IASC SWG on Preparedness
Five Country Initiative Progress
29/06/2009
Five Country Initiative
77th IASC WG requested IASC organizations to work together to
support all stages of the development and implementation of national
contingency plans in 5 countries (provisionally 2 countries with HCs
and 3 countries with RCs) by the end of 2011, in support of national
and/or local authorities, as appropriate, ensuring linkages with
relevant inter-agency, cluster and agency-specific preparedness
activities.
IASC Principals’ Paper on Preparedness
Action Points relating to SWG
1. Strengthen global inter-agency coordination to provide better
support to country efforts for preparedness capacity
development
a) Collaborate with RC/HC to establish a comprehensive mapping of a) existing/planned incountry work of IASC organizations on capacity development for emergency preparedness
and b) of in-country coordination mechanisms related to emergency preparedness
b) Compile lessons learned/gap analysis from first phase of pilot and propose a model
framework for capacity development in emergency preparedness by the end of 2011
c) Prepare a resourcing advocacy strategy to support SWG on Preparedness country pilots,
with individual pilot country strategies completed by end of 2011 (Task Team on
Preparedness Financing) .
2. Support country leadership and activities
a) Guide IASC organizations’ offices in pilot countries and support RC/HC on strategic
approaches to strengthening preparedness in accordance with country priorities on
emergency preparedness (country-led preparedness programmes will be supported by
country teams)
IASC Principals’ Action Points
(Continued)
3. Establish flexible and inclusive inter-agency coordination
methods at the country level
a. Collaborate with country teams to strengthen capacity development for
preparedness in CCA/UNDAFs and CHAP/CAPs
b. Ensure that RCs/HCs and country offices of IASC agencies advocate and practice
multi-stakeholder approaches, with specific emphasis on civil society inclusion, in
supporting country-level emergency preparedness capacity development.
4. Advocate for Resourcing of Preparedness
c)
to advocate for predictable, flexible, timely and risk-tolerant financing architecture,
utilising evidence from the analysis to be drawn from the five pilot country (Task
Team on Preparedness Financing)
Partners in the Five-Country Initiative
•UNICEF and CADRI – designated lead agencies in SWG workplan
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Task Team on Preparedness Financing (chaired by FAO) - to support
strategic fundraising for country-level capacity development.
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Reference Group on Improving Urban Humanitarian Response (led by
UN-Habitat) - significant elements of urban risk.
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World Bank GFDRR - technical and financial assistance to disaster
preparedness and risk reduction country action plans.
Status to date - GHANA
What Ghana requested –
• Support in conducting a simulation to test the National Contingency Plans
• Support development of a comprehensive Action Plan on DRR with a pillar
on developing national capacities for preparedness.
•Support fundraising support for comprehensive action plan
What the Five-Country Initiative has done so far –
• Support a simulation to test government and inter agency preparedness.
• On going support through CADRI of an Action Plan building on the
results of the simulation and capacity assessment.
Constraints – No dedicated in country team to develop the action plan.
UNDP currently looking for secondment of National Disaster Risk Advisor.
Next Steps (next 3 months) – Finalization of the Action Plan and validation
with country-team (Sept. 2011)
Status to date - NEPAL
What Nepal requested –
•Support for the review planning assumptions for major earthquake in Katmandu
•Support for the formulation of National Contingency Plans
•Support for a simulation to test the national Contingency Plan
What the Five-Country Initiative has done so far –
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GRIP/NSET developed a proposal for reviewing planning assumptions awaiting
endorsement by the country-team.
Seeking secondment to support the formulation of National Contingency Plans.
Constraints – Lack of a technical group to engage with at country-level
Next steps (next 3 months)–
• Request RC to establish a technical team with whom to engage.
• Participate in planning assumptions review meeting
Status to date - UGANDA
What Uganda requested –
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Support a simulation to test government and Inter Agency
preparedness.
Provision of an NDRA to support the development of a plan of action to
support the recently approved DRR policy.
Support to strengthen assessment preparedness
Support for preparedness financing (TT Funding for Preparedness)
What the Five-Country Initiative has done so far –
• Support to request an NDRA through UNDP-BCPR.
• Facilitating a request for support from ACAPS
Constraints – lack of a country-level technical team with whom to engage.
Next steps (next 3 months) – Engagement with recently established country
level technical team to be led by WFP in Uganda
Status to date - HAITI
The IASC Principals identified Haiti as the fourth country within the
Five-Country Initiative but contact with RC not yet established
What the Five-Country Initiative has done so far –
Discussions are under way with OCHA members of country team to
support a government simulation in July 2011.
Next steps (next 3 months) –
• Official contact and engagement with the Humanitarian
Coordinator is required.
• Support to government simulation
Issues to be raised with
SWG on Preparedness
1. Requirement that the structure of the Initiative be strengthened at
both the HQ-level at the national-levels.
Country-Level
Team
RC/HC
Government
Partners
Regional-Level Team
HQ-Level Team
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Teams and operational modalities need to be established at HQ-, Regional-,
and National-levels (fortnightly conference call, other meetings to structure
engagement and address technical challenges).
Issues to be raised with
SWG on Preparedness (Continued)
2. Requirement for better communication of the Five-Country Initiative;
what it is and what it can achieve - UNICEF using a consultant to
provide some dedicated support to strengthen communication.
3. Requirement to start drawing lessons from initial engagement and
start developing a more structured framework and process for
developing national capacities in emergency preparedness in the 5
countries. As a result of the pilot we could.....
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… develop new IA tools such as 3 rd generation simulation package
which tests both government and IA preparedness?
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.... produce Inter Agency guidance for building national and local
capacity for emergency preparedness?
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… develop training modules for HCs/RCs?
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… strengthen agencies involvement in CADRI to strengthen its capacity
to address capacity development for emergency preparedness?
THANK YOU.