CPWG Emergency Preparedness Checklist
Recommendations:
Action By
Timeframe
1
Urgently identify funding to permit the construction
of typhoon-proof evacuation centres in all cities and
municipalities in typhoon-risk areas taking into
account population size.
OCHA, OPA &
NDRMMC
By June 30th, 2014
2
Develop comprehensive disaster preparedness and
evacuation plans from the bottom up: i.e. Barangay
level plan to inform LGU plans. LGU plans to inform
Provincial, Regional and National disaster
preparedness plans.
OCHA, OPA &
NDRMMC
By June 30th, 2014
3
Establish an emergency stockpile of key child
protection NFIs and emergency communications
equipment in disaster prone regions to enhance
capacity to quickly provide resources to protect
children after a disaster and improve communication
flow of child protection needs to the National level.
DSWD, UNICEF
By June 30th, 2014
4
Develop National Level guidelines and training for the
BDRMMC in hazard mapping to identify children in
need of special protection (children with disabilities,
children in shelters/residential care facilities) to be
prioritised in emergency response.
NDRMMC
By Sept, 2014
5
Standardise and develop SoPs for the reporting of
Child Protection cases from the municipal level to the
provincial and regional levels, in order to have a
better platform of information for use to respond to
CP risks and support case management during an
emergency.
DSWD
By Sept, 2014
6
NSWD to work with RSCWCs to develop their
capacity to provide an overview of child protection
needs in each affected municipality at the onset of an
emergency to inform the child protection response.
DSWD
By Sept, 2014
7
Roll-out training on the Philippine National Cluster
NDRMMC
system for all LGUs, Mayors, Social workers and
Police in disaster-prone regions and the humanitarian
community to enhance coordination and
understanding of roles in future disaster responses.
By Sept, 2014
8
Undertake a lessons learnt exercise on the use of
C130 flights to evacuate affected children and adults
after the on-set of an emergency to be conducted to
assess pros and cons; if C130 flights are found to
have been of benefit, strict guidelines are to be
established for all exit points including flights, ships
and road transportation as well as strict registration
and tracking mechanisms to ensure only carefully
screened individuals and children are allowed to be
taken out of the affected area and can be followed
up at the destination point.
OCHA,
Protection
Cluster,
NDRMMC, IACAT
By Sept, 2014
Identify funding for an effective and sustainable
screening mechanism at all exit points (ports, bus
stations, airports), to be scaled up at the onset of an
emergency, to minimise risk of child trafficking with
the support and management of the Inter-Agency
Council Against Trafficking (IACAT).
IOM,
By Sept, 2014
9
Protection
Cluster, IACAT
10 Review Terms of Reference of Social Workers and
WCPDOs to clarify their role and workload during
emergencies to ensure adequate focus on child
protection case identification and case management.
DSWD, Philippine
National Police
By Sept, 2014
11 Develop mechanism at National level for the rapid
deployment of teams of trained social workers to reenforce the capacity of MSWDOs and CSWDOs in all
affected areas following an emergency to ensure
immediate casework follow up for vulnerable
children.
DSWD
By Sept, 2014
12 Train a cadre of WCPDOs for rapid deployment in an
emergency to ensure security of women and children
in affected areas, including evacuation centres.
Philippine
National Police
By Sept, 2014
13 Establish nationally endorsed child-friendly referral
pathway for use in all emergencies and ensure
distribution down to barangay level.
DSWD,
Protection
Cluster, CPWG,
GBV AoR
By Sept, 2014
14 Bureau of Standards to establish system for
verification of bona fide NGOs in an emergency,
particularly those seeking to work and assist children
to reduce risk of child trafficking and to avoid
inappropriate and uncoordinated Psychosocial
Support and other activities that might run counter
to child protection.
Bureau of
By Sept, 2014
Standards/DSWD
15 Develop Rapid Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR)
system that takes into account DSWD’s needs to
identify unaccompanied, separated and vulnerable
children, to be linked to DSWD’s database, and with
training and resources rolled out as a preparedness
measure in all disaster-prone municipalities in the
Philippines.
UNICEF, DSWD
By Sept, 2014
16 DSWD to clarify at the National level with
Department of Health the approach to Psychosocial
Support (PSS) and Psychological First Aid (PFA) to
ensure PSS needs of children are prioritised
appropriately in emergencies.
DSWD, Dept. of
Health
By Sept, 2014
17 DSWD & Dept. Health to engage with the
Department of Education to review the provision of
PSS and PFA in the school environment postemergency to ensure support is provided as long as it
is needed.
DSWD, Dept. of
Health, Dept. of
Education
By Sept, 2014
18 Develop a protocol for media in disaster zones
(validation of media outlet, registration of presence,
guidelines for interacting with children).
Ministry of
Communications
By Sept, 2014
19 Review methodology of the Child Protection Rapid
Assessment in view of the lessons learnt from
Typhoon Bopha response to ensure the development
of an effective early assessment tool before the next
emergency.
UNICEF
By Sept, 2014
CPWG Emergency Response Checklist
Recommendations:
Action By
Timeframe
1
Activate Regional SCWC to support the establishment
of a CPWG at the regional level immediately following
an emergency, and distribute guidelines to all
concerned members. Meeting of the CPWG regional
level to be held in the first 2 weeks with the presence
of RSCWC.
DSWD
Within 1st week
after disaster
2
Ensure the urgent reinforcement of capacity of all
MSWDOs, CSWDOs and PSWDOs in the affected areas
by the deployment of national trained surge capacity.
DSWD,
Philippine
National
Police
1st week after
disaster
3
DSWD and OCHA to immediately assess the need for
evacuation flights and if needed, distribute guidelines
to all Government, Military and Humanitarian partners.
OCHA, DSWD
1st week after
disaster
4
Establish immediate screening mechanisms at all exit
points in the affected area (airports, ports, bus stations)
to prevent child trafficking and to track migration of
individuals and families.
IACAT, IOM,
DSWD
1st week after
disaster
5
Bureau of standards (DSWD) to screen NGOs seeking to
work with children in disaster to ensure only licensed
agencies are involved and to provide on-going
monitoring of activities.
DSWD
1st week after
disaster
6
Establish mechanism to enforce protocol and
verification of media outlets and personnel in disaster
zones.
Ministry of
Communicati
ons
1st week after
disaster
7
Government and humanitarian emergency teams to be
provided with Satellite Phones.
Agency
specific
1st week after
disaster
8
Conduct a Child Protection Rapid Assessment in the
first month to inform child protection programming of
CPWG
Within 1st month
after disaster
identified needs.
9
All expatriate CPWG co-ordinators should to be
twinned with an experienced national co-ordinator for
at least the first month to ensure that the local
knowledge will facilitate the expatriate with the rapid
understanding of the context and government
structures and that any lessons learnt from previous
disasters are taken into account.
CPWG
1st week after
the arrival of the
expat coordinator