San Severino Lucano, Italy

San Severino Lucano, Italy Local progress report on the implementation of the 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient (2013-2014) Mayor: Michele Laurino Name of focal point: Mario Faillace Organization: Municipality of San Severino Lucano Title/Position: Technical Officer E-mail address: [email protected] Telephone: +390973576132 Reporting period: 2013-2014 Last updated on: 23 December 2014 Print date: 23 December 2014 Reporting language: English A Local HFA Monitor update published by PreventionWeb http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/progress/reports/ Local Progress Report 2013-2014 1/28 Essential 1 Put in place organization and coordination to understand and reduce disaster risk, based on participation of citizen groups and civil society. Build local alliances. Ensure that all departments understand their role to disaster risk reduction and preparedness. How well are local organizations (including local government) equipped with capacities (knowledge, experience, official mandate) for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation? Level of Progress achieved: 3 Description of Progress & Achievements: According to the Italian legislation, the Mayor is the local authority in charge of civil protection and territorial safety. In case of emergency, he is called to provide immediate assistance and relief to the population, with support of a special structure made by municipal staff and key-figures belonging to community (health service representatives, voluntary associations, etc .).The main causes of both the increasing number of risks due to natural disasters and of the consequent impact of the relative damages may be partially mitigated. Actually, it will be possible to intervene before events become natural disasters. The municipal administration is committed in limited interventions by employing human resources and economic policies to reduce and prevent disaster risk. As a matter of facts, the Municipality bases its actions on the analysis of the area, on the preservation of natural resources, on risk mitigation and skills reinforcement. The Authority takes charge of all those small maintenance works aimed at risk reduction. The Municipal Administration has a Civil Protection Plan, redacted in 2006 and approved in September 2009 following an integration. This plan incorporates the prevision and prevention plan and allows the authorities to plan and coordinate rescue operations in order to safeguard either the population or the goods on the territory. To what extent do partnerships exist between communities, private sector and local authorities to reduce risk? Level of Progress achieved: 2 Local Progress Report 2013-2014 2/28 Description of Progress & Achievements: In view of an inclusive and sustainable growth, it is possible to strengthen the role of the private sector. The private sector plays an important role not only in the field of agriculture, agro-industry, sustainable energy, infrastructure and social sectors, but also in contexts such as environment, climate change, risk management, natural resources, health, sustainable and food tourism. These partnerships, in line with government policies, are a necessary tool to better incorporate the objectives of the development of the private sector as a financial and executive partner in these areas. Considering the size of this municipality, at the moment the private sector is only interested in its role in the tourist and environmental sectors. By the way efforts are being devoted to the creation of co-operations with private sectors, and with community and local organizations (volunteers playing a strategic role) involved in the DRR processes. There is collaboration with the Regional and in particular the Provincial local authorities. The Municipality has established a formal cooperation with the Province of Potenza for the integration of environmental sustainability and territorial security themes in the urban and land-use government actions. How much does the local government support vulnerable local communities (particularly women, elderly, infirmed, children) to actively participate in risk reduction decision-making, policy making, planning and implementation processes? Level of Progress achieved: 2 Description of Progress & Achievements: The Administration of San Severino Lucano is at the front line in the search for solutions to cope with risks due to natural disasters. The actions undertaken offer new opportunities to improve the quality of life and promote sustainable urban and rural development. Informative actions, carried out mostly in the municipal schools, can be regarded as good initiatives involving mainly children and, indirectly, even their family members. To what extent does the local government participate in the national Local Progress Report 2013-2014 3/28 DRR planning? Level of Progress achieved: 3 Description of Progress & Achievements: The Italian civil protection law requires that the local Disaster Management plan must be drawn up according to the criteria and the procedures of the guidelines adopted by the National Civil Protection System and the regional governments. Moreover, the legislation requires the local Disaster Management plans to be sent to the Region, the Prefecture and the Province for wide information. According to the Italian regulations, the Municipality is a key actor of the National Civil Protection System – structured in National, regional and local levels - and has the task to highlight critical situations on the territory, also by assessing and integrating the disaster risk information at the local scale. Thanks to his territorial knowledge, the Mayor has also a stimulating role in higher-level programming and planning. Local Progress Report 2013-2014 4/28 Essential 2 Assign a budget for disaster risk reduction and provide incentives for homeowners, low-income families, communities, businesses and public sector to invest in reducing the risks they face. How far does the local government have access to adequate financial resources to carry out risk reduction activities? Level of Progress achieved: 1 Description of Progress & Achievements: The Municipality has no access to adequate extraordinary financial resources to carry out risk prevention activities. However, the Municipality is trying to set up tools to overcome the financial problem. To what degree does the local government allocate sufficient financial resources to carry out DRR activities, including effective disaster response and recovery? Level of Progress achieved: 2 Description of Progress & Achievements: The Municipality does not allocate sufficient financial resources to carry out risk prevention activities. Anyway, the Municipality makes indirect investments in risk prevention and mitigation, using part of its budget through extraordinary and ordinary maintenance interventions on public structures and on the territory. What is the scope of financial services (e.g. saving and credit Local Progress Report 2013-2014 5/28 schemes, macro and micro-insurance) available to vulnerable and marginalised households for pre- disaster times? Level of Progress achieved: 1 Description of Progress & Achievements: The available financial resources of this Municipality do not allow any investments in this regard. To what extent are micro finance, cash aid, soft loans, lone guarantees etc available to affected households after disasters to restart livelihoods? Level of Progress achieved: 2 Description of Progress & Achievements: Casualties, disasters, massive damages to the public and the private sectors, wrecked economies, this is the aftermath of each disaster, even worsened by all the post disaster comments leading to the inability to prevent and reduce environmental risks, to plan interventions aimed at the safeguard of the fragile and degraded Italian territory, and finally, to the huge costs to meet in a period characterised by scarcity of financial resources. This municipal territory has been struck by seismic events in the last ten years. The Municipality has access to financing only to carry out post disaster activities (reconstruction). By means of state financing it provides victims with benefits and reduces the IMU (the Unified Municipal Tax) by 50%. The percentage on the total budget is equal to the 1,5%. How well established are economic incentives for investing in disaster risk reduction for households and businesses (e.g. reduced insurance premiums for households, tax holidays for businesses)? Local Progress Report 2013-2014 6/28 Level of Progress achieved: 2 Description of Progress & Achievements: Recently, within the O.P.C.M. (Prime Ministerial Order) 4007 - 29.02.2012, the Municipality has put in place the administrative procedures regarding the public notice contained in the deliberation of the Regional Committee of Basilicata n. 1044 - 07.08.2012, for privates, aimed at the request for incentives for structural actions or seismic improvement, or demolition and reconstruction of private buildings. Moreover in order to obtain risks active mitigation, by means of its Territorial Coordination Plan (TCP), the Province is engaged in providing for a coordinating role in enhancing and facilitating the implementation of programs of extraordinary territorial maintenance by local governments, through the identification of possible financial solutions and procedural facilitation. Specific measures and solution encouraging private investments to be devoted to risk reduction and mitigation at the local level will be also explored and

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