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DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Disaster Risk Reduction Tools developed under the 2011
Scientific Workshops for Multiplier Ag
Target Audience:
and Red Cross members.
Objective: Prepare multipliers agents using scientific information, to articulate
the action of vulnerable communities, the scientific community (responsible of
monitoring and evaluating the hazards and vulnerabilities) and the authorities
responsible for Disaster Risk Reduction to respond and guarantee the maximum
effort to save lives with professional capacity.
Radio and television spots
Target Audience:
Objective: We count with the interest of the local media to present TV and Radio
Spots on DRR measures, which a very good acceptance of the population.
In the case of the radio messages, adolescents of th
prepared an especial song. In the case of the TV spots, we used local
personalities of the city of Santiago, so people could feel identified.
Earthquake simulation system CAOS
Target audience:
Objective: Support the Town Hall and the Institute of Risk Management to allow
the community members to be informed about measures of self
experience simulations of earthquakes, fires
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Disaster Risk Reduction Tools developed under the 2011-2012 DIPECHO Action Plan for the Caribbean
Scientific Workshops for Multiplier Agents on Seismic Risk Reduction
Target Audience: Community Members, young leaders, teachers, police, firemen
ross members.
Prepare multipliers agents using scientific information, to articulate
the action of vulnerable communities, the scientific community (responsible of
g and evaluating the hazards and vulnerabilities) and the authorities
responsible for Disaster Risk Reduction to respond and guarantee the maximum
effort to save lives with professional capacity.
Radio and television spots
Target Audience: General Population of Santiago de los Caballeros
We count with the interest of the local media to present TV and Radio
Spots on DRR measures, which a very good acceptance of the population.
In the case of the radio messages, adolescents of the target communities
prepared an especial song. In the case of the TV spots, we used local
personalities of the city of Santiago, so people could feel identified.
Earthquake simulation system CAOS
Target audience: Municipal authorities, students, community in general.
Support the Town Hall and the Institute of Risk Management to allow
the community members to be informed about measures of self-protection and
experience simulations of earthquakes, fires and hurricanes.
http://eird.org/dipecho-action-plan-caribbean
2012 DIPECHO Action Plan for the Caribbean
Caritas Germany
http://www.caritas-
international.de/
Beliza Espinoza
Programme Coordinator
E-mail:
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Family Emergency
Target Audience:
Objective: Provide families a tool to be prepared in case of earth tremors,
earthquakes or floods. The Family Emergency Plan Kit contains; the
information about the steps to follow in case of an earthquake, emergency
telephone numbers, one whistle and one torch with batteries
Safer Houses Module
Target audience
communities and Red
Objective: To improve the knowledge of communities on how to reinforce
wooden or concrete houses in the event of hurricanes, earthquakes and floods.
Background: Since 2004, French Red Cross has developed and / or facilitated a
variety of training related to shelt
Dominica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Barbados and Suriname). Building on this expertise, methodology
specific to reinforcing houses prior to
include guidance on building foundations, installing hurricane straps and other
structural reinforcements and building flood barriers. This Safe House Module
tool has been co
the Canadian Red Cross.
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Family Emergency Plan Kit
Target Audience: Families of vulnerable neighborhoods
Provide families a tool to be prepared in case of earth tremors,
earthquakes or floods. The Family Emergency Plan Kit contains; the family plan,
information about the steps to follow in case of an earthquake, emergency
telephone numbers, one whistle and one torch with batteries
Safer Houses Module
Target audience: Builders and community members from vulnerable
communities and Red Cross personnel.
To improve the knowledge of communities on how to reinforce
wooden or concrete houses in the event of hurricanes, earthquakes and floods.
Background: Since 2004, French Red Cross has developed and / or facilitated a
training related to shelter in many Caribbean countries (Jamaica,
Dominica, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Barbados and Suriname). Building on this expertise, methodology
specific to reinforcing houses prior to a disaster has been further adapted to
include guidance on building foundations, installing hurricane straps and other
structural reinforcements and building flood barriers. This Safe House Module
tool has been co-financed by the Caribbean DIPECHO 8 project, DFID, CIDA and
the Canadian Red Cross.
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Caritas Germany
http://www.caritas-
international.de/
Beliza Espinoza
Programme Coordinator
E-mail:
International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies (IFRC)
http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-
we-do/where-we-
work/americas/trinidad-and-
tobago-red-cross-society
Reynette Royer
IFRC
Caribbean Regional
Representation Office
Email:
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit
Target audience
Objective: Assist Red Cross staff, partners and volunteers in communicating
climate change to communities they work in, integrate climate change into the
VCA process, enhance the VCA process using GPS and GIS and to finalize a
community climate change action plan
proposal.
