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Results of the questionnaires and interviews with representatives of civil protection authorities, private

companies, academicians and NGOs

Final Conference: Knowledge Management for Improving DRR & CCA

26 – 27 May 2015Université de Savoie-Mont Blanc, Chambéry

Funda Atun, POLIMI; Maria Jose Jimenez, CSIC; John Norton, DWF

A focus on information & knowledge flow & their impact To explore what happens to informa/on “sent” -‐ how it was used or not used by the different stakeholders with different priori7es and capaci7es -‐ DWF asked partners 9 ques7ons:

What? What informa7on was sent by each stakeholder (who) about the iden7fied risk or hazard (or event) in your case study?

How? How was this informa7on sent? How oHen? Was the informa7on fragmented in this process and did this hinder its use? How?

To whom? Who was it sent to (to which ini7al target stakeholders)? Was there an indica7on that message/informa7on was received?

Onward transfer? Did informa7on get passed on by a receiving stakeholder to addi7onal stakeholders (e.g. from local authority to households)? Was informa7on shared/networked?

What ac/on? By whom?

How was the informa7on used? Did it influence or not any decision making? How and who by?

Why not? If informa7on was not or only par7ally used by this stakeholder to influence decision making or ac7on, why? e.g. were there other priori7es or constraints: finance, etc. ?

Feedback? Was there feedback from this stakeholder (recipient) to the sender of informa7on? Did feedback/evalua7on influence subsequent policy/ac7ons?

Uncertainty? Did the informa7on help reduce risk or uncertainty? How and why?

Wisdom? Did informa7on become knowledge/wisdom?

•  The mapping tables have been reviewed to answer the ques7on:

•  “Did communica7on & informa7on help decision making and a beQer DRR outcome or not?” A mixed result!

Analysis

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COOPERATION Whether knowledge is shared among stakeholders? IMPLEMENTATION Whether knowledge is enacted and decisions are implemented?

DISSEMINATION: Whether informa7on is proac7vely disseminated, or not? Whether there are established mechanisms for dissemina7on?

LORCA Face to face ques/onnaires: 106 subjects from private and public sectors, scien/sts & NGO’s

1)  Dissemina7on Weaknesses in communica7on to general public. Risk of inaccurate DRR informa7on when passed on by intermediary communicators (e.g., media)


2) Coopera7on Having difficul7es to recognize DRR problems by stakeholders Informa7on on DRR is poorly understood by targeted stakeholders Lack of shared objec7ves among stakeholders prevents effec7ve DRR


3) Implementa7on Other priori7es/constrains influence DRR decisions Long delays on implementa7on of results from DRR studies Local knowledge not considered in DRR planning Lack of systems for real-‐7me knowledge sharing for prompt decisions during response.

1) Outreach of the informa7on to public, can it really help to increase the public awareness? Pilot studies conducted by the experts about the involvement of public can set an example for the other studies. Anonymous, from a public organiza4on

2) Lack of coordina7on: We are experiencing a general lack of coordina7on between organiza7ons.

Anonymous, from a state university

ISTANBUL Explatory interviews: 17 subjects from private and public sectors, scien/sts & NGO’s

ISTANBUL

3) IMPLEMENTATION The purpose of the disaster risk reduc7on related projects is to establish disaster resilient modern living areas. There should be society centric disaster risk reduc7on approach.

Anonymous, from a private organiza4on

Explatory interviews: 17 subjects from private and public sectors, scien/sts & NGO’s

SOCIAL PHYSICAL X

1)  Dissemina7on

Using social media more effec7vely

Providing informa7on tailored to specific audience

Providing informa7on in na7ve languages

2) Collabora7on -‐Needs assessment

Not having a common understanding what we are dealing with..

Doing research by inspira7on not because somebody needs that knowledge.

LATIN AMERICA Focus group: 13 subjects from private and public sectors, scien/sts & NGO’s

LATIN AMERICA Focus group: 13 subjects from private and public sectors, scien/sts & NGO’s

3) Implementa7on – Power rela7ons There is poli7cal influence on how we produce and use knowledge. Obstacles at the policy level Alloca7on of resources is problema7c

SOCIAL POLITICAL X

The most agreed statement: Interdisciplinary collabora7on is necessary No agreement : I personally receive/received the informa7on that I need to accomplish my task too late. I personally receive/received incorrect informa7on

Conclusion! Commonali6es!

Conclusion! Commonali6es!

•  The mul/plicity of organiza/ons involved does create difficulty for the implementa7on of disaster risk reduc7on policies.

•  Most of the 7me disaster risk reduc7on policies are top-‐down

•  Decisions regarding disaster risk reduc7on policies are too theore/cal/not grounded on true needs

•  Informa/on flow is one way (the big difference between NGO and Private sector)

•  There has been an improvement in the quality of data and informa/on in recent years.

•  Knowledge oden lost because of lack of sharing and implementa7on

•  Awareness on DRR importance is rising amongst stakeholders

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