Research Alliance for Disaster & Risk Reduction

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Contact person: Alberto Francioli

Mailing address: Research Alliance for Disaster & Risk Reduction (RADAR)

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PROGRAMME TITLE: REGIONAL DISASTER RISK AND VULNERABILITY REDUCTION

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (PERIPERI U)

AGREEMENT AID-OFDA-G-16–00115

QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2017-2018 REPORTING PERIOD

01 July – 30 September 2018

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Contents

Contents ...... 1 List of Figures ...... 2 GENERAL ACCRONYMS ...... 3 PARTNER ACCRONYMS ...... 4 1. OVERVIEW ...... 5 2. SUB-SECTOR 1: Global advocacy and engagement in disaster risk reduction – focus on higher education ...... 5 3. SUB-SECTOR 2: Integration/Enhancement of DRR within education and research programmes .. 6 3.1 Focus Area 1: Institutional effectiveness, maturation and sustainability of the Periperi U partnership including stability of funding arrangements ...... 6 3.2 Focus Area 2: Strategic scaling-up of DRM/DRR educational activities across Africa to extend capacity-building, technical support & disaster risk research services...... 6 3.3 Focus Area 3: Institutional embedding of active disaster risk reduction scholarship in each partner including sustainability of staffing and financing ...... 8 3.4 Focus Area 4: Establishment and/or enhancement of core disaster risk activities in each partner, including academic programmes, short courses, risk research and community outreach. . 9 3.4.1 Academic Programmes ...... 9 3.4.2 Short Courses and Training ...... 9 3.4.3 Risk research and Publications ...... 10 3.4.4 Community Outreach ...... 11 3.5 Focus Area 5: Strategic and Technical engagement by each partner to advance robust DRM policy and practice from local to global scales ...... 12 3.5.1 International engagements ...... 12 3.5.2 Regional engagements ...... 12 4. SECRETARIAT REPORT ...... 13 4.1 Overview ...... 13 4.2 Operational Support ...... 14 4.3 Preparatory work towards forthcoming engagements, training and evaluation ...... 14 4.4 Periperi U Online Platforms ...... 14 5. PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES REPORTED ...... 14 6. HIGHLIGHTS AND PLANS GOING FORWARD ...... 15 7. APPENDICES ...... 16 Table 6 Academic Modules ...... 21 8. Report on 13th Session of the Extended African Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction, Yaoundé, Cameroon (4-5 September, 2018) ...... 32

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List of Figures

Figure 1 Draft outline of the Risk Method School programme and course titles as of the end of quarter ...... 7

Table 1 Periperi U sponsored staff participation in ARMS courses ...... 8 Table 2 Searches and PDFs Viewed on ORC for July, August and September 2018 ...... 14 Table 3: Summary table for reporting period 1 July – 31 September...... 16 Table 4 Composition of partners 01 January – 31 March 2018 ...... 17 Table 5 Academic Programmes ...... 18 Table 6 Academic Modules ...... 21 Table 7 Illustrative partner research and publication outputs ...... 23 Table 8 Illustrative table of student theses and research ...... 24 Table 9 ARMS and Short Courses ...... 25 Table 10 Community Outreach ...... 26 Table 11 Technical Engagements ...... 27 Table 12 ARMS Technical details ...... 30 Table 14 Strategic Engagements ...... 30

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GENERAL ACCRONYMS

Arab-STAG Arab Science & Technology Advisory Group ARMS African Risk Methods School ASDRR Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction AWGDRR Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States BSc Bachelor of Science CDC Centers for Disease Prevention and Control CDI Centro de Documentação e Inovação (Documentation and Innovation Center) DFC Danida Fellowship Centre DiMSUR Disaster Risk Management, Sustainability and Urban Resilience DM Disaster management DMGRC Multidisciplinary Disaster and Risk Management Master Programme DRM/DRR Disaster Risk Management/Disaster Risk Reduction DRRS Disaster Risk Reduction Science FOSS4G2018 Free and Open Source for Geospatial 2018 GAR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction HEI Higher Education Institution IPC Integrated Food Security Phase Classification MA Master of Arts MCTESTP Ministry of Science and Technology, Higher Education and Technical Professional MDM Masters in Public Health Disaster Management MDRM Master of Disaster Risk Management MoU Memorandum of Understanding MPhil Master of Philosophy MSc Master of Science NIPA National Information Technology Industry Promotion Agency OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance ORC Online Resource Centre PDF Portable Document Format PDNA Post Disaster Needs Assessment PGDip Post Graduate Diploma PhD Doctor of Philosophy Prof. Professor RRT Rapid Response Teams TRCS Tanzanian Red Cross Society UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNISDR United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction USAID United States Agency for International Development USD United States Dollar WFP World Food Program WHO World Health Organisation WHH Welt Hunger Hilfe

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PARTNER ACCRONYMS

ABU Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria ARU Ardhi University, Tanzania BDU Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia UGB Gaston Berger University, Senegal Makerere Makerere University, Uganda Moi Moi University, Kenya Periperi U Partners Enhancing Resilience for People Exposed to Risks RADAR Research Alliance for Disasters and Risk Reduction SU Stellenbosch University, South Africa Tanà University of Antananarivo, Madagascar UBuea University of Buea, Cameroon UDM Universidade Técnica de Moçambique, Moçambique UG University of Ghana, Ghana USTHB University of Sciences and Technology – Houari Boumediene, Algeria

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1. OVERVIEW This report describes the progress of the Periperi U Consortium of Universities from 01 July – 30 September 2018, as required in terms of USAID Agreement AID-OFDA1-G-16-00115. It describes the consortium’s progress with specific reference to the eight key focus areas of the Periperi U programme. These eight key focus areas fall within two sub-sectors, namely: Sub-sector 1: Global advocacy and engagement in disaster risk reduction – focus on higher education  Focus Area 1: Strategic advocacy to define higher education as a crucial player in DRR education, capacity building and research, reframing HEI engagement from its current peripheral, implicit and under-utilised position  Focus Area 2: Identification and mobilisation of funding mechanisms for both developing country HEIs to advance DRR education and research and for students (especially women)  Focus Area 3: Promotion of disaster risk-related education and research as legitimate domains in contemporary scholarship in Africa Sub-sector 2: Integration/Enhancement of DRR within Education and Research Programmes  Focus Area 1: Institutional effectiveness, maturation and sustainability of the Periperi U partnership including stability of funding arrangements  Focus Area 2: Strategic scaling-up of DRM/DRR educational activities across Africa to extend capacity-building, technical support and disaster risk research services  Focus Area 3: Institutional embedding of active disaster risk reduction scholarship in each partner including sustainability of staffing and financing  Focus Area 4: Establishment and/or enhancement of core disaster risk activities in each partner, including academic programmes, short courses, risk research and community outreach at local/national scales to advance understanding risk and disaster risk governance as well as strengthen preparedness and resilience-building.  Focus Area 5: Strategic engagement by each partner to advance robust DRM policy and practice from local to global scales Tables appended at the end of this report also provide details on activities undertaken by individual partners from 01 July – 30 September 2018. During this period, 212 staff contributed to research, teaching and/or administrative activities across the consortium. 2 076 students were enrolled across 29 academic programmes and 15 modules across the 12 partner universities. Three partners held short courses, attended by 175 people. In partnership with international and regional stakeholders, Periperi U offered the first African Risk Methods School (ARMS I) which provided seven courses to 36 participants hosted by Ardhi University, in Dar es Salaam. Periperi U consortium members also attended and engaged in 30 strategic and technical meetings held at international, regional, national and local levels, attended by an estimated 1,300 people. 2. SUB-SECTOR 1: Global advocacy and engagement in disaster risk reduction – focus on higher education At global scale, Periperi U continued to advocate for a more purposive profile for higher education efforts in advancing disaster risk reduction. This was reflected in its participation in global and regional meetings, as well as technical support to the AUC, and applied research on career pathing for disaster risk-related graduates of selected Periperi U programmes.

