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1. 2nd East & West Africa
Regional Virtual Meeting
Jochen Luther & Christian Kuhlicke (UFZ)
Regional Process Leaders
East & West Africa
7 March 2013
www.catalyst-project.eu
a project funded by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme FP7
2. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
3. 2011 Project kick off
Online discussion 1:
Multiregional Think Tank kick‐off
process
1st global virtual meeting:
European Thematic preparation for the regional processes
Mediterranean Central America &
April 2012 East & West South & South-
(EUM) Caribbean (CAC) East Asia (SSA)
Africa (EWA)
Preparatory online Preparatory online Preparatory online Preparatory online
discussion 2: discussion 2: discussion 2: discussion 2:
2012
June 2012 Regional virtual meeting Regional virtual meeting Regional virtual meeting Regional virtual meeting
Preparatory online
discussion 3: Preparatory online
Preparatory online
discussion 3:
discussion 3:
Regional workshop Preparatory online
October 2012 Regional workshop Regional workshop discussion 3:
Online discussion 4:
Lessons learned Online discussion 4: Online discussion 4: Regional workshop
Lessons learned Lessons learned
Regional virtual meeting Online discussion 4:
Regional virtual meeting Regional virtual meeting Lessons learned
March 2013
Regional virtual meeting
Online discussion 5:
Discussing WP5 & 6 deliverables
2nd global virtual meeting:
2013 April 2013 Discussing best practices, gaps & recommendations
Multiregional Key:
process Online discussion 6:
Online discussion
Discussing stakeholder advice
thread
May 2013 Concluding stakeholder advice meeting
Virtual meeting
September 2013 Online discussion 7:
Discussing next steps Regional workshop
Project end
5. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
6. The EWA Regional Workshop
Summary Report
• Overview of workshop goals, thematic issues, approach and attendees
• State of the art of DRR and CCA activities – good practices
Who does it, where, what is the context/focus
• Moving towards best or transformational practices
What is a practice? What are quality criteria for them?
• Gaps and barriers in research and networks
gaps in coordination
institutional gaps
gaps in knowledge, information and communication
financial gaps
gaps in implementation and between talk and action
other gaps and underlying barriers
• Recommendations for fostering capacity development
• Recommendations for the sustainability of the Think Tank
7. The Workshop on 10-11 Oct 2012 in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• The overall aim was to develop a shared vision on how
DRR & CCA should be (better) integrated into urban settings in Africa –
and how urban planning could contribute (more) to DRR & CCA.
• In 4 group sessions (good practices, gaps & barriers, capacity development
offers, recommendations), the workshop focused on assessments,
measures, knowledge and capacity development/training
• 27 Participants from UN bodies, Government, NGOs, Universities, the EU, and
CATALYST project partners
• Good practices: pp. 12 – 26 of the report
• Gaps and barriers: pp. 26 – 29
• Recommendations: pp. 29 – 31
8. Summary of results
Good practices
Capacity type Practice examples
Institutional/ governance UN‐Habitat: SRR Policy, DIMSUR, CRPP; UNDP AAP: assistance with NAPAs; Plan
International: Facilitator of Uganda National Platform, internal mainstreaming of DRR;
ICLEI: 5 Cities; IFRC: general; DRMFSS: risk profiles; UNISDR
Network UNEP: GAN/AAKNet; UN‐Habitat: CRPP, DIMSUR; UNDP (AAP) knowledge sharing
platforms & partnerships, ICLEI: general and 5 Cities; IFRC: DALSO ZRBI;
ENDA‐TM: general; PeriPeri U; CLUVA; UNISDR
Knowledge, procedural, UNDP AAP: general and Media Capacity Building Project; UNEP: CC DARE, guidebook;
motivational UN‐Habitat: Monitoring Framework, CRPP, SRR Policy, DIMSUR;
• To assess UNESCO‐IHP GEWS guide;
• To define a vision/ Plan International; ICLEI: general and 5 Cities; ENDA‐TM: general;
mandate IFRC: general, Climate Centre, DALSO ZRBI; Christian Aid: SOS Santé, BDRC;
• To formulate policies and DRMFSS: risk profiles; PeriPeri U; CLUVA: EiABC, Ardhi University, Université de
strategies Yaoundé; TWAS;
• To budget & implement (UNISDR)
• To manage, monitor &
evaluate
Human resources/ capital WFP and GIZ secondments; UNDP AAP: leadership programme, recruitment support;
IFRC: general; (ENDA‐TM)
Financial/economic UNDP AAP; (World Bank GFDRR)
Technical/physical UN‐Habitat: CRPP; UNDP AAP; IFRC: general, DMIS,
Environmental resources UNESCO‐IHP GEWS guide, ICLEI: Cities Biodiversity Centre
9. Impressions, assumptions, patterns,
questions, issues, hypotheses …
• Over the last decades trend from relief-oriented humanitarian aid, technical assistance &
structural measures (from the “North” to the “South”) towards longer-term engagement to reduce
also underlying risk factors (institution building, internal capacity development) and employ
participatory non-structural measures (preparedness measures, assessments, urban planning)
• International and national institutional setups (laws, actors, networks) seem to be on a good
way, but these efforts do not always trickle down to the local level – enforcement, financing,
implementation, monitoring, evaluation and sustainability on the ground are often still
weak.
