Agenda: GFDRR PARTNERSHIP LEARNING SERIES 501 - OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY PROJECTS

GFDRR PARTNERSHIP LEARNING SERIES 501 - OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF EMERGENCY PROJECTS

Joint Offering of GFDRR and Africa Region

May 24-26, 2011

 

DAY 1 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)
Room: JB1-075

 

8:00-8:30

Registration and Coffee

 

8:30-8:40

Welcome and Open Remarks
Review of the Workshop

Saroj Kumar Jha, Manager, GFDRR

Sesson 1


8:40-9:40

WB and Disasters

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR): Support and Resources (Track III)

When the Bank/GFDRR gets involved and how

Resources: Quick Reaction and Global Expert Teams

PDNA as coordination and assessment tool

GFDRR Funding and Relief

Occurrence of an adverse natural event - WB rapid
response and emergency projects
Monitoring and responding to the evolving situation

Mr. Prashant, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR 

 

Doekle Wielinga, Regional DRM Coordinator, Africa

 

Session 2


9:40-10:00

Innovation in Damage Assessments:

Use of Remote Sensing for Damage Assessments

Stuart Gill, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR

10:00 - 10:15

Coffee Break

 

Session 3

10-15 - 1:00

OP8.00 Overview

Evolution and Spirit of the Policy
Structure of OP8.00
Features of the Instruments
Good to Know - Tricks of the Trade

Marcelo Fabre, Senior Operations Officer, OPCS

1:00 - 2:30

BBL1: Working with UN and other agencies, as well as recipient governments

Speakers:
Mary Morrison, OPCSFC
Secondee to UN Salman Anees, Sr. Urban Spec., EC

Session 4

2:30 - 3:30

 

3:30 - 4:00

Reconstruction financing and management options

WB projects
Trust Funds
Multi-donor TF
Reconstruction Management

Indonesia M.D.T and Haiti Reconstruction Fund

Reconstruction Management

Mr. Prashant, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR

 

Josef Leitmann, Program Manager, Haiti Reconstruction Fund

 

DAY 2 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)
Room: JB1-075

 

Session 5

8:00 - 9:15             

Monitoring and Evalution

Project Management & Results Frameworks for Disaster Recovery Programs and Projects                                          

Social Impact Monitoring

Ayaz Parvez, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR

 

Markus Koster, Sector Leader, Social Development, EASER & Patricia Fernandes, Social Development Specialist, EASER

9:15 - 9:30

Coffee Break

 

Session 6

9:30 - 10:00

Operational Aspects of Project Design and Implementation

Indicators, Legal Aspects, Procurement

Security and Operational Procedures in Post-Crisis Countries

Francis Ghesquiere, Regional DRM Coordinator, SAS

 

Robert Simpson, Security Operations Officer, GSD

Session 7

10:30 - 12:30 

 

Group Exercise on Deisgning and Implementing Emergency Projects Based on Yemen

Reporting Back by Groups

Deepali Tewari, Regional DRM Coordinator, MENA

 

Ali Khamis, Senior Operations Officer, MENA

12:30 - 2:00

BBL2: The role of just-in-time knowledge sharing in emergency situation
MC 9-100

Christoph Pusch, Lead Disaster Risk Management Specialist, GFDRR              

 

DAY 3 (RESERVED FOR STAFF OF THE AFRICA (AFR) REGION)
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Room: JB1-075

 

8:00-10:00

Clinic on Operational Aspects of Emergency Projects for the Africa (AFR) Region

Context of Disasters in the Africa Region and How Rapid Response Works in our Region

Summary of World Bank Emergency Operations (AFR Region)
Procedures for Rapid Response and Emergency Projects

Simplified Procedures: Recipient-Executed Trust Funds

Access to Grant Funding for Emergency Projects and Beyond: Other Sample Trust Funds for the AFR Region

Review of Internal Support Material

Lourdes Pagaran, Senior Operations Officer, AFTDE Unit

 

Bolormaa Amgaabazar
Country Officer, AFTDE Unit

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

 

10:30 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:00

Clinic cont.
Environmental and Social Safegaurds

Development of a step-by-step approach for the Africa Region

Alexandra Bezeredi, Regional Safeguards Advisor, Africa

Laura Dorling, Facilitator

12:00 - 2:00

Interactive Case Study (IDA Focus)

Benin - Emergency Urban Environment Project

Nevena Ilieva, Senior Operations Officer, AFTDE Unit