5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

1. Challenges and Strategies to Implement and
Communicate Risk Management Strategies
Experiences from the Private Sector
Angela Michiko Hama
IDRC 2014
Davos, 26 August 2014

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alpS – Who We Are
R&D centre and consultancy headquartered in
Innsbruck/Austria
▲ Topics: natural hazard research and risk management
▲ Focus on climate change adaptation
80+ employees at four locations; partners in 20
countries
Official risk management partner of the Regional
Government of the Tyrol

3. Risk Analysis
Risk Control
Risk Monitoring
ORTIS
Risk
Management
The ORTIS Approach
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The ORTIS approach…
▲ Resulting from 11+ years of risk management research and expertise
▲ Blend of expert- and community-based approaches
▲ Multi-risk
▲ Participatory – personalized and people-driven
▲ Cost- and time-efficient
▲ Following three simple and applicable steps:

4. Application 1: Risk Management for Municipalities
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5. Risk Analysis: Risk Portfolio
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identify evaluate locate
Risk List Risk Matrix Risk Map
▲ Increased risk awareness
▲ Starting point for building local disaster risk reduction capacities
▲ Access to the ORTIS knowledge repository

6. Risk Control and Risk Monitoring (I)
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▲ Education
▲ Trainings-of-Trainers
▲ Tailored trainings
▲ Review and feedback sessions
▲ Climate-sensitive risk management

7. Risk Control and Risk Monitoring (II)
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Map Exercise
with a DRR Team

8. Application 2: Risk Management for Hospitals
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9. Risk Analysis for All Units – Focus on Infrastructural RM
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10. Risk Analysis – Causes: Example IT
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11. Risk Analysis – Impacts: Example IT
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12. Risk Control and Risk Monitoring (I)
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▲ Comprehensive multi-risk manual and
documents for all departments
▲ Integration and optimization of
existing clinical and entrepreneurial
risk management strategies in ORTIS

13. Risk Control and Monitoring (II): Training on DSS
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14. Application 3: Gaming – Mind your Risk
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15. Challenges
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▲ Buy-in from operational staff
▲ Sound knowledge-brokering
and risk communication 
Creation of a sense of owner-and
stewardship
▲ Investment in RM  prevention
vs. response
▲ Specific requirements of
mountain regions (e.g., high-altitude
locations)

16. Outlook
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▲ Further increase the number of
actively participating stakeholders
▲ Boost the level of education of DRR
teams across sectors
▲ Optimize tools and approaches with a
special focus on coupling climate
change scenarios with socio-economic
scenarios
▲ Continuous engagement in “Making
Cities Resilient” Campaign

17. Thank you.