Global Partnership

of

Universities, Academic Institutions, Research Organizations for Disaster Risk Reduction

under

GFDRR/ISDR

9 am – 5 pm, December 13, 2006

Draft Agenda

Time / Title / Speaker
Morning session - Review of existing university collaborations and initiatives
Meeting will be in the Video Conference room A314, MIE 1,
9:00-9.15 / Introduction of sites and participants / Praveen
9.15 -9.30 / Address / Salvano/
9.30 -9.40 / Meeting objectives and expected outcomes / Katalin
9:40 –9.50 / ISDR and Science network for DRR / Reid Basher
9.50 -10.00 / GFDRR / Saroj
10.00-10.15 / Q&A
10.15-10.30 / Interventions from Kyoto / Rajib Shaw
10.30-10.45 / Interventions from GDLN, Tokyo / Ryu Fukui
10.45-11.00 / Intervention by UNU, Tokyo / Prof. Srikantha Herath
11.00-11.15 / Coffee break
11.15-11.30 / AURN and PHEE-WAY / Ian O Donnel/ Laurette Gosso
11.30-11.45 / CUREE / A Whittaker, R. Reitherman
11.45-12.00 / Madras-Kyoto-METU / R. Krishnamurthy
Burcak Basbug
12.00-12.15 / ICSU / Howard Moore
12.15-13.00 / Discussion
13.00-14.00 / Lunch
Afternoon session – Open discussion on the specifics of the global initiative
Venue : MIE 2 meeting room Rhone et Tassin, International Environment House-2,
7-9 Chemin de Balexert, CH 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva 10
14.00-14.20 / Members of collaboration, access to the initiative and expected benefits, major outputs medium/long run / 5 minutes Introduction by Feng Min Kan on what ISDR system may expect from the partnership with Universities followed by general discussion
14.20-14.40 / Areas of collaboration in research, education, including proposal for the Science network / Reid Basher
14.40-15.00 / Support scheme principles (bilateral, thematic, etc.)
15.00-15.20 / Selection criteria for research, curriculum development
15.20-15.40 / Coffee break
15.40-16.00 / Governance structure, centralized and decentralized activities
16.00-16.20 / Financing scheme for long term sustainability
16.20-16.40 / How to measure success and monitor implementation
16.40-17.00 / Next steps and actions, responsibilities of agencies and potential members / Feng Min Kan / Katalin


Global Partnership with Universities, Academic Institutions, Research Organizations

GFDRR/ISDR

December 13, 2006, Geneva

Name / Organization / Contact / Mode of Partcipation
1.  Andrew Whittaker / CUREE /
telephone: 716-465-7699 / F2F
2.  Robert Reitherman / CUREE /
telephone: 650-726-9799 / F2F
3.  R.Krishnamurthy / Madras University / / F2F
4.  Burcak Basbug / Middle East Technical University (METU) / / F2F
5.  Jeanette Fernandez / Escuela Politecnica Nacional (EPN) / / F2F
6.  Willemijn van der Toorn / Delft University / / F2F
7.  Pieter van Gelder / Delft University / / F2F
8.  Rajib Shaw / Kyoto University / / Video Conference
9.  tbd / ADRC / Video Conference
10.  tbd / Tokyo University / Video Conference
11.  Ryu Fukui / Tokyo DL Centre / / Video Conference
12.  Koichi Omori / WB, Tokyo Office / / Video Conference
13.  Patrick G. Reichenmiller / WB Geneva Office / / F2F
14.  Saroj Kumar Jha / WB, Washington / / F2F
15.  Katalin Demeter / WB, Washington / / F2F
16.  Manuela Chiapparino, / WB, Brussels / / F2F
17.  Ian O’Donnell / ProVention / / F2F
18.  Joanne Burke / UNDP / / F2F
19.  Hossein Kalali / UNDP / / F2F
20.  Laurette Gosso / UNESCO / / F2F
21.  tbd / EC DG Research / F2F
22.  Mr Howard Moore / ICSU / / F2F
23.  Srik antha Herath / / Video Link
24.  Walter Amman / Swiss Federal Institute for Snow Avalanche Research / / F2F
25.  Bruno Haghebaert / Provention / / F2F
26.  Praveen Pardeshi / ISDR / / F2F
27.  Salvano Briceno / ISDR / / F2F
28.  Helena Molin Valdes / ISDR / / F2F
29.  Reid Basher / ISDR / / F2F