Eubios Ethics Institute - LBD3 action plans and profiles

LBD3 action plans and profiles

See the draft Agenda (PDF). (Meeting report)

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The outcomes of LBD3 included:

Saving lives and reducing the suffering from disasters;
Greater multidisciplinary cooperation in disaster management;
Giving hope in concrete ways for recovery of communities from disasters;
Support for youth-led projects to be implemented in different countries;
Development of evaluation and fund raising skills;
Learning lessons from the rapid recovery in Kobe after 1995;
Examining the psychosocial issues and challenges of community rebuilding;
Getting social and the policy structures ready for rapid response to disasters;
Following up on recommendations on information flow in disasters; youth resilience, rebuilding communities and disaster response expressed in the Christchurch and Sendai Communiques of LBD1 and LBD2;
Considerations of academic and community infrastructures that can assist youth;
Strengthening the global network of young people across the world empowered to share experiences and exchange ideas on disaster and community;

A successful meeting

At LBD3 there were more experts than at LBD2 and LBD1 interacting with young professionals and youth, and the geographical focus was more global. The conference brought together experts from different fields of disaster management and young professionals who are working to rebuild communities from disasters.

The participants had experienced natural disasters, and the challenges that means for their communities. Some had developed structures to enhance youth community service, and youth involvement in recovering from communities. If you have any inquiries you can write to the organizers.

The participants developed two dozen action plans, and some participants from previous LBD forums presented the results of their past activity. The venue and dates for LBD4 and LBD5 were decided for 2014.

Organisers

The Third International Youth Forum Looking Beyond Disaster (LBD3) was the team who organised LBD2, led by Professors Darryl Macer and Michiko Banba, with funding from the Education Center for Disaster Reduction University of Hyogo and Eubios Ethics Institute, in cooperation with the American University of Sovereign Nations and Sakura-Net.

The organisers were the Education Center for Disaster Reduction at the University of Hyogo, Eubios Ethics Institute, and American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN).

On the last day many participants joined the excursion to Awajima, to visit the fault museum and site of the Great 1995 Awajima-Hanshin earthquake.