Title: Training and Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Local Development
1 Training and Capacity Building for Disaster Risk
Reduction and Sustainable Local Development
2Background of this training initiative
- Conceived within the framework of the UN/ISDR in
response to increasing concern about the
magnitude of disasters and their impact on local
communities worldwide. - Being part of the capacity-building component of
the International Recovery Platform (IRP), it
also looks at post-disaster reconstruction, and
identifies recovery as one of the key
opportunities for reducing disaster risk. - The impact of disasters on territories seriously
threatens the fulfillment of the ILOs goal of
decent work for all which is a key ingredient
for sustainable development.
HFA
IRP
ILO
3Overall objective
To contribute to the International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction and the implementation of the
Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) at the
local level by promoting sustainable local
development policies and practices through
training and capacity building processes
4Target audience
Policy-makers and key players in local
development management and disaster risk
reduction. More specifically people,
institutions, governmental and non governmental
organizations of civil society and cooperation
working at the local level and engaged in the
promotion of more resilient communities.
5Geographical and linguistic coverage
- The first training pilot edition in 2007 was
specifically designed for Central American region
and the Caribbean - As of 2008 the course targets high-risk countries
in the Americas, including South, North and
Central America and the Caribbean - A pilot inter-regional training offer in English
language will be launched in 2009 (blended
modality from August to December) - Some institutions have already expressed their
interest in tailor-made training offers in
English, French and Spanish language (GTZ
Pakistan, UNDP Haïti, Civil Protection Venezuela,
CEPREDENAC/AECI Central America) this requests
have to be further explored in year 2009
6Approach to the problem
- The vulnerabilities of a territory are the
product of cultural, social, economic, productive
and environmental practices and of incorrect
political decisions or administrative/institutiona
l weaknesses that we perpetrate through our
patterns of development. - The negative impact of disasters on local areas
is determined by the fragility of the development
process. - If we wish to achieve sustainability and
harmonious development within an area, DRR must
be tackled from the viewpoint of the practices
that we implement in building our societies. - It must incorporate actions designed both to
identify and reduce risks that build up over time
and, as far as it is possible, to prevent the
generation of new risks in present and future
activities.
7Approach to the problem
- Actions aiming to reduce the risk of disasters
are processes in which strategic planning and
local law-making, the appropriate use of local
resources, the participation of key actors,
prevention and alleviation activities, emergency
preparations and management - and post-disaster
rehabilitation and reconstruction must be studied
as a whole and cannot be analysed as isolated and
random factors within development processes. - The ITC/ILO Training Course emphasizes and
examines each one of these aspects from a view of
the whole and from a global perspective.
8Approach to the problem
SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
9Key topics and training units
- SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- DISASTERS, RISKS AND LOCAL RISK REDUCTION
- STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
- PROJECT DESIGN WITH A RISK REDUCTION APPROACH
- PREPARATION AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- RECONSTRUCTION FOR TRANSFORMATION
10Sustainable local development
- Local development marks a different approach,
representing an alternative form of national and
regional development that marks a departure from
traditional models. - It is based on a consideration of the area with
its institutions, its resources, its values, its
culture and its population but also its problems,
weaknesses and potentials. - Endogenous local development is sustainable when
it is possible to achieve a balance between the
economic, political, social and environmental
fields when policies reinforce all the elements
in a balanced and joined-up manner. - The concept of territory can transcend a limited
political or geographical space, a given
municipality or a specific community.
11Disasters, risks and local risk reduction
- The effects of disasters on people,
infrastructures, productive systems and means of
subsistence, ecosystems etc. may vary from
community or neighbourhood level (small
disasters), involve several communities
(medium-sized disasters) or even affect great
swathes of a country or region (large-scale
disasters). - The causes and actors that determine a risk may
have a very different territorial location, far
away from the location where the disaster arises. - Risks may be natural, but disasters are not!
- Local risk reduction is a process that must be
led by local authorities and taken on board by
all actors who play a part in territorial
development.
12Local risk reduction what is it?
