5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

1. The Role of Government:
in Disaster Management
Invited Paper
Davos 2014
Ortwin Renn
Stuttgart University and
DIALOGIK gemeinnützige GmbH

2. Efficiency
Acceptance
Fairness
Effectiveness
Legitimacy
Mediation
Participation
Four Basic (Sub)systems and
their Means of Dealing with Conflicts

3. Crucial Questions for Involvement
 Inclusion
Who: stakeholders, scientists, public(s)
What: options, policies, scenarios, frames,
preferences
Scope: multi-level governance (vertical and
horizontal)
Scale: space, time period, future generations
 Closure
What counts: acceptable evidence
What is more convincing: competition of arguments
What option is selected: decision making rule
(consensus, compromise, voting)

4. Risk Governance Process
Deciding Understanding
Pre-Assessment
Management Communication
Appraisal
Characterisation
and Evaluation

5. STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
Scientists/
Researchers
Affected
stakeholders
« Civil society »
Scientists/
Researchers
Affected
stakeholders
Scientists/
Researchers
Agency Staff Agency Staff Agency Staff
Epistemic
Use experts to
find valid,
reliable and
relevant
knowledge
about the risk
Complexity
Reflective
Involve all
affected
stakeholders to
collectively
decide best
way forward
Uncertainty
Participative
Include all
actors so as to
expose, accept,
discuss and
resolve
differences
Ambiguity
Agency Staff
Instrumental
Find the most
cost-effective
way to make
the risk
acceptable or
tolerable
Simple
Actors
Type of participation
Dominant risk
characteristic
As the level of knowledge changes, so also
will the type of participation need to change
August 2007 Introducing the IRGC’s Risk Governance Framework 5 ½ 41

6. STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
Scientists/
Researchers
Affected
stakeholders
« Civil society »
Scientists/
Researchers
Affected
stakeholders
Scientists/
Researchers
Agency Staff Agency Staff Agency Staff
Epistemic
Use experts to
find valid,
reliable and
relevant
knowledge
about the risk
Complexity
Reflective
Involve all
affected
stakeholders to
collectively
decide best
way forward
Uncertainty
Participative
Include all
actors so as to
expose, accept,
discuss and
resolve
differences
Ambiguity
Agency Staff
Instrumental
Find the most
cost-effective
way to make
the risk
acceptable or
tolerable
Simple
Actors
Type of participation
Dominant risk
characteristic
As the level of knowledge changes, so also
will the type of participation need to change
August 2007 Introducing the IRGC’s Risk Governance Framework 5 ½ 41