Jamaican Country Team presentation

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Jamaican Country Team presentation
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Current Activities

• Analysis of national responses
• Support to development of recovery plan/actions
  to improve national response capacity
• Recovery project in the Cayman Islands
• UWI Centre for DRR/ Mona Institute of Business

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Current Activities

• Increased scope and activities for EWS project
• Training and equipment provided
• UNDP spoke to National Disaster Committee on need
  for preparation
• Develop Ops orders for WCDG

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Mainstreaming actions 2005

• UNDMT to be reenergized as a prime role of the
  UNCT
• Each Agency to confirm by name the focal point
  for the agency
• Reactivate the UNETT
• All focal points to be confirmed
• Develop clear ToR

• RC
• HOA
• RC
• HOA
• RC UNETT members

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Mainstreaming actions 2005

• Ensure that DRR becomes a cross cutting issue for
  the CCA/UNDAF
• Work with the CCA/UNDAF thematic groups to help
  them understand how to involve DRR in their
  themes
• Place DRR technical team members into thematic
  groups
• Ask for BCPR to help provide technical expertise
  and training in mainstreaming into CCA/UNDAF

• RC, HOA
• UNETT
• UNDP/BCPR

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Mainstreaming actions 2005

• Map all agency projects and activities to see
  relevance/ opportunities for DRR
• Working with the UWI to establish DRR centre

• RC, HoA
• Res Rep, UNDP.

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Response Capacity UNCT

• Ensure UN system communications equipment and
  protocols up to date
• All wardens and DETT to be equipped with radios
  etc.
• Priority cell numbers system. Etc.

• FSO, HoA
• HoA
• FSO

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Response Capacity UNCT

• Desktop simulation of an event
• Advocate for support for action plan from IDPs
  and UNCT
• Lobby for support for the plan of activities from
  the OPM, PSOJ and PIOJ

• RC, HoA
• RC
• RC, HoA

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Response Capacity UNCT

• All agencies to review SOPs for Security,
  emergency etc.
• Review contact lists etc. circulate updates
• Establish an EOC

• HoA
• RC, HoA
• RC

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Response Capacity UNCT

• Review stockpile of supplies etc.
• Purchase of clothing etc. small equipment,
  batteries boots etc.
• Document assets e.g. vehicles for sharing after
  emergency

• RC, HoA
• RC, HoA
• RC, HoA

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Response Capacity National

• Technical support to National Disaster Simulation
  exercises
• Review National Emergency plan and support
  implementation

• RC, HoA
• RC, HoA

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Mainstreaming actions medium to long term

• Investigate ways to mainstream DRR into Poverty
  Reduction Strategy
• Ensure next NHDR includes DRR issues and focus
• Map training opportunities provided by agencies
  and IDPs

• HoA and World Bank
• UNDP
• HoA

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Mainstreaming actions medium to long term

• Advocacy to encourage government in activities to
  implement the Hazard Mitigation Policy
• MoC cooperation for different agencies
• Work with BCPR for support for plan
  implementation

• RC, HoA
• UNDP