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URDI International Seminar on Post-disaster Reconstruction:
Assistance to Local Governments and Communities
Yogyakarta, 9-10 July 2007
Indonesia
Call for Papers
URDI (Urban and Regional Development Institute) is an independent institution
based in Jakarta- Indonesia, that aims at contributing to the realization of
more sustainable urban and regional development with its social, economy, and
environment dimensions through modes of research, communication, and local
capacity building. The URDI International Seminar on Post-disaster
Reconstruction: Assistance to local governments and communities is a forum for
the presentation and discussion on Pos-disaster Reconstruction in Indonesia.
Interested participants are invited to submit papers on the listed topics.
Background
Indonesia has been extremely vulnerable to natural hazards, and will always be.
It is located on the ring of fire, and as such prone to earthquakes and
volcanic eruptions as well as to tsunamis caused by seismic activity. The
tropical climate with heavy rain showers during the wet season can cause
flooding and landslides.
These natural hazards combined with high population densities, poverty, often
poorly constructed buildings and deficient urban planning, inadequate warning
systems and poor institutional disaster preparedness contribute to natural
hazards to turn into disasters.
This situation leads three questions:
- How can disasters be prevented in this hazard prone country?
- How can recovery be enhanced when a disaster strikes?
- What kind of assistance should be given to local governments and
communities in post-disaster reconstruction?
A multitude of forums, seminars and conferences on post-disaster management
have been organised in Indonesia. Most of these forums, seminars and
conferences discussed topics in relation to pre- and post-disaster mitigation.
How can future disasters be prevented and how can reconstruction now contribute
to future prevention of disasters? Issues dealt with are among others
development of early warning systems, improving urban planning, and improving
building techniques.
Discussion on disaster mitigation is extremely important, yet, another very
important subject, the recovery process and more specific the longer term
recovery process, is rarely addressed. Physical reconstruction is one aspect of
recovery, socio-economic recovery is another. Local governments and communities
need assistance to realize the urgency of these issues. From experiences in the
past as in Aceh after the tsunami, in Yogyakarta after the earthquake and
others, many lessons can be learned.
Past and current recovery processes show several deficiencies in:
1. Long-term planning for recovery and integrated rehabilitation and
reconstruction
2. Management & coordination of recovery activities (role of various
actors as national/local governments, international donors and communities)
3. Effectively implementing mitigation measures as building guidelines,
etc.
4. Attention paid to long-term socio-economic recovery
The experiences in Aceh (tsunami), Pangandaran (tsunami), Yogyakarta (earth
quake), Jakarta (floods) and Sidoarjo (mud flow) as well as other experiences
in Indonesia region, show the need to address the long-term recovery process,
and as such to drive URDI to organise a seminar on assistance to local
governments and communities in dealing with post-disaster long-term recovery.
With this seminar URDI aims to define key problems and bottlenecks encountered
in current recovery processes and distill lessons learned from past experiences
in Aceh (tsunami), Pangandaran (tsunami), Yogyakarta (earth quake), Jakarta
(floods), Sidoarjo (mud flow) and other experiences in Indonesia region as well
as international experiences. Another aim of the seminar is to define and to
propose directions which may contribute to the effectiveness of future disaster
recovery processes. Those aims will lead to kind of assistances that local
governments and communities need in post-disaster recovery.
Objective
- Instigate discussion on recent post-disaster recovery from the
perspective of long-term sustainable recovery and identify encountered problems
and bottlenecks as well as distill lessons learned
- Define direction to improve the effectiveness of future disaster
recovery processes
Topics of papers
The papers should address one of the four themes of the seminar:
1. Long-term planning for post-disaster recovery and integrated
rehabilitation and reconstruction
2. Management and coordination of recovery activities(role of various
actors as national/local governments, international donors and communities)
3. Effectively implementing mitigation measures as building guidelines,
etc.
4. Socio-economic recovery
Important dates
March 26, 2007
Call for papers
April 16, 2007
Abstracts submitted along with a brief C.V
April 23, 2007
Abstracts assessed and notification of acceptance
June 18, 2007
Deadline for papers
Submissions types and formats
Abstracts of 300 words maximum are invited to address the theme of the seminar.
The title of the abstract, name of author(s), institution and contact details
should be written at the top of the paper, before the text. The abstract will
be evaluated by a panel of reviewers and the authors will be notified of the
results. Should an Abstract be selected for presentation in the seminar, the
author will be invited to send a full version of the paper. Guidelines will be
provided on the format, fonts, maximum number of pages. Only English edited
papers will be accepted.
Fees
International
International participant with paper
US $ 120
International participant
US $ 100
Student
US $ 80
Local
Local participant with paper
Rp. 300.000
Lecturer and graduate student
Rp. 250.000
Student
Rp. 150.000
Professional
Rp. 300.000
Hotel accommodation and travel cost
Participants will need to cover the cost of accommodation and travel. The list
of hotel(s) nearby the venue will be provided by the organizer for those
participants who need it.
Envisioned list of Participants
- National Governments
- Local Governments
- National and International NGOs
- International Aid/Development Agencies active in Indonesia
- Academic Institutions
- International resource persons
- Private sector/Community Organisations
Steering Commitee
1.. Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X (Governor of DI Yogyakarta) to be confirmed
2.. Drs. Gembong Priyono, MSc. (Secretary General of Human Rights National
Committee of Indonesia)
3.. Prof. Dr. Budhy Tjahjati Soegijanto Soegijoko (URDI)
4.. Dr. Kuntoro Mangkusubroto (BRR Aceh and Nias)
5.. Prof. Dr. Gunawan Sumodiningrat M.Ec (Director General of Community
Empowerment, Social Welfare Ministry)
6.. Ir. Agoes Wijanarko, MURP (Director General of Cipta Karya, Ministry of
Public Works)
7.. Cor Dijkgraaf, MSc (Urban Solutions, President of PRCUD-Pacific Rim
Council on Urban Development)
8.. Tony Lloyd-Jones, MA, RTPI (University of Westminster, UK)
Keynote Speaker:
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X (Governor of DI Yogyakarta) to be confirmed
URDI contact persons:
1. Gita Chandrika P ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2. Sugiyantoro ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3. Frieda Fidia ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
URDI (Urban and Regional Development Institute)
Wisma Bhakti Mulya suite 300
Jl. Kramat Raya 160
Jakarta 10430, INDONESIA
Phone: (+62-21) 3918485, 3160013
Fax: (+62-21) 31903476
For more information, please visit www.urdi.org, email address: [EMAIL
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