6. Disaster Category People Killed
SIDR - Bangladesh 4 3,500
NARGIS - Myanmar 3 142,000 +
Disaster Category Wind Speed People Killed
1991 Cyclone- Bangladesh 4 220 km/hr 139, 000
Cyclone Andred, 1992, USA 18
What Made the Difference ???
DRR Initiatives !!!
7. Bangladesh – 12 June 2007, landslide in Chittagong, over 100 dead.
Volunteers trained under DIPECHO in 2006-2007 were the first on site to
provide assistance in Search and Rescue and First Aid to victims of disaster.
8. Multi Hazard Project
Working with Communities and Institutions
Total Budget: Around 3.2 Million Euros
Duration: 18 months starting the 15th of March 2011
Working in 10 districts at the grass roots level
Most of the areas with local implementing partners
9. Enhance the capacities of disaster vulnerable communities to
respond to and cope with disasters
Improve grassroots, community based institutions, who are the first
respondents to any disasters
Develop replicable models of preparedness
Support national government in development of appropriate policy
models in DRR and Response
10.
11. Enhance the credibility of the project and the
organizations
Sharing of the information about the project
including the budget with key stakeholders
Taking the feedback on various initiatives:
workshops, researches, studies
Promote collaboration with key institutions and
community
12. Identification of key government institutions through a
process
Dialoguing with the institutions & bringing them on board for
strengthening their function & DRR mainstreaming (e.g.
DPHE, Flood Forecasting Centre, WDMC )
Exploring the gap in DRR with the particular institutions
Identifying the area of interface
Signing a formal Memorandum of Understanding and work
plan
13. • Complement and supplement government initiatives
• Objective to ensure various CRA as a common methodology
and tools for DRR interventions in the village
• Review the government recognized tools and processes
• Train a cadre of community based volunteers, government
officials, local leaders to facilitate the process
• To create ownership the project team consciously acts as an
outsider giving inputs when required
14. • Based on the CRA, RRAP is done marking various initiatives to be
carried out along with the resources required and responsibility
• The RRAP is validated at various levels by the Union, UpZilla,
District Authorities and submitted to the Government through
CDMP
• The RRAP used as an advocacy tool by the community to
mobilize resources
• The RRAP used as a planning tool (DRR and Response) by other
agencies
15. • Mass Media Campaign on Disaster Risk Reduction
• Harmonization of the training curriculum and modules
• HFA reporting
• Study on WASH with recommendations to DPHE
• Impact and CBA of various DIPECHO programs in Bangladesh: Tools for
advocacy
• Study on comprehensive earthquake preparedness
• Strengthening EWS by supporting in gap analysis, e.g. GoB led workshop
• Orientation of key Government Stakeholders on earthquake preparedness
through exposure visit
16. Established coordination with DIPECHO
partners in South Asia and S E Asia
Efforts are on to establish an interface
with SDMC
Exploring the possibilities with DSA and
DSEA on joint advocacy plan for AMCDRR
17. • Greater negotiating power
• Larger visibility
• Cost Reduction
• Better coordination within the partners
• Joint advocacy planning and implementation
• Ability to take up larger roles and responsibilities (joint effort in various national level
programs, policy issues)
• Standardized approach (various guidelines, training modules, reference materials)
• Replication of learning and good practices
• Improved communication with donor and other key stakeholders
• Better outcome and impact: six organizations giving the inputs on different issues
18. Identification of key government institutions through a
process
Dialoguing with the institutions & bringing them on board for
strengthening their function & DRR mainstreaming (e.g.
DPHE, Flood Forecasting Centre, WDMC )
Exploring the gap in DRR with the particular institutions
Identifying the area of interface
Signing a formal Memorandum of Understanding and work
plan
19. Identification of key government institutions through a
process
Dialoguing with the institutions & bringing them on board for
strengthening their function & DRR mainstreaming (e.g.
DPHE, Flood Forecasting Centre, WDMC )
Exploring the gap in DRR with the particular institutions
Identifying the area of interface
Signing a formal Memorandum of Understanding and work
plan
20. Identification of key government institutions through a
process
Dialoguing with the institutions & bringing them on board for
strengthening their function & DRR mainstreaming (e.g.
DPHE, Flood Forecasting Centre, WDMC )
Exploring the gap in DRR with the particular institutions
Identifying the area of interface
Signing a formal Memorandum of Understanding and work
plan
21. Identification of key government institutions through a
process
Dialoguing with the institutions & bringing them on board for
strengthening their function & DRR mainstreaming (e.g.
DPHE, Flood Forecasting Centre, WDMC )
Exploring the gap in DRR with the particular institutions
Identifying the area of interface
Signing a formal Memorandum of Understanding and work
plan