The Global Promotion Committee of
the International Programme on Landslides (GPC/IPL)
The Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (GPC/IPL) was established by the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan. It was authorized by the MoUs between ICL and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), United Nations University (UNU), International Council for Science (ICSU), and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) which were signed in 2006.
The First Session of IPL Global Promotion Committee together with IPL Symposium 2007 -Landslide Risk Analysis and Sustainable Disaster Management- was organized on 22-25 January 2007 at Elizabeth Rose Hall, United Nations University, Tokyo. Organizers were the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the United Nations University (UNU), the International Council for Science (ICSU), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Kyoto University (KU), the Japan Landslide Society (JLS) and others.
Terms of Reference of GPC/IPL
1) Organization of the work of the IPL Global Promotion Committee and of IPL Symposium
2) Evaluation and Promotion of IPL projects
3) Organization of World Landslides Forum
4) Identification and Promotion of the World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction
5) Contribution to global landslide issues and promotion of partnerships within the framework of ISDR.
(ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 and the planned Kyoto 2020 Commitment for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk)
Finance
1) Fund from ICL
2) Subvention to IPL
(Financial supports from ICL supporting organizations, governments and local governments, and non-governmental organizations)
Members
1) ICL member organizations
2) ICL supporting organizations which have exchanged MoU to promote IPL with ICL
3) Organizations which provide subventions to IPL.
Chairpersons
The initial chairpersons of IPL Global Promotion Committee selected at the first GPC/IPL in 2007.
Chairperson: Salvano Briceno (UNISDR, Director)
Deputy Chair : Badaoui Rouhban (UNESCO, Section Chief for Disaster Reduction)
Deputy Chair : Kyoji Sassa (ICL, President)
Deputy Chair : Paolo Canuti (ICL, Vice President for Europe)
Chairpersons in 2018: Qunli Han (Integrated Reserach on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Executive Director)
Deputy Chair: Peter Bobrowsky (ICL, President)
Secretary: Kyoji Sassa (IPL World Centre, Director)
Secretariat
IPL World Centre (IWC) was proposed by the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan and established by the First IPL Global Promotion Committee in 2007. The IPL World Centre is a part of the legal body of ICL and managed by IPL Global Promotion Committee.
1. Terms of Reference
1) To serve as the Secretariat for IPL and the IPL Global Promotion Committee
2) To coordination and implement the IPL Global issues such as Edition of “Landslides” Journal, Landslide Database, and International joint research and disaster investigation
3) To support the activities of the ICL-Japan (ICL Japanese network) under way and to promote the planned Kyoto 2020 Commitment in cooperation with ICL-Japan
2. Management
IWC is managed by the IWC council which consists of members and advisors, and secretarial staffs.
1) Members
Directors of NPO-ICL, Members of ICL full members in Japan, Chair of IPL Global Promotion Committee, Presidents and other officers of ICL, some from ICL supporting organizations.
2) Advisors
Some from the Government of Japan, Kyoto University, and senior advisors of ICL
3) Secretarial staffs
Members of the Council of the IPL World Centre
2018 Japanese fiscal year (2018.4.1 – 2019.3.31)
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Name |
Organization |
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Advisor |
INABA, K. |
Vice President of Kyoto University |
|
Advisor |
KUSANO, S. |
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
|
Advisor |
MATSUMURO, K. |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) |
|
Advisor |
SAEKI.T |
Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
|
Advisor |
SAYA, S. |
Cabinet Office, Disaster Management Bureau |
|
Advisor |
BRICENO, S. |
ICL Senior Advisor, Former Director of UNISDR |
|
Advisor |
GINKEL, J.A. van. |
Former Rector of United Nations University |
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Member |
FUKUOKA, H. |
Director, Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University Accounting Director of NPO-ICL |
|
Member |
HIGAKI, D. |
Chair of ICL Committee of the Japan Landslide Society |
|
Member |
KONAGAI, K |
Research Director of NPO-ICL |
|
Member |
NISHIKAWA, S. |
Prof. Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University Advisor of ICL |
|
Member |
OCHIAI, H. |
President of the Japan Landslide Society |
|
Member |
SASSA, K. |
General Director of NPO-ICL, Director of IPL World Centre (Chair of the Council) |
|
Member |
TAKARA, K. |
Dean, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Managing Director of NPO-ICL |
|
Member |
UZUOKA, R |
Prof. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University |
|
Member |
BOBROWSKY, P. |
President of ICL |
|
Member |
CANUTI, P. |
Former President of ICL, ICL Kernel member |
|
Member |
CASAGLI, N. |
ICL Vice President for Europe |
|
Member |
HAN, Q. |
Chair of the IPL Global Promotion Committee Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Reduction (IRDR) |
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Member |
ROUHBAN, B. |
IPL Advisor，Former Director for the Natural Disaster Reduction of UNESCO |
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Member |
TIWARI, B. |
ICL Vice President for America |
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Member |
YIN, Y. |
Immediate Past President of ICL, ICL Kernel member |