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April 14, 2011April 14, 2011AlmatyAlmaty

Capacities for Preparedness & Response in CA

Ali Buzurukvov

Capacities for Preparedness & Response in CA

Ali Buzurukvov

     

WHAT ARE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE CAPACITIES

    Emergency Total Population Affected "Appeal Threshhold"

2007

1 Tajikistan-Floods & Earthquake 7,003 ?

2Kyrgyzstan - Earthquake (Osh) 3,000 500

2008

3Tajikistan -Compound Crises (Winter, Energy, Food) 2,000,000 ?

4Kazakhstan-Floods 13,000 10,000

5Kyrgyzstan-Earthquake (Nura) 1,197 (74) 300

6Kyrgyzstan-Compound Crises (Winter, Energy, Food) 2,000,000 n/a

2009 7

Tajikistan- Floods 15000 (21) 500

2010

8 Kazakhstan- Floods 30,000 10,000

9 Tajikistan- Floods 6,708 (73) 500

10

Kyrgyzstan- Civil Unrest 400,000 ?

11

Uzbekistan-Refugee Influx 100,000 30,000

INTER-AGENCY CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CENTRAL ASIA

  CORE SCENARIOS IMPACT Year

KZ

Major Earthquake 25,000 dead, 250,000 displaced 2008

Floods > 10,000 displaced 2008

Civil/Unrest Refugee Influx 100,000 refugee, 300,000 displaced 2008

UZ

Major Earthquake (3 scales) 30-150,000 displaced 2010

Floods 20-100,000 displaced 2010

TM Major Earthquake No figure 2007

TJ

Major Earthquake 55,000 dead, 250,000 injured 2010

Floods 20,000 displaced 2010

Economic Crises 7 mln affected 2010

KG

Earthquake (3 scales) 10-100,000 dead, 200,000 injured 2010

Floods (3 scales) 100-100,000 displaced 2010

Refugee Influx/Civil Unrest 2,000 displaced 2010

Civil Unrest 2011 250,000 refugees, 400,000 displaced 2011

ISSUES:

• IACPs are not operationalized

• Contingency plans are not complementary (governments,

agencies, regions)

• Simulation exercise

• Lack of government and NGO participation in the process

• Not linked to Early Warning

• Civil Unrest/conflict scenarios are not on the agenda (ex

KGZ)

PREPAREDNESS AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING

ISSUES:

• Fragmented and limited EW capacity

• Poor analytical capacity

• Delayed notification, dissemination and coordination

• Need for EW information is not defined

• Neglected conflict related EW

• Resource constraints

EARLY WARNING

COORDINATION MECHANISMS

Coordination Structure Membership Secretariat Comments

KZ   UNDMT UN Agencies 

UNRC 

Country + Regional Agencies

UZ UNDMT 

UN Agencies  

UNRC 

 Limited links with

government

TM UNDMT UN Agencies UNRC No links with government

TJ REACT

  

UN Agencies, NGOs, Government

UNDP  

Part of National Response Mechanism

Cluster Approach 

KG HCT/ICCM/ DRCUUN Agencies, NGOs,

Government

RC/OCHA/UNDP  

Part of National Response Mechanism

Cluster Approach 

ISSUES:

• Weak coordination with government and local NGOs

• Roles and responsibilities of regional agencies

• Lack of regional coordination and collaboration

• Regional information management

COORDINATION

RESOURCES for PREPAREDNESS

ISSUES:

• Absence of dedicated rapid response stocks

• Inconsistent use of internal rapid response funds

• Lack of funding mechanisms for small scale disasters

• Absence of resource mobilization mechanisms for slow

onset emergencies

• Stockpiling and logistics

• Lack of donor interest for disaster preparedness

RECOMMENDATIONSIACP• To regularly update and test IACP based on country specific risk

profile • To seek for more government and local NGO involvement to IACP

EW• To define requirements, capacities, and management of EW

Coordination• To align local and global coordination mechanism• To revive CA Task force: TOR and composition• To define support to CA Center for DRRR

Resources• To regularly analyze funding flow for emergency preparedness

and response• To agree on rapid response mobilization of internal funds • To explore opportunity of CHF• To accelerate fast track procedures for emergencies• To explore stockpiling modalities for rapid response