RESEARCH INSTRUMENT FOR INTERVIEWS

AND/OR FOCUS GROUPS

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RESEARCH INSTRUMENT FOR INTERVIEWS/FOCUS GROUPS DRAFT

Participant Categories
The interview and/or focus group participants should be key stakeholders in
Multi Hazard Early Warning for coastal areas in Asia. For example, these may
include representatives from government organisations, private sector
organisations, higher education institutions and non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), but this list is not exhaustive. If deemed necessary,
participants could be selected from these organisations with the use of a key
stakeholder mapping exercise. Documentation to assist in this exercise is
attached in the Excel table sent together with this research instrument.

Purpose of the Interviews and/Focus Group Discussions

To identify, in-depth, the current context and gaps in MHEW systems for coastal
areas in Asia.

Important to Remember
If possible, the interviews and/focus groups should be conducted face-to-
face. Telephone/IP communication services/video conferencing can be used
if face-to-face meetings are not practical.
Any mixture of interviews and/or focus groups can be used depending on the
in-country context.
If focus groups are considered as the preferred method of data collection,
please use a mixed group of stakeholders (e.g. from public sector, private
sector, higher education institutions and NGOs) for the focus groups to
reduce bias.

Note:
Some of the questions in the research instrument could be adequately
addressed from the literature review. If so, these questions can be omitted
from interviews and/focus groups.

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General Questions
1. Participants Organisation:

2. What is your/your organisations level of involvement in Multi-Hazard Early Warning?

3. What are the different types of coastal hazards that affect your country / region / city
(this will depend on the participants role and area of familiarity)?
4. What is the impact of these hazards to the coastal communities and the country as a
whole?
5. What types of early warning systems are available for different types of coastal hazards?

Multi Hazard Assessment

6. Has your country undertaken any hazard assessments for Coastal Hazards? (Yes/ No)
7. If the answer is Yes to above, please provide answers to the following sub-questions. If
the answer is No to above, please skip to next question.
a. Please indicate the type of hazard assessment that has been carried out in your
country?
b. Who does the hazard assessment in your country?
National Agency/ International Agency/ National or Local University/ National
Consultant/ International Consultant/ Any other please specify
c. The Hazard assessment is at:
National Level/ Regional Level/ City Level/ Village Level/ Any other- please specify
d. Does your country have the capacity to do the hazard assessment? (Yes/ No)
e. Does your country have the capacity to give training and/or consultancy on hazard
assessment to other countries? (Yes/ No)

Global Initiatives on MHEW

8. What is the current status of implementation in your country for the post-2015 global
frameworks, such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Climate
Change Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals?
9. Who is responsible for implementation of these frameworks in your country in relation
to:
a. Multi Hazard Early Warning System
b. To increase disaster resilience among coastal communities
10. To what extent do you think these Initiatives have been integrated at a National Level
in order to achieve the following outcomes:
a. To improve MHEW

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 b. To increase disaster resilience among coastal communities

Existing MHEW and coastal resilience

11. In your view, how important it is to have MHEW for increased disaster resilience among
coastal communities?
12. What are the current efforts towards MHEW within the country?
13. Does your country have a national capability to assess and/or receive potential multi
hazard threat information and advise/warn its coastal communities? (Yes/No)
14. How does MHEW reach the last mile? For example, which agency/ies or actors are
responsible for preparedness and awareness at the local level?
15. Does your country currently have a MHEW related policy, legislation, guidelines
and/plan? (Yes/No).
16. If the answer is Yes to above, what are they? If the answer is No to above, please move
to question 18.

The related Policy/ They are at National Author of the Date of

Legislation/ Guidelines/ Level/ Regional Level/ Publication Publication
Plan City Level/ Village
Level/ any other
(please specify)

17. How successful have these policies been in improving MHEW among coastal
communities? Please provide any examples where the policies have been successful or
failed.
18. Are there any other coastal resilience mechanisms in your country? For example:
investments in infrastructure as a hard resilience mechanism while insurance as a soft
resilience mechanism.
19. Do you identify these mechanisms having any links to national level development
plans? Please explain.

Regional Cooperation

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20. Are there any regional cooperation or regional stakeholder partnerships to support
effective MHEW and increase the disaster resilience of coastal communities? (Yes/No)
21. If the answer is Yes to above, please state the main objectives of regional cooperation
and the extent to which it has been successful thus far.
22. Are there any capacity gaps that are hindering effective regional cooperation for MHEW
and improved disaster resilience among coastal community?
23. Is there any need for;
a. identifying capacity needs
b. innovation in MHEW
c. training
d. improved partnerships among socio-economic actors, at the regional level?
Explain the reasons for your answer.

Enablers for an effective MHEW towards increasing resilience among coastal

communities
24. What are the enablers (factors/ variables) that are most important for effective MHEW
in coastal communities?

