UNDP Sub-Regional Facility (SRF) organized a workshop for UNCT in Jordan on Resilience-Based Development Approach (RBDA) in June 2014, with the purpose of introducing RBDA that contributes to long-term development with an eye on potential threatening shocks and crises, current and future and discuss how to operationalize it in the context of Jordan to improve UNCT’s responses collectively. With attendance of various UN agencies from both humanitarian and development fields, the workshop started with the presentation to understand and share the concept of RBDA and its guiding principles, followed by introduction of examples of operationalizing RBD. Several exercises were conducted to demonstrate possible responses using RBDA using Gender-Based Violence, and to analyze planned activities under National Response Plan against RBDA. And come up with outcomes these activities would bring and how it can be scaled up in the future, in ‘cope/ recover/sustain and transform’ categories. At the heart of the RBDA is that we do not just respond to humanitarian crises with an eye to the long term, but we also pursue long-term development with an eye of potential threatening shocks and crises, current and future. It is suitable to respond to protracted Syrian crisis and for host countries in particular, and now there is a strong and urgent need for UNCT to ensure bridging between humanitarian and development effort in a holistic and collective. In the workshop, agencies shared their responses that applies RBDA, difficulties they found in implementation and different tools to measure vulnerabilities and resilience. It was agreed among participants that ‘resilience’ building cannot be done by single agency or single project and that we need to bring about innovative partnerships. UNDP SRF will be taking lead in gathering existing tools, analyze and create collective tool for UNCT, and in coordinating such workshops at country level and regional level and create new knowledge.

1. Resilience-Based
Development in Jordan
Amr Ragab
UNDP Subregional Response Facility
Jordan Jordan 2014

2. A Global Call
for Resilience
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3. “Disasters are a fact of life but their
impact should not be” Valerie Amos
“Responsibility for disaster risk
management is a concern for everyone”
Helen Clark
World Development Report
2014: Risk and
Opportunity
Human Development
Report 2014: Resilience
and Vulnerability

4. Why
Resilience?
Why Now?
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5. • New Normal
• No Country is Safe
• Development Reversals
• Limited Resources

6. Resilience is the ability of people,
communities, institutions, and
countries to anticipate, manage,
recover, and transform from
shocks.
What is
Resilience?

7. Why is resilience
needed in Jordan?
• Syrian crisis – multiple shocks
• Recurring shocks
• MIC
– Access to international assistance
– Some capacities but little buffers
– Development challenges
• Limited Resources

8. A Resilience-Based Development approach
advances Sustainable Human Development
(SHD) in the context of multiple (environment,
economic, political, natural disasters) and
potentially recurring crises and shocks.
What is Resilience-
based Development
Approach?

9. RBD vs Traditional
approaches: An Illustration
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Development Paths: RBD vs Traditional Approaches
Development (Theoretical- No shocks) Development (Traditional Approach-Actual)
Development ( RBD Approach)

10. How do we
do it?3

11. Resilience-Based
Development Framework
Coping Recovering Sustaining

12. Track 1: Coping
Coping: The resilience of local institutions, governance
mechanisms, housing supply mechanisms, infrastructures
and basic services are bolstered to respond to increased
demand.
 Coping with these stresses will require:
 Strengthening basic service provision systems
 Creating new policies and institutions that will better
equip local NGO and sub-national governments to
expand services and address the long-term impacts of
the crisis, as well as anticipate (and mitigate) future
stress.
 Maintaining healthy levels of social cohesion in the
face of shocks and stress

13. Track 2: Recovery
Recovering: Vulnerable households (Refugees and affected
communities) recover from the socio-economic impact of
the conflict and consequent dislocation.
 Recovering will require:
 Stabilizing livelihoods and employment, supporting
local economic revitalization, and restoring cross-
border trade.
 Acknowledging and addressing the different needs and
potentials of vulnerable groups

14. Track 3: Sustaining
Sustaining: Macro-economic, social and political
institutions are strengthened to support and promote
sustainable human development
 Sustaining will require:
 Expanding of national and local capacities to invest in
long-term development
 Instituting pro-poor and inclusive policy reforms
 Augmenting conditions for strong economic growth
 Enhancing governance systems

15. Guiding Principles
 Local and National Ownership
 Context Specificity and Responsiveness
 Comprehensiveness and Integration
 Prioritization
 Commitment to Strategic and Long-term
Engagement
 Human rights-based response and Gender Equality
 Conflict Sensitivity:

16. So what’s
new?4

17. • A New Mindset
• Contiguum not a continuum
• Reduction of Vulnerability -Anticipate and transform
• Multitude of objectives
• Portfolio for resilience approach
• Do Not Re-invent the Wheel. Use Winter tires or install
braces
• Context specific ( Whose resilience? Resilience from
what? When?)

18. Thank you!