Thematic Recommendation Theme B: Water-related Disaster Management
08.21 2007 05:09
(note: this text will be continuously updated taking into consideration the varous views and suggestions from relevant and interested parties)
Drafting Schedule of Recommendation
05.03 2007 09:15
(Recommendation must be within 5pages. Annex could be attached if it is more than 5pages.)
- Draft outline of recommendation (content and brief description of what should be contained in each item) is to be uploaded on the APWF website by May 7th
- Comments on draft outline will be collected by Water Weblog until June 30th
- Preliminary draft Recommendation is to be presented at the 2nd GC meeting (July 12-13th)
- The first draft Recommendation is to be distributed at 2nd SC (August 6th) and uploaded on the website (also e-mailed to GC member in charge of each theme)
- Comments on the first draft Recommendation will be collected by Water Weblog until September 30th
- The 2nd draft Recommendation is to be uploaded on the APWF website by October 12th (also e-mailed to GC member in charge of each theme)
- APWF will combined all Recommendations into a draft “Policy Brief”
- Working Group meeting on draft Policy Brief will be held in Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of the South-east Asia Water Forum(October 21-25)
- APWF will finalize Policy Brief by November 16th
*To ensure participation of water stakeholder in drafting process each deadline must be kept strictly.
Thematic Recommendations
03.26 2007 23:22
Read and comment on the first draft of the recomendations:Download Draft Recommendation -Water-related Disaster Management Theme
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Strong and appealing messages should be delivered to urge and encourage heads of states and leaders to take prompt actions and to implement projects for effective and holistic water-related disasters reduction in their respective countries and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. The APWF’s partners as well as professional experts and scientists in the field of disaster risk management are invited and urged to post their contributions for the formulation of a synthesis document of key messages that shall including policy recommendations and validated measures to reduce loss of life and livelihood from water-related disaster. Policy recommendations if proposed shall also include discussion on the need to adopt the recommended policy and its potential impact, the institutional need to adopt the policy, and monitoring the impact effectiveness of the policy.