Disaster Risk Reduction in DG ECHO

The EU as a humanitarian donor

• EU largest donor of humanitarian aid in the world• Member States + Commission = more than half of official

global humanitarian aid• In 2011, Commission (ECHO) spent over €1.1 billion,

helping millions of crisis victims in more than 70 countries

Situation analysis

• 60.000 killed per year, 97 % of them in developing countries

• 200 m people affected per year by disasters

• 69 billion EUR material damage per year

• increasing population pressure

• climate change

• more disasters and conflicts in the future

What is Disaster Risk Reduction?

• The concept and practice of reducing disaster risk through systematic efforts to analyse and manage the casual factors of disasters including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

• DRR is an approach

DRR policy context

DRR and its relations with Climate change and sustainable development is high in the international and EU agenda

Hyogo Framework

for Action (HFA)

EU Consensus on Humanitarian Aid –

Dec 2007

The EU Communication on the EU Strategy

on DRR for developing countries –

2009

ECHO Policy Guidelines on DRR

Under preparation

DG ECHO Strategic Approach in DRR

ECHO Main Objective:ECHO Main Objective: “to work on strengthening disaster risk

reduction and preparedness capacities among vulnerable communities (based on high level of community participation and ownership)”.

PREPAREDNESS

MITIGATION

PREVENTION

Areas of Intervention• Mainstreaming:

- integrate DRR/CCA into response

• Targeted Actions:- Dipecho - Drought- Epidemic- Livelihoods

Advocacy

Capacity Building

• Addresses DP in a regional framework, targeting areas most prone to natural disasters:• Caribbean• Central America• South America• Central Asia and South Caucasus• South Asia• South-East Asia• Southern Africa and Indian Ocean• Pacific region

• Focus on preparation rather than mitigation

• Budget for 2012: 35 M€

• Bottom-up, community based approach targeting most

vulnerable and poorest communities

The DIPECHO programme

Community-based approach with articulation to policy level

Covers natural disasters only

Favours the implementation of pilot projects that have demonstrative purposes and exit strategies.

Encourages the replication and scaling-up of such projects by development actors or communities themselves

Reinforces local response capacities

DIPECHO : Scope and Approach

ECHO’S DRR FUNDED ACTIVITIES

Local capacity building/Training: search and rescue teams, provision of material and equipment, organisation of simulation exercises…

1. Awareness campaigns with the population (e.g. at schools): recognising disaster risks & necessary measures.

Building local capacity

ECHO’s DRR funded activities

Technical surveys : mapping of villages/risks/existing structures…

Institutional building : reinforce regional information sharing and coordination between different actors

ECHO’S DRR FUNDED ACTIVITIES

1. Early warning systems: collection of hydrometric data, communication systems, awareness signs, etc.

3. Small-scale mitigation works: protection walls along river banks, drainage works, reforestation, structural works on existing public buildings to increase their resistance to disasters, etc.

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•Local disaster management components & capacity Local disaster management components & capacity building building •Institutional linkages and advocacyInstitutional linkages and advocacy•Information, education, communication Information, education, communication •Small scale infrastructure and servicesSmall scale infrastructure and services•Stockpiling of emergency and relief itemsStockpiling of emergency and relief items•Coordination with VIDECI in the formulations of proposalsCoordination with VIDECI in the formulations of proposals•Use of the Country Document as a reference Use of the Country Document as a reference

Location 1Altiplano region (highlands): Drought, cold waves, hailstorms, landslides and floodsDepartments: La Paz, Oruro, PotosíLocation 2 Amazon region and Chapare:Floods, drought and forest fires Departments: Beni, Pando and CochabambaLocation 3 Chaco region:Drought, floods, forest firesDepartments: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Chuquisaca, Tarija

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Who is implementing DIPECHO

• International NGOs

• Red Cross Societies

• UN Agencies

• As well as local agencies working with the above organizations

Thank You

http://ec.europa.eu/echo