1 Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

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At global level, Periperi U’s coordinator participated in the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNISDR) Global Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) meeting, convened from 30-31 August in Geneva, Switzerland. This provided an opportunity to give feedback on the tracer study findings for graduates of new cross-disciplinary disaster risk-related programmes in Africa. At continental level, from 4-5 September, Periperi U’s UBuea focal point represented the consortium at the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR) convened in Yaoundé, Cameroon. UBuea representatives participated in a working group focused on multi-hazard early warning and response, as well as DRR in fragile and/or conflict-affected contexts. In his presentation to the AWGDRR, Periperi U's UBuea focal point stressed the importance of both investing in DRR education and research among HEIs. He also foregrounded the need for employment opportunities for DRR graduates within their own countries to address disaster risk-related issues. 3. SUB-SECTOR 2: Integration/Enhancement of DRR within education and research programmes 3.1 Focus Area 1: Institutional effectiveness, maturation and sustainability of the Periperi U partnership including stability of funding arrangements Consortium staffing increased to 212 teaching/research/support staff, compared with 204 for the previous quarter (including 59 women, 27.8% of those engaged). These levels varied considerably among partners, ranging from eight staff members at UBuea to 29 at GBU. Makerere specifically reported a large increase in its contributing staff for research and academic teaching. A breakdown of staffing, including category and gender, is available in table 4 in the appendices. UG reported changes in both Project Coordinator and Project Accountant positions during this quarter. Due to UG's excellent succession planning, these staffing transitions were well managed, thus ensuring project continuity. Taking forward UG's disaster risk reduction efforts, the consortium welcomed UG's new project coordinator, Associate Professor Martin Oteng-Ababio with specialisation in Disaster Risk Reduction, Urban Studies and Urban Environmental Management. For some time, Makerere has sought to recruit a fulltime academic staff member to coordinate the Master of Public Health Disaster Management programme. By the end of this reporting period, it had conducted interviews with prospective candidates for this new position. 3.2 Focus Area 2: Strategic scaling-up of DRM/DRR educational activities across Africa to extend capacity-building, technical support & disaster risk research services. A key activity for Periperi U during this quarter was the preparation and implementation of the first Periperi U ‘African Risk Methods School’ (ARMS I), a summer school-styled event which was hosted at ARU in Dar es Salaam between 10 -22 September. ARMS I was a collaborative effort, jointly convened by Periperi U, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). Teaching staff were drawn from UNDP, WHO and six African Universities (Ardhi University, Bahir Dar University, Makerere University, Stellenbosch University, University of Gaston Berger and University of Buea). Staff from both ARU and the Periperi U secretariat managed the day-to-day logistics and coordination of ARMS I, including registration, documentation preparation and certification. The School took place over a two-week period, with seven courses offered across four streams. As each course was full-time for the week it was scheduled, participants could only take one course per week. The courses drew on contemporary disaster risk theory and grounded application, with the aim to build ‘future-ready’ DRR skillsets that are interdisciplinary, applicable and integrated, and which respond to Africa’s fast changing disaster risks. Please see below, figure 1, outlining the courses offered at ARMS I:

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Week One Week Two Risk Methods Stream 10 – 14 September 17 – 21 September

Assessment and Mapping of Understanding & Managing Investigating Africa’s Urban Urban Risks in Africa: Introduction African Urban Risks: Advanced Risks: Geo-spatial applications to GIS & urban risk Geospatial Analysis

Integrated qualitative methods Probing Risk and Vulnerability in Vulnerability and Risk Assessment for disaster risk research in the the Health Sector in the health sector health sector

Integrated Research Methods in Introduction to integrated Advanced research methods for Disaster Risk and Resilience research methods in disaster risk disaster risk and resilience studies Studies and resilience studies

Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Specialised Post-Disaster (PDNA) Methodology and Research Methods Disaster Recovery Framework

Figure 1 Draft outline of the Risk Method School programme and course titles as of the end of quarter Overall, 36 participants attended the School, 32 of whom attended both weeks of classes. It should be noted in several of the tables in the appendices, that over 70 people attended the courses overall. However, this is the combined total of participants attending each course. Approximately half of the participants were Tanzanian-based students, with the other half representing 11 other countries2. The majority of ARMS I participants came from academia, including postgraduate students and/or lecturers from HEIs across the continent. Other participants came from Uganda Red Cross, the WFP (World Food Programme) and the AU/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (SANWACTE). Courses in the two-week ‘Urban Risk and GIS’ stream were developed and taught by staff at ARU who specialise in applying GIS and remote sensing tools to assessing risk and vulnerability. In addition, in Week One, Makerere University delivered a course on integrated qualitative methods for disaster risk research in the health sector. In the second week, this was followed by “Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the Health Sector, a joint collaboration between Makerere, ARU and WHO. The ‘integrated disaster risk research methods’ stream drew teaching staff from across four Periperi U members – SU, UBuea, UGB and BDU, with SU's Africa Centre for Scholarship (ACS), providing additional expertise in the second week. In parallel, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) colleagues taught its ‘Post Disaster Needs Assessment’ (PDNA) course in the second week. Feedback from the ARMS I participants was very positive, acknowledging the expertise of lecturers and course organisation. Students commented on the richness of the opportunities provided within classes between participants as well as between participants and facilitators. Due to the intense nature of such short courses, and the incredible richness of the opportunity provided by a cross- cutting staff, several students noted that the courses could be extended and the School hosted for an additional 1-2 weeks. As ARMS I drew to a close, colleagues from the secretariat, ARU and GBU met to discuss planning and preparations for the hosting of the second ARMS which is to be based in Senegal in February 2019.

2 Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

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Details on the ARMS courses, such as course themes and participant numbers are in tables 9 and 11 of the Appendices. 3.3 Focus Area 3: Institutional embedding of active disaster risk reduction scholarship in each partner including sustainability of staffing and financing Periperi U partners continued to identify opportunities for staff capacity development. Several Periperi U staff took part in training courses to advance their own skills and knowledge. UBuea’s Periperi U project manager concluded the second and final phase of her Volcano Monitoring Training Course3, which took place in Vancouver, Washington from 7 – 21 July 2018. The training introduced participants to volcano monitoring techniques such as utilising gas measurements/observations, ash-fall modelling and use of aerial drones. From 19 - 27 August, the UG Project manager participated in a drone training workshop hosted by the Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) in Denmark. The training was part of a DFC funded project on “Climate Change Resilience in Urban Mobility of Accra, Ghana”, focused on how to use aerial drones to effectively map flood prone areas in urban settings. 12 Periperi U staff members attended ARMS I to advance their knowledge of risk from different fields and perspectives. Table 1 shows Periperi U staff participation in the different courses. Table 1 Periperi U sponsored staff participation in ARMS courses Staff Week One Week Two Attendees Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in PDNA Methodology and Disaster Recovery ARU 1 Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk Framework Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in Understanding & Managing African Urban ARU 2 Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk Risks: Advanced Geospatial Analysis Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in Understanding & Managing African Urban ARU 3 Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk Risks: Advanced Geospatial Analysis Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in Understanding & Managing African Urban BDU 1 Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk Risks: Advanced Geospatial Analysis Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in Understanding & Managing African Urban BDU 2 Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk Risks: Advanced Geospatial Analysis GBU 1 N/A PDNA Methodology & Disaster Recovery FW Integrated qualitative methods for disaster Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the Makerere 1 risk research in the health sector health sector Integrated qualitative methods for disaster Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the Makerere 2 risk research in the health sector health sector Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in Moi 1 N/A Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk Introduction to integrated research Advanced research methods for disaster risk Moi 2 methods in disaster risk & resilience studies and resilience studies UG 1 Introduction to integrated research PDNA Methodology and Disaster Recovery methods in disaster risk & resilience studies Framework UG 2 Integrated qualitative methods for disaster Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the risk research in the health sector health sector

