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ASEM Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
4-6 June 2014, Manila, Philippines

Post- Haiyan A Way Forward

Host: Philippines
Co-Hosts: European Union, Japan and Switzerland
Co-Sponsors: Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Norway, Spain, Viet
Nam, and the United Kingdom

Conference Chair: Assistant Secretary Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson
Office of European Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs

Conference Co-Chair: Mr. Agostino Miozzo
Managing Director, Crisis Response Department, European
External Action Service

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

03 June 2014 Arrival of Participants
(Tuesday)
04 June 2014
(Wednesday)

0615 H 0625 H Assembly of Tacloban Site Tour Participants
Venue: Diamond Hotel Lobby

0630 H Departure for NAIA Airport Terminal 3

0700 H Arrival at the NAIA Terminal 3

0800 H Departure for Tacloban
0930 H Arrival in Tacloban Airport
0930 H 1200 H Site Tour
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Capsule Laying Ceremony and Unveiling of Marker of the
ASEM E-Learning Center Project
(Media Coverage)

Visit to Resettlement Project in Pago, Tanauan, Leyte

1200 H 1430 H Lunch
Town Hall Meeting with Governor of Leyte Province, Mayors
of Tacloban, Tanauan and Palo and DRRM Stakeholders
(Media Coverage)
1430 H Depart for Tacloban Airport

1530 H Departure for Manila
1700 H Arrival in Manila
1830 H Assembly
Venue: Diamond Hotel Lobby

1845 H Depart for Manila Hotel

1900 H 2130 H Official Welcome Dinner (Hosted by the Philippines)
Venue: Champagne Room, Manila Hotel (Cocktails)
Centennial Ballroom, Manila Hotel (Dinner)

05 June 2014
(Thursday)

0900 H 0945 H Registration of Participants
Venue: Diamond Hotel Ballroom Foyer

1000H 1200 H Opening Ceremony
Venue: Diamond Hotel Ballroom

Philippine National Anthem

Official Welcome
Hon. Albert del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Opening Statement
Hon. Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for International
Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

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Keynote Address
H.E. Benigno S. Aquino III, President, Republic of the
Philippines (TBC)

Plenary Session

Speakers:

Super Typhoon Haiyan: The Philippine Experience
(Central Role of the State)
Undersecretary Alexander Pama, Administrator, Office of
Civil Defense

The Global State of Play of Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management (DRRM) and concepts for the Post-2015
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HFA2)
Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, United Nations Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk
Reduction

Role of Women in Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management
Senator Loren Legarda, Senate of the Philippines

Supertyphoon Haiyan: The Philippines Response (Role
of the National and Local Governments)
Hon. Corazon Juliano Soliman, Secretary, Department of
Social Welfare and Development

Ensuring Resilience and Sustainability of the Agricultural
Sector in Disasters
Vice-Minister Hoang VnThang, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development (Viet Nam)

Science, Technology and Innovation in DRRM
Hon. Mario Montejo, Secretary, Department of Science and
Technology (TBC)

Reconstruction Assistance on Yolanda (RAY) II
Hon. Arsenio Balisacan, Secretary, National Economic
Development Authority

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Assessment of the Role and Future Directions of
International Humanitarian Assistance Organizations
H.E. Ivo Sieber, Switzerlands Ambassador to the Philippines

Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan The Great East Japan
Earthquake in 2011 (Response of the National
Government and Local Governments)
H.E. Toshinao Urabe, Japans Ambassador to the Philippines

The Telecom Industrys Role in Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management State of Play and Future Innovation
Mr. Manny Pangilinan, Chairman, Smart Communications
Inc. (TBC)

Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda and
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Role
of the UN System of International Assistance
Organizations
Ms. Luiza Carvalho, Representative of Ms. Helen Clark,
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Megadisasters: Rehabilitation and Recovery. Lessons
from Aceh
Representative from National Agency for Disaster
Management (Indonesia) (TBC)

1200 H 1400 H Lunch (Hosted by the Philippines)
Venue: 27/F Constellation Room, Diamond Hotel

1400 H 1800 H Simultaneous Break-out Sessions

Working Group 1 Technology and Innovation for DRRM
(Applying Innovation, Science and Technology to Policy
and Practice)
Venue: G/F South Ballroom

