DFID BEST PRACTICE TO BUILDING DISASTER RESILIENCE (DR)

Tim Waites, Senior Disaster Resilience Adviser, DFID, CHASE

Embed Disaster Resilience in all Countries Where We Work by 2015

Overview:•The overall process of embedding:

–Minimum standards–Multi-Hazard Disaster Risk Profile

•Somalia Case Study–How programmes fit together

•Multi-Year Humanitarian Programming– Internal Risk Finance (Contingency Budget)

Embedding DR strategyEmbed resilience in all DFID country programmes, 2015 (27 total)

• Completed in: Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Moz, Sudan, Uganda, Bangladesh, Nepal & Sahel

• Near completion in: Burma, DRC, OPT, Pakistan, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen and Zimbabwe (by end June)

• Defined the Minimum Standard for DR across all programmes (7 steps)

• First step is undertake a Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment then develop a DR strategy

• Not be prescriptive but build on what’s happening

Embedding DR strategy 2Multi-hazard Disaster Risk Assessment:First stage of embedding process:• What are the natural and man-made hazards? Stresses?• Who & where are the vulnerable? • Why are they vulnerable?• What is the capacity and leadership of the government. Who

are the other stakeholders?• What are the economic, social and political impacts and

what are the potential fatalities?• What is DFID doing on DR and what more should we do?

Embedding DR strategy 3Identify promising practices:

• Cash, food and voucher safety nets + social transfer progs.• Early warning systems but linked to early intervention• Insurance, risk financing and risk spreading• Built in contingency fund mechanisms + scenario planning• Multi-year humanitarian programmes (e.g. 4 years not 1)• Peacebuilding/ stabilisation practices in all progs. in FCAS• Anticipation: Humanitarian global risk registers, office level

preparedness and response plans• Market interventions: support de-stocking, rural roads and

market infrastructure strengthening

Embedding in DFID-Somalia10 objectives aim to build resilience, e.g:• Strengthen sub-national conflict management

–National political settlement, stabilisation, access to justice through governance and peacebuilding programmes

• New approaches to humanitarian assistance–M-Y programming, alignment, contingency budgets, join to other pillars

• Provision of nutrition and health services• Scale up economic development – e.g. Somaliland Devpt. Fund• Robust M&E - to generate evidence of what works with

feedback loops to incorporate learning and good practice

DFID-Somalia Resilience ProgrammingWB Poverty Line

National Poverty Line

Food Insecure(stressed)

AcuteFoodInsecure(crisis)

SevereRisk (emergency)

Seasonal vulnerability+ conflict and displacement

Humanitarian preparedness + response

Governance &

Peacebuilding

Resilient Livelihoods

Stresses and S

hocks Health+

Nutrition

Wealth Creation

Internal Risk Finance(Contingency Budget)

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M-Y Humanitarian ProgrammesPotential Benefits:From VfM study by Cabot-Venton:• Lower operational costs: reduced procurement and transport,

storage and handling, staff costs & currency risk• Flexibility for early response: more appropriate and faster

response = reduced caseloads, needs and loss of life• Predictability: better planning = pre-positioning, pooling orders,

cost saving from L-T invests., more appropriate interventions

Now in: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, DRC, Sudan, Yemen. Coming soon: to Sahel Region and Pakistan ++

M-Y Humanitarian ProgrammesSomalia M-Y Humanitarian ProgrammeFour year funding (£145m) including Internal Risk Finance (£40m) with four objectives:1. Humanitarian programmes for most vulnerable esp. children

& IDPs – nutrition + health, shelter and WASH to IDPs2. Chronically vulnerable with resilience enhancing activities3. Influencing and promoting change in the hum. system –

better efficiency coordination, responsiveness and targeting4. New and innovative M&E to build the evidence base and

harmonise with DFID’s stabilisation and development programmes + baselines

M-Y Humanitarian ProgrammesSomalia M-Y Humanitarian Programme

Funding:• Joint UN Resilience Programme: FAO, UNICEF and WFP• Building Resilience in Central Somalia (BRICS): NGO

consortium - NRC, Save, IRC, CESVI and Concern + M&E Unit• Strengthening Nutrition in Somalia (SNS): NGO consortium –

Save, Concern, Oxfam and ACF• UNHCR Managed Returns Consortium: IDP returns• Independent M&E Unit

M-Y Humanitarian ProgrammesSomalia Internal Risk Finance (IRF):

• 3 main funding streams:–Preventative early action: preventing destitution & -ve coping mechs.–Emergency rapid response: life saving in unforeseen crisis–Refugee returns: spontaneous and assisted refugee returns

• Promotes early pre-emergency and low-regrets action• Early action triggers agreed with partners and Somalia HCT• Set of recommended actions/ projects linked to EW signals• Budgeted £10m/ annum but more can be brought forward

depending on need