3 The first phase took place in the Centre for the Study of Active Volcanoes in Hilo, Hawaii between 27 May – 2 July 2018).

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3.4 Focus Area 4: Establishment and/or enhancement of core disaster risk activities in each partner, including academic programmes, short courses, risk research and community outreach. 3.4.1 Academic Programmes Consortium-wide enrolment During this reporting period, 2 076 students (including 823 women, 39.6% of those enrolled) were enrolled in 19 academic programmes, 16 modules and 7 courses (within modules) across the 12 Periperi U universities. Several partners started their new academic year, with an estimated 919 new students enrolling in courses. These included 175 students (110 males and 65 females) in USTHB’s new MSc in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering programme, as well as 430 undergraduate students (240 males and 190 females) starting Tanà’s ‘Economic Valuation Techniques’ module. Developing and restructuring curricula Progress of four partners' proposed disaster risk related academic programmes slowed this quarter due to need for feedback/approval from their respective universities’ administrations. In addition, as BDU was on vacation/mid-year break for much of this reporting period, it made limited headway in developing and revising its proposed DRM-related Masters and disaster risk science PhD level programmes. BDU is also still working towards establishing a satellite campus in Addis Ababa for disaster risk related undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. However, progress on this also paused due to institutional challenges at the university as well as the mid-year break. Similarly, Moi is still awaiting curriculum approval from the university council for implementation of its MSc. in Food Hygiene and Safety. The UG Periperi U team is also awaiting feedback on progress of the approval process for accreditation of the Masters Programme in Disaster Risk Reduction Science (DRRS). A formal report from the Provost and Academic Quality Assurance Committee of Ghana is expected in December 2018 with approval or feedback on programme improvement. In Mozambique, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Higher Education and Technical Professional (MCTESTP) Training’s National Quality Assessment Council evaluated and approved UDM’s BSc Course on Environmental Engineering and DRM. Although UDM noted that some criteria such as the “internationalization” and “percentage of resident teachers with PhD Degrees” were not met, the council has agreed for UDM to begin running this programme for the next two years. After this, UDM is expected to correct these shortcomings in order to allow the course to be renewed. Internships and student funding During this reporting period, Makerere was able to secure short term ‘intern-like’ positions for seven Masters students, who were placed with the Ugandan Red Cross Society to receive working experience linked to their studies. Students were specifically involved in several activities in refugee settlements, including; teaching basic health education to refugees, conducting health assessments, supporting water and sanitation teams in the field, as well as attending and participating in community and administrative meetings. 3.4.2 Short Courses and Training Three partners implemented short courses each during this reporting period, reaching 172 people (including at least 55 women4). From 16 - 20 July 2018, Makerere in collaboration with the WHO implemented an all-hazard Rapid Response Teams (RRT) training short course in Munyoyo, Uganda.

4 Please note that at the time of this submission, the information about the ratio of men and women participating in Makerere’s short course “All hazard RRT” was not available

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The objective of the RRT training was to strengthen the ability and skills of multidisciplinary teams and individuals to rapidly detect and respond effectively to public health emergencies and potentially harmful events. 41 participants attended the RRT training from three countries (11 from Nigeria, 10 from South Sudan, 20 from Uganda), including Ugandan medical and emergency health professionals and staff from the WHO and Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Country Offices. 19 facilitators were involved in the delivery of this training, including nine staff from Makerere, three facilitators from the United States CDC and nine WHO facilitators from country offices across the continent as well as from WHO offices in Lyon, France. Over the same week, Tanà held short course training for 65 managers (45 men and 20 women) from three administrative regions of Madagascar, Atsimo Andrefana, Atsimo Atsinanana and Bongolava. The objective of the short course was to introduce these regional managers to the field of disaster risk, highlight major risks and hazards (particularly cyclones) in these regions and enhance their capacity to prepare for and manage such risks. Since 30 July, UDM has hosted a training course on enhancing GIS and Statistical skills. The course has four participants and will continue into the next quarter (mid-December). From 6-8 August 2018, GBU also hosted a short course exclusively for 18 women at the University’s Agricultural Farm training site. The course objective was to build capacity among women working and residing along the Senegal River valley in aquaculture practices. Partners such as ARU, Moi and UG intended to implement short courses during this period. However, partially due to the launching of the ARMS, and other academic activities and commitments, these partners decided to reschedule their courses to the following quarter. Details on the short courses, such as course themes and participant numbers are in table 9 of the Appendices. 3.4.3 Risk research and Publications PPU staff research and Publications Strengthening understanding of disaster risk represents a central priority for Periperi U. This was reflected through a diversity multi-scalar faculty research initiatives conducted or planned as well as published, peer-reviewed articles during this quarter. These efforts included ongoing research projects such as ARU’s continuing economic evaluation of ecosystem services and disservices in flood prone areas, as well as their assessment of potential disaster risks from consumption of contaminated borehole water in unplanned settlements in Dar es Salaam. Tanà conducted an exploratory study to prepare a survey on microfinance, social protection and resilience among communities in Madagascar. This first phase of the survey took place in two administrative regions, Vakinankaratra and Atsinanana, which are highly exposed to a variety of hazards and where microfinance institutions are very active in assisting affected people. UG continued its research on identifying risk profiles of poor tenants and caretakers’ households situated within Adenta Municipality, Ghana. USTHB reported its continuing collaboration with the National Delegation for Major Risks of Algeria to collect and analyse data to establish a loss and damage database for the country. During this quarter, several partners reported plans for new research projects. For example, BDU is currently developing a multi-disciplinary DRR/Climate Change Adaptation research project in the Amhara region with local stakeholders along two major themes. The first examines exposure of rural livelihoods to hazards and shocks, and their consequences for household food security, while the second focuses on dynamics and challenges presented by rapid urbanisation in the region. Moi reported an emerging research collaboration with the University of Liverpool to conduct examine indoor air pollution and introduction of clean energy sources to reduce health risk among households in Kenya, Cameroon and Ghana.