Role of Higher Education Institutes for an effective MHEW and Coastal

Community Resilience:
25. Do you have any MHEW education and awareness programmes for coastal hazards in
your country? (Yes/ No)
26. If the answer is Yes to above, what are they? If No, please skip to question 28.
27. Who is responsible for the MHEW education and awareness programmes for Coastal
Hazards in your country (Disaster Management Office, National Tsunami Warning
Centre, etc.)?
28. In your view, what is the role of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in improving
MHEW for Coastal Resilience, in terms of;
a. Education
b. Expertise/ advocacy
c. Research
d. Any other ways
29. What barriers/challenges are faced by HEIs in these efforts? Please explain.

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30. How could HEIs overcome these barriers/ challenges?
31. How can HEIs effectively support in capacity building? What do you propose?

Annex 1- Research Participant Consent Form

Title of Project: CABARET - Capacity Building in Asia for Resilience EducaTion
Principal Investigator:
Professor Richard Haigh, Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield, United
Kingdom

Work Package 1 Leaders:

Dr. Champika Liyanage, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom

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Dr. Harkunti Rahayu, Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia

Name and Address of the Partner Institution:

[Name of the Partner Institution, Address, Country]

Local Representative of the Partner Institution:

[Name of the Representative]
[Contact number and email address]

Please delete as appropriate.

I confirm that I have read and understood the information sheet for the
Yes No
above research and what my contribution will be

I have been given the opportunity to ask questions about my participation Yes No

I agree to take part in the interview Yes No

I agree to the interview being recorded Yes No

I understand that all the information I provide will be treated in strict

Yes No
confidence

I understand that I have the right to withdraw from this study at any stage
for any reason, and that I will not be required to explain my reasons for Yes No
withdrawing

Name of the interviewee:

Signature:

Date:

Name of the interviewer:

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Annex 2- Project Information Sheet

Title of Project: CABARET - Capacity Building in Asia for Resilience EducaTion

I would like to invite you to take part in the above titled research project. Before you decide, you need to
understand why this research is being done and what it would involve for you. Please take time to read the
following information carefully. Ask questions if anything you read is not clear or if you would like more
information.
Project Background and Aim:
CABARET aims to build capacity for international and regional cooperation between Higher Education Institutes
(HEIs) in Asia (region 6) and Europe, and among Asian HEIs themselves, to improve Multi Hazard Early Warning
(MHEW) and increase disaster resilience among coastal communities. In doing so, CABARET focuses on a subject
area and a world region not sufficiently addressed by projects already being funded under previous schemes.
CABARET will address the cognitive and normative challenges in positioning early warning and preparedness in
the wider trajectories of social change in societies and communities at risk. It is an imperative to take an
integrated and holistic approach to early warnings for multiple hazards and risks tailored to user needs across
sectors. The capacity development programme for regional cooperation in MHEW we propose is primarily
targeted at academics at any stage of their career at partner HEIs, and other HEIs in region 6. The overall focus
is International cooperation at the regional level' towards the development of enhanced regional MHEW for
increased coastal resilience. The programme will strengthen relations between higher education and the
vulnerable coastal communities (the wider economic and social environment). Academics, as well as technical
and management staff, at partner HEIs and beyond will benefit through enhanced capacities for scientific
cooperation and knowledge transfer (WP4), a better understanding of regional gaps and priorities (WP5),
greater mobility among higher education institutes in the region (WP5), and improved partnerships with socio-
economic actors within vulnerable coastal communities (WP6). CABARET will benefit the HEIs from partner
countries, their higher education institutions and systems. Via the online capacity building platform (WP7),
benefits can also be reached by other HEIs in partner countries, other HEIs in the region and beyond. The target
groups will benefit from being engaged in a multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral environment, with a mix of
participants, including users of potential HE outcomes, to drive lateral thinking and radical approaches to
address major regional challenges in MHEW, whether they be related to policy, research or education. It will
enable HEIs to be more responsive to the needs in their own countries, in particular those of vulnerable coastal
communities, but also participate in the global agenda towards reducing disaster risk, while strengthening the
scientific impact and competitiveness of Asian HEIs.
Data Collection Technique/s and Type of Data:
Semi-structured interviews and/or focus groups will be conducted as the main mode of data collection for this
study. A copy of the interview/focus groups guideline will be provided to the respondents prior to data
collection. The data collection technique will aim to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the current
context and gaps on Multi Hazard Early Warning (MHEW) Systems in Coastal Resilience.
Type of Interviewees:
Respondents will be chosen from Key Stakeholders involved in Multi Hazard Early Warning in Coastal
Resilience. These key stakeholders could range from Government Organisations, Private Sector Parties to Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
Confidentiality of data:
All data that will be obtained in the interviews/focus groups will be treated with strict confidentiality and will
only be used for this research. Any information regarding any respondent or organisation will not be disclosed,
and the data collected will be kept in a secure location. The names of the respondents and the organisations will
not appear in any publication resulting from this research. Further, after the interview respondents have read
this information and asked any questions for further clarifications, the respondents will be given a research
participant consent form to be completed and signed. The respondents will be able to withdraw at any time, for
any reason without explaining the reasons for withdrawing.

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