Title: Role of WMO in Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Ivan Obrusn
1 Role of WMO in Natural Disaster Risk
Reduction Ivan Obrusník, Czech
Hydrometeorological Institute
2WMO Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Program(originally Disaster prevention and
Mitigation
- Established by the XIV. WMO Congress in 2003
- Strategy approved by the WMO EC LVI in June
2004 - First urgent tasks
- - preparation for the WCDR in Kobe 2005
- - To enhance involvement of WMO and NMHSs in
- DR activities at international and
national levels - - To establish the network of experts
- - To develop informational materials and a
Website - - To enhance the crosscutting coordination
within - the WMO Secretariat, Programs and
Technical - Comissions
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3WMO Programmes
World Weather Watch Program
WMO Space Program Natural Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation Program
Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme
Hydrology and Water Resources Programme
Applications of Meteorology Programme
World Climate Programme
Education and Training Programme Technical
Cooperation Programme Regional Programme
WMO/OMM
4NMHSs
5objectives are
- To encourage and assist Members in
developing/enhancing - NMHSs contributions to national disaster
preparedness - programs in a more integrated manner,
especially in - coordination with national civil
defense/disaster - coordination Office. NMHSs should be the
authoritative - voice in issuing weather warning for public
safety at the - national level.
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- To ensure that activities and results of
relevant WMO - Programs are fully used in the process of
WMOs - participation in the International Strategy
for Disaster - Reduction (ISDR
6 Goals of the WMO Disaster Risk Reduction Program
Goal 1 Promote greater emphasis on proactive
strategies for prevention and preparedness on the
basis of a multi-hazard framework WMO will
pursue this through intergovernmental programs in
partnership with international organizations and
its own information and public awareness
activities. It will demonstrate the benefits of
investments in hydrometeoro-logical services
critical to all stages of a proactive risk
management strategy especially the benefits of
risk assessment and early warning systems at the
national level. As part of WMOs participation
in ISDR, it will promote raising awareness at the
ministerial level of the relation between
preventive, proactive risk management strategies
and economic development. It will also increase
awareness among the public and decision makers of
the causes and consequences of natural hazards.
7- Goal 2 Ensure that WMO core technical and
scientific capabilities, particularly for risk
assessment and early warning systems, are
integrated optimally in all relevant phases of
disaster risk management at the international,
regional and national levels - Through a user-driven approach and in
partnerships with key organizations, WMO is
analysing the scientific and technical
information needs of various components of the
disaster risk management decision-making chain.
It is identifying and strengthening the relevant
capabilities and activities within its own
programs. In conjunction, WMO is establishing a
comprehensive set of best practices, related to
utilization of scientific and technical
information in disaster risk reduction. - It will factor those results into development
of integrated products and services for the
various stages of disaster risk management. WMO
will do these through close collaboration with
the natural disaster risk management community.
8- Goal 3 Promote and enhance the role of National
Meteorological and Hydrological Services as a
critical component of the national risk reduction
platforms, particularly within developing
countries - WMO will implement result-driven end-to-end
projects in different regions for different
hazards. These activities will be carried out in
working with WMOs global network of World
Meteorological Centres (WMCs), Regional
Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs) and
the NMHSs of its 187 Members, by leveraging WMOs
current activities as well as new initiatives. - WMO will demonstrate the potential benefits in
disaster risk management of its scientific and
technical products and services that can be
implemented through NMHSs at the national level.
Through activities such as sharing of best
practices, technology transfer, training and
capacity building, WMO will help the NMHSs
deliver products and services in an effective and
timely manner to meet national needs for hazard
information.
9- Goal 4 Raise awareness to the magnitude of
cost-benefits from investments in natural
disaster prevention, particularly in early
warning systems - WMO will conduct socio-economic studies to
demonstrate more clearly the minimal resources
needed in natural disaster prevention, in
comparison to the much larger magnitude of
funding involved in response and recovery
efforts. The studies will also address the social
costs, such as those related to deaths and
damages, societal impacts of retarded economic
growth, etc. - These activities will be carried out in
partnership with major economic development
commissions, insurance and re-insurance
companies, UN organizations, international and
regional development banks, relevant
non-governmental organizations, and other
international, regional and national
organizations.
10- Goal 5 Work together with international,
regional and national partners and the private
sector to build A Safer World -
- WMO, as a major partner in the ISDR, is
addressing the weather, climate and water issues
at the core of the culture of prevention with all
the organizations within the ISDR. - WMO has also cemented partnerships with
other organizations within and in addition to the
United Nations system, in specific sectors such
as health, transportation, energy, agriculture
and forestry, water resource management, and
tourism. DRR will work to strengthen the existing
partnerships and develop new ones
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12Main goals and strategy
- Regional expert groups (5 experts per WMO
Region) - Network of focal points (located in NMHSs)
- Capacity building activities (training,
workshops) - Strategy for the cooperation with other
international - organizations e.g. IATF (ISDR)
- Establishment of a Natural Disaster
Information - System
- Establishment of an inventory of relevant best
- practices (similar to WMO HOMS)
- Emergency and Disaster Response Activities
- EC AG on Natural Disaster Reduction and
Mitigation - as an advisory body to guide the program on
all aspects - of natural disaster prevention and
mitigation. -
13- Recent enlargement of EU
- significant change it could help to improve
- funding and level of NMHSs and DR Platforms
- (committees) in the new EU countries
- WMO can help with contacts to EC
- Possibilities of common programs (projects)
- early warning in NMHSs, numerical weather
- or climate modeling
- cooperation in disaster reduction e.g. CEUDIP
- (training, early warning)
- others (?)
- typical networking suitable for EU funding