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As part of an MoU with Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH), Tanà is conducting a drought vulnerability assessment for the population of three drought-prone administrative regions of Madagascar. SU also signed a contract with its research partners, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Santam, to begin the 2017 Knysna Fires Post-Event Review. ARU, BDU, Makerere, SU, Tanà and UDM gathered data for a ‘tracer’ study of the career paths of approximately 400 (primarily) Masters graduates from newly introduced disaster risk-related academic programmes. The research sought to record and analyse employment, gender, age and the types of organisations graduates are employed by, as well as their main focus of work and the spatial distribution. During this quarter, SU developed and distributed the survey/questionnaire and the data consolidation template. The collected data were compiled by SU, with preliminary findings presented in a research paper for the 2019 edition of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) titled "Beyond fragility: Advancing skilled human capital for disaster risk reduction and resilience in Africa". With respect to publications and research outputs during this quarter, UBuea published two journal articles, while ARU, SU, Tanà and USTHB completed a further eleven journal articles and research reports that were under review or awaiting publication. On 10 July 2018, SU in collaboration with its research partners and sponsors, the Western Cape Government and Santam, launched its report on the ‘Installation of smoke alarms in an information settlement community in Cape Town, South Africa. More information on research publications is available in table 7 in the Appendices. Student Research The majority of student research and thesis projects continued from the previous quarter. These included 217 post-graduate students, of whom 18 were PhD candidates. Approximately 147 students completed their research and had handed in their dissertations or were awaiting examiner feedback. Two PhD students from UBuea and one from USTHB prepared journal manuscripts for submission and publication of their research. While research themes varied widely, recurrent topics focused on investigating risks to food security and livelihoods, health risk issues, analysing impacts of severe weather events, risks and vulnerability of urban communities and infrastructure. PhD research topics tended to focus on urban-based risks including earthquake engineering and flood risk reduction. Graduate students from UG submitted a group research report in July assessing risks in the port city of Takoradi particularly focusing on risks revolving around the Petroleum industry located there. Two articles are planned from this research. An illustrative table of student theses and research, giving examples of Periperi U student research, is available in table 8 located in the Appendices. 3.4.4 Community Outreach Community Outreach based activities this quarter were limited to four partners and estimated to reach a minimum of 331 people. BDU initiated a risk assessment of several communities in Bahir Dar city in August to identify and provide suggestions for addressing various risks. The assessment sought to identify and map various hazards and risks using primarily GIS and remote sensing tools. The final assessment report (which was being finalised as of the end of this reporting period) will be presented to local stakeholders such as community leaders, service providers and local government institutions and departments to highlight various risks as well as potential recommendations to address them. After attending a short course training on the “Risk of water-borne diseases for livestock in the Senegal River Valley” in July 2017, a group of 60 stakeholders in the livestock sector (45 males and 15 females), decided to set up a management committee to create a framework for communication and consultation among themselves. GBU, who had hosted this short course, was asked to help guide the

01 July – 30 September 2018 PERIPERI U Quarterly Report establishment of this committee and act as a consultant on future discourse related to risks to the livestock sector. As mentioned earlier under section 3.4.1, seven Masters students from Makerere were given the opportunity to work as ‘interns’ for the Uganda Red Cross Society to get work experience. A significant part of their placement was conducting outreach work within refugee settlements in the Arua district. Such outreach included teaching basic health education to refugees, supporting water and sanitation teams and participating community and administrative meetings. Moi reported that undergraduate students conducted their Community-based Education and Service (COBES 5) outreach activities in communities in western Kenya as part of their formal academic programmes. The Moi team estimates that this outreach directly assisted 184 community members in these areas. While not actively engaging in any outreach with the farming communities of Manjacaze during this period, UDM continued to monitor the performance and sustainability of the irrigation systems set up to ensure everything was still operating efficiently. 3.5 Focus Area 5: Strategic and Technical engagement by each partner to advance robust DRM policy and practice from local to global scales 3.5.1 International engagements During this quarter, international engagements primarily focused on preparations for Periperi U’s commitments at the upcoming Africa-Arab Regional Platform on DRR (from 9-13 October). However, from 27 – 28 September, UG’s Periperi U project manager participated in a workshop in Belgium focused on ‘toxicity in the life cycle of mobile phones’. He presented UG’s research on “Regulating toxicity in e-waste in Ghana”, part of an epidemiological study on the health implications of electronic waste management. 3.5.2 Regional engagements Several Periperi U partners participated in strategic regional events related to disaster risk reduction. For instance, from 6 - 7 September 2018, the USTHB Project Director participated as an advisor at the Arab Science & Technology Advisory Group (Arab-STAG) which took place in Beruit, Lebanon. The workshop aimed to strengthen cooperation at the national and regional levels to implement the Sendai Framework in the Arab region and enhance international relations in the field of science and technology to contribute to disaster risk reduction and support scientific decision-making. Shortly afterwards, from 12 - 13 September 2018, the USTHB Project Director attended a follow-up workshop, the Arab Coordination Mechanism DRR in Tunis, Tunisia. The workshop sought to help develop national DRR strategies among Arab nations aligned to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (ASDRR) by 2020. From 18 - 19 July 2018, a representative from Tanà participated in the 5th Executive Board Meeting of Disaster Risk Management, Sustainability and Urban Resilience (DiMSUR) held in Maputo. Tanà representatives, as members of the Technical Committee of Open Cities Antananarivo, also attended the Free and Open Source for Geospatial 2018 (FOSS4G2018) and the Humanitarian Open Street Map Summit (HOTSummit) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 27 - 31 August 2018. During this meeting, Tanà representatives were able to share their experience in DRR and the research tools that they had developed with participants. On 29 August 2018, UDM staff met with OFDA’s regional advisor in Maputo to discuss their research, academic and outreach activities in Mozambique. It was proposed that the regional advisor visit UDM in the future, and speak to staff and students about OFDA’s work in Mozambique as well as regionally – especially on the need for increased capacity in the field of disaster risk to enhance preparation, resilience and reduce vulnerability.

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3.5.3 National and local level engagements Four Periperi U partners engaged with key institutions based within their respective countries, strengthening their profiles as key DRR stakeholders. On 26 July 2018, students and staff from ARU, the University of Dar es Salaam and University of Dodoma jointly convened a one-day workshop with the Tanzanian Red Cross Society (TRCS) for student feedback on the internship experience from earlier this year. Students highlighted the value of the practical work experience and the opportunity to apply and demonstrate their skills learned through class. However, they raised several issues, including a lack of funding to pay interns adequately, and field placements in challenging situations, for which they had inadequate experience or training. From 9 - 10 August, UDM held a symposium with the theme “Risk Dynamics and Dimensions in Mozambique”, offering researchers and stakeholders an opportunity to discuss various risks across the country. The two-day symposium involved 190 – 200 people, with 23 people presenting and speaking on risk related issues. The symposium also served as a platform to ‘relaunch’ Periperi U’s UDM team, who recently relocated to the University’s Centro de Documentação e Inovação5 (CDI) and whose research focus has been reprioritised to ‘Risk epistemology’. On 24 August, two BDU staff participated in a regional technical working group on Integrated Risk Management in Addis Ababa, which was organised by the Ethiopian Red Cross From 26-28 September, Makerere staff and students presented at the Joint Annual Scientific Health Conference and the 17th Dr Lukwiya Mathew Annual Memorial Lecture 2018 in Kampala. Makerere representatives gave four presentations, two of which focused on infant and mother health-related issues, while the others focused on flood early warning and response. While UBuea had planned to host multi-stakeholder workshop in early September to discuss building codes within Cameroon to withstand hazards such as seismic activity, instability and violence due to approaching national elections in the country forced the workshop’s postponement, until political tensions de-escalate. The past quarter was also characterized by new collaborations. For instance, in September, Tanà signed an MoU with WHH, a German Non-Governmental Organisation. This agreement seeks to support and encourage increased disaster risk-related research, particularly in drought prone regions in Madagascar. Similarly, recognising ARU’s strong GIS capabilities and application in the field, representatives from the WFP, who were attending the ARMS as participants, met with ARU on 20 September 2018. These discussions focused on possible areas for collaboration on disaster risk that involve GIS and remote sensing. 4. SECRETARIAT REPORT 4.1 Overview The past quarter represented an extremely intense period for SU's Periperi U Secretariat. In addition to routine programme support activities, the Secretariat transferred USD 192 000 to partner universities and facilitated 34 international flight reservations for travel to ARMS I in Tanzania and to the Africa-Arab Regional Platform in Tunis. From August-September 2018, it also provided support to the external audit team that scrutinised the 2017 expenditures for the current USAID award. In addition, the Secretariat collaborated with AUC colleagues in circulating drafts of the proposed terms of reference for the Africa Science and Technology Advisory Group on DRR, and finalised the draft scope of work for the Phase IV Periperi U evaluation.

