INCRISD South Asia

Inclusive Community Resilience for Sustainable Disaster Risk

Management

Handicap International, Oxfam, ActionAid

12 June 2013

Why a regional project on inclusive DRM?

• Women, persons with disabilities and socially excluded groups are, together with other marginalized groups, at higher risk with regards to natural hazards

• Yet, no harmonized, regionally-based, locally appropriate inclusive DRM model exists in South Asia nor is recognized by relevant region-wide DRM actors

Where does INCRISD South Asia come from?

• Regional Lessons Learnt Workshop for Sixth DIPECHO Action Plan in South Asia

Learning 1: “Community based disaster risk reduction can becomes inclusive if vulnerable and excluded

groups and minorities get involved during the conceptualization, design, and implementation and

lead the process along with local stakeholders”Learning 2: “An inclusive planning and budgeting can

ensure equitable resource allocation”

• A first regional project by Handicap International “Make Disaster Risk Reduction Disability Inclusive in Asia”

• Handicap International, Oxfam and ActionAid’s collaborative experiences (e.g. Bangladesh and Nepal) have demonstrated:

Added value of putting expertise together

What a regional project on inclusive DRM for?

• INCRISD South Asia project aims at designing, validating and promoting a regionally-based inclusive model on CBDRM, by establishing a close collaboration with DIPECHO-funded projects and in general DRM stakeholders in 6 South Asian countries:

- Afghanistan- Bangladesh - India- Nepal - Pakistan- Sri Lanka

INCRISD South Asia: Objectives• General objective:

To build safer, more resilient communities in South Asia, by promoting an inclusive CBDRM model with a replication and scaling-up perspective through longer term national and international DRR instruments

• Specific objective:An inclusive DRM model used by key stakeholders, enhanced regional partnerships and achieved cross fertilization increases the coping capacities of the most vulnerable segments of the population in South Asia to face and manage adverse conditions, emergencies or disasters

Expected result 1:CONSOLIDATE THE MODEL

A model on inclusive DRM is designed and validated through good practice collection and pilot-testing within target in-country DIPECHO projects and involvement of key DRM actors in South Asian countries

Stakeholders involvement including marginalized persons / groups:Advisory Committee at regional level, DRM actors at national level,

advisory groups at local level

Preliminary model

Expected result 2:PROMOTE AND DISSEMINATE THE MODEL

Communities, local, national and regional institutions, international organisations and institutional donors are willing to adopt and use the evidence-based inclusive DRM model

Expected result 3: DEVELOP STAKEHOLDERS’ CAPACITY

The capacities of stakeholders from community to international level on inclusive DRR/M are strengthened to contribute to the development, promotion, integration and replication of the inclusive model

Capacity Developm

ent

What does it mean for DIPECHO projects?

• All activities conducted in the interest of model validation / enrichment and will result neither in the initiation of new projects nor in the duplication of activities. INCRISD South Asia does not implement directly in the field, but through target DIPECHO projects in each country for pilot-testing.

• By model, INCRISD South Asia means a framework of reference drawn from pilot-testing and good practices collected at field level. The inclusive model will comprise: basic principles, approaches, methodologies and reference to tools on inclusive DRM.

• It does not intend to substitute the DP model put forward by DIPECHO projects; on the contrary, it builds on projects’ good practices and pilot testing in terms of inclusion while enhancing regional partnerships and cross-fertilization.

What benefits for your DRM projects?

• Your project will improve its inclusiveness and ultimately impact on most marginalized groups

• Your teams will benefit from a capacity development process on inclusion:

- “Learning by doing”- Facilitation and customised technical support by INCRISD

South Asia team (comprising of dedicated staff from Handicap International, Oxfam and ActionAid) if/where needed.

- Access to “products” of the cross-fertilization process (toolkit on inclusive DRM, training packages, resource management center, etc.)

How does INCRISD South Asia operate with DIPECHO partners and other DRM

stakeholders?• All DIPECHO partners and other DRM actors will

actively contribute to the consolidation and promotion of the model (adding in their expertise and experience on inclusion of socially excluded groups / individuals in DRM)

• Yet, for the purpose of pilot-testing, some targeted DIPECHO projects will be involved in additional activities

• DRM coordination platforms in each country will also be involved for the promotion and dissemination of the inclusive model at national level

List of targeted in-country DIPECHO projects

Country Project Contract holder Other partners (for consortia)

Afghanistan Amu River Early Warning System

Action Aid None

Afghan Aid None

Bangladesh NARRI Action Aid Oxfam GB, Concern WW, Concern Universal, Islamic Relief, Solidarites International

DeSHARI Save the Children Muslim Aid, Christian Aid, Dan Church Aid, ACF

India SB-DPDRM ADRA None

Nepal SAFER Practical Action Oxfam GB, Mercy Corps

Flagship 4 IFRC

Pakistan CADR CARE Diakonia, Help Age

Sri Lanka Building Community Resilience

HI ACTED, Oxfam GB, Oxfam Aus, Save the Children UK

Upcoming steps (1 and 2)(1) FOR ALL DIPECHO PROJECTS AND OTHER DRM ACTORS:

A one-day in-country consultation INCRISD South Asia, its methodology and a preliminary model on inclusive CBDRM will be presented and discussed with the whole spectrum of DRM actors in each country

(2) FOR TARGETED IN-COUNTRY DIPECHO PROJECTS, additionally:A two-day in-country workshop the overall collaborative methodology will be fine-tuned, respective roles and timeline will be defined, criteria for pilot community selection established, the mechanism for collection of good practices and set-up of the Advisory Group(s) tweaked, etc

Upcoming steps (3 and 4)(3) FOR ALL DIPECHO PROJECTS AND OTHER DRM ACTORS

A mapping will be carried out in the course of both events: INCRISD South Asia team will collect and assess inclusive tools, capacities, systems and practices in order to produce a baseline and further inform the preliminary inclusive model

(4) FOR TARGETED IN-COUNTRY DIPECHO PROJECTS, additionally:The basis for continuous support for the pilot implementation and monitoring, where and whenever required, will be clearly established and agreed upon.

Upcoming steps (5)

(5) FOR ALL DIPECHO PROJECTSExperience sharing and technical support to define Disaster Preparedness Minimum Standards in terms of inclusion

Are you interested in INCRISD?

Contact us:

Farhana HafizRegional Change Lead for Gender &

Humanitarian, OxfamFHafiz@oxfam.org.uk