University of Hyogo - Eubios  Looking Beyond Disaster Youth Forum (LBD3), Kobe, Japan, 8-11 September 2013

Follow the links to profiles of trainees and to their Action Plans.... (Meeting report)

Children focused

Ms. Umayra Priyanto, Mr. Surya Adhi Kurnia Bhakti (Indonesia) - Helping Homeless Kids

Education

Mr. Ari Fakhrus Sanny, Ms. Nora Evriani, (Indonesia), Ms. Sayoko Murakami (Japan) - Child Disaster Awareness for School and Communities (CDASC) and Forecasting Disaster

Mr. Benjamin Morris (Wales) - Educating Refugees on Disaster and Safety Procedures

Mr. Muslihudin (Uli) Sharbinie (Indonesia) - Volunteer School in Disaster Area

Ms. Shanti Lasminingsih, Mr. Dhia Octa Dessandhya Aggaputra, Mr. Deni Welfin, Mr. Rashif Arka Muhammad (Indonesia) -  Public Education for Children on Landslide Mitigation in Yogyakarta

Mr. Takehiro Baba, Mr. Uda Naoto, Ms. Niki Seira, Mr. Kengo Naruta, Ms. Mayu Watanabe, (Japan) - Disaster Reduction Education

Environment

Mr. Teguh Heriyanto, Mr. Fernando Setiawan Sihotang (Indonesia) - Mangrove Communication Media

Events

Mr. Diwas Chaulagain, Mr. Rimesh Khanal, Mr. Bibek Adhikari, Ms. Bijayata Maharjan, Mr. Dibakar Babu Bhattarai, Ms. Deepa Maharjan, Ms. Dolma Lama (Nepal) - Nepal National LBD Forum

Mr. Aziz Ibrahim Adibowo, Ms. Lintang Gustika Paratu, Ms. Andhina Ratri Aryani, Ms. Almira Elmida Kustari (Indonesia) -  Founding KRI (Disaster Volunteer Community of Indonesia  - Komunitas Relawan Indonesia) and Holding a Youth Disaster Festival in Jogyakarta

Mr. Marlon Patrick Lofredo, Mr. Dino Ticar Tordesillas, Mr. Chadwick B. Tan (The Philippines) - Organizing LBD4 in Philippines

Dr. Prof. Ir. Dwikorita Karnawati, Dr. Wahyu Wilopo, Dr. Agung Setianto (Indonesia) - Organizing LBD5 in Yogyakarta

Mr. Sasaki Akihiko (Japan) LBD3 photographs and video

Tourism

Ms. Anggita Putri Chaerani, Ms. Erwina Salsabila, Mr. Reynaldo Krissancha Azarya (Indonesia) -  Reviving Tourism to Mt. Merapi

Mr. Kawakami Sho (Japan) - Tour sharing the memories of the great Hanshin  earthquake in 1995  

Mr. Yoshida Tetsuro (Japan) - Tour to Chernobyl and Feedback on Nuclear Disasters for Japan

Media

Mr. Achmad Wildan, Ms. Emillia Rizky Ekanandya Lakzmi, Ms. Arfika Pertiwi Putri (Indonesia) - The Role of Mass Media for Disaster Management

Ms. Eileen Claire Macapagal, Ms. Cheryll Angeline B. Serrano, Mr. Ian P. Mangosing, Ms. Mary Grace Ver, Mr. Justin David (the Philippines) - Life: Before and After Disaster

Network making

Mr. Miyamoto Taiki, Mr. Iwasaki Hirotaka (Japan) - The Network for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

Mr. Koike Hirotaka, Mr. Mizan B.F. Bisri (Japan) - Volunteer Group Foundation for Students and Collaboration with Kobe RMC: An Action Plan

Mr. Yuji Aasishi, Mr. Masahiko Jin, Mr. Genta Nakano, Ms. Aki  Yamanaka (Japan), Mr. Ari Fakhrus Sanny (Indonesia) - Raising Funds for LBD Action for  Disasters

Policy

Mr. Mohammad Haroon (Afghanistan) - Towards a National Framework for Disaster Management

Ms. Morenike Olufon (Nigeria) - Laws to Help us Deal with Disasters

Youth Exchange

Ms. Akiko Ishihara, Dr. Michiko Banba, Ms. Megumi Saito (Japan) - Exchange Tour - Fukushima Youth to Nagasaki/Minamata

Ms. Marie Goto, Ms. Yamanaka Aki, Ms. Takemoto Natsumi (Japan) - Changing Indifference to Interest

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

Feedback to Email: lookingbd@gmail.com

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.