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Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action at
the Local Level
UN/ISDR– ITC/ILO
Cooperation Agreement for the LAC region
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Background and justification
In response to increasing concern about the
magnitude of disasters and their impact on
local communities worldwide
Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)
2005-2015 - priority for action number 3
“Use knowledge, innovation and education to
build a culture of safety and resilience at all
levels.”
“Disasters can be substantially reduced if
people are well informed and motivated
towards a culture of disaster prevention and
resilience, which in turn requires the collection,
compilation and dissemination of relevant
knowledge and information on hazards,
vulnerabilities and capacities.”
The International Recovery
Platform – Capacity Building
component
This platform (which emanates from the
HFA) identifies post-disaster recovery as
one of the key opportunities to reduce
disaster risk and specifically calls for
‘integrating disaster risk reduction efforts
in post-disaster recovery and
rehabilitation processes, including
through sharing of expertise, knowledge
and lessons learned.’
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Background and justification
Global governance is not a lofty, disembodied
sphere. It is merely the apex of a web of governance
that stretches from the local level upwards
Decent Work Agenda of the ILO
“It involves opportunities for work that is
productive and delivers a fair income,
security in the workplace and social
protection for families, better prospects for
personal development and social
integration, freedom for people to express
their concerns, organize and participate in
the decisions that affect their lives and
equality of opportunity and treatment for all
women and men.”
Conclusions of ILO’s World
Commission on the
Social Dimension of Globalization
“Policy must focus squarely on meeting
peoples’ needs where they live and work.
It is thus essential to nurture local
communities through the devolution of
power and resources and through
strengthening local economic
capabilities, cultural identity, and
respecting the rights of indigenous and
tribal peoples.”
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
The International Training Centre of the ILO
The training arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO), a
United Nations agency entrusted with promoting social justice, including
internationally recognized human rights and labour standards.
The Centre works to enhance the capacity of
governments, employers' organizations, workers'
organizations and other social and economic actors
to play an effective role in the economic and social
development of their countries and regions.
To promote the Decent Work Agenda
which should become a global goal for all
international, regional, national and local
public and private actors.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
ITC/ILO areas of expertise
Child labour
Local development
Employment
Management of the development process
Employers
Enterprise development
Forced labour and trafficking in human beings
Gender equality
Globalization
HIV / AIDS
Microfinance
Migration and trafficking
Occupational safety and health
Poverty reduction
Public sector management
Socially responsible enterprise
Informal economy
Social dialogue
Information technology and training methodology
Social Security
International labour standards
Vocational education and training
Workers' education
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Overall objective
“To contribute to the International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction and the implementation of the
Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) at the
local level by promoting sustainable local
development policies and practices through
training and capacity building processes”
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Specific objectives
• Foster the adoption and implementation at the local level of adequate policies
and actions that are sensitive to disaster risk reduction by promoting sustainable
local development and strengthening participatory strategic planning.
• Share and develop knowledge and practical tools that will make the
management and reduction of risk an integral part of local development efforts.
• Strengthen the capacity of local key players to promote and implement local
development projects which contribute to build a culture of safety and resilience
in their countries.
• Promote experience-sharing, cooperation and the stocktaking of best practices,
through the establishment of a regional network of local disaster risk and
development managers.
• Raise the awareness of local players of the role of preparedness, recovery and
reconstruction in reducing disaster risk and vulnerabilities, while creating the
socio-economic conditions for durable development.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Beneficiaries
• Policy-makers and key socio-economic players in local development
management and disaster risk reduction, meaning governmental and
non-governmental institutions and civil society organizations.
• e.g.: Government officials at the local, provincial, departmental and national
levels; Municipal associations and federations; Associations of professionals,
entrepreneurs and workers; Local Development Agencies; NGOs, Technical
cooperation projects; Community-based and other grass-roots organizations;
National and Local institutes engaged in disaster management and risk
reduction; Regional institutions engaged in the coordination of national
governments’ efforts at disaster reduction.
• LAC region, with potential replication in other regions
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Activities
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Nature of on-going activities
1. Training and Capacity Building for DRR and
Sustainable Local Development
2. Technical Assistance for the setting up of local
development projects
3. Institutional Strengthening for Decentralization and
Management of Local Development Processes
4. Regional Network of Local Agents in Support of HFA
implementation at the local level
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
1. Training and Capacity Building for DRR and
Sustainable Local Development
• Specialized training workshops and fellowships in the “Use of
Satellite Imagery and Geographic Information Systems for
Participatory Strategic Development Planning at the Local
Level”, implemented by UNITAR/UNOSAT in collaboration with
ISDR CA and ILO/Delnet;
• One year access to Delnet Information, Technical Advice and
Networking tools, based on e-platforms and e-learning tools.
