1. Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)

2. Build community capacity of local community people
Objectives at least 3
Build community capacity of local community people

3. CBDRM Working group member names
Deo Narayan Yadav-Koshi Victim Society, Saptari
Manohara Khadka, IWMI
Deepak Kumar Jha- Sabal Nepal
Satish Kumar Singh- Chairperson, Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality
Bhola Paswan, Journalist, Saptari
Narayan Gyawali- LWR
Anup Poudel- IOM
Sunita Kayastha- UNICEF
Tikeshwari Joshi- ForestAction Nepal
Neera Shrestha Pradhan- ICIMOD
Nishikant Gupta- ICIMOD

4. What are some of the major activities in the basin XX disaster
Research
Analysis of Vulnerable communities
Livelihoods
DRR
Climate change
Impact of disasters on School Children
Transboundary EW Assessment- ADPEC
Policy Gap analysis on DRR

5. Activities being implemented - Ward level Disaster Management Committee - Local Emergency Operation Center (LEOC) - Multi Hazard Risk Assessment - Community Level Credit Scheme/Cooperatives - Capacity building of school Children for DRR - Training to WDMC, LDMC - Emergency Shelters, emergency supplies (prepositioning of supplies) - Simulation Exercises under preparedness - Early Warning System (EWS) - Probabilistic Forecasting

6. Reducing the “CB “ disaster risks in the basin
Opportunities
Cross-Border Communication between communities
Available local resources after restructuring of nation
Livelihoods and Economic Generation- Livestock Rearing
Local Government powerful with authority
Easy access to services- presence of local government
41% women representation at LGs
– 20% Marginalised &Dalit
Tourism attraction- Buffer Zone area- Koshi Tappu
Annual & Perodic plan are developed integrating DRR
Increased level of awareness of the local people
Establishment of Forest, environment and DRR committees
What challenges and opportunities does the working group see in the basin? 3-5 points

7. Challenges High Siltation Water drainage seepage
No provision on policy for death by drowning
Riverbank cutting and water logging
Climate change impact
Limited coordination/cooperation between government agencies at various level
Lack of Monitoring at the local level (EWS)
Limited Human Resources
Limited participation of affected community people
Access to information to the marginalized people is poor
Language is a barrier
Working with the state of Bihar, India

8. Priorities areas for the group to contribute:
Science to policy:
Building Codes- Assessing Households needs ( Flood Resistant Housing)
Evidence-based- research needed
EWS- Institutional structuring
Research on Water availability and demand at local level
Practice to science
Riverbed farming
Local knowledge/initiatives supplement/support scientific findings
Social science aspect of DRR need to be researched
Science-policy-practice:
Flood & drought resistant crops
Upstream-downstream communication
Communication of EWS
What areas of your research would strengthen science-policy-practice linkages in the Koshi basin? It could be any combination

9. How do you plan to incorporate gender and/or bring a socio-economic dimensions
Identify/define vulnerable groups
Inclusion of the most vulnerable groups in different DRR structures (CDMC, WDMC, LDMC) – ensure their participation
Generating evidence on gender dimension of DRR
Baseline data of most vulnerable group (women, children, elderly, person with disability, lactating and pregnant) at household level
Mobilization of various teams ( rescue, health, protection, education, communication) and resources
Shelter areas for men and women
Capacitate women in DRR-GESI research
Awareness raising among men and women-gender issue in DRR
How do you plan to incorporate gender and/or bring a socio-economic into the WG 3-5 bullet points

10. How will the group will function to meet the objectives?
How will the members communicate regularly – for example: group , how many times would they meet?
Share through group
Link KDKH- CBDRM Group with MoFAGA -CBDRM Platform
KDKH-CBDRM group can provide info to this platform
Another round of meeting to build a complete group
What would be roles of the working group members?
Available case stories put on KDKH webpage
Share information
Collaborative/Joint research with government
ICIMOD to facilitate this next meeting
How will the group function to meet their objectives. Can add as much information as needed. Resources available within working group members organization can be considered.

11. How will the group will function to meet the objectives?
Who could be group lead and co-lead and what are their roles?
Government to lead and part of the process for long term sustainability (Led by government from the beginning)
Resources available and needed:
How will the group function to meet their objectives. Can add as much information as needed. Resources available within working group members organization can be considered.

12. How do you plan to engage with others/groups
How do you plan to engage with others/groups ? What knowledge products you plan to produce and share?
Policy makers: through the policy advocacy group? Issue briefs?
General public: joint blogs, newspaper articles
Practitioners:
Development agencies: joint proposal?
What is your proposed engagement strategy for the working group? (how do you plan to disseminate your findings?) how to engage with Knowledge Management and communication group