3P CONSORTIUM PREPARING COMMUNITIES Newsletter, 2020 nder the 3P Consortium, and with support of Danish Red Cross and Austrian Red Cross experts, volun- teers and staff of the Ukrainian Red “As a humanitarian community whose focus has been Cross Society (URCS) have comple- dedicated to meeting the “needs of today”, we have ted a full cycle of trainings to prepare perhaps given insufficient consideration of the potential Uand train communities to industrial and environ- risks faced by the communities we serve,” Alice Armanni mental risks along the Line of Contact. Sequi, Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of In October, the most active community repre- Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in , on the sentatives of Kodema village ( )re- ceived first aid training. Altogether 10 participan- occasion of the Mind the Gap! Conference in Kyiv on 23 ts gained vital knowledge from Red Cross first October 2019. aid instructors. As a next step, the participants / active members of the community gained skills he decaying industry of Eastern Ukraine crea- in psychological first aid. As the last step in the tes the ground for ecological and human disas- preparedness curriculum, 2 representatives of ter, which could be triggered by the ongoing Kodema village took part in a three-day commu- conflict at any time. Daily shelling along the nity-based disaster risk management workshop contact line occurs in the proximity of chemical in Svyatogorsk on how to prepare emergency On December 3, URCS’ team gathered with enterprises, critical water, utility and other ha- response plans at the community level. During motivated village members to finalize the plan and Tzardous infrastructure. Moreover, incidents occurring on the workshop organized by the Red Cross with discuss preparedness of the population to respond one side of the contact line can have impact on popula- direct support of 3P partner IMPACT Initiatives, to various emergencies. Now, thanks to the deve- tions and systems on both sides of the contact line. Unless it was not only possible to identify what biological loped documents, residents will be able to quickly appropriate steps are taken, hazards such as the flooding and chemical hazards prevail around Kodema, receive information about emergency situations of mines and shelling that regularly occurs close to chemi- but also to prepare a draft community emergency when they occur, including instructions on how to cal facilities and key water infrastructure have the potential preparedness plan for the residents of the area. act/react and – in case of a large emergency – even to trigger a large-scale ecological disaster, putting the po- organize an evacuation on their own. pulation and economy of the region at risk. With support from the EU, tools and skills were A group of international and local Non-Governmental thus provided to 430 villagers in 2019 – they can Organizations (NGOs), brought together under the Eu- villages become now reduce the impact of different harmful situa- ropean Union (EU) funded 3P Consortium and working 25 prepared for emergencies tions on their communities. This is especially rele- jointly with local authorities in conflict-affected regions, is vant in the context of the ongoing armed conflict in working to Prevent, Prepare and Protect (3P) communi- Eastern Ukraine. ties. 430 villagers with more awareness of responding As a first step, the 3P Consortium organized the “Mind to emergency situations the Gap” Conference on October 23, 2019 to raise awa- reness and discuss the current situation as pertains to conflict and industrial risks in Eastern Ukraine. The confe- rence brought together a wide variety of stakeholders en- Deepening existing relations with emergency services 30,000 people will be covered by community gaged in civil protection and/or the management of indus- responding to conflict-related incidents in front-line rainos, contingency plans trial sites in Ukraine, including local authorities who daily ACTED also provided technical support in preparation of face industrial risks exacerbated by the conflict in Eastern live simulation organized by Popasna raion administration Ukraine. Through three panel discussions, speakers rai- on November 7, 2019. The simulation took four months sed awareness on existing industrial risks and the specific to organize and, in the end, brought together more than vulnerabilities of the conflict-affected population. 200 direct participants and 21 pieces of equipment. This The detailed and thoughtful discussions at the confe- large scale event was only possible thanks to the close rence will support support the 3P Consortium’s engage- cooperation of everyone involve, including the Luhansk ment with local and national authorities, communities, en- oblast administration, SESU in Luhansk oblast, Popasna terprises and partners to develop mitigation plans to those raion administration and Emergency Response Team of risks. These plans will allow the relevant stakeholders to 3P Partner the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS). To understand clearly the potential consequences of disas- everyone’s satisfaction, the live simulation was considered ters, actions needed to lower the risk of a disaster happe- a success by representatives of the central apparatus of ning or steps to be taken to decrease its impacts. State Emergency Services of Ukraine( SESU) in Kyiv.

