This expert meeting was organised jointly by the European Commission, the OECD and the project PLACARD. For more information see www.oecd.org/gov/risk/joint-expert-meeting-on-disaster-loss-data.htm

1. Agenda
Joint Expert Meeting on
Disaster Loss Data
26-28 October 2016

2. EC-OECD and PLACARD - Joint Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data – 26th
– 28th
October 2016
European Commission (EC)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Platform for Climate Adaptation and Risk Reduction (PLACARD)
Joint Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data
Date: 26-27 October 2016 - 8th
EU Loss Data Workshop Sessions
27-28 October 2016 – OECD Loss Data and Evaluation Workshop Sessions
Venue: OECD Headquarters, Château de La Muette, Paris
This meeting falls under the aegis of the OECD High Level Risk Forum. It is organised with joint co-operation
between the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, the European Commission with
its Joint Research Centre, as well as with the Platform for Climate Adaptation and Risk reduction (PLACARD).
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Room D
14:00 - 14:20 Welcome and Introduction
(DG ECHO, JRC, OECD and PLACARD)
Opening Remarks:
• Thomas de Lannoy, DG ECHO
• Tom De Groeve, Disaster Risk Management Unit, JRC
• Stéphane Jacobzone, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
• Mario Pulquerio, PLACARD
14:20 – 15:40 SESSION 1: Disaster Loss Data for the Paris Agreement
(Chaired by PLACARD)
Losses are addressed by the Paris agreement to improve the evidence-based assessment of the climate
impact. The Sendai Framework 2015-2030 is leading the development of indicators on loss data. This session
aims to identify benefits from recording and sharing loss data in a common way. It will start with a set of
methodological presentations followed by a round of questions and answers.
Speakers:
 Maddalena Dali, DG CLIMA: Role of data in Climate Change Adaptation
 Blaz Kurnik, EEA: Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction – synergies for the
knowledge base and policies
 Luc Feyen, DG JRC (VC): Future losses to Critical Infrastructures due to Climate Change
 Jaroslav Mysiak, PLACARD Project: Risk assessment across DRR and CCA communities:
opportunities and gaps
 Q&A
Coffee Break

3. EC-OECD and PLACARD - Joint Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data – 26th
– 28th
October 2016
16:00 – 18:00 SESSION 2: Disaster Loss data for the Sendai Framework: status in the EU
(Chaired by DG ECHO)
The 3rd and final negotiation of the OIEWG on Indicators and Terminology for Disaster Risk Reduction
relating to Sendai Framework 2015-2030 will be held on 15-16th
November 2016. This session contributes to
the EU position at OIEWG based on evidence.
 Julio Serje, UNISDR/ Thomas de Lannoy, DG ECHO: Targets and Indicators for Sendai:
update from OIEWG
 Chiara Proietti, JRC: Results of EU Loss Data Challenge: How ready are EU countries for
Sendai?
 Interactive session in break-out groups (All)
 Report-back session (All)
 Round table: feedback on new initiatives and progress related to Loss Data (All)
Cocktail Reception
Thursday 27 October 2016
Room CC 5
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome Coffee
9:00 – 12:30 SESSION 3: Towards the National implementation of the Sendai Indicators
(Chaired by DG JRC)
The National implementation of the Sendai Indicators will have implications on existing national loss
databases. The session is aimed to discuss how countries plan to implement National Loss Databases that
comply with global Sendai Indicators, but also with other national requirements.
Speakers:
 Results from DRMKC Support System:
‒ Italy (Veronica Casartelli, DPC and Roberto Rudari, CIMA Foundation)
‒ Spain (Rosa Mata Francès, CP Catalunya and Scira Menoni, POLIMI)
 Annegret Thieken, University of Potsdam: Assessing economic losses at national level:
preliminary results from UNISDR approach
 Georgios Giannopoulos, DG JRC (via VC): Collecting losses to critical infrastructures at
national level: how ready are EU countries for Sendai?
 National’s view on evidence-based assessment of the Sendai Indicators:
‒ Sweden (Janet Edwards, MSB)
‒ Czech Republic (Jiri Musilek, Civil Emergency Preparedness Department)
‒ Norway (Mia Ebeltoft, Finance Norway)
‒ France (Elsa Rothschild, CCR)
‒ Italy (Veronica Casartelli, DPC)
‒ Finland (Tuuli Tulonen, TUKES) (VC)
Questions for discussion:
 How National loss databases can support the implementation of Sendai Indicators at Global
and National scale?
 How targeted collaboration between Scientific Experts and Public Authorities can improve
the implementation of loss databases, according to the Sendai Framework?
 Which are the benefits from an effective national implementation of the Sendai Indicators
in terms of loss accounting, risk modelling, loss compensation and disaster forensic?
 What is the roadmap for the National implementation of Sendai Indicators?
Lunch