• As Africa’s urban population is quickly increasing, risks (esp. hazards that historically manifested
themselves in rural areas) are transferred, transformed and “urbanised” in cities and outpace
urban planning and urban DRR/CCA.
• There is limited evidence across East & West Africa that CCA is truly mainstreamed into DRR,
and that both CCA and DRR are truly mainstreamed into urban planning
• A plethora of actors, good approaches, innovative projects, etc. exists but they are unevenly
distributed across the continent, often of temporary nature and with unclear procedures who
defines the needs (do the “vulnerable” ask for assistance and apply for funding, or do the donors,
agenda setters or implementers determine where to intervene?).
10. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
11. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
12. Challenges for the Best Practice Paper
• What is a good / transformational practice?
categories of practices
on which level
criteria for good practices
• What is the best way to present them and make them accessible,
usable/adaptable?
e.g. on the CATALYST website, other websites
other channels / networks
13. Criteria for good practices
pp. 24 – 25
• Embedded in a country-wide and continentally mainstreamed legal & institutional DRR/CCA
framework with national/local governments on board or leading it;
• Compliance with a sustainable development framework;
• Definition of standards that influence the practices of other actors;
• Using or referring to clear definitions of key terms (e.g. risk, vulnerability, DRR, etc.)
• Acknowledgement and application of (public) participation at various levels and stages in the
decision-making and implementation process (in order to incorporate local knowledge and
representative views of all population groups, etc.);
• Where donors not only want to see value for money, but where they engage as facilitators and
on a long-term basis and take over those activities (such as procurement or recruitment) that
beneficiaries are not capable of at the moment;
• Focus not only on short-term post disaster relief but also on long-term prevention;
• Sharing results and methods and ensuring activities are sustained and rooted in the respective
target community (formal and informal spokesmen on board).
• Ownership by local/African authors;
• Benefitting from secondments that allow for renewal and exchange from “inside”.
• Acknowledgement of a difference between the rural and urban context and ability to transfer
approaches from rural to urban areas (from different geographical areas in general);
• Addressing both the source and the receptor area of a hazard
14. What is a practice?
Which capacities do they develop?
Institutional/
governance
Financial/
economic
Knowledge,
procedural &
motivational
Human
resources
Network
Technical/
physical
Environmental
resources
Setting up organisations, Setting up laws, Policies & Plans Projects Concrete measures Tools,
DRR units, etc. rules, etc. strategies (dikes, EWSs, etc.) methods, etc.
15. What is a practice?
Which capacities do they develop?
Institutional/
governance
Financial/
economic
Knowledge,
procedural &
motivational
Human
resources
Network
Technical/
physical
Environmental
resources
Setting up organisations, Setting up laws, Policies & Plans Projects Concrete measures Tools,
DRR units, etc. rules, etc. strategies (dikes, EWSs, etc.) methods, etc.
16. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
17. D4.4 Special Report on Stakeholder
Advice … to Policy-Makers
● Why is it different to the other CATALYST
products?
● … an opportunity for the Think Tank Members
from different sectors …
● … to send sector-specific advice
● … to policy makers ...