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As 2020 starts, time has come to review he 3P Consortium’s activities to Prevent, Prepare and Protect (3P) communities some of the progress made by the 3P Con- and infrastructure from industrial and sortium in 2019, including on the analytical ecological risks as well as measures side. During the last few months of 2019, taken by local authorities are enabled – IMPACT Initiatives’ Geographic Informa- or limited – by the processes laid down tion Systems (GIS) team in Ukraine was Tin the existing legal framework. To support the es- busy on several fronts, preparing a report tablishment of effective disaster risk reduction nor- mative acts in Ukraine, Right to protection (R2P) is on area-based risk assessment for Popas- conducting a complex legal analysis to identify gaps na raion (to be published in 2020), advo- and overlaps in the existing laws as well as to re- cating for an area-based risk approach commend global best practices. understanding disaster risk, and conduc- Since September 2019 R2P organized 7 meetings ting technical workshops for partners and with local authorities and first responders in communities. and Luhansk oblast to learn firsthand about their is- As per this discussion, potential ways forward sues, ideas and suggestions. Given that those peo- RISK DATA REPOSITORY for improving the current environmental situation in ple are dealing daily with such issues, it is crucial to Ukraine discussed at the Forum could include the One of the large and important steps in involve them in the process. Informed by those con- inclusion of questions pertaining to ecological se- In Focus: The Area-Based Risk Asses- objects of the risk assessment undertaken by IMPACT sultations, R2P specialists analyzed over 25 laws, curity into a new National Security Strategy 18 sub-laws and regulation which regulate the environ- sment (ABRA) conducted by IMPACT in metallurgic industry is collecting geospatial data concerning ha- R2P experts also engaged various stakeholders mental and civil protection sectors. The legal analy- on topics of importance to Donbas and the risk of an Popasna raion is currently being finalized. zards, assets, vulnerabilities and risks pre- The resulting report looks at industrial, en- sis will result in a white book with recommendations ecological and/or industrial disaster in conflict-af- sent in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. As of which will be advocated for with Ministries, Verkhov- vironmental, and conflict-related hazards fected regions at a number of events held in the last now, database contains information on the na Rada, the Office of the President and others. few months of 2019, including public discussions, in the area. ABRA will be a resource for 111 mines following hazards: 111 mines, 30 objects of R2P experts are also conducting extensive advo- roundtables, radio broadcasts, and other fora. local-level risk management activities and chemical and coking industry, 18 objects of cacy work on the above issues. For example, R2P’s This engagement forms part of the 3P Consor- legal analyst participated in the high-level forum Fo- advocacy. Main findings were already metallurgic industry and 24 objects of ma- tium’s overarching approach to information disse- 24 objects of rum “Ednannia” (“Unity” Forum) which was held in mination and advocacy, whereby partners aim to presented at “Mind the Gap!” conference, chinery industry. Information on power and and the Forum of Donbas Reintegration machinery industry city on October 30, 2019 where she contri- raise awareness of the disaster risk in conflict areas electricity infrastructure, conflict incidence, buted to the new vision for the reintegration and de- among local, national and international actors. and Environmental Partnership Forum. and fire frequency will also form part of this velopment of Donbas and the whole of Ukraine, and database. to find new ways to unify Ukraine. R2P used this ex- cellent opportunity to present some of the ecological objects of chemical issues affecting Donbas and encouraged dialogue DID YOU KNOW? 30 around possible solutions to these issues. and coking industry that the most frequent reason of fire in Popasna raion is smoking? (Data provided by State Emergency Services, 2014-2019 “Ecological migrants - this is a conditionally yy.) PARTICIPATORY RISK MAPPING named people who can become residents of IMPACT is also providing hands-on Donetsk and Luhansk regions in case of ecological Most frequent reasons of fire training for users of risk information: 3 catastrophe in Donbas. The region was quite Luhansk oblast, % workshops were conducted for Red Cross problematic even before the conflict from the

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