Transcript (donors) - European Commision, Ms. Cecille Pichon

The EU and DRR
focus on Asia-Pacific
Meeting of the ISDR Asia Partnership
23 – 24 March 2009
Cécile Pichon
European Commission (ECHO)
EU STRATEGY FOR SUPPORTING DRR IN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Joint undertaking between DEV, ECHO and RELEX
Started on 20 Feb 2008 – approved on 23 Feb 2009
EU Strategy based on:
The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)
EC and EU Member States strategic work
Rationale
Lack of policy and strategic frameworks on DRR
Lack of common voice
Limited progress with integration of DRR
Limited linking of DRR and climate change
Scope, Geo coverage and Implementation
All developing countries and EU Oversees Countries
and Territories (OCTs)
Disasters caused by natural and technological
hazards
Multi-hazard approach
Slow and rapid onset disasters
Use of EU full range of funding instruments
Implementation priorities
Political dialogue on DRR
Regional Action Plans on DRR
National level support
Integration of DRR at EU level
Added value of the Strategy
Has the support of the Commission Services,
the Member States, the donor community
Defines an EU conceptual framework that
should facilitate the sharing of responsibilities
amongst Commission Services and between
EC Services and Member States
Positions the EU strategy towards the HFA
Promotes a more effective cooperation
between the humanitarian and development
actors within and outside EU Disasters
caused by natural and technological
hazards
ECHO POLICY FRAMEWORK
ON DRR
Started in January 2008, in parallel EU DRR
Communication
Consultations (internal, external): February 2008 –
March 2009
(est.) April to June 2009: all working documents
completed and approved
Scope and approach
Covers natural disasters only
Favours the implementation of pilot projects with
demonstrative purposes and exit strategies;
encourages their replication and scaling-up by
development actors
Encourage participation in larger DRR initiatives with
implementing partners, together with other donors,
including other EC services and Member States
Justification
Recommended by several evaluations
Increased support to DRR by ECHO
Need to analyse ECHO contribution to HFA
Create a strategic framework
Specific Objectives
To help communities and supporting institutions
prepare for and reduce the impacts of natural disasters
To develop common practice of integrating DRR in
humanitarian response in all disaster-prone countries
To intensify capacity-building, advocacy and
coordination efforts at EC/EU, national and
international levels.
Fully in line with the EU DRR Strategy and the EU
Consensus on Humanitarian Aid
Implementation methodology
Elaborate a longer-term internal vision for DRR
Establish a priority list of disaster-prone countries
Strengthen dialogue with other EC services
Elaborate practical guidelines and tools (including on
entry/exit strategies, LRRD/DP, DRR/sectors)
Promote continuity of funding
Develop a set of specific training tools and programme
Promote joint-training initiatives
Mechanisms for integration and dissemination of
lessons learned and best practices, keeping
institutional memory, including through
Prevention web
ECHO DRR indicators…
Increased support to DRR by ECHO:
DIPECHO = 4.3% of initial 2009 budget
All DP actions = 11.7% of 2008 budget
 Need to improve indicators and systems !
ECHO DRR Indicators 2008
> 5% of operational funds committed to DP actions  11.7%
(€ 88,8 mln)
+ 40% of humanitarian aid decisions providing relief to victims
of sudden and slow-onset (hazard-related) disasters with
DRR/DP integration  37 %
At least 500,000 beneficiaries in global hotspots (hazards)
supported by strengthening community resilience and local
response capacity  18,400,900 persons (DIPECHO +
Regional Drought Decision only)
At least 10,000 persons trained under DRR-DP training
activities  > 10,000
At least 300 small-scale mitigation interventions in global hotspots  About 1,100 interventions (DIPECHO only)
At least 10 contributions to facilitate regional and national
coordination on DRR incl. contributions to exchanges of
lessons learnt and best practices, strengthening local
ownership  17 Consultative meetings or lessons
learned events hosted
Country
DPRK
Cambodia
China
1,634,375
100
2,407,546
25
2,221,212
4,064,614
55
314,050
715,050
44
Philippines
1,774,835
8,274,835
21
Vietnam
2,144,204
4,127,264
52
Laos
Laos
Myanmar
Eur 0 Thailand
Eur 2,144,204
Eur 0
Cambodia
Philippines
Eur 1,774,835
Eur 1,634,375
Indonesia
Eur 2,221,212
DIPECHO/
Total (%)
600,837
Indonesia
Eur 314,050 Vietnam
Amount of
Total ECHO
program
1,634,375
East Timor
Eur 0
Amount of
DIPECHO
program
East Timor
Eur 600,837
Central
America,
South East
Asia,
Caribbean
South-East
Africa &
Western
Indian Ocean
South Asia
Andean
Community
(expand.
