Oxfam: Used simulation tools for Avian flu simulation.
- Simulations
- New Practitioners Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
- Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA)
- UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Global Platform
ECB Project on Twitter
Good Enough Guide to #humanitarian accountability in #emergencies now in #Burmese #Myanmar 13 languages total http://t.co/zjDiuExx 2nd FebruaryDisaster Risk Reduction
Recognizing that risk reduction activities have a more profound effect than short-term relief efforts, the ECB Disaster Risk Reduction theme supports the exploration of risk reduction models with the objective of helping communities reduce their vulnerability to disasters. ECB also promotes inter- and intra-agency cohesion and collaboration on risk reduction, and the building of links with key stakeholders and networks and emerging actors beyond the IWG.
ECBinter-active Conference Series
November 2011 – February 2012 sees the first ever series of ECBinter-active regional events, in which for the first time, we share our program and practical learning on humanitarian capacity building with the wider humanitarian sector.
Please join us at our final ECBinter-active learning conference: Dhaka, Bangladesh 28-29 February 2012. Please register your interest in attending.
You can also read conference summaries from our past events in Indonesia, Bolivia, Niger and Uganda.
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is the process by which disaster risks and vulnerabilities are identified, analyzed, and minimized to avoid or limit the adverse impacts of hazards. DRR often includes the following:
- risk awareness and assessment, and vulnerability/capacity analysis
- education, training, research, and information
- public commitment, policy, legislation, and community action
- environmental management, land-use, and urban planning
- early warning systems
WV: Community Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation Project
World Vision: Community Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation Project
Kenya: STAFF CAPACITY
- The Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) Leadership and Management Competency Frameworks are reviewed in Nairobi (July 2010).
- Staff Retention Review workshop and training with People in Aid in Nairobi.
- ECB Project support People in Aid Humanitarian HR conference in Nairobi, held June 8-11, 2011.
Kenya: ACCOUNTABILITY
- CRS: AIM, DRR and Good Enough Guide training
- World Vision: Initiated Good Enough Guide workshops with ECB agencies and other NGOs plus government PIA and UN Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) simulation on Staff Care in Emergencies Mar ‘08.
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The Horn of Africa consortium evaluated their cash for food programs in Kenya.
World Vision: DRR capacity building and education with children
CARE: Participated in Georgia Simulation and ran own pilot for CARE Kosovo
Mercy Corps: development of ECB Simulations tool.
Oxfam: deployment of Simulations tool in training.
World Vision: Community Emergency Response and Disaster Mitigation Project
CRS and Caritas: 65 participants from CRS and Caritas partners took part in Emergency Preparedness Planning training.
February 2011: Objective 1 review and planning process with their Consortium Engagement Plan (CEP) Review and Revision workshop and Consortium Learning Review (CLR) held in La Paz.
June 2011: ECB Indonesia consortium members visited the ECB Bolivia consortium for a learning exchange.
Bolivia consortium developed a common DRR language and tools to improve the coherence and coordination of future DRR initiatives.
DRR Practitioner's Guide consultation workshops held.
Bolivia consortium held first inter-agency emergency simulation.
Mercy Corps: published a cost-benefit analysis for a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) program in Kailali. The report found that the benefits strongly outweigh the costs of DRR, by about 3.5 to 1 (October 2010).
World Vision: Expanding the ECB Unit to mainstream DRR into all development plans, inter-agency networking on DRR
Oxfam: Metrics
Mercy Corps: Metrics, simulations, DRR
CRS: Metrics, Simulations Project
Oxfam: Simulation training and activity
CRS: Simulations TOT and simulation exercise with Georgian staff
CARE: Staff members participated in the Simulations pilot
CRS: Guatemala Collaboration Platform
Oxfam: DRR, interest in Metrics, Guatemala Collaboration Platform.
Mercy Corps: DRR, Guatemala Collaboration Platform
Save the Children: DRR
Mercy Corps: Included some DRR in emergency response project
Indonesia: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Indonesia Disaster Response Engagement Protocols (DREP) signed off on April 1, 2011.
The Inter-agency Working Group or IWG, which includes the emergency directors from all of the ECB agencies, held their twice-yearly meeting this week (April 4-9, 2011) in Seattle.
Bangladesh: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
- Workshop develops a Statement of Principals following the analysis of the ECB Readiness Assessment Protocols (RAP) (October 2010).
- World Vision: On-going preparations for Cyclone Sidr response learning event; Development of Early Warning Systems (EWS), awareness raising with communities on EWS
- May 2011 ECB Bangladesh Consortium publishes Voice of Journalists for Disaster Management Act with journalists in Bangladesh.
- Article written for Humanitarian Practice Network April newsletter
- DRR Practitioner's Guide consultation workshops to be held - July 2011
- Bangladesh consortium organizes consultation workshop on 31 July 2011 at BRAC Inn, Dhaka for providing input in the development of Practitioner’s Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation.
World Vision: DRR capacity building with children in schools
Save the Children: Metrics, DRR
ECB DRR Advisers came together for a face-to-face meeting on April 4 and 5 2011 in Washington, DC.
Bangladesh: CONSORTIUM ENGAGEMENT PLAN
- Consortium Engagment Plan (CEP)/ Consortium Learning Review (CLR) held 4-5 May, 2011
February 2011: ECB Niger consortium held first inter-agency simulation.
July 2011: DRR Practitioner's Guide consultation workshops held in Niger.
Bangladesh: STAFF CAPACITY
Simulation to be held 14-15 September 2011
Kenya: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
- DRR Practitioner's guide consultation workshops - July 2011
- Oxfam: undertook collaborative research to identify the barriers to effective emergency response
The DRR advisors group are working on a new Practitioners Guide to DRR and Climate Change Adaptation. Find out more about this initiative here
In ECB Phase II, we continue to test, develop and refine these tools and knowledge products, particularly in the five ECB consortia in Bolivia, Niger, the Horn of Africa, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
| DRR Practitioner's Guide | Our team of global advisors has started to develop a new practical guide to Disaster Risk Reduction. Gathering together best practice, innovation and practical tools and activities, this guide will help field staff to understand the latest best practice in preparedness and risk reduction. | ||
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ECB agencies piloted innovative, collaborative DRR approaches and models in Ethiopia, Guatemala and Indonesia |
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The ECB Project is working together with ITT Watermark to support several innovative DRR programs in multiple countries. Find our more here. |
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Community-based Risk Assessment |
Further activities are underway to develop a new cross-consortia initiative to analyse best practice in community-based vulnerability and risk analysis. Oxfam has shared their latest guide to Participatory Community Vulnerability Analysis (PCVA). This comprehensive approach to risk and vulnerability analysis was shared with our Niger consortium. |
Our capacity to assess and address the disaster risks before disasters occur can greatly limit the affects of a disaster on vulnerable communities, including physical damage, injury, and loss of life. Reducing the impact of disasters is a critical undertaking if the humanitarian sector is going to meet the growing demands of future emergencies.
Bangladesh is currently finalizing it's first Disaster Management Act. ECB agencies have worked together to develop a joint advocacy strategy that will influence the government and disaster management bureau (CDMP). Several awareness raising initiatives including news articles and papers highlight the importance of community level consultation during the legislative process. Furthermore, disaster mapping exercises have identified serious overlap in preparedness capacity building activities. Through the ECB collaboration, ECB agencies are now able to coordinate their risk reduction initiatives.
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