WORLD BOSAI FORUM

(9)Citizen Cooperation and Disaster Risk Reduction

Organizer

Citizen Cooperation Promotion Section, City of Sendai

Speaker

Junichi Kano
Representative Director, Iwate Cooperative Reconstruction Center /
Representative Director, Rias NPO Support Center
Kenichiro Toyama
Secretary-general, Fukushima Cooperative Reconstruction Center
Taku Sugano
Principal Investigator, Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution / Director, Personal Support Center

Facilitator

Chie Endo
Chairperson, Community Design Lab/ Director, Tohoku Community Consortium

Overview

In the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines the importance of improving the response ability of the local community through independent efforts by citizens and local groups in promoting disaster risk reduction and disaster mitigation. We will introduce examples of citizen activity groups' efforts with regard to issues exposed by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and those of cooperation between various stakeholders.