Based on these documents, especially on the future plans, it becomes obvious that some deviation started from the original thinkings in the planned activities. However, these thoughts at UNSyiah side are not shared by Kobe team, and we need to coordinate on these.
Y.Tanaka have produced a PPT file discussing the difference between Kobe Team and UNSyiah Team, and his PPT file was uploaded in our Dropbox. Here are the thoughts & suggestions of his.
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami 10 yr Assessment Project has two components;
Project1 by Kobe Team (Supported by Japanese Funding Agency)
Project2: by UNSyiah Team (Supported by Aceh Gov.)
There are gaps between the above two, and let's discuss "What are the gaps between two project? and
How we should coordinate?"
What are the gaps between the two projects?
The objectives of two projects may be different.
Kobe Team:
1. Find out how the reconstruction in Aceh has progressed? (factual history as well as peoples’ opinion about the reconstruction),
2. Through this exercise, find out what are well or poorly reconstructed.
3. Find out what are to be done in future reconstructions.
4. What are the Aceh’s lessons to be told to the East Japan Tsunami victims.
Then, What are the objectives of Aceh Gov.’s project?
UNSyiah Team needs to state the objectives of the project funded by Aceh Gov.
Also the expected outcomes form this project needs to be stated.
The expected outcomes of Kobe Team project are;
1. Help better reconstructions of Aceh and research activities @ UNSyiah.
2. Bridge the reconstructions between Aceh and Tohoku, Japan.
To coordinate these projects, there are things to be understood mutually among us
Kobe Team thinks Reconstructions@Banda Aceh represent significant parts of of reconstruction activities in Indonesia’s case of Indian Ocean Tsunami. Also Banda Aceh’s case would be comparable to those @ Kobe City because both are urban problem.
Then we need to know the main reason of UNSyiah team studying the rural cases? — Comparison between rural and urban reconstruction problems?
Kobe Team thinks the reconstruction problems and solutions are complex and quite interrelated among different study aspects (i.e, the five AG1 to 5). Therefore, we should try to ask those questions from different study aspects to the same target interviewees in order all of us to share mutually our understandings and thinkings towards the same problem.
Kobe Team believes that the most important outcome is that this project leads to better reconstruction of Banda Aceh (also Aceh) through mutual participations of talking & discussing on what are the better reconstructions so far achieved and to be achieved in future. This can only be possible by organising a workshop where interviewers and interviewees work together to discuss the same problem.
Things we should coordinate;
1. Decide the date of the June workshop targeted for the educational sector.
2. One day before the workshop, UNSyiah staff and Kobe team should meet & agree on what questions to be asked to those educational sector people.
Here are some thoughts on questions on educational sectors
1. What were the most sever damages in educational sectors besides the students’ death? and how soon those have been recovered and reconstructed? (School buildings?, Teaching materials? Teaching methods & contents? etc.)
2. How soon the school activities become normal? (Student behaviours, psychological effects, financial problems, electricity or water problems?)
3. DRR education and preparedness for future tsunami? (Any DRR educational material, or culture or training on DRR?)
4. Any current activities on community involvement or outreaching activities? (Role of school in reconstruction?)
5. Future plans or developments required in educational sectors for better learning and reconstruction?
