1	Group 6: Organizational structures and inter-organizational coordination for response to earthquakes and other natural and technological disasters, including terrorism
2	Presentations
3	Masatake Naganoh Chiba Prefectural government and businesses recognized the high risk to critical facilities in Tokyo based on lessons learned from Kobe earthquake Chiba New Town was established with new housing, new structures, built to current code, on good soil, no liquefaction potential=reduced risk Recognized after Kobe earthquake that too little interaction had occurred between government, business and regional society
4	Richard McCarthy Develop a overall strategic plan to reduce earthquake risk and speed recovery (consensus document) To achieve the greatest technology and knowledge transfer, plan should be problem focused and discipline integrate Plan should lead to action with measurable results
5	Arrietta Chakos Forming State government, local government partnerships is most efficient and cost effective way to achieve mitigation—Berkeley/Seismic Safety Commission sets the example Early participation of stakeholders is critical in development of effective plans and partnerships—Berkeley made special effort to achieve knowledge transfer to educate stakeholders. This process is effective in explaining technical issues to stakeholders and resulted in implementing effective mitigation Must have political will to solve the problem Other disasters can help your program if you are prepared
6	William Petak Consider the context and consequences of implementation in addition to the technological fix Involve stakeholders and decision makers early in the policy process Implementation is a continuation of the policy process; therefore, stakeholders and decision makers must be involved in the development of proposed legislation and the implementation of regulations Sufficient time must be included in order for organizations to include regulatory requirements in their strategic and capital planning process
7	RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS Develop a decision aiding process that helps communities and organizations to understand and evaluate the tradeoffs among alternative risk mitigation strategies based on estimated losses and their consequences Develop interdisciplinary (engineering, institutions, economics) approaches necessary to improve or enhance the probability of successful implementation
8	RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS How to integrate institutional entities that don’t normally talk to each other. Examples of long term private and public sector cooperation Chiba New Town Business and Industry Council on Emergency Planning and Preparedness (BICEPP) Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation (CDM)
9	RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS Development of appropriate performance measures (federal, state, local) to assess the effectiveness of mitigation policy and implementation. Transfer of knowledge between earthquake mitigation response and recovery and other natural, manmade and technological hazards (including terrorism). Develop training programs to improve institutional capacity through drills and embedding disaster management skills into routine work.