Workshop facilitator/dictator: Per Knutsson

Zoom-link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/61012994638?pwd=azZNQWcybFFYN09RWDRpcVJPYkx3QT09

Meeting ID: 610 1299 4638
Passcode: 454572

Overall aim and structure of the workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to provide an opportunity to engage practically with a common methodology for the quantitative assessment of risk, vulnerability and adaptive capacity: Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (see the course lecture on risk- and vulnerability assessments and/or this example). As we have been-, and continue to go through an exceptional period, where adaptation to the risks of COVID-19 dominates political, economic, social and private arenas across the world, and when assessments of risk, vulnerability and adaptive capacity is at the core of the public debate, it seems relevant and interesting to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic during the Workshop. The proposed objective of the workshop is therefore to reach as fare as possible in designing a framework for an internationally applicable vulnerability index for future, global pandemics, based on the experiences of COVID-19.

In order to adapt the workshop format (working creatively and intensively together to achieve concrete results) to the present conditions of online-interaction, the workshop will be conducted in three parts: (1) start-up on the 17/5, 09.15 - 12.00; (2) design of the assessment framework on the 19/5, 09.15 - 12.00; and (3) test/evaluation of the assessment framework on the 21/5, 10.15 - 12.00. Besides the 3 workshop sessions as such, there may also a need for some preparatory- and follow-up work between the workshop sessions.

Workshop Part 1

In order to 'get right to business' when we meet for the start-up session on the 17/5, 09.15 - 12, please have a look at the following report on COVID-19 vulnerabilities in Africa, which could act as common source of departure and inspiration for our assessment framework. When reading it, reflect on (1) Are the vulnerability indicators presented in the report also relevant when designing an assessment framework for other contexts than Africa? Do we need to take away/reformulate any of the indicators to make the framework more generally applicable? Do we need to bring in additional ones to make the framework more generally applicable? (2) How would you divide the report's indicators (or any reformulated or additional ones you want to include), following an assessment framework based on three main vulnerability criteria/factors/aspects: Exposure - Sensitivity - Adaptive capacity?

Preliminary schedule for Workshop Part 1

09.15 - 09.45: Introduction by Per Knutsson

09.45 - 10.45: Joint identification of main, measurable Exposure-, Sensitivity-, and Adaptive Capacity indicators. The purpose with this session is provide a joint logic and platform for our assessment framework. .

10.45 - 11.00: BREAK

11.00 - 11.45 Establishment of working groups (for example, overall coordinators - exposure group - sensitivity group - adaptive capacity group). The purpose of with this session is to make an effective division of work and responsibilities possible + to start the planning of group work in break-out rooms.

11.45 - 12.00 Joint planning of follow-up and preparation work needed before Workshop Part 2 on 19/5.