- Raising of awareness and education about threats,
vulnerabilities and risks - The summoning, coordination and organisation of
key socio economic actors for local development - Political will and the commitment of competent
local authorities and key actors to reducing
disaster risk - The wholesale diagnosis of the territory in all
fields/aspects of development and analyses of
processes generating risk, the identification of
responsible social actors and causes contributing
to the construction of risk - An analysis of vulnerability and threat factors
(evaluation of risk) existing within the
territory and those that could arise due to new
development actions - The identification and prioritisation of disaster
risk reduction options and alternatives and the
taking of decisions on more appropriate and
realistic solutions in view of the existing
context - Negotiations with the actors involved or affected
both within the local environment and from other
territorial levels - The processing of strategic plans, programmes and
projects, management and generation of resources
and allocation of responsibilities - The ongoing monitoring and evaluation of measures
and solutions and of the environment and of the
behaviour of risk factors - The appropriation, empowerment and training of
key actors in local risk management.
13Local strategic planning and PCM
- A systematic tool at the service of local
development - A creative process for managing change and local
development, through the identification and
definition of needs, objectives and priorities
that make it possible to design the best possible
future for a given territory, community or
society - The main aim of SP is to ensure that a given
social environment is able to benefit maximally
from its opportunities and capabilities,
neutralise threats (internal and external), use
strengths in its favour and overcome weaknesses - Based on the Logical Framework Approach and
integrated by the Project Cycle Management - It implies the participation of local
stakeholders and the definition of long term
objectives.
14Preparation and emergency management
- Reduce the adverse effects of the risk by
eliminating vulnerable points in the management
of disasters through plans for evacuation,
allocation of responsibilities, coordination of
activities, creation of local capabilities,
allocation of the necessary methods and
resources, etc. - Provide early warning systems so that the
population is able to take action and protect
itself against an imminent danger - Apply effective and opportune measures through an
active and continuous process with a global plan
for managing the response and the emergency that
is subject to ongoing review and updating - Ensure the opportune, appropriate and effective
distribution of humanitarian aid and assistance - Envisage exit strategies that make it possible to
move on from the stage of the emergency and
humanitarian aid as quickly as possible to the
stage of post-disaster recovery.
15Reconstruction towards more sustainable
development
- Reconstruction must form part of the development
and disaster risk reduction policies that are
implemented in an ongoing manner within the
society and must anticipate, plan and reinforce
the use of resources and capabilities that are
endogenous to the communities. - Local actors must also have the following in
readiness resource development and management
plans, investment projects and an appropriate
organisation that establishes the
responsibilities of the parties involved in
post-disaster processes. - Effective reconstruction and effective
development are based on the same basic
principles. - Local authorities and actors can take advantage
of post-disaster reconstruction as a window of
opportunity and one of the best times to get rid
of bad development practices and introduce the
topic of disaster risk reduction in territorial
planning, for promoting proactive and ongoing
strategies to consolidate safer and more
sustainable societies.
16The training experience in Latin American
Key achievements in the region
17The training experience in Latin American
2007
2008
- Second open edition for the Americas Field
Activity in Dominican Republic - 55 participants/institutions trained
- 6 Training Units (distance learning and face to
face) - 3 Handbooks (Participants handbook, Theoretical
framework, Project design for SLD with DRR and
CCA approach) - 1 Working Paper (former participants projects
implemented in the field)
- Pilot initiative for Central America and the
Caribbean - Field activity in Nicaragua
- 25 participants/institutions trained
- 4 Training Units (distance learning and face to
face) - 2 Handbooks (Participants handbook and
Theoretical framework) - 2 Journals (Delnet and ISDR insight on the course)
18The training experience in Latin American
- Participation in ISDR Regional Platform on Urban
Risk (Feb 2008) - GIS for Strategic Planning (included into the
on-going course year 2008 and to be developed
through new activities in 2009) with UNOSAT and
ISDR Americas - Workshop with local authorities associations in
partnership with FEMICA and ISDR Americas (Feb
2008) to detect concrete needs of Central
American local governments and to set-up together
a capacity building strategy on SLD and DRR - Participation in the 14th Central American
Network on Decentralisation and Strengthening of
Municipal Administration (Guatemala, Sept 2008) - Network of multiplier agents and focal points for
training and capacity building at the local
level peer group of former participants for
content validation, focal points in the field,
bridges to high-risk and difficult target
countries, etc.