Disaster Information Fairs
Target audience
disabilities, adults and older persons
Objective: Disaster Information Fairs are a means of providing
of agencies working in the area of DRR and other attendant services to the
community.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey
Target audience
Disaster Coordinator, ODPEM, Government, CDRTs,
Objective: The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Survey towards Disaster
Risk Reduction is implemented as a pre
the attitude of residents and the associated practices relating to disaster risk
reduction across the ten target communities. The KAP Survey is implemented
also towards the end of the project to evaluate the impact of the project on the
knowledge, attitude and practices of residents relating to DRR and to determine
if any required behaviour
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Caribbean Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit
Target audience: Red Cross personnel, partners, communities
: Assist Red Cross staff, partners and volunteers in communicating
climate change to communities they work in, integrate climate change into the
VCA process, enhance the VCA process using GPS and GIS and to finalize a
community climate change action plan using the CHRiSTAL approach and project
Disaster Information Fairs
Target audience: Residents of the communities: children, persons with
disabilities, adults and older persons
: Disaster Information Fairs are a means of providing a ‘one stop shop’
of agencies working in the area of DRR and other attendant services to the
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey
Target audience: Policy Makers, persons working in the area of DRM, Parish
Disaster Coordinator, ODPEM, Government, CDRTs, CBOs etc.
: The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Survey towards Disaster
Risk Reduction is implemented as a pre-test to determine the level of knowledge,
the attitude of residents and the associated practices relating to disaster risk
ion across the ten target communities. The KAP Survey is implemented
also towards the end of the project to evaluate the impact of the project on the
knowledge, attitude and practices of residents relating to DRR and to determine
if any required behaviour change has taken place.
http://eird.org/dipecho-action-plan-caribbean
Reynette Royer
IFRC
Caribbean Regional
Representation Office
Email:
HelpAge International
www.helpage.org/where-we-
work/caribbean/jamaica
Jeff James
Regional Director
E-mail:
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Community Disaster Response Teams (Intergenerational Approaches)
Target audience
Objective: The utilization of the Community Disaster Response Team (CDRT) is
not a new model. However, a novel approach to the CDRT developed under the
project is the utilization of an intergenerational approach, which has facilitated
inclusion of older persons int
Micro-mitigation: River
Target audience
communities)
Objective: The Flood
flood warning systems to be used in Jamaica. The Flood Warning system is
expected to function as an early warning system for residents of Rivoli,
Thompson Pen and the adjoining communit
level has reached a critical level thereby providing them with adequate time to
undertake evacuation exercises if required.
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Community Disaster Response Teams (Intergenerational Approaches)
Target audience: Target Communities
: The utilization of the Community Disaster Response Team (CDRT) is
not a new model. However, a novel approach to the CDRT developed under the
project is the utilization of an intergenerational approach, which has facilitated
inclusion of older persons into the disaster response process.
mitigation: River - Alarm System
Target audience: Residents of Rivoli & Thompson Pen (as well as the adjoining
The Flood Warning System implemented under the project is a pilot in
flood warning systems to be used in Jamaica. The Flood Warning system is
expected to function as an early warning system for residents of Rivoli,
Thompson Pen and the adjoining communities to alert them whenever the river
level has reached a critical level thereby providing them with adequate time to
undertake evacuation exercises if required.
http://eird.org/dipecho-action-plan-caribbean
HelpAge International
www.helpage.org/where-we-
work/caribbean/jamaica
Jeff James
Regional Director
E-mail:
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Hospital Emergency and Disaster Response Plan
Target audience
hospital officials, hospital personnel involved in emergency services, partner
agencies response for emergency response
Objective: To provide hospital management personnel with the methodology
and information necessary f
response plans for emergencies and disasters. These would serve as operational
tools in the management of crisis situations.
Video guide on child
Responding to interest raised in the 2010 CDEMA conference, the video guide
explains step-by
centred and child
children in a few activities. The guide shows the basis for child
derived from the Convention on the Rights of the Child, how children can
understand DRR and vulnerability, child
programmes, means by which children can become agents of change and
advocate to government agencies and the high impact that DRR programmes can
have because of being child
International’s programmes in the Dominican Republic, funded by ECHO, USAID
OFDA and AECID. The video guide was produced with funds from the European
Commission Humanitarian Aid Department.