2006)
EU DRR
Communication
ECHO DRR Policy
Assessment
Burma,
Pacific
Central Asia
DIPECHO 1996 -2009
35
30
million Euro
25
Exit / reentry
Philippines
WCDR
(Kobe)
20
15
10
5
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
EC, DRR and Asia-Pacific: some examples
DIPECHO South East, South and Central Asia: 16
countries, € 90 mln since 1998
ECHO capacity-building: € 130 since 2005
EU Natural Disaster Facility for the ACP: € 12 mln
under 9th EDF; € 180 mln proposed under 10th EDF
Global Insurance Facility (ACP): € 25 mln
DRR programmes: Bangladesh € 9 mln, China € 6
mln, Indonesia € 200 mln
DRR integration and projects: ad hoc
Research Framework Programme, EC Joint Research
Centre: assessment studies, various research actions
on disasters, climate change impact and DRR
Global Climate Change Alliance: € 60 mln
EC and DRR In Asia
DRR integration into EC programming, state of play in
2006 = relatively low
Since 2006, more opportunities. Receptive EC
Delegations, increased integration of DRR into
programming. More projects and some instruments.
System of focal points, training/awareness sessions,
sharing of documentation, networking, inter-service
consultations, working groups (sectors, LRRD etc.).
Both at HQ and field levels.
Use mid term review (2009) of country strategy
papers to reinforce DRR integration; use any new
opportunity and new instrument programming (eg
Myanmar).
Climate Change: a new focus
ECHO and DRR In Asia
New management of disaster preparedness
DP mainstreaming in response and early
recovery
Continued advocacy
New potentials for stock-piling and
prepositioning, contingency planning
Small scale disaster funding decision?
Review areas of focus for DIPECHO and DP:
Myanmar/Burma? The Pacific? Timor Leste?
Climate Change Adaptation
Nairobi and Bali Action plans
Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA). Focus on
five areas, including helping poor countries to
be better prepared for natural disasters, and
integrating climate change into development
cooperation and poverty reduction strategies.
€60 mln earmarked by the EC for 2008-10. 5 pilot
countries to selected (2009).
Systematic mainstreaming of environment in EC
development cooperation. Cross-cutting issue
in all sectors of intervention
C3D+: 3 year project implemented by UNITAR.
Address CC through adaptation measures, incl.
planning mitigation strategies. EC: € 2.5 mln, 3 years,
project starting.
TroFCCA: Centre for International Forestry Research
(CIFOR) & Tropical Agriculture Centre for Research
and Higher Education (CATIE). Contribute to the
limited understanding of adaptation and tropical forest
ecosystems. Focus on 3 major climate-related events
affecting vulnerability and sustainability: floods, fires
and drought
(http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/trofcca/_ref/home/index.ht
m). South East Asia a focal area for proposed
activities. 2005 - August 2009.
EC: € 3.3 mln
Some conclusions
More and more awareness by EC personnel on
DRR and CCA  increased willingness and
receptiveness to integrate DRR in
programming
EU Communication on DRR and increased
focus on CCA will be crucial cornerstone
Need to improve documentation and reporting
on achievements of EU/EC on DRR.
CCA – an opportunity or a risk? Define better
the linkages