Chair: Mr. Ian Clark, Head of Unit A3, Policy and
Implementation Frameworks, DG ECHO European
Commission (European Union)

Co-Chair: Mr. Raymund Liboro, Assistant Secretary,
Department of Science and Technology

Speakers:
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1. Secretary Cesar Purisima, Department of Finance
2. Project NOAH and its role before, during and after
Typhoon Haiyan - Dr.Mahar Lagmay, Executive
Director, Project Nationwide Operational Assessment of
Hazards (NOAH)
3. Mr. Richard Moya, Chief Information Officer, Department
of Budget and Management
4. Dr. Roberto Sandoval Jr., Climate Change and Food
Security Specialist, UN Food and Agriculture
Organization
5. Budapest Waterworks - Mr. Csaba Haranghy, General
Manager, Budapest Waterworks (Hungary)
6. CEDIM Forensic Disaster Analysis - Dr. Susan Brink,
Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction
Technology, CEDIM, KIT Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)
7. Mr. Michael Schwarz, Director, Head Global Partnerships
East-Asia, SwissRe
8. Dr. Ruth Foxwell, Team Lead, Alert and Response, WHO
Philippines
9. Mr. Ramon Isberto, Public Affairs Head, Smart
Communications, Inc. (TBC)
10. Mr. Georgius Joseph Viandrito, Monitoring and
Evaluation Expert, UN FAO
11. Technology and Innovation for Disaster Risk
Reduction in Vietnam: Application of early warning
systems, GIS and ICT for DRR - Mr. Vu Kien Trung,
Deputy Director-General, Department of Dyke
Management, Flood and Storm Control, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam)

Working Group 2 Role of Stakeholders National and
Local Governments, NGOs, the Local Community, Media and
the Private Sector (Strengthening the Role of the State and
other DRRM Stakeholders in Disaster Response and
Coordination)
Venue: G/F North Center Ballroom

Chair: Mr. Austere Panadero, Undersecretary, Department of
Interior and Local Government (Philippines)

Co-Chair: Mr. Romeo Fajardo, Civil Defense Deputy
Administrator

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Speakers:

1. Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman, Department of Social
Welfare and Development
2. Disaster Response, Recovery and Rehabilitation -
Governor Cora Malanyaon, Province of Davao Oriental
3. Mayor Sandy Javier, President, League of Municipalities
of the Philippines
4. Ms. Girlie Alvarez, Disaster Risk Reduction Network
5. Major Gilles du Bois dAische, Belgian Armed Forces
(Belgium)
6. Disaster Response and Coordination: Sharing
Japans Experience Towards a Stronger Asia-
Europe Partnership to Meet the Challenges of Mega
Disasters - Mr. Shingo Kouchi, Senior Recovery Expert,
International Recovery Platform (IRP) Secretariat (Japan)
7. Changing Role of Media in Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management - Mr. Orly Mercado, TV5 News Anchor
8. The Role of Stakeholders: The Vision of European
Union in the Civil Society - Mr. Francisco Rey Marcos,
Director, Instituto de Estudiossobre Conflictos y Accin
Humanitaria (Spain)
9. Lt. Gen. Roy Deveraturda, Commander, Western
Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines
10. Mr. Francis Tolentino, Chairman, Metropolitan Manila
Development Authority (TBC)
11. Mr. Alex James Wynter, Special Adviser, Red Cross Red
Crescent Climate Center

Working Group 3 Role of Stakeholders Regional and
International Organizations and International Humanitarian
Assistance Organizations (Improving the International
Response System through Specialization and Coordination)
Venue: Amethyst Function Room

Chair: Mr. Arno Wicki, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division
of Swiss Humanitarian Aid, Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (Switzerland)

Co-Chair: Mr. Jesus Domingo, Assistant Secretary,
Department of Foreign Affairs

Speakers:

