Mariana Osihn UNISDR Regional Office for Europe

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Mariana OsihnUNISDR Regional Office for Europe
Building the future we want Disaster Resilience
at Grassroots Level
www.unisdr.org
Sarajevo Centar, Bosnia and Herzegovina 20
November 2013
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR) main functions
Coordinate (How Organise GP, RP, NP)
international efforts disaster risk reduction and
provide guidance for the implementation of the
HFA and monitor its implementation. Advocate
(Encourage - Climate Change, Education, Gender,
MDG) for greater investment in disaster risk
reduction actions to protect peoples lives and
assets. Campaign (Promote Making Cities
Resilient, Safe Schools and Hospitals Sasakawa
Award) Inform (Provide GAR, HFA Report,
Terminology, PreventionWeb)
http//www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities/
http//www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/19846
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Disasters are NOT natural

• Greater exposure to natural and human-induced
  hazards, climate change and variability
• Socio-economic drivers poverty and unsustainable
  development, unplanned urban growth and
  migrations, lack of risk awareness and
  institutional capacities...
• Physical drivers insufficient land use planning,
  housing critical infrastructure located in
  hazard prone areas...
• Environmental degradation ecosystem and natural
  resource depletion (coastal, watershed, wetlands,
  forests)

HAZARDS EXTREME EVENTS
VULNERABILITY
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Vulnerability in Europe

• Three consecutive years where annual economic
  losses have exceeded 100 billion globally due to
  an enormous increase in exposure of industrial
  assets and private property to extreme disaster
  events ( 2010 (138 bn), 2011 (371 bn) and 2012
  (138 bn)).
• Europes 10-year average of disaster losses
  totaling to US 13.4 billion makes it the third
  most affected region in the world after the
  Americas and Asia.
• The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk
  Reduction released in 2011 indicates that in OECD
  countries the risk of economic losses is now
  growing faster than their average GDP growth
• Most of the damages are due to climatological and
  hydrometeorological events
• Reduced number of Human but High Economic Losses

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Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 Building
the resilience of nations and communities to
disasters

• Five priorities for action
• Governance ensure that disaster risk reduction
  is a national and local priority with strong
  institutional basis for implementation
• Risk identification identify, assess and monitor
  disaster risks and enhance early warning
• Knowledge use knowledge, innovation and
  education to build a culture of safety and
  resilience at all levels
• Reducing the underlying risk factors in various
  sectors (environment, health, construction, etc.)
• Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective
  response
• Words Into Action A Guide for Implementing the
  Hyogo Framework
• www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/docs/Words-into-action/W
  ords-Into-Action.pdf

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Making Cities Resilient My City is Getting
Ready! 2010 2011 (2012-2015) World Disaster
Reduction Campaign

• Launched in 2010 in Bonn
• Building on the previous World Disaster Reduction
  Campaign Safer Schools and Hospitals
• Objectives
• Achieve resilient, sustainable urban communities
  through actions taken by local governments to
  reduce disaster risk
• Know More
• Invest Wisely
• Build More Safely

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Making Cities Resilient My City is Getting Ready!
435 European cities have signed up. 1600
globally. Armenia Yerevan, Gyumri Austria 279
cities incl. Innsbruck, Lienz, etc. Bosnia and
Herzegovina Sarajevo Centar, Brcko Croatia
Bjelovar, Dubrovnik, Zagreb Denmark
Copenhagen France Nice, Sommières Germany
Bonn Greece Patrass Iceland Arborg Ireland
Dublin Italy 51 cities incl. Ancona, Venice,
Rome, Florence Kosovo Pristine Norway
Oslo Portugal Amadora ,Cascais, Funchal,
Lisbon Serbia 50 cities including Nis Spain
Bullas, Lugo, Madrid, Barcelona Sweden Arvika,
Karlstad, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Jonkoping,
Jokkmokk, Malmo Switzerland Davos Tajikistan
Dushanbe The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia Strumica Turkey Antalya, Istanbul,
Yalova United Kingdom Stoke-on-Trent Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk ,Grabovets, Roslina,
Yarblunka European Champion Mayor of Venice, Mr
Giorgio Orsoni
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Making Cities Resilient My City is Getting
Ready! Ten-Point check list Essentials for
Making Cities Resilient
1. Put in place organization coordination to
clarify everyones roles responsibilities. 2.
Assign a budget provide incentives for
homeowners, low-income families, private sector
to invest in risk reduction. 3. Update data on
hazards vulnerabilities, prepare share risk
assessments. 4. Invest in maintain critical
infrastructure, such as storm drainage. 5.
Assess the safety of all schools and health
facilities upgrade these as necessary (1
million safe schools). 6. Enforce risk-compliant
building regulations land use planning
principles, identify safe land for low-income
citizens. 7. Ensure education programmes
training on disaster risk reduction are in place
in schools and local communities. 8. Protect
ecosystems natural buffers to mitigate hazards,
adapt to climate change. 9. Install early
warning systems emergency management
capacities. 10. After any disaster, ensure that
the needs of the affected population are at the
centre of reconstruction.
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• Campaign kit Translated to Bosnian
• Protection and Rescue Sector, Ministry of
  Security
• Local Government Self-Assessment Tool (LGSAT)
• Key questions and measurements against the Ten
  Essentials (HFA)
• Set baselines, identify gaps and have comparable
  data across local governments, within the country
  and globally, to measure advancements over time
• Cities in Europe concluding the LGSAT
• Venice (Italy)
• Amadora, Lisbon (Portugal)
• Arvika, Gothenburg, Jonkoping, Karlstad (Sweden)
• Barcelona (Spain)

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UNISDR-WMO Building Disaster Resilience in
Western Balkans and Turkey

• Donor EC DG Enlargement through the Instrument
  for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) under the
  Regional Multi-Beneficiary Programming
  2011-2013 Sector Environment and Disaster Risk
  Reduction.
• Contributions 2,200,000 Euro (IPA) 390,000 Euro
  UNISDR and WMO contributions. Total budget
  2,590,000 Euro
• Implementation timeframe 21 May 2012 20 May
  2014

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UNISDR Focus areas
1. Enhance the regional institutional capacity
and coordination on to disaster risk reduction
and adaptation to climate change.
2. Strengthen the regional capacity and
cooperation towards data and knowledge sharing on
risks.
3. Promote disaster risk transfer through
insurance and reinsurance products.
4. Increase public awareness in disaster risk
reduction
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• European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
  (EFDRR)
• European Regional Platform for DRR
• September 2013, Oslo, Norway
• WG 2 HFA implementation at the local level
• Members Sweden, Italy, Portugal, DG ECHO,
  EUR-OPA (Council of Europe)
• City of Amadora
• Ongoing tasks
• - Conduct a survey on Local level DRR measures
  undertaken
• - Share experiences in using the LGSAT

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Thank you
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction and the secretariat of the
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
Regional Office for Europe UN House, 14 Rue
Montoyer 1000, Brussels, Belgium T 32 (0) 22
902 588 F 32 (0) 22 904 950 isdr-europe_at_un.org
www.unisdr.org www.unisdr.org/europe