Thematic Session # 3

From assessment to recovery and reconstruction planning – closing the loop

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011Location: Room 18Geneva, Switzerland

Name: Marco Antonio RodriguezTitle: Sr. Disaster Risk Management Specialist (Bolivia)Organization: World Bank

BOLIVIA: EMERGENCIES FROM 1945 - 2010

During the last 10 years:

• An annual average of 5 national emergencies.

• 1 declaration of emergency every 2 months.

• An annual average of 181 “small” disasters.

Type of disasters:

• 50% floods.

• 10% droughts.

• 10% environmental damage.

LOSSES BY TYPE DISASTER• WB/UNDP/EU/ECLAC provided technical assistance in 4

occasions during the past ten years.

• Significant losses in GDP (El Niño 82/83 represent around 8% of GDP).

• Lesson learned from previous disasters.

DAMAGES BY SECTOR• High impact on primary productive sectors:

agricultural and livestock.

• Extensive damage to infrastructure.

• Joint evaluation Government/WB/ECLAC's 2009 / 2010 shows positive effects of prevention activities.

LIMITATIONS TO RECOVERY EFFORTS• High frequency of disasters affect large proportions of the

Bolivian territory.

• Impact of “small" disasters are not quantify.

• Limited capacity to identify the socio-economic, environmental and livelihood impact.

• Lack of tools to prioritize affected sectors and regions.

• Lack of trained personnel in methodologies with country-specific approach.

• Slow processes of rehabilitations and reconstruction.

• Deterioration of economic and social conditions of the affected population.

DRM FRAMEWORK IMPROVMENTS

• Government decision, technical assistance from WB/GFDRR and ECLAC to strengthen PDNA national capacities:

- Staff capacity-building of the Government/sectors in the PDNA methodology.

- Adaptation of the PDNA methodology.

- Integration of two set of tools (B-HRNA + PDNA).

- PDNA exercise of El Niño 2009 / 2010 led by the GoB.

B-HRNA: Bolivia Humanitarian Rapid Needs Assessment

PDNA: Pos Disaster Needs Assessment

GFDRR GRANT RESULTS• 100 public national governmental staff trained in the PDNA

methodology.

• 40 public national governmental at the national and sectoral levels trained in the B-PDNA Field Guide.

• Methodology validated with comprehensive vision (B-HRNA + PDNA).

• PDNA report of El Niño 2009 / 2010 flooding events.

• Bolivia PDNA Field Guide for the pos emergency and disaster information management.

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BOLIVIA PDNA FIELD GUIDE

• The B-PDNA Field Guide is a document of formal

application in the country. It contains:

– Specific legal framework description.

– Organizational structure and mechanisms of

coordination (national, departmental and municipal),

including the EOCs and national platform.

– Sectoral organization that includes coordination

mechanisms with cooperation agencies.

– Detailed methodologies description (step-by-step).

BOLIVIA PDNA FIELD GUIDECOMPLEMENTARY TOOLS

• Forms.

• Glossary.

• Institutional roles and mandates.

• Useful information about how to read and applicate maps.

• Conversion tables.

• Useful additional information in the country.

• Directory of organizations working in DRM.

• Directory of sources of information.

STRATEGIC POS DISASTER APROACH• Facilitate the post emergency management

information integrating the B-HRNA and the PDNA to optimize time and resources allocated in collecting and analyzing data.

• Precise policy, institutional and procedural mechanisms for the information and decision-making management at national, departmental and municipal level.

• Have a comprehensive and integral vision of the process including environmental, gender and indigenous people components.

• Fast identification of the sectoral and territorial priorities and expedite the processes and mechanisms of rehabilitation and reconstruction.

CAPRADE • Andean Strategy for Disaster Prevention and

Recovery of are of the Andean Community:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

– Theme 2. Promotion of research and knowledge in order to identify, monitor and evaluate risks of disaster and to improve early warning.

• Program 2.1. Promotion of common guidelines for the promotion and evaluation of the risk of disasters.

– Subprogramme 2.1.2. Promotion of the development and

implementation of common methodologies for the monitoring

and assessment of risks and analysis of socio-economic impacts

among countries of the Andean sub region, including analysis of

threatens and vulnerabilities.

CAPRADE: Andean Committee of Disaster Prevention and Relief

PROPOSED NEXT STEPSExpecting results:

• Support the dissemination and promotion of the B-PDNA Field Guide of the pilot project as a tool to disasters management in the countries of the Andean region.

• Promote research and knowledge to identify, monitor and evaluatethe risk of disaster and to develop early warning system in place.

Main activities

• Workshops of dissemination and training about the field guide infour countries.

• Process of adjustment and adaptation of the field guide to national realities and capabilities.

• Implementation of a pilot project.

Thank you