Disaster Risk Reduction in Tajikistan

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Disaster Risk Reduction in Tajikistan

• Principals Group Donor Coordination Council
• 14 September 2006

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Disaster Impact A Spiral of Poverty
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How We Typically Respond
But how do we avoid the next
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What could have been done before?
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• The Cost of Disasters Every 5 Year is nearly the
  ENTIRE National Annual Budget!

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The Stakeholders
YOU!
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Meeting Goal

• Put into Practice
• the Recommendations of
• the Principals
• Press Release (May 2005)

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Disaster Risk Reduction in Tajikistan

• Progresses and Achievements
• Since the last Meeting
• (April 7, 2005)

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A Global Issue

• The Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA)
• Follow-up of the World Disaster Reduction
  Conference (Kobe, January 2005)
• HFA matrix
• MDGs indicators for Risk Reduction
• Integration of Disaster Risk Reduction into
  Internal Policies
• World Bank Poverty Reduction Strategies
• SIDA
• DFID

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Tajikistan at Highest Risk
Tajikistan ranked 8th out of the 51 countries
most at risk globally
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An Issue for Central Asia

• 3 Regional Consultative Meetings for Central Asia
  (CA) (Dushanbe, Bishkek, Almaty)
• Draft Regional Strategy on Disaster Reduction
  (DR) developed
• Identification of HFA National Focal Points and
  drafting of Implementation Plans
• Earthquake legislation for CA countries drafted

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An Issue for Tajikistan

• Rapid Emergency Assessment and Coordination Team
  (REACT)
• UNDAC emergency preparedness assessment mission
• Sets of recommendations available
• (UNDAC mission, Conferences and Workshops)

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DR Initiatives in Tajikistan

• Information Management
• Monitoring Early-Warning Systems
• Training and Capacity Building
• Mitigation Works
• Public Awareness

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DR Initiatives in Tajikistan (Cont.)

• Donor coordination
• Advocacy Working Group, incl. comments to NDS,
  PRSP, internal strategic documents
• Complementary ECHO and SDC Portfolios strategic
  orientations
• Sectoral DR donor meeting initiated

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Disaster Risk Reduction in Tajikistan

• Gaps and Priority Actions

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Gaps

• No Government DR strategy / No National Platform
• Poor inter-Ministry Coordination
• Little integration of DR into internal strategies
  and their implementation
• No ownership of DR into PRS
• Insufficient public-private partnership

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Priority Actions

• Stronger Advocacy to Government
• Integration into NDS and PRSP (incl. indicators /
  monitoring)
• Creation of a national DR strategy / platform
• Improvement of inter-Ministry coordination /
  planning
• Start DR mainstreaming In-House (strategies and
  their implementation)
• Sensitize and train personnel

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Priority Actions (cont.)

• Aim at a DR Resilient Development
• Risk and hazard assessments
• Not rebuilding risks but building better
• Fund smart(er)
• Involve more private actors (micro-finance
  institutions, insurance companies, SMEs etc.)

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Homework for Us All

• Develop ownership of DR process by all
  stakeholders including donors
• Define lead actors in Tajikistan and enhance
  donors coordination mechanisms in DR

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Disaster Risk Reduction in Tajikistan

• Principals Group Donor Coordination Council
• 14 September 2006