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4.2 Operational Support The secretariat’s operational support included assistance for the day-to-day running of the consortium, including financial management, assisting in travel logistics for major strategic engagements as well as data capturing and reporting of partner activities to USAID. 4.3 Preparatory work towards forthcoming engagements, training and evaluation During this reporting period, secretariat activities focused primarily on the development and coordination for ARMS I. This included the finalisation of budgets and payments of service providers (i.e. caterers and flights), coordinating with academic colleagues on streamlining and consolidating the teaching themes and academic curricula, as well as managing participant applications and acceptance to the School. The secretariat also oversaw extensive preparatory arrangements such as travel, accommodation and drafting meeting programmes for Africa-Arab Regional platform and Periperi U Annual Consultative Meeting, which took place in Tunis, Tunisia from 9 – 13 October and 14 – 15 October respectively. 4.4 Periperi U Online Platforms The number of searches and PDFs viewed on the Online Resource Centre (ORC) decreased slightly this quarter, with 826 507 searches performed and 54 428 PDFs viewed. This was largely attributed to the reporting period falling over a vacation period taken by students and staff of many partner institutions. This was an average of 9 183.41 searches and 604.76 PDF views per day. Table 2 Searches and PDFs Viewed on ORC for July, August and September 2018 Month July 2018 Aug 2018 Sept 2018 Total

PDFs viewed 14 786 16 896 22 746 54 428 Searches 239 112 314 566 272 829 826 507

In addition to the ORC, the secretariat continued to manage and update the www.riskreductionafrica.org website and its Facebook page to ensure a strong online presence. These platforms provide information on each of the partner’s academic courses, advertise short courses as well as report on consortium related events and news. The various platforms helped advertise the Risk Methods School and provide information to interested persons. The Secretariat built an online registration form and embedded this into the webpage of the Risk Methods School to allow prospective participants to apply for the School’s courses. 5. PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES REPORTED During this reporting period, several partners highlighted political instability and unrest as the main obstacles to implementation. These constraints affected activities such as short courses, strategic engagements and research. For instance, persisting unrest in Cameroon disrupted UBuea’s research and teaching during much of this reporting period. In particular, access to internet and electricity was periodically interrupted, posing substantial obstacles to staff to communicate with the secretariat as well as other stake-holders in Cameroon and beyond. A workshop, scheduled for September, was also postponed due to safety concerns. UBuea has cautioned that meetings and short courses planned for the following quarter might also require postponement or cancellation until the security situation improves. Similarly, they noted that disruptions to student research might prevent students from submitting their theses in October 2018 and completing their studies in order to graduate. Tanà also noted that its ability to conduct field research might be limited due to safety concerns related to upcoming presidential elections.

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A challenging issue raised by GBU was the impact of employment on student degree completion. The GBU programme coordinator noted that while many students have taken-up employment in DRM- related projects, this employment has diverted their attention from focusing on their studies and thesis research. This is reflected in reduced quality and student academic performance – thus raising concerns whether employment is detrimental to their academic work and threatens student capacity to complete courses and graduate. 6. HIGHLIGHTS AND PLANS GOING FORWARD The Periperi U partnership will participate in several major events next quarter. These include:  Representatives from each of the partners will attend the Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in Tunis, Tunisia between 09 to 13 October 2018. Immediately after the Platform, the partners will convene for Periperi U’s annual consultative meeting (also in Tunis).  BDU, as a member of the national organizing committee for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, will be assisting in facilitating the event to be celebrated on 13 October 2018.  A representative from ARU will join officials from the Tanzanian’s Prime Minister’s Disaster Management Department to meet with the National Information Technology Promotion Agency (NIPA) in South Korea to discuss furthering collaboration on applying GIS to disaster risk research and enhancing disaster risk management.  ARU, Makerere, Moi, SU, UDM and UG plan to host several risk related short courses throughout November and December  GBU along with the Secretariat will continue to work on developing preparing for the second African Risk Methods School (ARMS II).  Many partners will be holding graduations for their students towards the end of the year.  Although the secretariat was unable to obtain updated information for this report from ABU on its strategic engagements, short courses and research projects and outputs, it intends to address these gaps to improve consortium-wide reporting coverage in the next quarter.

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7. APPENDICES

Table 3: Summary table for reporting period 1 July – 31 September

Summary table No of students / participants Detail No of… M F Tot Staff Periperi U Faculty 67 30 97 Contributing staff - internal to the university 61 21 82 Contributing staff - external to the university 25 8 33 Staff total 153 59 212 Academic Programmes/modules/courses Programmes 19 806 461 1 267 Modules 16 447 362 809 Academic Programmes/modules/courses total 35 1 253 823 2 076 Student Theses PGDip (ABU) 2 Honours 8 Masters 211 PhD 20 Student theses total 241 ARMS I and Short Courses ARMS I modules 7 54 17 71 Short Courses 4 117* 55* 172 total 11 171* 72* 213 Engagements Technical 17 1 208 Strategic 8 331 Engagements total 25 1 539 Publications and Research Publications - Ongoing 14 Publications - Completed 3 Publications total 17 Outreach Engaged citizenship 4 324 Engaged teaching and learning 1 7 Outreach total 5 331

* Please note that at the time of this submission, the information about the ratio of men and women participating in one short course was not available.

