(1st on 2nd row from right): Dr Sun Yi is very honored to serve the expert group and atten its 5th meeting.
Dr Sun Yi, our Assistant Professor, is very honored to serve in the expert group on the Disaster-related Statistics in Asia and the Pacific which was commissioned by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The mission of the expert group is to review and discuss the latest version of the draft Disaster-related Statistics Framework (DRSF). The expert group’s advice is intended for use by officials from the Governments to develop the quality of national statistics on disasters.
Hosted by the ESCAP East and the North-East Asia Office, the 5thmeeting of the expert group was held in Incheon, South Korea in September 2017.As a member of the expert group, Dr Sun was invited to deliver the presentation on ‘Place-and Age-Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction for Hong Kong’ under the first session ‘Addressing Disaster Risks in East and North-East Asia –Leaving no one behind’ in this meeting.In addition, the members of the expert group included delegates from member states and associate members of UN, as well as UN bodies. It is expected to deliver its recommendations and outcomes of its work (in the form of its final draft of the DRSF) to the ESCAP Commission in May 2018.
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