Disaster Risk Reduction in Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh: Enacting a relational model of risk communication
Organizer: New York University; Bangladesh Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP); UN Women, Bangladesh Red Crescent/American Red Cross/IFRC in Bangladesh; Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre; The World Bank
| The panel will take up different dimensions of work surrounding risk communication and disaster risk reduction with the Rohingya settlers in Bangladesh. CPP (Cyclone Preparedness Programme) will take up the challenge of institutionalizing an EWS (early warning system) in a place where there are no institutions to start with. BDRCS/American Red Cross/IFRC in Bangladesh will take up the special theme of risk communication in the Rohingya camp and bridging language challenges. UN Women looks at how women’s empowerment can transform disaster risk reduction. The World Bank discusses the role of infrastructure in resilience. At the same time, this will be an occasion to look back at the CPP model, as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. BDPC (Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre) will talk about their particular brand of community-based DRP work, in cyclone shelters and in the Rohingya camps. NYU (New York University) will talk about the relational model of risk communication that influences the work described, which is based on each participant becoming a risk communicator herself/himself. |
Speakers:
Ahmadul Haque, Director, Cyclone Preparedness Programme (Bangladesh)
Raul Lejano, Professor, New York University
Hasanul Amin, Deputy Director, Cyclone Preparedness Programme (Bangladesh)
Dilruba Haider, DRR Programme Specialist, UN Women
Achala Navaratne, Country Representative, American Red Cross
Muhammad Saidur Rahman, Director, Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Programme
Swarna Kazi, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank