Trilateral Cooperation Workshop for Public Officials - PyeongChang, Republic of Korea

Background

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea held the Trilateral Cooperation Workshop for Public Officials among Korea, Japan and China with the aim of deepening understanding of trilateral cooperation, exploring measures for the further development of cooperation at the local government level among the three countries, and seeking to build networks among participants.

Korean local government officials in charge of international cooperation and central government officials in charge of trilateral cooperation among Korea, Japan and China, including Japanese and Chinese public officials who are working or studying in Korea, participated in the event.

Representatives of UNISDR ONEA-GETI presented on the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction in the area of Northeast Asia and implementing the Sendai Framework to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) is an international policy framework which was adopted by UN Member States on 18 March 2015 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

The framework outlines seven global targets to be achieved over the next 15 years: a substantial reduction in global disaster mortality; a substantial reduction in numbers of affected people; a reduction in economic losses in relation to global GDP; substantial reduction in disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services, including health and education facilities; an increase in the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020; enhanced international cooperation; and increased access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments.

Outcomes

Participants became familiar with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, its goal, targets and priorities with the context of the SDGs. Participants were also introduced to UNISDR tools and resources to help understand risk, such as the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Making Cities Resilient global campaign.