Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery
PROJECT FACTS – UGANDA
Crisis Management and Recovery Programme
Total Budget:
USD 4,789,715.00
UNDP Contribution:
USD
USD
Project ID:
00057715
Period:
November 2007 – October 2010
Partners:
Ministry of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees; District Local Governments and
Civil Society Organisations.
653,309.00 (TRAC 1.1.1)
500,000.00 (UNDP/ BCPR)
Background
Uganda has experienced crisis situations, including conflict and
disaster, over an extended period of time. The armed conflict that
has affected Northern Uganda for nearly two decades has led to
loss of human life, security and assets, and has caused social
upheaval, including dismantling of social safety nets, a marked
drop in productivity and the destruction of vital infrastructure,
such as health centres and schools. A combination of armed
conflicts and other forms of crisis have weakened communities
and institutions in the northern and north-eastern regions of
Uganda - as well as some areas in the western region.
Project Summary
The overall objective of the programme is to support the recovery
of crisis-affected communities in Uganda for the advancement of
integrated sustainable development, within the context of the
policy framework of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan. To
achieve this overall objective, the programme has five
components: a) recovery; b) peacebuilding and conflict
prevention; c) disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management; d)
information management; and e) institutional strengthening.
These five components are interlinked, since peace cannot thrive
without deliberate and concerted community recovery
interventions and disaster risk management. Recovery cannot
occur without peace and functioning conflict prevention and
information sharing mechanisms being in place. The
beneficiaries are women, men, youth, persons living with
disabilities, persons living with AIDS and the elderly in postconflict and disaster-affected areas of Uganda. The Crisis
Management and Recovery Programme builds on the Transition
to Recovery Programme with the aim of strengthening the
capacity of state and non-state actors effectively and efficiently to
undertake and coordinate recovery, peacebuilding and DRR and
management programmes at local, district, and national level.
Key Objective
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Expected Results
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Women, men, and youth
empowered to participate in
inclusive decision-making
processes at all levels that
affect their lives.
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Resilience of women, men, and
youth to conflicts and disasters
built through skills training, as
well as improvement in welfare,
household incomes, and access
to land.
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Women, men, and youth
empowered through building of
their asset base.
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Capacities strengthened to
promote the integration of
peacebuilding and conflict
prevention initiatives in
development programming.
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Culture of peaceful coexistence and settlement of
conflicts strengthened within
and between communities.
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Local community mechanisms
for conflict prevention and
management strengthened.
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Government and community
capacity enhanced to effectively
predict, prevent, respond to and
mitigate the occurrence of
disasters.
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Disaster risk reduction
management information
systems strengthened.
Activities
With regard to DRR, disaster risk management and disaster
recovery, the following activities are considered:
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Operationalize the National Platform on DRR;
Conduct national sensitization workshop on
mainstreaming DRR;
To support the recovery of
disaster-affected communities
in Uganda.
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Develop a national contingency plan and district contingency plans;
Conduct regional progress review workshops on mainstreaming DRR;
Organize and train district and sub-district structures on DRR;
Develop a DRR information kit;
Establish a district information network;
Strengthen the national information database;
Develop district resource maps;
Develop and pilot a Disaster Preparedness Education Module (DPEM); and
Implement quick-impact community projects.
Achievements to date
Awareness-raising and participation
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Awareness raised on DRR through celebration of International Day for DRR. Messages
communicated through the media (print, television, and radio).
Participatory development planning rolled out in two districts.
Community projects and skills training
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Three hundred and ninety community quick-impact projects supported. These benefit more than
50,000 households (improvement in the asset base of the returning population through cattle
restocking, rearing of small ruminants; rehabilitation and/or construction of community
infrastructure such as roads and health centres; improvement in household income through
support to income generating activities such as bee-keeping, tailoring, etc.).
Youth groups trained on brick making and infrastructure construction.
Capacity development at government and community level
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National Platform on DRR is fully functional.
District Platforms on DRR (District Disaster Management Committees) are fully functional in 11
districts in Northern Uganda.
Sub-county disaster management committees in 10 districts in Northern Uganda reconstituted
and trained on DRR and early warning systems.
National and District teams trained on Damage, Loss and Needs Assessment, on the incident
command system (ICS), and DRR mainstreaming.
IT equipment, software and training for remote sensing and GIS provided to strengthen the
national information database unit and facilitate the setting-up of district information centers.
Institutional and legal systems for DRR
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National disaster preparedness and management policy finalized and presented to Cabinet for
final approval.
National Emergency Operations Plan developed.
Draft national DRR mainstreaming roadmap developed which forms the basis for National
Platform on DRR annual work plan.
DRR management information systems
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Vulnerability, hazard, and risk mapping conducted, covering 15 districts in the Acholi, Lango,
and Teso sub-regions.
Contingency plans and resource maps prepared for 10 districts in Northern Uganda.
Thematic paper to mainstream DRR into the National Development Plan developed.
Contact information:
UNDP Country Office Uganda
Website: www.undp.or.ug
For further information:
Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Progress Monitor
Website: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/progress/reports/?pid:222&pil:1
last updated: April 2010