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Chair: Prof. Rajib Shaw
Co-chair: Prof. Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
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Members of the Committee:
- Prof. Rajib Shaw, Fujisawa Campus, Keio University, Japan
- Prof. Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, UNAM, Mexico
- Prof. Sumit Sen, IIT, Roorkee, India
- Prof. Ortwin Renn, IASS, Potsdam, Germany
- Prof. Kaoru Takara, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability (Shishu-kan), Kyoto University, Japan
- Prof. Charles Scawthorn, PEER, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, Secretary-General, GADRI; DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan
- Dr. Elisabeth Krausmann, EC-JRC, Italy
- Dr. Chipo Muchavanhu, AADRI, Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe
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Concept Note
Committee on Advocacy of GADRI
Where is the gap in advocacy?
- Balancing interest and demand: We do advocacy based on "our" [researcher's] interest
- Gap identification: Need to change our mindset to understand the gaps, both at the policy as well as grassroots level
- Last and first mile: The so-called "last-mile" [where we put us, the researcher as Mile Zero and community as the last mile] needs to be the "first mile" [where we start from the needs and priorities both at the policy and practice level]
- Youth led innovation: Generation Z [who have been born with internet] has a different mindset for innovation, which need to be explored
Global-regional-national-local-thematic
- Regional advocacy: While global advocacy is important, the actual advocacy actions happen in regional and national level: focus on regional GADRI like SAADRI (south Asia) as well as other regional nodes
- National advocacy: Strengthening national nodes through knowledge and evidence resources
- Thematic advocacy: need to be specific on thematic issues like: water management, urban resilience, eco-DRR, blue-green infra, critical infra etc. : need to prioritize some specific areas
Youth involvement
- GADRI needs to have its specific youth brigade for research and innovation
- Can collaborate with existing youth led initiatives like U-Inspire
- Provide innovation ecosystem for youth participation and leadership
Media and communication
- Need to provide specific advocacy message for policy and practice
- Co-design the message with science communication
- Work closely with different types of media and generate media and advocacy strategy
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