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UNISDR and ICLEI Partnership
Some early experiences with the LGSAT
Steve Gawler
Director International Programs
ICLEI Oceania
14 May 2012
Resilience Cities Congress, Bonn, Germany
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What is Resilience?
Resilience is the capacity and ability of a community to withstand stress, survive, adapt, bounce back from a crisis or disaster and rapidly move on. Resilience needs to be understood as the societal benefit of collective efforts to build collective capacity and the ability to withstand stress. (ICLEI 2011)
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Provide a self-assessment tool and a feedback
mechanism for local and city governments and facilitate
the understanding of gaps and challenges in disaster risk
reduction at the local level.
Complement the national HFA monitoring and multi-
stakeholder engagement process by providing
information and an assessment of the situation from the
local level.
Present a “baseline” and a status report for cities and
local governments that have committed to the Making
Cities Resilient Campaign.
Main Objectives of the local Local Government Self
Assessment tool:
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Multi-stakeholder review process
Led by the local governments at the local level
Main actors are local government authorities, civil society
organizations, community based organizations and, as
appropriate, support by national entities.
43 local specific indicators
Online tool
Review process – who is involved
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Local/city indicators monitor
10 essentials: Tested with participating cities
• 5 level of progress per indicator
• 43 questions / indicators defined
• Online tool available
• linked to national and regional HFA monitor
5 HFA priorities Pilot countries: Nepal, Indonesia, Mozambique, Peru,
Armenia
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Ten-Point Checklist –
Essentials for Making Cities Resilient
1. Put in place organization & coordination to clarify
everyone’s roles & responsibilities.
2. Assign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners, low-
income families, private sector to invest in risk reduction.
3. Update data on hazards & vulnerabilities, prepare & share
risk assessments.
4. Invest in & maintain critical
infrastructure, such as
storm drainage.
5. Assess the safety of
all schools and health
facilities & upgrade
these as necessary.
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6. Enforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use
planning principles, identify safe land for low-income citizens.
7. Ensure education programmes & training on disaster risk
reduction are in place in schools and local communities.
8. Protect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate hazards,
adapt to climate change.
9. Install early warning systems & emergency management
capacities.
10. After any disaster,
ensure that the needs of
the affected population
are at the centre of
reconstruction.
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How cities rated themselves
Top achievement
Essential 8 Protect ecosystems and natural buffer zones
Coastal management plans, conservation, replanting, community education, clean-up
campaigns
Questions
Mainly coastal and waterways? Other aspects of ecosystems? Biodiversity, slope
protection ….
Involvement of private sector?
Ecotourism links?
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How cities rated themselves
Second highest
Essential 1 Put in place organization and coordination mechanisms
….involvement of civil society
National legislation leads to good local coordination mechanisms
Questions
Genuine rather than token involvement?
Overly complex structures?
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How cities rated themselves
Third highest
Essential 4 Invest in and maintain critical infrastructure, including
Emergency Coordination and Communication Centres
Design and construction yes, but assessment and maintenance?
Importance of good Asset management?
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How cities rated themselves
Lowest achieving
Essential 2 Budget and financing
Always a challenge. Philippines 5% LGU budget for DRRM.
Some restrictive national rules around when funds will be released for a disaster.
But difficulties identifying all funds in city budgets which may assist with DRRM?
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How cities rated themselves
Second lowest
Essential 7 Education and training programs in all schools and
communities
Most cities do have education programs, but challenged by scale of rollout to all
schools etc.
There may also be other education programs which contribute to DRRM resilience
e.g. health, environment?
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How cities rated themselves
Third lowest
Essential 10 Support for survivors during post-disaster reconstruction
Cities struggle to provide psycho-social support services on large scale.
Blanket and food packs rather than “build back better”?
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The main themes
Enlisting and aligning all the actors
Mainstreaming DRRM into city development planning
From planning to effective action
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Industries Employees
Civil Society Organisations Poor and
Marginalized
City DRRM
Plan
Media
NGO’s
Academia
Local Communities
Central Government State/provincial
Governments
Enlisting and aligning all the actors
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Mainstreaming DRRM into city
development planning
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
GOOD GOVERNANCE
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY
AND SO ON… Source: Albay Province, Philippines
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Budget
Project plan
Stakeholder management
plan
Due diligence, transparency
Cost benefit
Disaster and climate
compliant projects
From planning to effective action
What else
is needed?
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