Table 4 Composition of partners 01 January – 31 March 2018

Periperi U faculty Contributing staff (Internal) Contributing staff (External) Total Institution Total staff F M Tot F M Tot F M Tot F M ABU - 4 4 2 23 25 - - - 2 27 29 ARU 1 6 7 1 4 5 3 3 6 5 13 18 BDU 4 18 22 - - 0 - - 0 4 18 22 GBU 1 14 15 3 4 7 - 7 7 4 25 29 Ghana - 5 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 7 9 Makerere 1 2 3 6 12 18 - 3 3 7 17 24 Moi 7 - 7 - - - 1 3 4 8 3 11 SU 8 3 11 ------8 3 11 Tana 2 5 7 5 5 10 - - - 7 10 17 UBuea 2 3 5 - 1 1 2 - 2 4 4 8 UDM 2 4 6 1 12 13 - 3 3 3 19 22 USTHB 2 3 5 2 1 3 1 5 6 5 9 14 Total 30 67 97 21 63 84 8 25 33 59 155 214

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Table 5 Academic Programmes

New Existing Graduated Failure/Dropout Total Institution Academic programme name Level M F Tot M F Tot M F Tot M F Tot M F Total DRM and Development Studies PGDip - - - 13 7 20 ------13 7 20 (2016-2018) DRM and Development Studies PGDip - - - 23 9 32 ------23 9 32 (2018-2020) DRM and Development Studies MA - - - 112 42 154 ------112 42 154 (2016-2018) DRM and Development Studies MA - - - 112 21 133 ------112 21 133 (2018-2020) DRM and Development Studies MSc - - - 9 5 14 ------9 5 14 (2016-2018) ABU DRM and Development Studies MSc - - - 25 3 28 ------25 3 28 (2018-2020) DRM and Development Studies MPhil - - - 32 5 37 ------32 5 37 (2016-2018) DRM and Development Studies MPhil - - - 26 5 31 ------26 5 31 (2018-2020) DRM and Development Studies PhD - - - 3 1 4 ------3 1 4 (2016-2018) DRM and Development Studies PhD - - - 2 - 2 ------2 - 2 (2018-2020) ABU Subtotal - - - 357 98 455 ------357 98 455 Master of Disaster Risk ------8 4 12 Management (DRM) Masters 8 4 12 Master of DRM (2017 - ongoing) Masters - - - 3 1 4 ------3 1 4 Master of Science in Disaster Risk ------1 4 5 Ardhi Management (MSc. DRM) MSc. 1 4 5 Master of Science in DRM (2017 ------3 2 5 ongoing) MSc. 3 2 5 PhD. in DRM (2016 -ongoing) PhD - - - 1 - 1 ------1 0 1 PhD. in DRM (2017 -ongoing) PhD - - - 2 - 2 ------2 0 2

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Ardhi Subtotal - - - 18 11 29 ------18 11 29 DRM & Sustainable Development - - - 2 12 ------2 12 14 (2015-2018) BSc 14 DRM & Sustainable Development - - - 14 26 ------14 26 40 (2016-2019) BSc 40 DRM & Sustainable Development - - - 28 27 ------28 27 55 (2017-2020) BSc 55 DRM & Sustainable Development - - - 2 1 ------2 1 3 (2016-2018) MSc 3 BDU DRM & Sustainable Development - - - 11 4 ------11 4 15 (2017-2019) MSc 15 Climate Change & Development - - - 3 1 ------3 1 4 (2016-2018) MSc 4 Climate Change & Development - - - 4 1 ------4 1 5 (2017-2019) MSc 5 DRM & Sustainable Development - - - 29 2 ------29 2 31 (Dire Dawa) (2017-2018) MSc 31 BDU Subtotal - - - 93 74 167 ------93 74 167 Prevention/Management of Food MSc ------14 7 21 Insecurity Risk (2015-2017) 12 5 17 2 2 Prevention/Management of Food ------8 4 12 Insecurity Risk (2016-2018) MSc 8 4 12 GBU Prevention/Management of Food ------36 16 52 Insecurity Risk (2017-2019) MSc 36 16 52 Prevention/Management of Food ------18 4 22 Insecurity Risk (2018-2020) MSc 18 4 22 GBU Subtotal - - - 74 29 103 2 2 - - - - 76 31 107 Masters of Public Health DM I Masters - - - 1 4 5 ------1 4 5 (2016-2018) Masters of Public Health DM II Makerere Masters - - - 3 4 7 - - - 2 1 2 1 3 (2017-2019) Masters of Public Health DM III Masters 5 2 ------5 2 7 (2018-2020) Makerere Subtotal 5 2 - 4 8 12 - - - 2 1 - 11 11 22

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Disaster Risk Science and MPhil - - - 2 3 5 ------2 3 5 Development (2017-2018) SU Disaster Risk Science and MPhil - - - - 1 1 ------1 1 Development (2018-2019) - SU Subtotal - - - 2 4 6 ------2 4 6 Tana DMGRC MPhil - - - 11 7 18 ------11 7 18 Tana Subtotal - - - 11 7 18 ------11 7 18 Environmental Engineering and BSc - - - 36 96 132 ------36 96 132 DM (2008-ongoing) Environmental Engineering and UDM BSc - - - 4 2 6 ------4 2 6 DM (2017-ongoing) Environmental Engineering and BSC - - - 13 16 29 ------13 16 29 DM(2018-ongoing) UDM Subtotal - - - 53 114 167 ------53 114 167 Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (2018 ------110 65 175 2019) MSc 110 65 Structural Dynamics and USTHB Earthquake Engineering (2017 - MSc - - - 72 43 115 ------72 43 115 2018) Earthquake and flood risk PhD - - - 3 3 6 ------3 3 6 reduction (2015 - ongoing) USTHB Subtotal 110 65 - 75 46 121 ------185 111 296 107 Total 115 67 0 687 391 2 2 - 2 1 - 806 461 1267 8

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Table 6 Academic Modules

Start End New Existing Failure/dropout Total Institution Module name Level Total Date Date M F Tot M F Tot M F Tot M F GEOG 493: Theories and analytical 01/08/ 31/12/ methods for integrated disaster risk BA/BSc ------12 8 20 2018 2018 reduction IDRR 12 8 20 Ghana GEOG 645: Concepts and methods in 01/08/ 31/12/ advanced integrated disaster risk Mphil ------2 2 4 2018 2018 reduction (IDRR) 2 2 4 Ghana Subtotal 14 10 24 ------14 10 24 20/09/ 04/09/ MDM 7205 Public Health and disasters MSc 2018 2018 5 2 7 ------5 2 7 MDM 7205 Health systems in 03/08/ 21/08/ Makerere MSc emergencies 2018 2018 13/08/ 24/08/ MDM 8101 Monitoring and Evaluation MSc ------3 4 7 2018 2018 3 4 7 Makerere Subtotal 8 6 14 ------8 6 14 Community-based Education and Service 02/07/ 10/08/ Moi BSc. ------184 (COBES 5) 2018 2018 100 84 184 100 84 Moi Subtotal 100 84 184 ------100 84 184 07/05/ 02/07/ SU Disaster Risk Analytics Masters - 1 1 ------1 1 2018 2018 SU Subtotal - 1 1 ------1 1 01/05/ 01/05/ Introduction to DRM/DRR Masters - - - 6 3 9 - - - 6 3 9 2018 2019 04/09/ 31/01/ Tana Economic valuation techniques Undergrad 240 190 430 ------240 190 430 2018 2019 04/10/ 01/02/ Introduction to disaster economics Honours ------48 36 84 2018 2019 48 36 84 Tana Subtotal 288 226 514 6 3 9 - - - 294 229 523 ENV 312: Natural hazards, disasters and 04/04/ 14/07/ UBuea U’grad - - - 16 18 34 - - - 16 18 34 climate change 2018 2018

