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September 2011 Issue.Pub United Nations Development Programme in Nepal w Empowered Lives. no Resilient Nations. In The K Issue 57 September 2011 News of the Month National Emergency Centre better prepared for emergencies Within minutes of the 6.8 Richter scale earthquake on the evening of Sunday18 September that jolted Nepal and part of India, China and Bhutan, the newly established National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) in Kathmandu sprang into action. Soon after the incident, the NEOC made radio contacts with the hospitals in Kathmandu valley to alert them about the possible influx of injured and ordered all security agencies (Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police) to respond immediately. The NEOC was activated at level three, which means the disaster required a coordinated response of ministries and National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) selected members of Disaster Management Office in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA). Within an hour, senior officials from MoHA, including the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs and all liaison officers from security agencies reported to NEOC. The centre contacted the Chief District Officers (CDOs) to collect information about the impact of the disaster and provided guidance and support for response. At 20:00 hours a press release was sent to all major media stations updating them on the situation and response. The following day the NEOC continued to gather information on deaths, injuries and infrastructure damage and distribute information to the media. A meeting of the Central Natural Disaster Relief Committee (CNDRC) also was organised at the NEOC the same day and recommended the cabinet to provide additional support to victims apart from current approved Government provisions. Since 2005 with funding from the European Commission and Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), UNDP has been helping to build the Government and civil society capacities to reduce the risk from natural disasters and to deal with their aftermath. A new initiative for 2009 was supporting the Ministry of Home Affairs to establish a central Emergency Operation Centre to coordinate the Government’s response to natural disasters. The EOC was established with financial support from the Government of Australia through AusAID, technical support from UNDP, Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, UN’s Department for Safety & Security (UNDSS) and the World Food Programme (WFP). The NEOC’s Disaster Information Management System is supported by the Government of Nepal‘s High Level Commission on Information Technology. In 2011, following the establishment of NEOC, 11 District Emergency Operations Centers were established and equipped for coordinating the response mechanism at the district level. As Nepal lies on a high risk seismic zone, the country, especially Kathmandu is ranked among 21 cities most vulnerable to quakes. If mega disaster strikes the country, it will have to rely on international assistance to stage the initial and crucial part of humanitarian operations. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Robert Piper stated that there has been a lot of progress compared to few years ago, “Now we have a much higher level of preparedness and awareness at the districts level than we have ever had before but while the systems are getting better we still are badly equipped.” P AGE 2 I N THE KNOW News from the field Danida, UNDP add facilities for Election Commission The Danida’s Human Rights and Good Governance Programme (HUGOU) and UNDP have signed a cost sharing agreement of US$ 230,000 for the construction of Electoral Asset Store (warehouse) facilities at the premises of the Election Commission Nepal through the UNDP Electoral Support Project (ESP). UNDP has also contributed US$ 89,900 for the construction of the warehouse which will be utilised for safekeeping of about 3600 voter registration kits (laptops, webcam, finger prints equipment) that were procured during the Voter List with Photograph Programme. The warehouse will also store additional electoral materials and equipments. The scope of the proposed facility also includes construction of an assembly area for electoral kits, a vehicle parking area along with soft landscaping around the warehouse building. Women in Kamdi benefit from new Maternity Service Centre Government health post in the same premises New Maternity Service Centre Birthing room inside the centre A Maternity Service Centre has been constructed in ward number 9 of Kamdi Village Development Committee in Banke, Nepalgunj with the support of Local Governance Community Development Programme (LGCDP). Earlier in Kamdi, citizens only had a Government run health post which really did not cater to the needs of maternity services. It was difficult for women for regular check ups and emergency deliveries. Now, altogether 1795 households will be receiving maternity services from this centre. The Maternity Service Centre was constructed at the total cost of Rs. 1,222,702 (US$ 16, 302) out of which LGCDP contributed Rs. 917,027, the District Development Committee (DDC) contributed Rs. 122,270 while the Village Development Committee (VDC) contributed Rs. 61, 135 and the communities contributed labour worth Rs. 168,158. The LGCDP is a joint a joint multi donor funded programme implemented by the Ministry of Local Development supported by 6 UN agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, UNCDF, UNV, UNFPA, UN Women) in all the 75 districts of Nepal. The support of 6 UN agencies has helped to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion issues into decentralization processes in the local Government. On income generation front, the main micro-enterprises adopted by the community are agriculture, livestock and small businesses like shops. Transboundary meeting for conservation A transboundary meeting was organised between the senior officials of the Bardia National Park in Nepal and officials of Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in India to strengthen local level understanding and cooperation on conservation issues. The Bardia National Park lies in close proximity of Katerniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary of India and these two protected area systems are connected through Khata forest corridor and Karnali river flood plain. In the meeting, the participants discussed about increasing movement of wild elephants and recent incidences of crop and property damages at Bhimapur village of Rajapur area towards the Nepal side and possible ways to curb the problem. Both the parties agreed on solving water logging issues, establishing cooperation in conservation works, preventing illegal timber collection and action against poaching activities. Growing evidences suggest that conservation of mega species such as tigers, elephants and rhinoceroses are not sufficient if the conservation work is confined within the protected areas only. They must extend to greater landscape level beyond the boundaries of protected areas and beyond the political boundaries. The UNDP supported Western Terai Landscape Complex Project (WTLCP) is supporting to coordinate and facilitate such meetings and is working to reduce conflict between human and wildlife by enhancing transboundary cooperation at all levels— from community to policy level. P AGE 3 I N T HE K NOW News from the field Managing solid waste through public private partnership Until few years ago the sanitation situation of Biratnagar Municipality, a major industrial hub and the second largest city in Nepal was in a bad condition. Garbage was left in the open in public places. The Municipality was not able to provide a door-to-door collection service or sanitary disposal of solid wastes. According to the city data for 2008 Biratnagar, this densely populated city with 22 wards produces about 55 tons of garbage everyday. The institutionalized form of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Nepal started with the Ministry of Local Development executed and UNDP funded Public-Private Municipality Office in Biratnagar, Morang Partnerships for Urban Environment (PPPUE) project in 2002. Until the initiation of PPPUE, the concept and utility of the PPP approach in the provision of basic services and infrastructure was not clear in Nepal. The PPPUE project and its partners have raised awareness of the potential of public private partnerships at both local and national levels and have gone a long way in creating an enabling environment for PPPs in local urban service delivery with increased access of the poor to basic services. With this initiation, the Biratnagar Municipality became the first Municipality as such to involve private sector in solid waste management services in the city. Currently, the entire solid waste management in Biratnagar is handled by ‘Health Private sector cleaning operation in residential area and Peace for Environment’. This private operator is responsible for all levels of waste handling, from primary collection of wastes from streets, commercial areas and households until the final disposal takes place. Mani Dahal, vice chairperson in the company operating in the city for about 5 months says, “The main functions carried out by us are household collection of wastes, street sweeping, roadside drain cleaning, removal of dead animals, recruitment and training of waste management for staff, public and local residents. Altogether we are collecting garbage from 1365 households and have plans to cover 4000 households within the year.” The private operator collects fees from the households to cover operational and Garbage collection from the city area administrative costs of the
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