Who We Are
Thoughts of the founder
Representative Director Yuichi Ono became a UN official with a passion for disaster risk reduction. This was triggered by a disaster he witnessed in a developing country, where countless bodies were buried in a high school playground.
After 10 years of working for the UN, Ono heard the news of the Great East Japan Earthquake and engaged in volunteer work in Tohoku, Japan. His experience inspired Ono to work for the Tohoku region, and he decided to leave the UN and take up a position at Tohoku University.
Immediately after his appointment, Ono worked hard to organize the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, and after hard work, he was taken to hospital. When he thought that he might not see his children again, he realized that "this is how parents feel when they think of their children who were swallowed by the tsunami after the earthquake."
Yuichi Ono (Founder and Representative Director, World BOSAI Forum)
Deputy Director of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University. He has worked on international disaster risk reduction policymaking at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, Geneva), , the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR, Geneva and Bonn), and the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP, Bangkok).
Philosophy
Vision
Values
The four-colored shapes in the logo represent the four priorities of industry, government, academia, and the private sector, as well as the four priority actions of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
History
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai in 2015. As the host of this conference, Japan is expected not only to promote domestic disaster risk reduction measures but also to deepen international cooperation while strongly driving the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the outcome of "a conference held on the tombstone of 20,000 victims of the earthquake.
Thus, the first World Disaster Reduction Forum was held in 2017.
The 1st World Bosai Forum（2017）
Official Character Ono-kun
Ono-kun, the official character of the World Bosai Forum, is a stuffed monkey made from a sock. Ono-kun was born at the Emergency Temporary Housing in Higashimatsushima City. Mr. Ono, who heads the World Bosai Forum, visited there and was appointed by them as a ambassador of Ono-kun.
Our Team
This is an introduction for our organization. Here you will find our Board of Directors, Trustees, Auditors and Secretariat members. You can also download our business plan and business report by year here.
Office location:We hace an office at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan
Contact us
| Address | 468 -1 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan E501, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University |
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| TEL | +81 22-263-1688 |
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