Disaster preparedness in the Ferghana Valley

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Disaster preparedness in the Ferghana Valley

• Project initiation meeting
• Bishkek, 14 February 2006

Ben Slay Director UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre
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Why this project?

• Topography, climate, seismic characteristics
  produce regular
• Earthquakes
• Floods, droughts
• Landslides
• Heavy snows
• Problems aggravated by
• Mining
• Deforestation

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Project overview

• Goals
• Strengthen national, local capacities for natural
  disaster risk management
• Promote environmental sustainability, social
  stability
• Time Frame 2006-2007 (18 months)
• Implementation now starting
• Partners
• Ministries of Emergencies, Nature Protection
• Oblast governments in Osh, Djalalabad, Sughd
• UNDP, OSCE, UNEP, NATO
• Funding 450K
• UNDP 350K
• CIDA 100K

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Project components

• Vulnerability, capacity assessments
• Risk assessment mapping research of existing
  studies, analysis of local risk management
  capacity
• Local pilot projects
• Capacity building for local governments,
  communities
• Three regional training courses
• Emphasis on community participation
• Awareness raising on disaster risk management
• Use of CARnet web portal (www.caresd.net)

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