Outputs per activity
• A one year specialization course “Disaster Risk Reduction
within the framework of Sustainable Local Development”,
implemented ILO/Delnet with participation of ISDR Central
America and other regional and international partners;
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
2. Technical Assistance for the setting up of local
development projects
• Advice and Capacity Building for the implementation of Strategic
Development Planning Processes in selected target
countries/territories with a risk-reduction approach.
• The technical assistance for the formulation of Strategic
Development Plan in priorities disaster-prone local territories will
follow participatory process and the use of satellite imagery
(thanks to the support of UNOSAT).
• The technical assistance is carried out jointly by ITC/ILO Delnet,
ILO sectorial programmes and by partner institutions:
UNITAR/UNOSAT, UNI, Coorporación OSSO, among others.
Outputs per activity
• These countries have been beneficiaries of previous training
courses.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
3. Institutional Strengthening for Decentralization and
Management of Local Development Processes
• As a result, FEMICA decided to lead in the promotion of HFA local
agenda within local authorized associations and municipalities of
the region and further mainstream experience gained in the
regional integration political agenda and decentralization policies
and mechanisms.
• Regional partnership with a “local” mandate.
Outputs per activity
• FEMICA, the Central American Association of Municipalities, in
February 2008, participated in a meeting proposed by UN/ISDR,
ITC/ILO and UNOSAT whose outcome was to joint forces to
promote the overall objective of this project.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
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4. Regional Network of Local Agents in Support of HFA
implementation at the local level
• Networking and support to resource mobilization for the
implementation of investment plans and projects defined
through SDP exercises in reference projects.
• Knowledge sharing and global outreach with other
programmes, institutions and groups involved worldwide in
similar approaches.
• 50 potential participants/institutions are already candidates
for this network (coming from previous training courses held
in the region).
Outputs per activity
• Monitoring, evaluation and systematization of experiences
acquired in the context of supported reference projects.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Training Unit
TU 1 – Globalization, decentralization
and local development: disasters and
their impact on societies
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TU 2 – Strategic planning at the local
level with a risk reduction approach
TU 3 – Local risk management in the
framework of sustainable local
development
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Local development and sustainable local development: basic concepts;
Development processes and the generation of disaster risk;
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation practices;
Disasters and their impact on development (good and bad practice);
The global institutional framework in the region, mechanisms and
resources.
Strategic planning for sustainable local development;
Tools for risk management planning and the rational use of local
resources: geographic information systems.
Local risk management: what is it? Understanding the problem;
Territorial disaster risk reduction;
Risk analysis and evaluation;
Use of climate change scenarios for prospective risk analysis;
Organization, management and resources for the reduction of disaster
risk;
Methodology for risk management planning;
The use of GIS based on satellite imagery applied to strategic planning
for disaster risk reduction at the local level;
The risk management plan as input into strategic planning for
sustainable local development.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Training Unit
Contents
TU 4 – The role of local actors in
disaster preparedness
• Preparedness efforts: what they are and how they are linked to local
risk management and to development sustainability;
• Detection of vulnerabilities, threats and capacities;
• Early warning and preparedness;
• Local coordination for preparedness;
• Methodology and tools for preparedness planning;
• Preparedness planning: the steps;
• The link between relief and reconstruction.
TU 5 – Post-disaster reconstruction
as an opportunity for enhancing
sustainable local development
• The historical focus of post-disaster reconstruction
• Reconstruction in local risk management: an opportunity for promoting
development, change and sustainable recovery in disaster-prone areas
• Fundamental principles of sustainable reconstruction and recovery
• The institutional framework and participation by key players in a
sustainable reconstruction process
• Activity planning for reconstruction and resource management
• Examples of good reconstruction practice.
TU 6 -Project design with a risk
reduction approach
• Setting objectives, results and activities.
• Priorities and feasible strategies.
• Project cycle and design, implementation and follow-up, with a DRR
approach.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
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Expected results by 2009
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
of Sustainable Local Development
Results
• At least 50 new participants from most vulnerable areas in the Americas
will be trained by the Delnet Programme of the ITC/ILO at the end of year
2009.
• At least 5 Strategic Development Planning Projects will be started up.
Selected countries: Nicaragua (Mancomunidad de la Cuenca del Río
Telica), Colombia (Resguardo Indigena del Volcán Nevado del Huila),
Cuba (area to be confirmed) Haití (area to be confirmed) and Honduras
(San Pedro de Sula in partnership with FEMICA).
• Partnerships agreements with key international and regional institutions
with a local development mandate will be ratified to foster decentralization
processes in the region (namely, FEMICA, and other institutions to be
explored).
• A network of 100 former participants/institutions will be actively launched
through to consolidate the ISDR regional network in support of the HFA
implementation at the local level.
Disaster Risk Reduction within the Framework
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Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action at
the Local Level
Interest in replicating this experience in other regions and
territories