR and Building Resilience
- Mr. Keping Yao, Sr. Governance and Public Administration Expert & Mr. Samuel Danaa, Associate Capacity Development Expert, UNDESA/DPIDG/UNPOG
- Mr. Samuel Danaa, Associate Capacity Development Expert, UNDESA/DPIDG/UNPOG
- Mr. Kiyoung KO, Director, APCICT/ESCAP (APCICT)
- Ms. Atsuko Okuda, Director, ITU Regional Office for A-P
- Dr. Erin Hughey, Director of Global Operations, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)
- Mr. Kazushige Endo, Director, UN Centre for Regional Development, UN DESA/DSDG
- Dr. Ebinezer R. Florano, Professor, National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines (UP)
Session 5: Strengthening Governance and Leveraging Technologies for Public Health Emergencies
- Mr. Deniz Susar, Governance and Public Administration Officer, Digital Government Branch, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN DESA
- Mr. Dae-Joong Lee, Director of Development Finance Division, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) – Republic of Korea
- Mr. Ramiz Uddin, Head of Results Management and Data
- Mr. Sanjaya Bhatia, Head UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Session 6: Innovative Experiences & Partnership Building
- Ms Sarah Wade-Apicella, Programme Officer, UNDRR
- Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Special envoy to the Climate Vulnerable Forum's (CVF) Presidency and former principal secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh
- Mr. Ranit Chatterjee, PhD, Co-founder, RIKA India and IRDR Young Scientist
- Ms. Michelle Chivunga N, Founder & CEO, Global Policy House, UK
- Mr. Demetrio Innocenti, Manager of the Simplified Approval Process (SAP), the Project Preparation Facility (PPF) and the Enhancing Direct Access (EDA) pilot programme, GCF
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Mr. Bokyun Shim, Head of Office, UNPOG/DPIDG/UN DESA, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Online Discussion Board* (Knowledge Platform)
* To facilitate continued discussion on "Advancing Government Innovation and Leveraging Frontier Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience," the online discussion board will be created to address unanswered questions, promote dialogue, and exchange ideas.
Draft Outcome Report
Contact Information
UN DESA/DPIDG/UNPOG
Ms. Mi Kyoung Park
Governance and Public Administration Officer
Email: mikyoung.park@un.org
Mr. Samuel Danaa
Associate Capacity Development Expert
Email: samuel.danaa@un.org
UNDRR GETI
Ms. Sarah Wade-Apicella
Programme Management Officer
Email: wade-apicella@un.org
Ms. Ana Thorlund
Programme Officer
Email: undrr-incheon@un.org
