This document presents Christian Aid's evolving approach to building resilient livelihoods. It acknowledges that 50 years of development efforts have failed to adequately prepare communities to withstand disasters and promote long-term development. The document outlines Christian Aid's process of developing a new framework drawing on lessons learned, partner research, and resilience concepts from academic sources. The goal is to integrate disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and development to build resilience through a new conceptual model and tools that take a holistic, anticipatory approach to risk management.

2. Resilient Livelihoods –
The Development of Christian Aid’s Approach
South Asia PPA Partners Workshop 2013
Presented at the Christian Aid – Regional Consultation on Resilience – South Asia
06-08 Feb 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal

3. Climate change has increasingly exposed the
flaws in our development approach…

4. The Problem
Despite 50 years of aid and development, we
are still not effectively anticipating, mitigating
and responding to short-term disasters in a
way that enhances long-term development
We are not implementing long-term
development in a flexible way that mitigates
and responds to short-term risk
And we are missing the inter-relationships
between risk that undermine the sustainability
of our work e.g. health and climate

5. We need to break down the silos we work
in…

7. The Background
Past experience, evaluations, partner
research and feedback (e.g. South Asia CC
Workshop 2008)
The THIA process (climate change for the 1st
time), now into P4C
Significant programmes – esp. BDRC, AIF,
SCR
Guidance – adaptation toolkits 1-4, good
practice guidelines, earlier frameworks (e.g.
climate change 2008)

8. But also…
Linking our conceptual models and tools
(SLA+RCM+PAR) + (PVCA+HAP+PPAM)
Climate change (adaptation learning and
practice)
Resilience thinking from academic partners
(IDS, HFP, Elinor Ostrom & WSSD 2002)
Science-based approaches, esp. those that
focus on anticipation/forecasting risk…

11. Risk cycle management

12. Relatively
Predictable Sea-level rise Ecosystem service
(long lead collapse
times)
Temperature
rise
Drought
Disease
outbreaks
Cyclones
Market
failure Volcanic
eruptions
Conflict
Highly
unpredictable Gender-based
Theft of
(short lead violence
assets Earthquakes
times)
Frequent, Sporadic,
incremental irregular,
singular

13. The Process
First draft (and feedback from colleagues)
Second draft (June 2012, to PPA workshop)
Programme consultations (e.g. The
Philippines)
Third draft (Sept 2012, to senior management)
Circulated to all programme managers for final
feedback (Oct 2012)
Two products – a short briefing (public) and a
technical paper (programmes, the sector)

14. But what do you think
resilience means?