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Hospital Emergency and Disaster Response Plan
arget audience: Hospital Disaster Committee members and other senior
hospital officials, hospital personnel involved in emergency services, partner
agencies response for emergency response
: To provide hospital management personnel with the methodology
and information necessary for them to develop their respective hospital
response plans for emergencies and disasters. These would serve as operational
tools in the management of crisis situations.
deo guide on child-centred DRR
Responding to interest raised in the 2010 CDEMA conference, the video guide
by-step how and why to develop DRR programmes which are child-
centred and child-driven, as distinct from being DRR projects which involve
children in a few activities. The guide shows the basis for child-centred DRR
derived from the Convention on the Rights of the Child, how children can
d DRR and vulnerability, child-centred ways to design and execute DRR
programmes, means by which children can become agents of change and
advocate to government agencies and the high impact that DRR programmes can
have because of being child-centred. Examples are derived from Plan
International’s programmes in the Dominican Republic, funded by ECHO, USAID-
OFDA and AECID. The video guide was produced with funds from the European
Commission Humanitarian Aid Department.
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Pan-American Health
Organization (PAHO/WHO)
http://new.paho.org/
ecc/index.php?option=
com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Lealou Reballos
Technical Officer,
Email: [email protected]
Jeronimo Venegas
Disaster Respones Specialist
Email:
Plan Dominican Republic &
Asamblea de Cooperación
por la Paz (ACPP)
http://plan-
international.org/where-we-
work/americas/dominican-
rep/
http://www.acpp.com/
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Community-awareness
In communities where there is no cinema, community DRR cinema has been a
very effective tool for raising awareness. Using videos about DRR issues that are
pertinent to the local context
Plan and ACPP were
dynamic way. As the videos were publicly available (often on Youtube), costs
were low, primarily being the costs of hiring a space (where necessary),
guaranteeing electricity for the event (generato
often achieved through posters and by using local forms of advertising such as
minibuses with loudspeakers broadcasting publicity messages for the video
forum around the community in advance of the screening.
Other forms of awareness
all have a common graphic style and campaign slogan, to which local action
messages are attached in the different communities. Plan and ACPP negotiated
with the unions controlling local buses
and art around the communities.
Self-assessment tool: DRR capacities at municipal level
Target audience
municipal level.
Objective: To identify
field of disaster risk reduction.
potential and strategic partners and the issue
order to support a DRR process at m
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awareness-raising tools
In communities where there is no cinema, community DRR cinema has been a
very effective tool for raising awareness. Using videos about DRR issues that are
pertinent to the local context – sometimes with a facilitated debate afterwards –
Plan and ACPP were able to educate communities about urban seismic risk in a
dynamic way. As the videos were publicly available (often on Youtube), costs
were low, primarily being the costs of hiring a space (where necessary),
guaranteeing electricity for the event (generator) and publicity. The latter was
often achieved through posters and by using local forms of advertising such as
minibuses with loudspeakers broadcasting publicity messages for the video
forum around the community in advance of the screening.
f awareness-raising included local buses. Plan’s DRR programmes
all have a common graphic style and campaign slogan, to which local action
messages are attached in the different communities. Plan and ACPP negotiated
with the unions controlling local buses so that the buses would carry the logos
and art around the communities.
assessment tool: DRR capacities at municipal level
Target audience: Technical institutions who support the development and DRR at
municipal level.
identify the current capacities of the municipal stakeholders in the
field of disaster risk reduction. It can help you to identify in a rapid way your
potential and strategic partners and the issues that need to be prioritized in
order to support a DRR process at municipal level.
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Daniel Stothart
National Disaster
Management Adviser
Plan International –
Dominican Republic
Email:
Daniel.Stothart@plan-
international.org
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Dominican Republic
http://www.pnud.org.do/
Dennis Ernesto Funes International Coordinator Email: [email protected]
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Guidelines to incorporate DRR into development planning
Target audience
development and DRR at municipal level.
Objective: To identify
DRR into development planning in terms of internal organization of the local
governments, DRR into public investment, community participation, inter
institutional coordination´s platform and inter
Toolkit: Coordination and management of collective centers (Shelters)
Target audience
response at national and
Objective: To guide the national and local response institutions in the
identification, selection, management and coordination of collective centers
using the international humanitarian standards.
Guidelines to elaborate school emergency plans.
Target audience
Objective: To facilitate the process of organization, training and planning of the
school DRR committees and the elaboration of their school emergency plans.
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Guidelines to incorporate DRR into development planning at municipal level
Target audience: Local governments and other institutions who support the
development and DRR at municipal level.
: To identify opportunities and potential mechanisms to incorporate
DRR into development planning in terms of internal organization of the local
governments, DRR into public investment, community participation, inter-
institutional coordination´s platform and inter-municipal networks.
