20th Disaster Risk Management Seminar "Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries Program: Partnership between Japan and the World Bank in mainstreaming disaster risk management"

Building on the success of the Program since its establishment in 2014, the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank agreed in December 2018 to renew the Program with support from Japan Ministry of Finance (MoF) to be implemented through 2024. The renewed Program will have a thematic focus on: i) Resilient Infrastructure, ii) Risk Identification, Risk Reduction, and Preparedness, and; iii) Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI).

To commemorate the renewal of the Program, the Launch Event will provide a strategic overview of how the partnership between the GoJ and the World Bank is expanding efforts to mainstream of DRM into developing country strategies and investments. The event will host a panel discussion on Resilient Infrastructure, inviting Japanese and World Bank experts to discuss recent trends and way forward in resilient infrastructure investment. The panel discussion will highlight recent examples of how the Program has enabled the integration of DRM in developing countries and opportunities to mainstream Japanese expertise on resilient infrastructure.

Program

Opening Remarks

Masato Miyazaki 
Special Representative, Japan, World Bank

Hideaki Imamura
Director, Multilateral Development Banks Division, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance (subject to change) 

Presentations

Megumi Muto 
Director General, Global Environment Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Bernice van Bronkhorst
Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank Group

Panel Discussion

How the Japan-WB Program is mainstreaming DRM in resilient infrastructure Overview

Panelists

Shigeo Araki
General Manager, Underground Structural Study Department, Nippon Civic Consulting Engineers Co., Ltd 

Yoshihiro Yamashita  
Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Water Resource Engineering Department, Japan Water Agency

Atsuhiro Yorozuya
Senior Researcher, Hydrologic Engineering Research Team, Hydraulic Engineering Research Group, Public Works Research Institution

Panel Moderator

Julie Dana
Practice Manager, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

Event Moderator

Luis Tineo
Lead Operations Officer, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) 

*This session will be recorded for later viewing.