Disaster Prevention and Early Recovery in Central Asia

Program status, strengthening and potential next steps

Maxx DilleyChief, Disaster Reduction and Recovery TeamBureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

Outline

• Challenges in identifying and managing risks associated with natural hazards

• UNDP Disaster Reduction and Recovery Program

• Program strengthening measures from UNDP practice

• Available resources

Hazard-related outcomes

• Major natural hazards in Central Asia and the Caucasus– drought, floods, extreme temperatures, landslides

and earthquakes• Consequences (disaster event) =

hazard exposure x vulnerability• Non-natural hazards

– land mines– global financial crises, food price increases

Hazard-related outcomes

Drought

Hazard-related outcomes

Drought → water

Hazard-related outcomes

Drought → water → energy

Hazard-related outcomes

Cold ↓

Drought → water → energy →

Hazard-related outcomes

Cold ↓

Drought → water → energy → Home/SchoolHeating

Hazard related outcomes

Drought

Hazard related outcomes

Drought → water

Hazard related outcomes

Drought → water → energy prices

Hazard related outcomes?

Foodprices ↓

Drought → water → energy prices →

↑ReducedRemittances

Hazard related outcomes?

Foodprices ↓

Drought → water → energy Foodprices → Insecurity

↑ReducedRemittances

DRR program and budget

• Kazakhstan ($442,500)– 2003 earthquake recovery– 2004-2007 local level earthquake risk mgt I & II– 2008 flood recovery

• Kyrgyzstan ($2,787,000)– 2007 local government DRR capacity building– 2007 National Disaster Reduction Advisor– 2007 enhanced response coordination– 2008 mainstreaming DRM into decentralization

DRR program and budget

• Tajikistan ($13M*)– 2005-7 Disaster Risk Management Program I– 2007-9 Disaster Risk Management Program II– 2008 compound crisis response– 2009 strengthening early recovery capacities

• Uzbekistan ($1,279,325 [pending])– 2009(?) strengthening DRM capacity

*Early Recovery project includes some non-disaster components

DRR program and budget

• Total DRR 2005-2009 budget: $18M• Regional strengthening 2009

– CPR team in Bratislava– Regional Disaster Reduction Advisor, Almaty

Program strengthening measures

• Comprehensive “one system” national DRR programs– “one-UN” pilot examples– UN-WB-EC post-crisis cooperation agreements– recovery preparedness and early recovery

coordination with humanitarian assistance

• Regional technical assistance support project– UNDP Asia tsunami recovery program example– SE Europe regional program coordination example

Resources

• UNDP DRR service lines– risk identification (GRIP)*– recovery (IRP)* and early recovery (CWGER)– capacity development (CADRI)*– Climate Risk Management (BCPR and BDP)– gender– mainstreaming and governance– urban risk management

• NDRAs*ISDR thematic platform

Resources