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ENV 602: Global commons, natural 04/04/ 14/07/ disasters and environmental risk Masters - - - 2018 2018 management 9 7 16 - - - 9 7 16 ENV 610: Groundwater pollution and 04/04/ 14/07/ Masters - - - protection. 2018 2018 ENV 698: MSc thesis in Natural Resources 01/01/ 30/10/ Masters - - - 2 2 4 - - - 2 2 4 and Environmental Management 2018 2018 ENV 798: PhD Research Project/Thesis PhD N/A N/A - - - - 3 3 - - - - 3 3 ENV 710: Advanced topics in surface and 04/04/ 14/07/ PhD - - - 4 2 6 - - - 4 2 6 groundwater management. 2018 2018 UBuea Subtotal - - - 31 32 63 - - - 31 32 63 Total 410 327 737 37 35 72 - - - 447 362 809

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Table 7 Illustrative partner research and publication outputs

Institu- Output Status of Research Author Research title Research theme tion Type publication Economic Evaluation of Ecosystem services and disservices in flood prone areas in Dar es Salaam: The Urban Ecosystem, DRR, Data ARU Case study Chacha, Nyangi & Mwageni Nicholaus case study of Magomeni Suna & Mabwepande flooding, economics collection settlements? Research Community Based (GIS Based) Urban Risk Assessment in GIS, Community-based, BDU TBD Write up report Bahir Dar City, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Urban Risk Resoration of degraded Journal Restoring Soils Affected by the Salinization process as a On-going GBU Diop T. and M. Diack soils / Food and Nutrition article way of contributing to food and nutrition security process Security risk profiles, care-taker Research Risk profiles of uncompleted home care-taker ongoing Ghana Osman Alhassan households, uncompleted report households in Adenta Municipality fieldwork homes/residences Godfrey Bwire, Amanda K. Debes, Christopher G. Orach, Atek Environmental Surveillance of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 Maker Research Kagirita, Malathi Ram, Henry in the Five African Great Lakes and Other Major Surface Diseases and disasters Published ere report Komakech, Joseph B. Voeglein, Water Sources in Uganda Ambrose W. Buyinza, Tonny Obala, W. Abdullah Brooks and David A. Sack Beyond fragility: Advancing skilled human capital for Capacity Building, DRR, SU Paper Holloway, A. and Fortune, G Under review disaster risk reduction and resilience in Africa DRM Journal Inestigating Energy-usage among Low-Income energy based risk, urban SU Francioli, A. Under review article Households in Cape Town, and Implication for Fire Risk. fire risk Vulnerabilities and strategies for adaptation to drought: Journal Drought, vulnerability, Papers Lazamanana Pierre et al. a study applied to coastal communities in the Androy article adaptation, coastal risk submitted Tana region of Madagascar Resilience assessment by the IMR model according to Poster Randriamanampisoa Holimalala et al. the capability approach of capability (Resilience Resilience, IMR Presented Measurement, Evidence and Learning Conference 2017) Mabel N.Wantim, Costanza Journal Bonadonna, Chris E. Gregg, Scira Forensic assessment of the 1999 Mount Cameroon UBuea DRM Published article Menoni, Corine Frischknecht, Matthieu eruption, West Central Africa Kervyn, Samuel Ayonghe

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Table 8 Illustrative table of student theses and research

Institution Output Type Thesis Author Title Mental health preparedness following flood disaster: The case of Dar es Salaam City and Kilosa ARU PhD Felix P. Mkini District, Tanzania Charcoal business and its effect on households livelihood in Ethiopian Somali regional state: the case BDU Masters AbasHassen Obsiye of Siti zone: challenges and prospects Effect of agricultural policies on improving the living conditions of beneficiary producers: the case of GBU Masters El Hadji Mamadou Fall Tall ANIDA's Agabaabu integrated farm Makerere Masters Aneta Imoya Francis Utilisation of antenatal care services and facility delivery among women in bidibidi refugee setllement MOI Masters Amos Munubi Occupational Hazards and associated factors among street cleaners in Uasin Gishu County SU Honours Lauren Moir Flooding preparedness of hospitals in the Cape Town Municipality Rasoamananjara Z. A. Fy TANA PhD Analysis of the vulnerability of the institutional system in Madagascar CRM Maminiaina Ubuea MSc Jitiz Louis An assessment of the vulnerability of the West Coast to Coastal Erosion Vulnerabilty to flood risks in urban Ghana: A case study of Kaneshie, Tesano and Nima in the Accra UG Masters Pinto Emmanuel Nartey Metropolitan Area. USTHB PhD Meziane CHALAH Evaluation de la vulnérabilité du patrimoine ancien des bâtiments de la ville d'Alger

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Table 9 ARMS and Short Courses

Participants Institution Title Theme Start Date End Date M F Tot ARMS Course - Assessment and Mapping of Urban Risks in Urban Risk, GIS and Remote Sensing 10/09/2018 14/09/2018 16 1 17 Africa: Introduction to GIS & urban risk ARMS Course - Understanding & Managing African Urban Urban Risk, GIS and Remote Sensing 10/09/2018 14/09/2018 9 1 10 Risks: Advanced Geospatial Analysis ARMS Course - Integrated qualitative methods for disaster Health Risk 10/09/2018 14/09/2018 4 3 7 risk research in the health sector ARMS Course - Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the ARU6 Health Risk 17/09/2018 21/09/2018 7 4 11 health sector ARMS Course - Introduction to integrated research Research Methods, Disaster Risk, 17/09/2018 21/09/2018 6 4 10 methods in disaster risk and resilience studies Resilience ARMS Course - Advanced research methods for disaster risk Research Methods, Disaster Risk, 17/09/2018 21/09/2018 4 2 6 and resilience studies Resilience ARMS Course - PDNA Methodology and Disaster Recovery Disaster Risk Management 17/09/2018 21/09/2018 8 2 10 Framework ARMS subtotal 54 17 71 Training and capacity building for three women's groups in GBU Food and Nutrition Security 2018/06/08 2018/08/08 18 18 36 the Senegal River Valley in aquaculture. RRT, emergency response and Makerere* all-hazard RRT training 16/07/2018 20/07/2018 - - 41 disaster risk management Risk and Disaster Governance, Resilience and Sustainable Governance, resilience and Tana 17/07/2018 18/07/2018 45 20 65 Development sustainable development Short course Subtotal 63* 38* 176

Total 171* 55* 213

6 ARMS course were taught on locations at ARU, but several courses were developed by other Periperi U partners and institutions * Please note that at the time of this submission, the information about the ratio of men and women participating in Makerere’s short course “All hazard RRT” was not available

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Table 10 Community Outreach

No of Type of outreach Institution Description of activities Date Collaboration partners participants Graduate students of the Master of Public Health Disaster 19/05/2018 - Uganda Red Cross Engaged teaching Management are currently involved in placements with Uganda 28/07/2018 Society Makerere 7 and learning Red Cross Society in various locations in the country June - August 2018 UDM Continuation of the development of irrigation system since October 2017 N/A 80 Community Based (GIS Based) Urban Risk Assessment in Bahir Dar 15/08/2018 – BDU - - City, Amhara Region, Ethiopia 25/08/2018 COBES 5 (Community-based Education and Service) outreach 02/09/2018 – N/A MOI 184 Engaged citizenship activities in communities in western Kenya 10/10/2018

Implementation of a framework for consultation among 11/09/2018 Stakeholders in the GBU themselves, by setting up a management committee, under the livestock sector in the 60 guidance of GBU. Senegal River Valley Outreach total 331

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Table 11 Technical Engagements

No. of No of Institu End Periperi U Type Level Title Role Start Date partici Location Host tion Date represent pants atives UNICORE (Uniform Epidemiological study 27/09/ 28/09/ Brussels, Interface to UG Presenter 1 20 of e-waste on health 2018 2018 Belgium Computing Resources) Conference International OSGeo (Open FOSS4G2018 and Expert/ 27/08/ 31/08/ Dar Es Salaam Tana 1 1000 Source Geospatial HOTSummit Advisor 2018 2018 Tanzania Foundation)

Conference subtotal 1020 The restoration of degraded agricultural land by salinisation: a contribution to the Expert/ 15/02/ 1 faculty / GBU development of N/A N/A Fatick, Senegal WFP Advisor 2018 1 student resilience to food and nutritional security in Senegal in the region of Fatick Internship National Climate-smart agriculture: Which climate-smart farming practices are more suited to enhancing Expert/ 15/02/ 1 faculty / GBU N/A N/A Tamba & Kolda WFP the resilience to Advisor 2018 1 student climate change of smallholder farmers in the Tambacounda and Kolda regions?

