The Expert Forum is organized for statisticians, disaster management experts, geo-scientists, as well as policymakers and other decision-makers that rely on statistics to inform their decisions. We welcome participants from governments, academia, NGOs, the private sector, international organizations, and champion experts participating in their personal capacity.
The objectives of the 2023 Expert Forum are to:
- Share and discuss country experiences with the utilization of disaster-related statistics to monitor national and global disaster risk reduction commitments or guide risk-informed development
- Share and discuss country experiences with the production of disaster-related statistics with a view to identifying good practices and replication opportunities.
Expected outcomes
In pursuing the above objectives, it is expected the 2023 Expert Forum will:
- Identify priority needs of countries to inform capacity development and technical support
- Identify priority research topics to be pursued by the IAEG-DRS and other relevant groups
- Generate additional insights of use for the formulation of a common statistical framework on disaster-related statistics.
Full Week Programme
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Time (UTC +7) |
Session | DRS Expert Forum (The Sukosol Hotel) | Associate Events (UNCC, Meeting rooms C and D) | |||
Mon 5 Jun | Tue 6 Jun | Wed 7 Jun | Thu 8 Jun | Fri 9 Jun | ||
09:00–10:00 | Morning Session (In-person) |
Losses and Damages Tracking System | Assessing Asia-Pacific challenges, needs and opportunities in advancing climate change and disaster-related statistics | |||
10:00–11:00 | ||||||
11:00–12:00 | ||||||
12:00–13:00 | Welcome cocktail lunch for all in-person participants (12:00-14:00h) |
Break | Break | |||
13:00–14:00 | Building Resilience through Disaster-risk-related Statistics and Indicators: A Workshop on operationalizing the ESCAP DRSF | Assessing Asia-Pacific challenges, needs and opportunities in advancing climate change and disaster-related statistics (cont. until 15:30h) | ||||
14:00–15:00 | Afternoon Session (In-person) |
Introduction and warm-up | Measuring Hazardous Events and Disasters: Task Force D Disaster Related Statistics Pilot Project | Estimating economic losses from disasters: practices, challenges and way forward | ||
15:00–16:00 | ||||||
16:00–17:00 | ||||||
17:00–19:00 | Break | Break | Break | |||
19:00-19:55 (UTC+7) 12:00-12:55 (UTC) |
Evening Session (Hybrid) |
1. Setting the scene | 4. Defining direct and indirect impacts of disasters | 7. Estimating direct material impact and economic loss from disasters |
Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-Related Statistics (19:00-21:00h, UTC+7) |
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20:00-20:55 (UTC+7) 13:00-13:55 (UTC) |
2. Assessing and mapping risk exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity | 5. Measuring human impacts of disasters | 8. Accounting for disaster risk reduction expenditures | |||
21:05-22:00 (UTC+7) 14:05-15:00 (UTC) |
3. Classifying and harmonizing hazards and disasters | 6. Measuring disaster impacts on the environment and cultural heritage | 9. Summary and conclusion |
Contacts
UNECE
Mr. Michael Nagy
Statistician
UNECE Statistical Division
Tel: +41 22 917 3109
E-mail: michael.nagy(at)un.org
UNDRR
Mr. Rahul Sengupta
Programme Management Officer
UNDRR Office in Bonn
Tel: +49 228 8150303
E-mail: sengupta(at)un.org
UNESCWA
Ms. Wafa Aboul Hosn
Chief of Economic Statistics
Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Tel: +961 1 978 353
E-mail: aboulhosn(at)un.org
UNECLAC
Ms. Georgina Alcantar López
Statistician
Statistics Division
E-mail: georgina.alcantarlopez(at)cepal.org
Mr. Alberto Malmierca
Associate Statistician
Statistics Division
Email: alberto.malmierca(at)cepal.org
UNECA
Mr. Andre Nonguierma
Chief of the Geospatial Information Section
E-mail: nonguierma(at)un.org
Ms. Aster Denekew
Geospatial Information Officer
E-mail: denekewa(at)un.org
UNSD
Ms. Reena Shah
Senior Statistician
Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (UN DESA)
Tel: +1 212 963-4586
E-mail: shahr(at)un.org
Mr. Greg Scott
Inter-Regional Advisor
UN GGIM
Tel: +1 212 963-8578
E-mail: scott12(at)un.org
Mr. Emil Ivanov
Statistician
Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (UN DESA)
Tel : +1 212 963-7989
E-mail: ivanove(at)un.org
Mr. Mark Iliffe
Statistician
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
Tel: +1 917 367-3475
E-mail: mark.iliffe(at)un.org