Building  Disaster  Resilient  Communi3es  in  Pokhara  Sub-­‐Metropolitan  

Navin  Subedi    

Partnership  Project    Manager  13  August  2012  

Project  Area:                All  18  wards  within  Pokhara  Sub-­‐Metropolitan    Beneficiary:                  Direct:  20,200  People  (3,200  students)                      Indirect  :  200,000  people  

Funding  Support:      DFID    Project  Management:      AcJonAid  InternaJonal  Nepal                                                                                      PracJcal  AcJon  In  Nepal  ImplementaJon:      Community  Support  Group  and  Siddhartha  

Club    

Total  Project  Cost:    One  Million  GBP    Project  Period  :                April  2012-­‐March  2014      

Project  Brief  

Project  Ra3onale  

MulJ-­‐Hazards  In  Nepal  

•  Nepal  is  situated  in  one  of  the  high  disaster  risk  area  •  Disaster  Risk  Management  is  one  of  the  prioriJes  of  the  Government  of  Nepal  and  Donors  

•  Pokhara  potenJal  to  mulJ  hazard  reoccurrence  like:    –  Flood,  Avalanche  –  Land  Cave  in  –  Earthquake    Prone  Area  –  Need  to  reinforce  Building  Code  implementaJon  –  Poor  and  Vulnerable    communiJes  

Project  Ra3onale  

  To   increase   the   resilience   of   poor   and   vulnerable  people,   especially   women,   to   mi3gate,   prepare   for,  effec3vely   respond   to   and   overcome   the   impact   of  mul3ple  hazards  in  Pokhara  Sub-­‐Metropolitan

         

 

Goal  

Impact  • Poor  and  vulnerable  people  in  Nepal  are  less  at  risk  from  mulJple  hazards  • CommuniJes  manage  and  miJgate  risks  from  mulJple  hazards  • Infrastructure  and  public  buildings  are  protected    

•  Capacity  of  communiJes  is  enhanced  to  reduce  hazards  and  impact  of  disasters  through  collecJve  local  acJons.    

•  NaJonal  and  local  level  policy  and  pracJce  are  influenced  (based  on  project  and  past  experiences)  

•  Awareness  of  the  target  stakeholders  is  raised  on  disaster  preparedness  at  each  wards  and  Sub  Metropolitan    

•  Small  scale  miJgaJon  measures  contribute  to  reducJon  of  vulnerabiliJes  in  schools  and  communiJes  

•  Resilience  of  communiJes  increased  through  improved  financial  (also  human,  social  and  physical)  assets  

     

         

 

Expected  Outputs  

•  An  innovaJve  approach  to  best  fit  insJtuJonal  experJse  for  resilience  building.      

•  ImplementaJon  in  close  coordinaJon  and  collaboraJon  with  local  government  agencies/Sub-­‐Metropolitan/NGO/Media/private  sectors  

•  Community  based  program  approach  •  Program  focused  on  vulnerable  women  and  youths  •  InsJtuJonalizaJon  and  human  resource  development  at  local  

level  •  DocumentaJon  of  project  learning  and  experience  •  CoordinaJon  and  cooperaJon  for  policy  level  works  with  

concerned  stakeholders  

Project  Strategy  

 Capacity  Building    Ini3a3ves  •  Par3cipatory    Vulnerability  Analysis  •  REFLECT  centre    •  DMC  Forma3on  at  Ward,  School  and  Community  level  (50)  •  Disaster  Risk  Management  Training    at  ward/community/school  •  Task  force  (TF)and    volunteers  groups  forma3on  (20)  •  Skill  based  training  for  volunteers    and  task  force  members

 

 

Ac3vi3es  

•  Support  ing  Disaster  preparedness  works  and  community  based  early  warning  system  set  up.  

•   Disaster  Safety  Equipment  support  to  DMC,  volunteers  groups    •   FormaJon  and  strengthening  of  Saving  Credit  Groups  •  Skilled  based  training  for  livelihood  opJon  to  build  disaster  

resilience.  •  Set  up  of  Disaster  Emergency  Fund  at  various  community  level  

 

       

Ac3vi3es  

Disaster  Mi3ga3on  Physical  construc3on  •  River  Embankment  construc3on  •  Culvert  and  other  safe  outlet  construc3on  •  School  RetrofiZng  •  RetrofiZng  of  Hospital  and  community  buildings.  

                     

Ac3vi3es  

Support  for  Na3onal  Building  Code  2060  Implementa3on  •  Geological/Seismic/GLOF  Study  on  Risk  Assessment  from  

mul3ple  hazards  in  Pokhara    •  Mason  Training  on  Earthquake  Resistant  Construc3on  of  

Buildings  (300)  •  Support  to  Pokhara  Sub  Metropolitan  on  implementa3on  of  

Na3onal  Building  Code  2060                  

Ac3vi3es  

   

Mainstreaming    Disaster  Risk  Reduc3on  (DRR)  in  Development  Ini3a3ves  

•  Orienta3on  to  local  stakeholder  on  Hyogo  Framework  for  Ac3on,  Na3onal  Strategy  for  Disaster  Risk  Management    and  Local  Disaster  Risk  Management  Planning  Guidelines.  

•  Support  Pokhara  Sub  Metropolitan  to  mainstream  DRR  in  development  works  through  prepara3on  of  Municipal  Level  Disaster  Management  Plan.    

•  Inclusion  of  DRR  curricula  at  local  school  level  

 

       

Ac3vi3es

Ac3onAid  Interna3onal  Nepal  

Prac3cal  Ac3on  In  Nepal  

Project  CoordinaJon  Commi^ee  

Project  Team  Pokhara  

Community  Support  Group  

Siddhartha  Club  

Stakeholder  Agency  

Beneficiary  (Community/School/Municipality)  

Project  Advisory  Commi^ee  (PAC)  

Project  Implementa3on  Framework  

District  Project  Advisory  Commi^ee  (DPAC)  

   

 

Stakeholders  Agency  

Pokhara  Sub  Metropolitan     District  Disaster  Response  Commi^ee  

District  Development  Commi^ee   District  EducaJon  Office  

Western  Regional  Hospital   Department  of  Mine  and  Geology  

Department  of  Hydrology  and  Metrology   District  Division  CooperaJve  Office  

Urban  Development  and  Building  ConstrucJon  Office  

Centre  for  Technical  and  VocaJonal  Training  

Small  Co^age  Industry  Office   Water  Induced  Disaster  MiJgaJon  Office  

Nepal  Red  Cross  Society   Soil  ConservaJon  Office  

ConstrucJon  Contractors  AssociaJon   NaJonal  Society  of  Earthquake  Technology  

I/NGO’s   Other  Relevant  local  Stakeholders