south africa 2010 – germany 2006 the program: - inwent is a german government agency dealing with...
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South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
The Program:
- InWEnt is a German government agency dealing with capacity building worldwide
- Co-operation between colleagues in South Africa with their counterparts from previous German Host Cities and other involved institutions
- Agreed in Government negotiations of 2006- Possibilities to cover all aspects of preparations- Co-operation between the German agencies to offer
holistic approach in assistance
South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
Challenges:
• World Cup is national event, covering the whole country• 6 weeks in total with 4 weeks of tournament• 3,2 million tickets representing 600.000 to 800.000 ticket holders plus additional fans – number unpredictable• Ticket holders, FIFA family, teams and fans traveling the entire country during the whole period of tournament• Emergency response capacity in general relatively small• Great diversity in emergency response capacity in different host cities• Large number of different parties involved in preparations – co-operation essential • The world is watching
South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
Generic risks of World Cup
• Large movement of people on roads and in the air• increased risk of accidents at airports and on roads• mass events at the same time in different venues• huge crowds in cities• increased number of “normal emergencies” (average of 2 ‰ treatments in sport events – 92 per 46.000 or 180 per 90.000)• experience in Germany 2006: number of daily routine emergency responses doubled during tournament without having significant incidents• in case of major incident the number of casualties is expected to be 2 % of participants (920 per 46.000)• attacks
South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
German support to Disaster Management RSA
• provision of expertise and experiences from previous World Cup• so far:
• assessment mission in January 2008• Disaster Management Workshop Durban 02/08• assistance to NDMC for National Strategy• co-operation for National Disaster Management Workshop of NDMC in April• participation in meetings of NDMC Working Group and Steering Committee
South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
German support cont.
• further planning
• provision of 300+ expert days until end of 2009 (will be extended in 2010) in co-operation between National Treasury, InWEnt and GTZ, funded by German Government
• participation in 5 day action planning conference
• participation in risk and vulnerability assessment
• support in training and exercise
• support in operational planning in Host Cities
• further support according to needs
South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
Remarks:
• lean command and control structure
• due to existing capacity, central intervention unit to reinforce units necessary – budget implications
• several exercises in each Host City and province necessary as on national level
• all activities lead to lasting legacy
• CO-OPERATION, CO-OPERATION, CO-OPERATION
South Africa 2010 – Germany 2006
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
BE PREPARED FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE
Thank you
Michael Graef
Program Coordinator
076-262 9749