Introducing the ESPREssO

Action DatabaseJaime Abad & Susanne Ettinger, BRGM

ESPREssO First Stakeholder Forum, Bonn, 4th May 2017

What is the ADB?

> The ESPREssO Action Database strives to be a

database of good examples and good ideas for

DRR and CCA

> Let’s not reinvent the wheel: by gathering

stakeholder experience in a centralized way we

can learn from what has worked in the past, why it

worked and how to find ways to adapt those

solutions to other contexts and/or scales.

> This analysis will serve as the basis for the

ESPREssO Vision Document and Guidelines.

What is an “Action”?

> Broad definition: Any programme, project or initiative dealing

with disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

• Variety of types: scientific research projects, codes,

legislation, financial instruments, land-use plans…

• Variety of scales: from municipal to European

• Variety of challenges: DRR, CCA, transboundary issues,

science-policy interfaces…

> The ADB attempts to measure an action’s beneficial impacts

• Desirable outcomes for risk reduction: Sendai protocol

• Difficulties between DRR and CCA: Birkmann & von

Teichmann (2010)

• Transformative change: UNDP/UNESCAP

Benefits of the ADB> SHARE

Make your experience available to future risk managers.

Contribute to ESPREssO by sharing your own experiences in managing disaster risks

and adapting to climate change. Our questionnaire will allow you to evaluate actions in

terms of effectiveness and overcoming barriers.

> DISCOVER

The solution to your risk reduction or climate change adaptation challenges may have

already been implemented elsewhere.

Find out about initiatives you may not have heard of yet, how they achieved their goals

and created lasting change.

> TRANSPOSE

Build a disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation action that works for your

region by transposing effective solutions to your own social, cultural and geographical

context.

> HARMONIZE

Help us work towards a European Union without boundaries for Disaster Risk

Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation by participating in the discussion about how

to reduce incoherencies and build a common approach for coordinated action.

The ESPREssO-ADB website

http://adb-espresso.brgm.fr

Developed with Drupal open-source content

management system.

Signing up

After selecting a

username and enetring

an email adress, you will

receive an email with a

link to generate your

password.

Currently only logged

users can view the

database.

Functional overview

Functional overview

Apply a filter to search

for actions

Return to homepage

Consult actions

Change language and consult

your drafts

Submitting an entry

Fill in the questionnaire for

the action you wish to

evaluate.

~15-20 minutes to complete a

full questionnaire (32

questions + basic data about

yourself and the action)

Currently available in English,

French and German (Italian

translation under review)

Validation

You have the option of submitting the full questionnaire immediately or

saving a draft that you can submit later.

All submitted actions are validated by a member of the BRGM

ESPREssO team before showing up on the ADB.

Result

We’re still working on the scoring of

actions. Currently, the result portion

shows the questionnaire answers but

this is likely to evolve in phase 2 of the

ADB development.

ESPREssO-ADB at the Stakeholder Forum

> The ESPREssO Stakeholder Forum is a great

opportunity to contribute to the ADB.

> A member of the ADB team will be present at each of

the 3 parallel workshops

• 1 or more actions will be selected during each

workshop to be added to the ADB

• We will be there to help you if you have any

questions

> You can also add an action during a break or at

home via the website

Thank you for your attention…

…and thank you for contributing to

the ESPREssO-ADB!