4. EC-OECD and PLACARD - Joint Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data – 26th
– 28th
October 2016
14:00-15:55 SESSION 4: Identifying good practices in establishing national disaster loss
databases (Chaired by OECD)
National disaster loss data repositories have been established in some OECD countries. Data contained in
national repositories do not always reflect a consistent application of methods to calculate social and
economic losses from disasters. This session features national good practices and provides insights into the
motivation and the success of those countries in establishing their data repositories. The OECD will provide a
brief overview of the OECD survey results.
Opening Remarks:
Luiz de Mello, Deputy Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
Speakers:
 Cathérine Gamper, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
 Matthew Godsoe and C. Cody Anderson, Emergency Management and Programs Branch,
Public Safety Canada (VC)
 José Luis Ornelas de Anda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Mexico
and Jonathan Joshua Venancio Serrano, Ministry of the Interior, Mexico
 Muhammet Maruf Yaman, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and
Zeynep Yilmazturk, Finance Ministry, Turkey
Moderator: Roland Nussbaum, Mission Risques Naturels, France
Questions for discussion:
 What are the success factors behind good country practices in establishing national
disaster loss data repositories?
 What are the lessons learnt that could inform other countries’ that are in the process of
strengthening their national disaster loss data repositories?
 What are the prerequisites and challenges for countries to develop such repositories in a
cost effective way?
Coffee break
16:15 – 18:00 SESSION 5: Promoting the use of ex-ante disaster loss evaluations in policy design
and implementation
(Chaired by OECD)
Disaster loss assessments can be carried out systematically ex post or ex ante of a disaster event. Ex ante
loss estimations can be used to calculate the potential impact of a certain type and severity of a future
disaster on the affected population and economy and can help policy makers at large to understand future
damage potential and allocate public resources towards the reduction of their impacts. Indeed such loss
estimations are necessary to justify investments in risk reduction projects, comparing the estimated
outcomes in the event of a disaster with or without a specific risk reduction investment. Ex ante loss
estimations can thereby help policy makers to assess the avoided costs obtained through specific risk
reduction projects (e.g. the construction of a protective infrastructure). This session will help identify the use
of such methods in country risk management practices, whether for policy design or implementation.
Speakers:
 Prof. Adam Rose, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, USA (VC)
 Mark de Bel, Deltares, Netherlands
 Stéphane Hallegatte, The World Bank (VC)
 Prof. Annegret Thieken, University of Potsdam, Germany
Moderator: Richard Smith-Bingham, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Questions for discussion:
 How can ex ante evaluations usefully complement the recording of past economic losses?
 What are the conditions where ex ante evaluations could best be mobilised?
 How can ex ante loss evaluations at the macro level complement standard micro level,
project-based cost benefit analysis practices?
Reference Documents:
Improving the Evidence Base on the Cost of Disasters, Towards a Framework for Accounting for Ex Ante and
Ex Post Losses and for Assessing Risk Management Expenditures [GOV/PGC/HLRF(2016)5]
Improving the Evidence Base on the Costs of Disasters, Key Findings from an OECD Survey
[GOV/PGC/HLRF(2016)6]
COCKTAIL RECEPTION

5. EC-OECD and PLACARD - Joint Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss Data – 26th
– 28th
October 2016
Friday 28 October 2016
Room CC20
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome Coffee
09:30 – 11:30 SESSION 6: Addressing the challenges of economic loss accounting
(Chaired by OECD)
Collecting information for and calculating the amount of economic losses after a disaster is a complex task.
Standardised methods are rarely applied across OECD countries and hence data are difficult to compare
across countries. Approaches differ even within countries, where different actors may take different
approaches. Different cost categories exist that need to be evaluated using different methods, thus resulting
in a very complex and challenging task. In many cases it is not clear whether the reported estimates include
direct losses, business interruption or indirect costs, or whether all of them are included. In the cases where
data on economic losses is consistently reported, it is often related to insured losses because they are
consistently reported by insurance providers. This session will introduce a short overview of the OECD survey
results highlighting the key challenges before giving the floor to speakers and opening the discussion.
Speakers:
 Julio Serje, UNISDR
 Tomoyuki Okada, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan (VC) and
Masato Okabe, Japan Institute of Country-ology and Engineering (JICE), Japan
 Roland Nussbaum, Mission Risques Naturels, France and Elsa Rothschild, National
Observatory for Natural Risks - Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, France
 Dr. Jan Eichner, Munich Re., Germany
Moderator: Zsuzsanna Lonti, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
Questions for discussion:
 What are the challenges in establishing and applying consistent economic loss accounting
methods?
 Which strategies can be envisaged to make progress on the goals set forward by the
Sendai framework and the SDG targets with regard to identifying and reducing economic
losses from disasters?
 What can we learn from countries that collect economic loss information consistently? What
approach should be recommended going forward?
11:30 – 11:45 CLOSING SESSION: Next Steps
Closing Remarks:
 Laura Schmidt, DG ECHO
 Tom De Groeve, Disaster Risk Management Unit, JRC
 Stéphane Jacobzone, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD
 Mario Pulquerio, PLACARD

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