1. Developing Countries Cooperation Group
REPORT FROM :
Developing Countries Cooperation Group
19 Delegates of 6 countries
Report By Chairperson: Prof. Zoran Kekovic,
Serbia, Edinburgh, Scotland
09 September 2016

2. Members: Leadership Structure
The DCCG had been structured through elections since Bali meeting:
Convenor: Prof. Zoran Kekovic: Serbia
Co-Convenor: Ane Bruwer: South Africa
Regional Coordinators: ISO Regions for Developing Countries:
Central and Eastern Europe: Prof. Zoran Kekovic
East and Southern Africa: Ané Bruwer
South and East Asia: Li Zhongian
South America: Mario Paonessa
The DCCG acknowledges and appreciates the good work of the former leadership under the convenorship of Moshema Mosia

3. Members: DCCG Representation at TC292 meeting in Edinburg
Country
No of delegates
Participation in WG’s
Funding Source
Argentina 1
WG2, WG3, WG5
ISO/DEVCO Sponsorship
China 9
WG2,WG3, WG4,WG5,WG6
NSB (SAC), employer & research organisations, CNIS.
Colombia
WG4
Stakeholder based funding
Indonesia 6
WG3
Indonesian Government, Universities Gadjah Mada
Serbia
WG5,WG6,Task Force on UN
Own Funds
South Africa
WG5, Task Force on UN
Increase in country participation since Bali meeting (4 to 6)
Increase in number of delegates ( 10 to 19)

4. Progress of Work: Participation of DC’s in WG’s
WORKING GROUPS
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING
WG1
No DCCG representative
WG2
Argentina, China
WG3
Argentina, China, Indonesia,
WG4
China, Colombia
WG5
Argentina, China, South Africa, Serbia
WG6
China, Serbia
TF on UN
Communication Group
Serbia, South Africa
Spokesperson for DCCG (Serbia) , Argentina and Indonesia

5. Activities: Progress of Work
New Work Item Proposal:
Community-based Landslide Early Warning Systems (Indonesia proposal)
Working towards a Committee Draft for Korea meeting
Communication
Interview between Indonesian representative and DCCG Convenor for external communication
Possible areas of work for consideration:
Identify standards to support UNISDR Sendai Framework

6. Plan of Action before the next ISO Plenary Meeting
1) ROADMAP
Finalise the Roadmap by the end of October 2016
2) UNISDR COLLABORATION
Review relevance of current projects, identify NWIP to support implementation of the Sendai Framework on DRR by end of November 2016.
DC Mirror Committees to engage national DRR platforms by December 2016
ISO Secretariat and UNISDR meeting at a strategic level.

7. Plan of Action before the next ISO Plenary Meeting
3) COMMUNICATION
Focus on communication internally within DCCG and externally to promote the work of the DCCG
Webex meetings to be held on a monthly basis and focus on specific topics
Agree on a process to share information between members by March 2017
Provide “Success DC’s Stories” for purposes of the TC292 website
It is indicated the need for Workshop for Experts in the next ISO Meeting in Korea
Propose a workshop between plenaries
Propose a workshop on the next plenary
WG 3 – early warning system
Prepare a template

8. Plan of Action before the next ISO Plenary Meeting
4) STRATEGY TO DEMONSTRATE AND ENSURE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION OF DCCG TO TC292
Assessment of extent of participation of DCCG members in current activities of TC292
Agree on process to discuss comments, share views, success stories and show impact on DC’s
Encourage active participation in WG’s and project teams and providing feedback to all DCCG members.
Monitoring mechanism to determine impact of TC 292 activities in DC’s

9. Recommendations to ISO/TC 292 plenary
Support the implementation of the “Project oriented” funding model, Motivate for criteria to be inclusive (eg eligibility of convenors, secretaries, etc)
Propose a strategic meeting between ISO Central Secretariat and UNISDR USG to highlight priorities of DCs in the field of standardisation for DRR
Encourage twinning at the Working Group level between Developed and DCs
Support a DCCG workshop to be held during the Korea Plenary with the support from ISO/TC292
Schedule adequate time for DCCG during Plenary meeting
Providing feedback by TC Secretariat

10. NEXT MEETING OF THE DCCG
The next in-person-meeting of the DCCG will take place with the next Plenary meeting of TC 292.
The next WebEx meeting, will be held before the end of October 2016, to get feedback on the UNISDR priorities

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