Toolkit: Coordination and management of collective centers (Shelters)
Target audience: Technical institutions who work in disaster preparedness and
national and municipal level.
: To guide the national and local response institutions in the
identification, selection, management and coordination of collective centers
international humanitarian standards.
Guidelines to elaborate school emergency plans.
Target audience: Technicians of the Education Ministry at local level.
: To facilitate the process of organization, training and planning of the
R committees and the elaboration of their school emergency plans.
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United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Dominican Republic
http://www.pnud.org.do/ Dennis Ernesto Funes International Coordinator Email: [email protected]
Janire Zulaika
Technical Coordinator, UNDP
DIPECHO Project
Email:
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Guidelines to elaborate municipal emergency and contingency plans for seismic
risk.
Target audience
response at municipal
Objective: To guide the local response institutions in the elaboration of the
municipal emergency plan and the seismic contingency plan.
Common Format for the Preparation of Country Documents for Disaster Risk
Reduction
Target audience
stakeholders, donors, international organizations
Objectives: The Common Format suggests a standardized structure and related
guidelines for the development of country documents which are intended
provide a comprehensive overview of the status of DRR in the country, and
identifying a set of recommendations for areas of intervention. The country
documents are important reference document for the design of policies and
strategies, the planning and
making for action by representatives of national systems, organizations and
institutions that work on DRR in the country and international cooperation
agencies.
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Guidelines to elaborate municipal emergency and contingency plans for seismic
Target audience: Technical institutions who work in disaster preparedness and
at municipal level.
: To guide the local response institutions in the elaboration of the
municipal emergency plan and the seismic contingency plan.
Common Format for the Preparation of Country Documents for Disaster Risk
Target audience: National, sub national and local disaster risk reduction
stakeholders, donors, international organizations
The Common Format suggests a standardized structure and related
guidelines for the development of country documents which are intended to
provide a comprehensive overview of the status of DRR in the country, and
identifying a set of recommendations for areas of intervention. The country
documents are important reference document for the design of policies and
strategies, the planning and implementation of DRR activities, and decision
making for action by representatives of national systems, organizations and
institutions that work on DRR in the country and international cooperation
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United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR)
www.unisdr-americas.org
http://eird.org/index-
eng.htm
Sandra Amlang
UNISDR Regional Office for
the Americas
Email: [email protected]
DIPECHO ACTION PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN 2011-2012
Set of Criteria for the Prioritizat
National Level
Target audience
stakeholders
Objective: The set of criteria allows countries to identify the main risks to which
it is exposed, to prioritize them and identify the necessary actions to reduce
them. The criteria help to identify main areas of intervention to be
the country document.
Guide de Gestion des Sites et Abris d’Evacuation”
Management Guide)
Target audience
governmental partners involved in disaster management in
evacuations in particular.
Objective: IOM supported Haitian Civil Protection to create the Guide to
Evacuation Shelter Management, the first ever Haiti
The objective is to create the baseline policy doc
and to provide standards and tools useful for evacuation shelter managers and
others involved in the short
funding, IOM is continuing its support to Government to update the Guide f
2013, including lessons learned from Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Sandy,
as well as to further elaborate standards related to the physical infrastructure
used as evacuation shelter and the use of schools as evacuation shelters.
2012 http://eird.org/dipecho
Set of Criteria for the Prioritization of Disaster Risk Reduction Actions at
Target audience: National, sub national and local disaster risk reduction
The set of criteria allows countries to identify the main risks to which
it is exposed, to prioritize them and identify the necessary actions to reduce
them. The criteria help to identify main areas of intervention to be included in
the country document.
Guide de Gestion des Sites et Abris d’Evacuation” (Evacuation Shelter
Management Guide)
Target audience: Government, civil society and international and non-
governmental partners involved in disaster management in general, and cyclone
evacuations in particular.
Objective: IOM supported Haitian Civil Protection to create the Guide to
Evacuation Shelter Management, the first ever Haiti-specific policy in this regard.
The objective is to create the baseline policy document related to this process,
and to provide standards and tools useful for evacuation shelter managers and
others involved in the short-term evacuation process. Under current ECHO
funding, IOM is continuing its support to Government to update the Guide for
2013, including lessons learned from Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Sandy,
as well as to further elaborate standards related to the physical infrastructure
used as evacuation shelter and the use of schools as evacuation shelters.
http://eird.org/dipecho-action-plan-caribbean
Sandra Amlang
UNISDR Regional Office for
the Americas
Email: [email protected]
International Migration
Organization
Bradley Mellicker
Programme Manager,
Disaster Risk Reduction
IOM Haiti
Email: [email protected]