Facilitate learning and knowledge exchange between NGOs (documentation of case studies, good & bad practices)

1. Do we need a GN of NGOs?
 Yes! (as far as participation in the GN does
not reduce/affect involvement in the
GP/DRR)
 The GN should build on existing
networks and focus on what National
and Regional Networks cannot
provide/achieve by their own means

2. To provide a platform for NGOs to share experience and dialogue for
concerted actions to promote disaster risk reduction, especially at the
community level
To promote South-South and South-North cooperation among NGOs
through information sharing, knowledge exchange and capacity
building.
To enhance knowledge transfer from local to global levels, and vice
versa, in order to build the resilience of communities
To encourage an active role by NGOs in mainstreaming disaster risk
reduction into pre-disaster developmental and post-disaster recovery
programmes
To increase the voice of NGO concerns and the visibility of NGOs’
contribution to the ongoing global effort to reduce disaster risk
To facilitate NGOs’ access to global resources (knowledge, skills,
networks, partnerships, funding, etc.) for disaster reduction and
related activities
Potential Objectives

3.  Lobbying and advocacy – raise critical
issues and influence policy at the global
level
 Facilitate learning and knowledge
exchange between NGOs
(documentation of case studies, good &
bad practices)
 Focus on integrating DRR into
development planning processes
(capacity building activities, etc.)
Potential Activities (i)

4.  Set basic standards/criteria for
disaster resilient communities
 Conducting research on critical
issues to influence policy – on an
individual NGO basis
Potential Activities (ii)

5.  Influencing global policy more effectively
 Conveying/expressing one voice on critical
issues for greater impact
 Provide significant inputs to the GP/DRR
 Represent communities and community-based
organisations at the global level
 Learning function for identification of critical
issues
 Linking of NGOs – synergies
Added value of the GN

6.  The ISDR secretariat should continue
serving as an anchor institution
(organise meetings, facilitate a focal
point for NGOs, etc. – role to be clearly
defined)
Role of the ISDR secretariat

7.  Need to ensure a balanced representation
(south, north, gender, community
representation)
 Commitment to implementation of HFA,
sustaining the GN, etc.
Membership Criteria

8.  Should be kept minimal in order to avoid
overload
 Minimum level criteria and standards
should be set
 Specific activities to be defined in order
to better assess performance
 Measure and assess changes to global
policy – based on set targets
Performance Monitoring

9. What may be the major focus activities of
the Global Network (up to June next year)?
What do we want to achieve by June?
- A formal launching, separate meeting of all NGOs
present, propose next steps (multistakeholders meeting)
- Draft statement - agreement on NGO participation in the
national platform - from a civil society perspective, make
suggestions on priorities. Participate in the online
discussion on HFA
indicators
- Showcase of community practice on CBDRR. Submit to
ISDR cases (linked to identified priorities).
- Encourage engagement of NGOs in DRR

10. How do we move forward and advance the
development of the Global Network?
Outline and document the process
- Agreement on basic draft document (ToR), through a
consultation process through existing networks and other
channels/activities – January 1
- ISDR, UNDP south-south, ProVention Consortium (?)
facilitating role – February 28 (semi-final draft 2)
- Circulate semi-final draft to the group and get feedback
by March 31
- Circulate draft 3 for reading - April 30
- Final draft 3 presented in June 5-7 to be endorsed by the
launch

11. Launching activity
- Presence of speaker
- Presence of media – press release, short
version of the statement
- Email consultation?
- Oenone and Manu?

12. Statement - key messages
- Sarah to collect inputs for the statement and –
January 1
- Prepare draft based on inputs – February 28
- Circulate draft statement – March 31
- Finalize statement – April 30
- Circulate draft statement among NGOs – May 15
- Read statement during the launch – June 4

13. Recommendations
- Global Network of NGOs to be represented in the
GP/DRR – representative(s) of the network