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DRR Practitioners Workshop – Bangkok, 13-14 November 2013

“Making Cities Resilient” Campaign

Michele Cocchiglia, UNISDR, 14 November 2013

HFA Mid Term Review:

“Action at local level was consistently noted as in need of improvement, especially under Priorities for Action 1 to 4”

“Effective action must link regional, national, sub-national, and local levels”

Views from the Frontline report

“A significant gap between national and local level action. Reports of (HFA) progress fade as activities get closer to vulnerable people – overall progress at community level is very limited“

What role for Local Governments?

Campaign Launch in May 2010

Global Launch: 30 May 2010, Bonn, Germany

Mayors from all regions signed up to the 10 campaign essentials

More than 40 signing ceremonies worldwide

… local governments participate in the campaign from over 80 countries

Wildfire idea: Self motivating – self measuring

Europe Central

Asia Americas AfricaArab

States Pacifc Asia

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Campaign Objectives

Achieve resilient, sustainable communities through actions taken by local governments to reduce disaster risk

Know More

Invest Wisely

Build More Safely

Ten-Point Checklist: Essentials for Making Cities Resilient

1. Put in place organization & coordination to clarify everyone’s roles & responsibilities.

2. Assign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, private sector to invest in risk reduction.

3. Update data on hazards & vulnerabilities, prepare & share risk assessments.

4. Invest in & maintain critical infrastructure, such as storm drainage.

5. Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities & upgrade these as necessary.

6. Enforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use planning principles, identify safe land for low-income citizens.

7. Ensure education programmes & training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities.

8. Protect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate hazards, adapt to climate change.

9. Install early warning systems & emergency management capacities.

10. After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the affected population are at the centre of reconstruction.

Partnerships in the Campaign

Building an alliance of local governments with relevant actors -community groups, academic institutions, business associations, NGOs and CBOs to ensure participation in planning and decision-making for risk reduction.

City associations/networks: UCLG, EMI, CityNet, Metropolis, ICLEI National Associations of Local Governments National Platforms and HFA focal points International partner institutions (UN agencies such as UN-Habitat, UNDP, ILO, WHO, World Bank, UNICEF and IFRC) Civil society: Community-based organizations, NGOs, academic institutions, business associations… Some regions have a network, task force or platform focusing on urban disaster risk reduction (e.g. Asia Task Force on Urban Risk) Regional organizations Donors (ECHO, GFDRR)

Wildfire idea: Self motivating – Self measuring

Involve global, regional and national ISDR partners (e.g. National Platforms), urban/local partners (National Associations of Local Governments)

Work with partners in country for follow-up

Follow-up actions: provide induction training / learning

More than 400 local governments (provinces, cities districts, municipalities) have signed up

12 Role Models, 5 Champions Three were awarded the 2011 UN Sasakawa Award for

excellence in disaster risk reduction (San Francisco/ Philippines, Bhubaneshwar/India)

138,000 schools and hospitals pledged Campaign adopted/endorsed by IGOs: ASEAN, SAARC Peer learning events among local authorities LG-SAT training and use being initiated (including

training for ASEAN cities)

The Campaign in Asia and the Pacific

Provide a self-assessment tool and a feedback mechanism for local and city governments and facilitate the understanding of gaps and challenges in disaster risk reduction at the local level.

Complement the national HFA monitoring and multi-stakeholder engagement process by providing information and an assessment of the situation from the local level.

Present a “baseline” and a status report for cities and local governments that have committed to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign.

The Local Government Self Assessment Tool (LG-SAT):

1. Put in place organization & coordination to clarify everyone’s roles & responsibilities. [HFA 1]

1. Are local organizations (including local government) sufficiently equipped with capacities (knowledge, experience, official mandate) for climate and disaster risk reduction?

2. Are there partnerships between communities, private sector and local authorities to reduce risk?

3. Does the local government support local communities (particularly women, elderly, infirmed, children) to actively participate in risk reduction decision-making, policy making, planning and implementation processes?

4. Does the local government participate in the national DRR planning?

Level of progress per indicator question

Sample template online self assessment tool

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1. Status will idicate the process – white circle=incomplete, black circle=completed

2. Please indicate your progress in the different areas

3. Please discribe the achievments, the challenges and next steps

4. As soon as approved by multi-stakeholder group, please save submission per essential

Use of LG-SAT: Good Practice Example

Makassar City, Indonesia

• Multi-stakeholder consultations: community councilors and leaders (workshop); staff of different city departments (focus group discussion) and other stakeholders (integrated into Growth and Development Strategy process)

• Results: complete Disaster Management SOP and establishment of Fast Response Team

• Integrate LG-SAT into Disaster Management Agency’s Strategic Programmes of 2011-2014

• LG-SAT as strategic data for annual Makassar State of Environment Report (SoER) and Land Use and Economical Development Management (RTRW) 2011 – 2031

• Program synchronization of City departments

Thank youUnited Nations, secretariat of the

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

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Feedback on LG-SAT Process & Indicators

Are the indicators comprehensible/self explanatory?

If not, what are the recommendations for improving the set of indicators (in Bangla)?

How can the Local Government Self Assessment be rolled-out at the national level? (the way forward)

How could the results of the self assessment be utilized for disaster risk reduction and development planning at your city/municipality level?

1. What was the process undertaken in the reporting, what changes could you have made?

2. What were the challenges in reporting?

3. Suggestions on indicators/Key questions of reporting?

4. Suggestions for improvement to online tool?

5. Discuss on national roll out mechanism.

Report back on main points of group discussion to all participants

Plenary Discussion

Applying the LG-SAT – Workshop Discussion

1. Put in place organization & coordination to clarify everyone’s roles & responsibilities. [HFA 1]

1. Are local organizations (including local government) sufficiently equipped with capacities (knowledge, experience, official mandate) for climate and disaster risk reduction?

