Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change

IRGSC

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Mission

IRGSC is both a research institute and think tank established for the first time at its headquarter in Kupang, NTT, Indonesia. IRGSC regional focus includes Indonesia, Timor Leste and ASEAN countries. Being based in West Timor gives IRGCS the luxury to also focus also on NTT Studies – a regional focus of Southeastern and Eastern Indonesia. Its mission includes: Promoting evidence-based policy making through capacity development of scientists, bureaucrats, local politicians, NGOs/CSOs activists, CBO’s leaders, and private leaders. Knowledge production services in areas such as - Mineral resource governance and conflict Studies - Urban governance, decentralization and politics - Disaster risk and climate governance - Food system and nutrition system under climate stresses - Environmental and public health governance - Coastal resources governance - Governance and institutional dimension of MDGs Publications: - Working paper series - Policy paper series - Support the publication process of Journal of NTT Studies [belongs to NTT Academia Forum and FISIP Undana] - Eastern Indonesia Review

Disaster Reduction Goal

IRGSC views DRR as a strategic framework to govern natural resources. Avoiding and mitigation of resource loss are the central vision to DRR.

DRR activities

Policies and Programmes in DRR

Research, capacity building and training:
> DRR leadership and governance of DRR
> Crisis leadership training
> Urban adaptation to climate change
> Bureaucracy of disaster management
> Bureaucracy of climate adaptation
> Institutional vulnerability assessment
> Public private partnership
> Community based disaster management
> Community based climate adaptation in urban and rural

Websites

http://www.irgsc.org/

Making disaster risk reduction a policy priority, institutional strengthening (HFA 1)

Research and training on institutional vulnerability and governance dimension of DRR

Risk assessment and early warning systems (HFA 2)

Research and training on
> community based Early Warning System
> Institutions and governance dimension of multi-hazards EWS

Reducing underlying risk factors (HFA 4)

Policy and governance dimension of mitigation
Linking DRR-CCA

Preparedness for effective response (HFA 5)

> Crisis management leadership training
> Contingency planning for multi-risks
> Business and community continuity planing

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Latest additions

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Publication

8 February 2013

Indonesia can achieve food security through crop loss mitigation and risk reduction

The second wave of Indonesian agricultural involution due to impact of natural hazards and climate extremes, IRGSC policy brief no 2:

Publication

25 January 2013

Conceptualizing an established network of a community based flood early warning system: Case of Jakarta

IRGSC working paper no. 3:

Publication

21 January 2013

The evolution of risk and vulnerability in Greater Jakarta: contesting government policy in dealing with a megacity’s exposure to flooding

An academic response to Jakarta floods in January 2013, IRGSC working paper no. 2:

Publication

17 September 2012

Post disaster governance, complexity and network theory: evidence from Aceh, Indonesia after the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004

This research aims to understand the inter-organizational network typology of large scale disaster intervention in developing countries and to understand complexity of post disaster intervention through the use of network theory based on empirical data from post tsunami reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia, during 2005-2007. It addresses the ‘poly-centric’ features of emergency and reconstruction management, which promotes the notion that there are many overlapping centers of authority and responsibility for disaster risk reduction and post disaster intervention.