SESSION 7.1: SUPPORTING LOCAL CAPACITY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Time allocated for this session:
45 minutes
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POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Time allotted for PowerPoint presentation:
30 minutes
Slide 1: Introduction
Slide 2: Overview
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Community disaster preparedness
Strategies for engaging community
Local case study
Slide 3: Community disaster preparedness
These are some of the elements that need to be considered when developing programs for
community disaster preparedness:
 Organization – Who is responsible for what, when? What is the coordination mechanism
with agencies/government?
 Emergency Plan – Is there one, what resources does it require to execute, and how is
information on the plan disseminated to the community?
 Drill – Is there a drill organized so the community can become familiar with their role in the
emergency plan?
 Training – Is there appropriate training available for key local personnel in disaster
management? (First aid, marshals, rescue workers.)
 Local Rescue Team – How is this team recruited and trained? What are their responsibilities
and who is accountable for their performance?
 Temporary Shelter, Relocation Sites – Have these been provisionally planned? Does the land
available meet the need?
Slide 4: Strategies for engaging community
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Partnership building or networking with local civil society groups
Community organizing
Training
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Advocacy
Slide 5: Encourage community participation
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Explain institutional responsibilities
Information sharing
Appropriate technology
Use local language and incorporate local culture
Involvement of all stakeholders
Capacity building at all levels
Regional & global support: Although community participation is key to effective risk
management before, during, and after natural events, some important activities cannot be
carried out at the local level. Taking a national perspective can generate greater efficiency
and economies of scale. The types of activities to be carried out at the national level include
technical analyses, emergency warning, and coordination of risk management initiatives.
Slide 6: Promote local leaders
In the first hours, and often days, local response is the only response available. The better local
resources are trained and leadership structures are in place the more effective early response
measures will be on the local level. There are many ways to improve local disaster response:
one of them is to train local leaders so they can take a leading role in the disaster response. To
reach all of the population, information, education and communication materials should be
available in local languages.
Slide 7: Form neighborhood committees
Neighborhood or village committees can play an important role in both disaster preparedness
and disaster mitigation. Local governments should be encouraged to set up neighborhood or
village committees to foster discussion on issues such as:
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Disaster preparedness
– Early warning
– Evacuation
– First aid
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Disaster mitigation
– Livelihood committee
– Shelter committee
– WASH committee
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Slide 8: Local case study
This slide is blank to allow the facilitator to invite a local resource person to present a case study
of an example of local capacity in disaster response/preparedness
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PLENARY DISCUSSION AND Q & A
Time allotted for Plenary Discussion:
15 minutes
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