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1. Ms. Luiza Carvalho, UN Resident Coordinator, UN
Philippines
2. IOM, Human Mobility and Disasters - Mr. Ovais
Sarmad, International Organization for Migration, Chief of
Staff
3. Mr. Richard Gordon, Chairman, Philippine Red Cross
4. ASEAN Regional Mechanism on Disaster
Management - Mr. Said Faisal, Executive Director, AHA
Centre
5. Mr. David Carden, Head, UN Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Assistance
6. B:FAST: How do we prepare and coordinate as
international actor - Mr Geert Gijs, Coordinator of the B-
Fast (Belgium)
7. Prevention and Preparedness, Two key elements for
an efficient National and International response to
disasters - Mr. Alain Pasche, Disaster Risk Reduction
and Rapid Response Regional Advisor for South East
Asia, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(Switzerland)
8. Coordination and specialization: the experience of
the European Union and the civil protection
mechanism - Mr. Yves Dussart, Civil Protection Policy,
Prevention, Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction,
DG-ECHO, European Commission
9. Dr. Clarita Carlos, Professor, University of the Philippines
10. Disaster Risk Management Through Decent and
Productive Work lens - Mr. Lawrence Jeff Johnson,
Director, International Labour Organization
11. Crisis Response in the EU: From Comprehensive
Approach to Comprehensive Action - Stavros
Petropoulos, Crisis Response and Operational
Coordination, EEAS
12. Ms. Maria Ressa, CEO, Rappler
13. Mr. Nguyen Vu Tu, Director General, ASEAN Deputy
SOM Leader for Vietnam , Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Working Group 4 Rehabilitation and Recovery Challenges
and Opportunities (Recovering from Disasters and Building
Back Better Communities)
Venue: Ruby Function Room

Chair: Mr. Jun Imanishi, Counselor, Press and International
Affairs, Reconstruction Agency
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Co-Chair: Ms. Lesley Jeanne Cordero, Undersecretary,
Office of the Presidential Assistant for Recovery and
Rehabilitation

Speakers:

1. Mr. Danilo Antonio, Undersecretary, Office of the
Presidential Assistant for Recovery and Rehabilitation
2. Ms. Lesley Jeanne Cordero, Undersecretary, Office of the
Presidential Assistant for Recovery and Rehabilitation
3. Mr. Ali Neumann, Disaster Risk Reduction Adviser for
Asia and Americas, Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (Switzerland)
4. Enablers and Barriers to Sustainable Recovery - Mr.
Sanny Ramos Jegillos, Practice Coordinator, UNDP Crisis
Prevention and Recovery
5. Building Back Better: Decent Work and Disaster
Response - Mr. Simon Hills, ILO Disaster Response and
Livelihoods Development Officer
6. Aceh Post 2004-Tsunami Recovery: Best Practices
and Lessons Learned - Dr. Teuku Alvisyahrin, Tsunami
and Disaster MitigationResearch Center in Syiah Kuala
University, Banda Aceh (Indonesia)
7. Good Governance: Key to Effective Rehabilitation and
Recovery - Ma. Teresa Briones, Senior Knowledge
Leader, Social Accountability Cluster, Disaster Risk
Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation Program, Ateneo
School of Government
8. Resilience in focus integrating capacity
development in recovery and transition - Ms. Helena
Lindberg, Director General of the Swedish Civil
Contingencies Agency (Sweden)
9. Japanese Experiences of Disaster Recovery as
Builde Back Better and JICAs recommendation for
HFA2 - Mr. Kimio Takeya, Senior Advisor, Japan
International Cooperation Agency
10. Dr. Juan Miguel Luz, Associate Dean, Asian Institute of
Management
11. Mr. Pierre Willems, DRR/ER consultant


1900 H Dinner (Hosted by Japan)
Venue: 27/F Constellation Room, Diamond Hotel


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06 June 2014
(Friday)
0830 H 1100 H Continuation of Simultaneous Break-out Sessions
Wrap-up of each Working Group

1100 H Submission of Reports of each Working Group to the
Conference Secretariat

1130 H 1330 H Lunch (Hosted by the Philippines)
Venue: 27/F Constellation Room, Diamond Hotel

1330 H 1600 H Plenary Session
Venue: Diamond Hotel Grand Ballroom

Report and Presentation of each Working Group
Working Group 1 European Union
Working Group 2 Philippines
Working Group 3 Switzerland
Working Group 4 Japan

Presentation of the Tacloban Declaration

1600 H 1630 H Coffee Break

1630 H 1700 H Adoption of the Tacloban Declaration

Closing Statements

Hon. Panfilo Lacson, Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation
and Recovery

Hon. Voltaire Gazmin, Chair, National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council