Learning from disasters through event analyses (with the participation of FOEN and UNDRR)
This network event will convey a general understanding of the role that event analyses play in integrated risk management by showcasing Switzerland’s approach at home and SDC’s experience with supporting event analyses abroad.
Event details
Larger disasters provide an opportunity to learn from them by performing an “event analysis”, a small but key part of integrated risk management, which is well-anchored in Switzerland’s approach to DRR. Event analyses serve to continually improve our understanding of hazard processes and provide insights into future measures for managing natural hazards. They also act, in a sense, as a means of monitoring progress in DRR, by showing whether the existing basic information is sufficient and whether the protective measures are sufficiently effective. Finally, well-documented events help to raise awareness of natural hazards and promote a risk-aware approach to managing them.
This network event will showcase Switzerland’s approach at home and SDC’s experience with supporting event analyses abroad (Pakistan, Armenia). Through the participation of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), it will allow to reflect on different approaches to learning from disasters.
Objectives
The webinar will convey a general understanding of the role that event analyses play in integrated risk management in Switzerland, how they are set up, and how the Swiss expertise can be used to support event analyses for DRR abroad, while aligning with UNDRR perspectives on using “After-Action Reviews” to enhance readiness for disaster recovery.
Inputs by:
- FOEN (Antoine Magnollay): on event analyses in Switzerland
- SDC (Regina Gujan): on the processes followed to support event analyses abroad
- Christoph Lehmann, Swiss lead expert on event analyses abroad: on the event analyses carried out with Swiss support in Pakistan and Armenia
- UNDRR (Emilia Wahlström / Paul Rosenberg): on using After-Action Reviews to enhance readiness for disaster recovery
Please register for online access via Zoom.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Ali Neumann, Advisor and Programme Manager for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Head of the Expert Group DRR/Environment of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA), SDC
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