The Regional Training Workshop in Asia and the Pacific: Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Management Using E-Government, was held in Songdo, Republic of Korea from 25 to 27 March 2015, organized by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) through United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), in collaboration with United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
 
The Workshop which expects to gather a total of 50 participants from about 20 countries, academia, private sector and international organisations, explored diverse policy issues, challenges and best practices related to e-government for disaster risk management. With a particular focus on approaching and analyzing the subject from a practitioner’s perspective, it provided a venue for establishing conceptual and strategic guidelines in developing future frameworks for cross-sectoral governance conducive to implementing successful ICT-enabled disaster risk management. 

 

The three-day workshop was composed of two-day presentation and discussion sessions, followed by one-day study tour. As for the sessions, the first two sessions was organized by UNOSD and the last two sessions by UNPOG and the session titles are as follows:

   □ Session I: The Sustainable Development Agenda and ICT
   □ Session II 
     - Part I: Knowledge Platforms and Knowledge Sharing for Sustainable Development
     - Part II: Issues and Obstacles in Inter-organizational Information and Knowledge Sharing
   □ Session III: Collaborative Governance for Disaster Risk Management
   □ Session IV
     - Part I: Country Experiences
     - Part II: Establishing the System on ICT-enabled Disaster Risk Management

 

 

Presentations documents available at:

 

REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:30	Registration
OPENING SESSION
9:30 - 10:30	Opening remarks: - Mr. Jae-hong Lim, Head of Office, UNPOG - Mr. Jong Soo Yoon, Head of Office, UNOSD - Mr. Sanjaya Bhatia, Head of Office, UNISDR   Keynote Speech: - The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Stocktaking of the Process , Mr. David Leblanc, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, DSD/UNDESA
SESSION I: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND ICT
10:30 - 12:30	Chair: Prof. James Larson, Chair of SUNY Korea, Department of Technology and Society Rapporteur: Mr. Alexandru Toma, Information Systems Expert, UNOSD   Presentations: - ICT for Sustainability: Thoughts on Networks, Ecosystems and Intelligence, Prof. James Larson, Chair of SUNY Korea, Department of Technology and Society  - ICT and Risk Governance, Mr. Bill (William) Ho, Department Head, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center  - The ND-Scope – Visual Exploration of Multivariate Data in a Geo-Spatial Context, Prof. Klaus Mueller, Chair, Department of Computer Science, SUNY Korea
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
SESSION II: PART I: KNOWLEDE PLATFORMS AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
14:00 - 16:00	Chair: Mr. Peter King, Senior Policy Advisor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Rapporteur: Mr. Alexandru Toma, Information Systems Expert, UNOSD   Presentations: - Mr. Peter King, Senior Policy Advisor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)  - Ms. Amanda McKee, Knowledge Management and Outreach Officer, Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP)  - From Narrowcasting to Broadcasting DRR, Mr. Andrew McElroy, Public Information Officer, UNISDR
16:00 - 16:15	Coffee Break
SESSION II: PART II: ISSUES AND OBSTACLES IN INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING
16:15 - 18:00	Chair: Mr. Alexandru Toma, Information Systems Expert, UNOSD Questions for discussion: 1. What are organizational and technical obstacles to information and knowledge sharing, and how can ICT reduce them? 2. How could ICT – based information and knowledge sharing reduce duplication of efforts in sustainable development?

REGISTRATION
9:00 - 9:30	Registration
THEMATIC PRESENTATION
9:30 - 9:45	Thematic Presentation: - E-Government for Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA
SESSION III: COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
9:45 - 12:30	Chair: Mr. Raymund E. Liboro, Assistant Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines Rapporteur: Ms. Hyunjung Kim, Associate Research and Policy Development Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA   Presentations: - Mobile Devices and SMS, Mr. Jinsoo Yeo, Manager, SK C&C  - Open Source Disaster Management System (SAHANA), Mr. Michael Howden, President & CEO of Sahana Foundation  - Geospatial Data Management, Mr. Sang Chul Noh, Sales Director, SPH Inc (Korea Branch of SuperMap Software)  - Big Data, Mr. Toshihiro Nemoto, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
SESSION IV: PART I: COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
13:30 - 15:30	Chair: Mr. Michael Howden, President & CEO of Sahana Foundation Rapporteur: Ms. Yeh-Jin Suh, Administrative Assistant, NPOG/DPADM/UNDESA   Presentations: - Bangladesh Case: Early Warning System, Mr. Dilder Ahmed, Joint Secretary, Department of Disaster Management and Relief, Bangladesh  - Philippine Case: Project NOAH, Mr. Raymund E. Libro, Assistant Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines  - Indonesia Case: National Platform for Disaster Risk Management, Mr. Bambang Dwi Anggono, Deputy Director, Government Services Application, Ministry of Communication and Information Indonesia  - Korea Case: National Disaster Management System, Ms. Jawon Lee, Professor, Department of Geography, Sungshin University, Republic of Korea
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break
SESSION IV: PART II: ESTABLISHING THE SYSTEM ON ICT-ENABLED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
16:00 - 17:30	Chair: Mr. Keping Yao, Governance and Public Administration Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA Rapporteur: Mr. Chang Rok Yun, Associate Capacity Development Expert, UNPOG/DPADM/UNDESA Questions for Discussion: 1. Collaborative governance on building data sets on disaster prevention and response information 2. Multi-channel information release for early warning 3. Cloud computing for information sharing within and beyond government sector 4. Open data analysis: data mining 5. How to use GIS based information for disaster management and esp. monitoring and evaluating damage status 6. Business continuity at disaster