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Building the future we want:
Disaster Resilience at the
Grassroots Level
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
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06 September 2013
Demetrio Innocenti
UNISDR Regional Office for Europe
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR) main functions
Coordinate: (How Organise: GP, RP, NP)
international efforts disaster risk reduction
and provide guidance for the implementation
of the HFA and monitor its implementation.
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Advocate: (Encourage - Climate Change,
Education, Gender, MDG) for greater
investment in disaster risk reduction actions
to protect people’s lives and assets.
http://www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities/
Campaign: (Promote – Making Cities
Resilient, Safe Schools and Hospitals
Sasakawa Award)
Inform: (Provide – GAR, HFA Report,
Terminology, PreventionWeb)
http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/19846
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Disasters are NOT natural
 Greater exposure to natural and humaninduced hazards, climate change and
variability
 Socio-economic drivers: poverty and
unsustainable development, unplanned
urban growth and migrations, lack of risk
awareness and institutional capacities...
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 Physical drivers: insufficient land use
planning, housing & critical infrastructure
located in hazard prone areas...
 Environmental degradation: ecosystem
and natural resource depletion (coastal,
watershed, wetlands, forests…)
HAZARDS +
EXTREME EVENTS
VULNERABILITY
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Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015:
Building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters
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Five priorities for action
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Governance: ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and
local priority with strong institutional basis for implementation
2.
Risk identification: identify, assess and monitor disaster risks and
enhance early warning
3.
Knowledge: use knowledge, innovation and education to build a
culture of safety and resilience at all levels
4.
Reducing the underlying risk factors in various sectors
(environment, health, construction, etc.)
5.
Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response
Words Into Action: A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Framework
www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/docs/Words-into-action/Words-Into-Action.pdf
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Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!
2010 – 2011 (2012-2015) World Disaster Reduction Campaign
• Launched in 2010 in Bonn
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• Building on the previous
World Disaster Reduction
Campaign – Safer Schools
and Hospitals
Objectives:
Achieve resilient, sustainable
urban communities through
actions taken by local
governments to reduce disaster
risk
Know More
Invest Wisely
Build More Safely
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Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!
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421 European cities have signed up. 1498 globally.
Armenia: Yerevan, Gyumri
Austria: 279 cities incl. Innsbruck, Lienz, etc.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo Centar
Croatia: Bjelovar, Dubrovnik, Zagreb
Denmark: Copenhagen
France: Nice, Sommières
Germany: Bonn
Greece: Patrass
Iceland: Arborg
Ireland: Dublin
Italy: 51 cities incl. Ancona, Venice, Rome, Florence
Kosovo*: Pristine
Portugal: Amadora ,Cascais, Funchal, Lisbon
Serbia: 50 cities including Nis
Spain: Bullas, Lugo, Madrid, Barcelona
Sweden: Arvika, Karlstadt, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Jonkoping, Jokkmokk
Switzerland: Davos
Tajikistan: Dushanbe
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Strumica
Turkey: Antalya, Istanbul, Yalova
United Kingdom: Stoke-on-Trent
Ukraine: Ivano-Frankivsk ,Grabovets, Roslina, Yarblunka
European Champion: Mayor of Venice, Mr Giorgio Orsoni
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Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready!
Ten-Point check list – Essentials for Making Cities Resilient
1. Put in place organization & coordination to clarify everyone’s roles & responsibilities.
2. Assign a budget & provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, private sector
to invest in risk reduction.
3. Update data on hazards & vulnerabilities, prepare & share risk assessments.
4. Invest in & maintain critical infrastructure, such as storm drainage.
5. Assess the safety of all schools and health facilities & upgrade these as necessary
(1 million safe schools).
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6. Enforce risk-compliant building regulations & land use planning principles, identify safe
land for low-income citizens.
7. Ensure education programmes & training on disaster risk reduction are in place in
schools and local communities.
8. Protect ecosystems & natural buffers to mitigate hazards, adapt to climate change.
9. Install early warning systems & emergency management capacities.
10. After any disaster, ensure that the needs of the affected population are at the centre of
reconstruction.
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Campaign kit Translated in Croatian:
• National Protection and Rescue Directorate
Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LGSAT)
• Key questions and measurements against the Ten Essentials (HFA)
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• Set baselines, identify gaps and have comparable data across local
governments, within the country and globally, to measure
advancements over time
Cities in Europe concluding the LGSAT
• Venice (Italy)
• Amadora, Lisbon (Portugal)
• Arvika, Gothenburg, Jonkoping, Karlstad (Sweden)
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UNISDR-WMO
“Building Disaster Resilience in Western Balkans and Turkey”
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Donor: EC DG Enlargement – through the Instrument for Pre- Accession
Assistance (IPA) under the Regional Multi-Beneficiary Programming 20112013: Sector: Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Contributions: 2,200,000 Euro (IPA); 390,000 Euro UNISDR and WMO
contributions. Total budget 2,590,000 Euro
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Implementation timeframe: 21 May 2012 – 20 May 2014
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UNISDR Focus areas
1. Enhance the regional institutional capacity and
coordination on to disaster risk reduction and
adaptation to climate change.
2. Strengthen the regional capacity and cooperation
towards data and knowledge sharing on risks.
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3. Promote disaster risk transfer through insurance and
reinsurance products.
4. Increase public awareness in disaster risk reduction
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European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR)
• European Regional Platform for DRR
• September 2013, Oslo, Norway
• WG 2 – HFA implementation at the local level
• Members: Sweden, Italy, Portugal, DG ECHO, EUR-OPA (Council of
Europe)
• City of Amadora
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• Ongoing tasks
- Conduct a survey on Local level DRR measures undertaken
- Share experiences in using the LGSAT
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European Forum for
Disaster Risk Reduction
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Damir Čemerin Award of
Local Change
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Thank you
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the secretariat
of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Regional Office for Europe
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1000, Brussels, Belgium
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