DIPECHO Meetings

November 19, 2009

DIPECHO - 2nd Regional Consultative Meeting for Disaster Risk

Reduction in Central Asia:

Achievements and GAPs in DRR management in the region

(Institutional and community levels)

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How to get Results based DRR that works!

• Identify the gaps before the project starts

• Assess you capacity to deliver: Can we eliminate the gaps? (ex. HR, $, partner’s capacity and roles, timeframe..)

• Who can do What and How and Where?

• Actors involved- Gov’t , INGOs, NGO’s , civil society and beneficiaries

• Standards in all aspects- training, structures, mitigation work, responsibility

The GAPs need to be 1) agreed upon by ALL actors and stakeholders and 2) appropriate strategy , planning

and deliverables MUST be done!

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Objectives:

DRR Mainstreaming in Project Planning and Implementation

• Disaster Planning among the community

• Targeted Individual preparedness and personal safety

What’s been achieved? What still needs to be done?

• DRR plan at district level facilitated and approved by the government

• Common framework for village DRR plans, training and structures

Risk Exposure: 1) Inconsistent Delivery 2) Unmet community expectations

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Objectives:

HAZARD VULNERABILITY & RISK ASSESSMENT

• Risk models, which include vulnerability/ capacity analysis.

• Most tools are well disseminated and its results have been approved by respective gov’t structures

What’s been achieved? What still needs to be done?

• Consolidation of RA tool and acceptance of it among all partners

• Attract local professional experts to validate RA results in communities

Risk Exposure:

1) Lack of alignment to gov’t RA strategy

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Objectives

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY OPERATING STRUCTURES

• Community based Operational Planning model during the time of a disaster

• Equipped Village Emergency Groups that are developers and implementers of the DRR plan

• Some interaction of VEG with district CoEs/MoEs

What’s been achieved? What still needs to be done?

• Expectations alignment on min. stockpiles, budgets and maintenance

• Sustainability of activities not guaranteed

• Further acceptance of VEG by CoEs/MoEs is desirable, as VEG trained (though not certified) members can assist CoEs/MoEs at time of disaster as first community responders

Risk Exposure:

1) Lack of motivation among teams and community members

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OBJECTIVES:

TEAMS AND TRAINING

• Collaboration with CoEs/ MoEs on Rescue Brigades training

• Multi hazard training in schools

• Training of women groups ONLY to some extent

• DRR mainstreaming training in communities

What’s been achieved? What still needs to be done?

• Who takes the responsibility for trained groups and under whose jurisdiction to mobilize?

• Access to training for vulnerable groups

• Issue of high turnover of volunteers, trainers and response personnel

Risk Exposure:

1) Capacity to respond 2) Quality of response 3) Lack of sustainability

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OBJECTIVES:

INTERAGENCY COORDINATION STRATEGY

• Use of the same RA tool with government participation

• There is limited but constant exchange of information among REACT members

What’s been achieved? What still needs to be done?

• Availability / analysis of data ahead of time

• Communication strategy and protocols fully understood at REACT level

• Stockpiles- who has what? and who is responsible in case of emergency?

• Ownership of REACT contingency plans? Are they doing it now?

Risk Exposure:

Inability to execute with proper coordination

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OBJECTIVES: INFRASTRUCTURE & SMALL SCALE MITIGATION PROJECTS:

• Improved local capacity through small scale Mitigation Projects: water drainage, riverbed cleaning, riverbanks enforcements and seismic resistant construction

• The work carried out with local NGOs, VG and CBOs

What’s been achieved? What still needs to be done?

• Coordinated approach with different government departments

• Integration of livelihood aspect in DRR activities

• Attract professionals to conduct disaster mitigation activities

• Reevaluate capacity to deliver such work by NGOs

• Quality and Quantity of Mitigation Works

• Sustainability and maintenance of projects

Risk Exposure: 1) Unsustainable projects, 2) increase risk level based on false perception of ‘safety’