2. Are there partnerships between communities, private sector and local authorities to reduce risk?

3. Does the local government support local communities (particularly women, elderly, infirmed, children) to actively participate in risk reduction decision-making, policy making, planning and implementation processes?

4. Does the local government participate in the national DRR planning?

2. Assign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, private sector to invest in risk reduction. [HFA 1 and 4]

5. Are financial services (e.g. saving and credit schemes, macro and micro-insurance) available to vulnerable and marginalised households for pre- and/or post-disaster times?

6. Are micro finance, cash aid, soft loans, lone guarantees etc available after disasters to restart livelihoods?

7. Do local business associations, such as chambers of commerce and similar, support efforts of small enterprises for business continuity during and after disasters?

8. Are there any economic incentives for DRR actions (e.g. reduced insurance premiums for households, tax holidays for businesses)?

9. Does the local government have access to adequate financial resources to carry out risk reduction activities?

3. Update data on hazards & vulnerabilities, prepare & share risk assessments. [HFA 2, 3 and 4]

10.Has the local government conducted thorough disaster risk assessments for various development sectors in your local authority?

11.Are these regularly updated, e.g. annually or on a bi-annual basis?

12.Does local government regularly communicate to the community, information on local hazard trends and risk reduction measures (e.g. using a Risk Communications Plan) including early warnings of likely hazard impact?

13.Are local government risk assessments linked to, and supportive of, risk assessments from neighbouring local authorities and state or provincial government risk management plans?

14.Do communities have access to information on vulnerability, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation measures, forecasts and early warning etc, in your local authority?

15.Has the local government identified which livelihood (economic) sectors are the most vulnerable to the potential impacts of disasters?

4. Invest in & maintain critical infrastructure, such as storm drainage. [HFA 4 and 5]

16.Do land use policies and planning regulations for housing and critical risk reducing infrastructure (i.e. drainage, flood controls) take current and projected climate risk and disaster risk into account?

17.Are critical public facilities and infrastructure located in high risk areas adequately assessed for all hazard risks and safety?

18.Have adequate measures been undertaken to protect these facilities and infrastructure from damage during disasters?

19.Does your local government have an emergency operations centre (EOC) and/or an emergency communication system?

5. Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities & upgrade these as necessary. [HFA 2, 4 and 5]

20.Have local schools and hospitals received special attention for “all hazard” risk assessments in your local authority?

21.Are all main hospitals safe from disasters and have the ability to remain operational during emergencies?

22.Do the local government or other levels of government have special programs in place to regularly assess public infrastructure (especially schools & hospitals) for maintenance, seismic stability, general safety, weather related risks etc.?

23.Are regular disaster preparedness drills undertaken in schools?

6. Enforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use planning principles, identify safe land for low-income citizens. [HFA 4]

24.Are local government DRR policies, strategies and implementation plans included within existing land-use and development plans (including community-based disaster risk management)?

25.Are land use regulations and building codes, health and safety codes enforced across all development zones and building types?

26. Is there a need to build or strengthen existing regulations (e.g. land use, building codes etc) to support disaster risk reduction in your local authority?

7. Ensure education programmes & training on disaster risk reduction are in place in schools and local communities. [HFA 1, 3 and 5]

27.Does the local government regularly conduct awareness-building or education programs on DRR and disaster preparedness for local community?

28.Does the local government provide in-depth training in risk reduction for local officials and community leaders?

29.Do local schools and colleges provide courses, education or training in disaster and climate risk reduction as part of the education curriculum?

30.Are citizens aware of evacuation plans or drills for evacuations when necessary?

8. Protect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate hazards, adapt to climate change. [HFA 4]

31.Does the local government support the restoration, protection and sustainable management of ecosystems services (e.g. forests, coastal zones, wetlands, water resources, livestock, fisheries, river-basins) to reduce local vulnerability and protection against floods, drought, landslides or seismic hazards?

32.Do civil society organizations and citizens support the restoration, protection and sustainable management of ecosystems services?

33. Is the private sector a contributor and supporter of environmental and ecosystems management in your local authority?

9. Install early warning systems & emergency management capacities. [HFA 2 and 5]

34.Do local institutions have access to financial reserves and essential emergency provisions to support effective disaster response and early recovery?

35.Are early warning centres established, adequately staffed (or on-call personnel) and well resourced (power back ups, equipment redundancy etc.) at all times?

36.Are regular training drills and rehearsal carried out with the participation of relevant government, non-governmental, local leaders and volunteers?

37.Are sufficient amounts of emergency supplies (stockpiles of relief supplies) available at all times?

38.Are emergency shelters available?

39.Are safe evacuation routes identified, mapped and maintained and well communicated to the community?

40.Does a contingency plan or a community disaster preparedness plan exist for all major hazards?

10. After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the affected population are at the centre of reconstruction. [HFA 4 and 5]

41.Does the local government have access to resources and expertise to assist victims of psycho-social (psychological, emotional) impacts of disasters?

42.Are disaster risk reduction measures integrated into post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation activities (i.e. build back better, livelihoods rehabilitation)?

43.Does the Contingency Plan (or similar plan) include an outline strategy for post disaster recovery needs including assessment tools, immediate livelihoods rehabilitation etc.?

Thank youUnited Nations, secretariat of the

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

isdr-campaign@un.orgwww.unisdr.org/campaign