Transcript What is Food Security

International Course on
Development and Disasters with Special Focus on Health
February 10 – 21, 2003: St Ann’s, Jamaica
CDERA Experience in Institutional
Capacity Building:
Institutionalizing Cooperation
Prepared by
Jeremy Collymore, Coordinator
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
As part the Introductory Course for Non-Caribbean participants
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
INTRODUCTION
• CDERA established on principles of intergovernmental cooperation
• Number of small states with large
vulnerabilities and limited individual capacity
• Rationalizing diverse actions towards a
common goal was central to
operationalizing the Agreement
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OBJECTIVES
• To make an immediate and coordinated
response by means of emergency
disaster relief
• To secure, coordinate and channel to
interested inter-governmental
organizations, reliable and comprehensive
information on disasters
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OBJECTIVES
• To mobilize and coordinate disaster relief
from governmental and non-governmental
organizations
• To mitigate or eliminate the immediate
consequences of disasters
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
PHILOSOPHY & EPISTEMOLOGY
• Preparedness is a pre-condition for effective
response
• Preparedness is indispensable to effective
recovery and reconstruction
• The integrative nature of disaster
management activities necessitates
collaboration and cooperation among key
stakeholders
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
AREAS OF CAPACITY BUILDING
• Organization Structure and Systems
• Operational systems and Procedures
• Knowledge acquisition, management and
transfer
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE & SYSTEMS
• Model Legislation developed, discussed and
adapted
• Programming Planning Guide
• Conditions of Service and Model Job
Descriptions
• Guidelines for use of email in agency
correspondence
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS
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Regional Coordination Plan
Donor Group Coordination Protocols
Military Operational Order
EOC Planning Guides
Emergency Telecommunications Guide
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS
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Model Emergency Communications Guide
Maintenance as a Mitigation Tool
Emergency Broadcast Policy
Media Kit
MOUs with 10 organisations
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS (Cont’d)
• Shelter Management Programme and Policy
Guide
• Donations Management Protocol
• Relief Distribution Policy Guide
• Events and Exercise Evaluation Guide
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS (Cont’d)
• Donor Group Programming Consultation
• Community Disaster Planning
• Model Mitigation Policy for Education
Sector
• Model Emergency Housing Policy
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS (Cont’d)
• Education and Information Policy and
Strategy
• Model Flood Contingency Plan
• Early Warning Systems for Vulnerable
Communities
• Flood Preparedness Checklist for Schools
• Disaster Auxilliary Corp Guidelines
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS (Cont’d)
• Model LSAR SOPs and Guidelines
• Model National Mitigation Policy
• Community Preparedness –Flood
Preparation Initiatives
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFER
• Partner Alliance in Special Areas(RSTS,
CDP, Warehousing)
• Technology Adaptation
• Material Acquisition and Adaptation (EOC,
Shelter, Damage Assessment)
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT
AND TRANSFER
• Material Development and Sharing(CDP/EOC
Plan, EOC Course)
• University and College Involvement
• Standardization of process and product
• Hazard Mapping
• Mitigation Policy
• Informal Building Education
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
Comprehensive Disaster Management
Strategy
CDM involves all actions required to ensure
that a country or jurisdiction has capability to
deal with all types of hazards, at all phases of
disaster management.
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
CDM CONT’D
• Incorporates Prevention and Mitigation,
Preparedness, Response and Recovery by
coordinating the wide-ranging actions and
utilizing all necessary resources available from
numerous agencies.
• Focuses on the concepts of multi-hazard, multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral approach with
the inter –related components: integrated,
comprehensive and coordinated
CDM Strategy and Results Framework
GOAL:
Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
CDM is integrated into the development processes of CDERA
member countries
IR-2
Research &
training support
CDM
IR-1
Stronger regional & national institutions promote
CDM
IR-3
Regional institutions & donors
incorporate CDM
in their own programs and promote CDM to
their national
members/clients
IR-4
Preparedness,
response & mitigation capability
is enhanced and
integrated.
IR-5
Hazard information is incorporated into development planning
and decisionmaking
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
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Utilization of Sub-Regional Focal Points
Pilot Activities
Model Programmes
Exchange Programmes
Training Workshops
Technical Working Groups
Inter-Regional Cooperation
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
PILOT ACTIVITIES
• Selected country is in a position to support
the activities
• Has required infrastructure to document and
share experiences and lessons learnt
• Implemented within the framework existing
national or regional programme
• Sought to complement existing initiatives
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
PILOT ACTIVITIES (Cont’d)
• Selected criteria developed and shared
• Selected state required to demonstrate
desire, commitment and capacity to fulfill
specific implementation obligations
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
MODEL PROGRAMMES
• Initiated at national or sectoral level
• Supported in process and experience
documentation
• Used as a basis for information sharing and
cross-fertilization of concepts and ideas
• Within and among countries and regions
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
LESSONS LEARNT
• Sense of “criticalness” must be shared by all
stakeholders
• Clear definition of problem and commitment to
the solution is conditional to collaboration
• Even when “criticalness” is established,
commitment to coordination is not assured
• Level of cooperation is influenced by proportion
of agency resources to be dedicated to the
efforts
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OBSERVATIONS & THE WAY FORWARD
• Important to a cooperation agenda is an
infrastructure for accommodating
commitment to an agreed agenda whilst
minimizing the need for adjustment in
agency structure, goals and operating
protocols
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OBSERVATIONS & THE WAY FORWARD
(Cont’d)
• Cooperation agenda should be built around
a coordination infrastructure derived from
consultative programme planning and
information sharing
CDERA Experience in Institutional Capacity
Building: Institutionalizing Cooperation
OBSERVATIONS & THE WAY FORWARD
(Cont’d)
• Such a framework can be the outcome of
strategic planning framework involving key
stakeholders