● … on how policy should be adapted to
● .... support their sector's work in DRR/CCA
18. D4.4 Special Report on Stakeholder
Advice … to Policy-Makers
● Members will be invited to send us their advice
for policy makers
● April 2013 - July 2013
● Members may choose to work with others from
their own sector to compile a group opinion
(within region or between regions)
● The responses will be compiled by CATALYST
into sectorial chapters by September 2013
● The report published as a UNU Policy Brief,
providing an outlet for Members' advice
19. D4.4 Special Report on Stakeholder
Advice … to Policy-Makers
CHAPTERS (3 pp each):
● Advice from ... Research community
● Advice from … NGOs
● Advice from … SMEs
● Advice from … Education providers
● Advice from … Governmental bodies
● Advice from .... Inter-governmental bodies
● Advice from ... Network managers
20. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
22. Conceptual Framework for on-line module
Training on capacity development for DRM:
practitioners at intermediate levels (and
incidental educational purposes)
connecting technical capacities for tasks
including capacities for cross-cutting issues
considering different levels;
(signals from Catalyst workshops)
23. Online Module on capacity development
For practitioners:
Individual capacities on key tasks:
knowledge, skills, attitude
Considering:
Organisation:
assignment, resources, tasks, means
Sectors:
coordination and cooperation
Enabling environment:
legislation, funding
24. How to use Catalyst workshop output
1/ specific needs
What is working and why?
What is not working and why not?
Specific barriers?
2/ training design
WHO need the training
WHAT will be trained on knowledge, skills and attitude
HOW training will be offered?
3/ Links
What is available online (Newatereduction, PreventionWeb,D31,
D4.2-3, D5.1-3, ...)?
28. Training need from EUM workshop
Earthquake hazards:
Training of local responsible response teams : military, public and residence.....
Awareness at primary schools
Education of engineers on design, construction,
Enabling environment: new building codes
Droughts and Floods:
Decision making tools with different scenario’s (politicians but which level?) or
(research : proper data delivery?)
University programme : what tools /information are available?
Language barrier of training material
Supplementary training of professionals
Train the trainers
29. Training need from CAC workshop
A noteworthy exception is represented by Cuba, that has constantly being
investing in training and education. RELEVANCE
Building the capacity of stakeholders, particularly those most vulnerable to
climate change, to participate in DRM (pag 9); WHAT?
Considering ecosystems in the rebuilding process as a “no regrets” solution,
(pag 10) WHO, HOW?
Tailoring capacity development to specific governance contexts: WHO?
Exchanging of experiences and knowledge-sharing is essential and should be
enhanced in the region: WHO, HOW?
Empower the local and the regional water government bodies with a
participatory methodology and a decision support system WHO?
30. Suggestions from CAC virtual meeting
1/ Fabrice: environment module exists (link:
http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/trainings-
events/academics/v.php?id=29963)
2/ Fransisco: empower local communities; risk of earthquakes; link social
level conditions to political one.
3/ UNU module open for all public (check with Humera)
4/ Matt Hare: UNU/Seecon practices open source copyright free approach
5/ Create a role enabling environment: access to examples
31. Actual workshop results specific on
training needs and online module
You may select from the workshop summary or come
with new suggestions in who, what, how:
1
2
3
4
5
32. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
33. Next Steps:
How the CATALYST multi-regional
Think Tank process will work
from April onwards...
38. APRIL
Review:
●Draft - Best Practice
Papers for policymakers
●Draft - Report on
fostering capacity
development
●Draft - Report on network
and research gaps
39. APRIL
Review:
●Draft - Best Practice
Papers for policymakers
●Draft - Report on If wanted...
fostering capacity ●Multi-regional
development thematic virtual
meetings as well
●Draft - Report on network
and research gaps
42. Without you, CATALYST cannot work
● Thank you for taking part
● Providing us the benefits of your experience
● Taking new ideas home and making new contacts
● Diffusing CATALYST products within your networks
● Providing a future for CATALYST think tank resources
● Telling us how to improve the Think Tank to make it
work for your needs
● Please fill out the mid-term think tank evaluation
● http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/57BDSRY
43. Agenda
• Status of the East & West Africa (EWA) Think Tank process –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Presentation and discussion of the EWA Regional Workshop Summary Report –
Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Evaluation of the EWA Regional Workshop & overall process so far –
Caroline van Bers (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Best Practice Paper“ – Jochen Luther (UFZ)
• Discussion of inputs for the "Special Report on Stakeholder Advice“ –
Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Discussion of inputs for an online training module on DRR & CCA –
Fons Jaspers (ALTERRA)
• Next steps – Matt Hare (seeconsult)
• Any other business and questions – Jochen Luther (UFZ)