Climate Change, Fisheries and Aquaculture Workshop
30 – 31 May 2013
Climate Change/DRR POLICY AND ACTION
PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
Project Management Unit (PMU), VMGD
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National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster
Risk Reduction
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The NAB is a committee made up of government and nongovernment members.
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Its primary purpose is to:
“Act as Vanuatu’s supreme policy making and advisory
body for all disaster risk reduction and climate change
programs, projects, initiatives and activities”.
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Strategic Governance and Policy
Technical Advice, Project Monitoring and
Coordination
Project Management – Financing,
Procurement & Administration
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Consolidate existing plans and priorities, and
cover the full range of Climate Change/DRR
issues from governance and partnerships to
community resilience, sectoral strategies and
a detailed action plan across all areas.
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1. National CCDRR Policy – governance and
institutional elements in detail, plus high
level analysis and policy directives at sectoral
level (Nov 2012)
2. National CCDRR Action Plan – results of
more detailed sectoral and geographic
vulnerability assessments, action
identification and prioritization, with a costed
action plan (for completion in mid-2014)
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Desktop review and draft policy directions
Stakeholder consultation
Draft policy document
Incorporate Risk Governance assessment
outcomes
5. Validate and finalize policy
6. Launch
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Context
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Policy
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Purpose statement, rationale
Scope, definitions
Links to national, regional and international
processes, agreements and frameworks
Review of GoV key actions, policies and
arrangements
Summary of key risks/vulnerability
Summary of capacity/needs assessment
Approach
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Vision
Goals and policy statements
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Principles and cross cutting themes
Governance structures and institutions
Climate and Disaster Finance
Planning and coordination
Legislation
Partnerships and coordination
Knowledge, Information and Communication
International and regional obligations/engagement
Mainstreaming
Governance, M&E
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Context
Climate and Geo-hazard vulnerabilities
Implementation Plan
Annex1: Thematic stock take of existing
projects
Annex 2: Identified adaptation actions across
sectors
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Knowledge base
Community preparedness and resilience
Productive sector
Health
Education
Environment
Land Use planning
Buildings and Infrastructure
Tourism
Energy and emissions
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Roles and responsibilities, coordination
structure
Resourcing and financing strategy
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
NAB/PMU
Activities
PMU-managed
Projects
• Governance & Capacity
• Climate & Disaster Finance
• Legislation
• Coordination mechanisms
• Endorsement processes
• 2nd Nat Communication
• IRCCNH – CBA/CBDRM
• MDRR - Integration
• GCCA-V – Groundwork
CC &
DRR
Policy
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Plan
Ongoing Activities
Risk
Governance
Assessment