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science, and technology for resiliency that supports DRR policy and action at the
local, national, and international level in line with Sendai Framework. Given the
ability of U-INSPIRE to mobilize Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) actions from YYP at all phases within the disaster management cycle in
Indonesia since its establishment, as well as diffusion and uptake from YYP of other
countries to establish their own U-INSPIRE, potentially this approach can become
a model on leveraging YYP engagement in DRR.
Keywords Youth · Young scientists/professionals · SETI · DRR · Indonesia
14.1 Background: Literature Review on Youth
and Disaster Risk Reduction
The first concrete effort to connect youth and DRR was made in 2000, where the
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) initiated
the campaign “Disaster Prevention, Education and Youth” (UNISDR 2000). From
there, generally, the role of youth has been limited to risk-knowledge dissemination
and communication through formal and informal communication networks (Mitchell
et al. 2008; Haynes and Tanner 2013; Fernandez and Shaw 2014). At that time, in principle, youth is being grouped altogether with children as the target of DRR education
and training interventions, as clearly expressed in Article 3-ii-h of the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) 2005–2015: “… promote the inclusion of DRR knowledge
in relevant sections of school curricula at all levels and the use of other formal and
informal channels to reach youth and children with information” (UNISDR 2005).
There has been a limited space for youth to engage in international framework DRR
discourse as well as in the DRR policy-making at the local level, in the decade before
and after the adoption of HFA 2005–2015 as well as during the Second UN World
Conference on DRR in Kobe, Japan in 2005.
Nevertheless, the recognition for youth’s contribution to the implementation of
DRR at their respective community and globally was gaining momentum during the
Third UN World Conference on DRR in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015. The youth
was recognized as an essential and strategic partner in the DRR framework development and implementation during the world conference as well as eventually in the
conference output, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
(SFDRR) (Cumsikey et al. 2015). The SFDRR 2015–2030 includes a substantial
change: “the recognition for children and youth as agents of change which require
member states to give the space and modalities for contribution to disaster risk reduction, in accordance with legislation, national practice, and educational curricula”
(Article 36, a, ii), for achieving the seven targets of SFDRR (UNISDR 2015).
Prior to the SFDRR 2015–2030, some countries have provided space for youth to
formally engage in DRR policy-making (Fernandez and Shaw, 2014) and it is widely
expected that the adoption of SFDRR can further strengthen the position of youth. In
addition, Cumiskey et al. (2015) have provided statistical evidence that the number
of youth involved in DRR activities in various regions keeps on increasing.
F. Shidiq et al.
science, and technology for resiliency that supports DRR policy and action at the
local, national, and international level in line with Sendai Framework. Given the
ability of U-INSPIRE to mobilize Science, Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) actions from YYP at all phases within the disaster management cycle in
Indonesia since its establishment, as well as diffusion and uptake from YYP of other
countries to establish their own U-INSPIRE, potentially this approach can become
a model on leveraging YYP engagement in DRR.
Keywords Youth · Young scientists/professionals · SETI · DRR · Indonesia
14.1 Background: Literature Review on Youth
and Disaster Risk Reduction
The first concrete effort to connect youth and DRR was made in 2000, where the
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) initiated
the campaign “Disaster Prevention, Education and Youth” (UNISDR 2000). From
there, generally, the role of youth has been limited to risk-knowledge dissemination
and communication through formal and informal communication networks (Mitchell
et al. 2008; Haynes and Tanner 2013; Fernandez and Shaw 2014). At that time, in principle, youth is being grouped altogether with children as the target of DRR education
and training interventions, as clearly expressed in Article 3-ii-h of the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) 2005–2015: “… promote the inclusion of DRR knowledge
in relevant sections of school curricula at all levels and the use of other formal and
informal channels to reach youth and children with information” (UNISDR 2005).
There has been a limited space for youth to engage in international framework DRR
discourse as well as in the DRR policy-making at the local level, in the decade before
and after the adoption of HFA 2005–2015 as well as during the Second UN World
Conference on DRR in Kobe, Japan in 2005.
Nevertheless, the recognition for youth’s contribution to the implementation of
DRR at their respective community and globally was gaining momentum during the
Third UN World Conference on DRR in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015. The youth
was recognized as an essential and strategic partner in the DRR framework development and implementation during the world conference as well as eventually in the
conference output, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
(SFDRR) (Cumsikey et al. 2015). The SFDRR 2015–2030 includes a substantial
change: “the recognition for children and youth as agents of change which require
member states to give the space and modalities for contribution to disaster risk reduction, in accordance with legislation, national practice, and educational curricula”
(Article 36, a, ii), for achieving the seven targets of SFDRR (UNISDR 2015).
Prior to the SFDRR 2015–2030, some countries have provided space for youth to
formally engage in DRR policy-making (Fernandez and Shaw, 2014) and it is widely
expected that the adoption of SFDRR can further strengthen the position of youth. In
addition, Cumiskey et al. (2015) have provided statistical evidence that the number
of youth involved in DRR activities in various regions keeps on increasing.