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How the 4R initiative contributed to the systematic use of organic fertilization Expert/ 15/02/ 1 faculty / GBU methods at the N/A N/A Kolda & Tamba WFP Advisor 2018 1 student expense of mineral fertilizers in the Kolda and Tambacounda regions? Internship subtotal N/A Community Based (GIS Based) Urban Risk Assessment in 15/08/ 25/08/ Bahir Dar City, BDU Host - - BDU Bahir Dar City, 2018 2018 Ethiopia Local Amhara Region, Ethiopia GIS and Statistics with 01/08/ 30/11/ Training UDM Host 2 2 UDM UDM Excel 2018 2018 Ardhi 10/09/ 21/09/ Regional ARU ARMS I7 Host 27 63 University, Dar ARU 2018 2018 es Salaam, Postdoctoral 20/03/ 31/08/ International UBuea Attendee 1 1 Research 2018 2018

7 See table 12 for break down of participants, lecturers and operational staff at ARMS I

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Post-doc training and Volcano Monitoring Training Course on DRR issues 27/05/ 21/07/ Attendee 1 14 (volcanology) in Hilo 2018 2018 (Hawaii) and Vancouver, Washington, USA

Training subtotal 17 National consultation Workshop on Expert/ 24/08/ 24/08/ Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Red BDU 2 21 Integrated Risk Advisor 2018 2018 Ethiopia Cross Society Management Feedback workshop from interns from National Ardhi University, University of 26/07/ 26/07/ ARU Host 3 28 Ardhi University Ardhi University Dodoma, Tanzania 2018 2018 Redcross Society and Workshop University of Dar es Salaam Stellnebosch Social Impact Division Social Impact University to discuss MOUs with Committee 06/09/ 06/09/ Division, 1 6 Social Impact local government and member 2018 2018 Stellenbosch Local SU Division other private entities University Boardroom Knysna Fire project Planning 13/08/ 13/08/ CSIR 4 7 CSIR Stellenbosch inception meeting input 2018 2018 Stellenbosch Drone Use for flood 19/09/ 27/09/ Copenhagen, University of Continental UG Attendee 1 14 vulnerability mapping 2018 2018 Denmark Copenhagen

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Expert/ 27/08/ 31/08/ Dar Es Salaam Tana FOSS4G2018 and 1 World Bank Advisor 2018 2018 Tanzania HOTSummit

World Health Organisation/ All Rapid Response 16/07/ 20/07/ International Makerere Host 9 41 Kampala Makerere Training (RRT) 2018 2018 University School of Public Health Workshop subtotal 117 Technical engagement total 1154

Table 12 ARMS Technical details

No. of Non No. of Periperi U Type Level Institution Title Role Start Date End Date Periperi U Location Host representatives representatives Lecturers 10/09/2018 21/09/2018 12 6 Ardhi University, Training Regional ARU ARMS I Participants 10/09/2018 21/09/2018 7 29 Dar es ARU Salaam, Support/ 10/09/2018 21/09/2018 8 1 Tanzania Operations staff Training subtotal 27 36

Table 13 Strategic Engagements

No. of No of Institu Title/ Start Type Level Role End Date Periperi U partici Location Hosts tion Details Date represent pants

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Global STAG Working Group 30/08/ 31/09/ Geneva, Global SU Presenter 1 23 UNISDR on Capacity Building 2018 2018 Switzerland NEPAD ARCH – Technical USAID 29/08/ 29/08/ UDM meeting with Periperi U Host 2 3 headquarters Ardhi University 2018 2018 Universities in Maputo Executive 5th DiMSUR Executive 18/07/ 19/07/ Maputo DiMSUR/ Tana Board 1 30 Board Meeting 2018 2018 Mozambique UNHABITAT Meeting Regional member AWGDRR Regional Platform 04/09/ 05/09/ Yaoundé, UBuea Presenter 2 52 ECCAS for ECCAS 2018 2018 Cameroon Ardhi strategic meeting with 20/09/ 20/09/ Ardhi ARU World Food Programme Host 3 5 Ardhi University 2018 2018 University (WFP) Cape Town Consular Corps 17/09/ 17/09/ Stellenbosch Stellenbosch Local SU Presenter 2 30 Meeting 2018 2018 University University Meeting subtotal 113 Conseil National de Arab Science & Technology Expert/ 06/09/ 07/09/ Beirut 1 8 Recherche Advisory Group (Arab-STAG) Advisor 2018 2018 (Lebanon) Scientifique Workshop Regional USTHB Government of Arab Coordination Expert/ 12/09/ 13/09/ Tunisia, League of 1 40 Tunis (Tunisia) Mechanism DRR advisor 2018 2018 Arab states and UNISDR Workshop subtotal 48 Symposiu National UDM Risk Dynamics and 09/08/ 10/08/ Host 7 170 UDM UDM m Dimensions in Mozambique 2018 2018 Symposium subtotal 170 Strategic engagement total 361

8. Report on 13th Session of the Extended African Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction, Yaoundé, Cameroon (4-5 September, 2018)

On 5 September, Professor Sam Ayonghe and Mirabel Ntali (UBuea) attended the 13th Session of the Extended Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in Periperi U’s capacity as the representative organisation for science and academia on the continental body. This event was attended by 44 people (28 men and 16 women), including representatives from the AUC, RECs, UNISDR other UN entities, and other development partners.

Topics discussed during the 13th Session of the AWGDRR included: - Establishment of a Youth Advisory Board (YAB) on Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa Union. - Terms of Reference (TOR) African Science and Technology Advisory Group (A-STAG) - Programme of action for the implementation of the Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) in Africa. - Sovereign Disaster Risk Solutions through Risk Insurance. - Agriculture and Food Security in Africa. - Perperi-U update on AWG-DRR.

Periperi-U engagement at the meeting included participation in Working Group Three, focused on multi-hazard early warning and response; and DRR in fragile and conflict contexts.

Professor Ayonghe presented an update of progress in academic engagement in DRR across Africa. This covered: - Annual update 26 May 2017-25 May 2018 on consortium reach and progress. - Indicative feedback on tracer study. - Periperi U Advanced Risk Methods Schools. - Africa-Arab Regional Platform on DRR. - Progress in DRM post-graduate capacity building in Cameroon. - MSc Degree programme in Disaster Risk Management and Safety University of Buea, Cameroon. - Employment opportunities of the programme to graduates. - Partnering institutions (Expertise for Teaching, Research, Internships, Outreach activities etc.)