iasc swg on preparedness five country initiative progress 29/06/2009
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IASC SWG on IASC SWG on PreparednessPreparedness
Five Country Initiative Five Country Initiative ProgressProgress
29/06/200929/06/2009
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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.
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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 in-country 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 activitiesa) 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’ Paper on Preparedness Action Points
relating to SWG
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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 Preparednessc) 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)
IASC Principals’ Action Points (Continued)
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Partners in the Five-Country Initiative
•UNICEF and CADRI – designated lead agencies in SWG workplan
•Task Team on Preparedness Financing (chaired by FAO) - to support strategic fundraising for country-level capacity development.
•Reference Group on Improving Urban Humanitarian Response (led by UN-Habitat) - significant elements of urban risk.
•World Bank GFDRR - technical and financial assistance to disaster preparedness and risk reduction country action plans.
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Status to date - GHANAWhat 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)
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Status to date - NEPALWhat 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 –
•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
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Status to date - UGANDAWhat Uganda requested –
•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
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Status to date - HAITIThe 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
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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.
• 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).
HQ-Level Team
Regional-Level Team
Country-Level Team
Government PartnersRC/HC
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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.....
• … develop new IA tools such as 3 rd generation simulation package which tests both government and IA preparedness?
• .... produce Inter Agency guidance for building national and local capacity for emergency preparedness?
• … develop training modules for HCs/RCs?
• … strengthen agencies involvement in CADRI to strengthen its capacity to address capacity development for emergency preparedness?
Issues to be raised with SWG on Preparedness (Continued)
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