STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND INCREASING RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF CAYLLOMA, .

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OCTOBER 2018 – MARCH 2019

GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES FOR DISASTER RISK Project Title REDUCTION AND INCREASING RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITIES OF CAYLLOMA, AREQUIPA. Award number 72OFDA18GR00319 Registration number REQ-OFDA-18-000751 Start date September 01, 2018 Duration 12 months Country / region: / , province of Caylloma Reported period: October 2018 - March 2019 Date of report: April 24, 2019. Adventist Development and Relief Agency International - ADRA INTERNACIONAL Report for: Debra Olson, Program Manager, Program Implementation Unit. Nestor Mogollon, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. Adventist Development and Relief Agency Perú – ADRA Perú Víctor Huamán, project manager. Report by: cell phone: 51-997 555 483 - email: [email protected] Erick Quispe, local coordinator. cell phone: 51-966 315 430 - email: [email protected]

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The province of Caylloma has been suffering from natural disasters that disrupt local development and affect several thousand people, such as earthquakes, frequent heavy rains, floods, mudslides and rock falls; and additionally, since 2016 the Sabancaya volcano registers permanent eruptive activity that alerts the local community in Caylloma. In this scenario, the objective of the project is to integrate disaster risk management into institutional management tools of local governments, with the participation of the population and collaboration at the regional and national levels.

In the first semester of implementation, the project in sector 1 reached 60% of beneficiaries in subsector 1; and in sector 2 it reached 80.2% of beneficiaries for subsector 1, and 152% of beneficiaries for subsector 2, and subsector 3 considers only products for this report.

Some activities developed in the reporting period include: (1) ADRA Peru and ADRA International held an induction and training workshop in Lima for the project's technical and administrative team. (2) Recognition of the area of intervention and installation of a local office in the district of Chivay. (3) The Project adopted the short name "Allichakusun ante desastres", using the Quechua word Allichakusun (preparing in Spanish), so that local people can appropriate and identify with the Project. (4) Informative brochures, folders, banners, pencils, among other materials of visibility and sensitization were elaborated. (5) Communication and cooperation mechanisms were established with technical-scientific institutions of the region, regional and local authorities and leaders, arousing their interest and encouraging their involvement in the implementation of the project. (6) The project was presented at the provincial level with the participation of elected authorities and their officials. (7) The favorable opinion was obtained to register the project in the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation, through the management in the Regional Office of Planning, Budget and Territorial Ordinance of Arequipa, complying with the legal requirements and evaluation visit. (8) Workshops were held to present the project and raise awareness, promoting dialogue with local leaders and beneficiaries of the project, and training workshops were held for officials, authorities and local leaders. (9) Inter-institutional cooperation agreement was signed with the provincial government and local governments. Alliances were also formed with technical-scientific institutions of the Arequipa region (National Institute of Civil Defense - INDECI, National Center for Estimation, Prevention and Reduction of Disaster Risk - CENPRED, Geophysical Institute of Peru - IGP, and the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute - INGEMMET) for the development of capacities of local officials related to DRM. (10) With the support of technical-scientific institutions of the Arequipa region and the Provincial Municipality of Caylloma, local government officials and technicians were trained in disaster preparedness and response. (11) The field team received technical training on volcanic hazards from INGEMMET in Arequipa. (12) A local study of food processing and conservation practices for emergency situations is being advanced. (13) A communicational diagnosis was prepared, gathering information for the project's communication strategy. (14) Two communication groups of leaders, authorities and local officials were set up for joint planning and interventions in emergency response in the Province of Caylloma. (15) It is being promoted at provincial and regional levels to integrate DRM into municipal management instruments. (16) A second workshop of the technical and administrative team of the project was held in Arequipa, with the objective of measuring the progress of the project and strengthening the capacities of the team, leading as a result to readjustment of the project's DIP and Indicators. (17) Work strategies are being implemented in the face of external situations that are affecting the implementation of the project.

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2. PROJECT AREA INFORMATION

The installation of the field office in the town of Chivay, capital of the province of Caylloma, responds to a strategic location, the district of Chivay is a central point of connection between the districts located on each margin of the Colca (Left Bank: Yanque, Ichupampa, Achoma, Maca, Cabanaconde, and Huambo. Right bank: Coporaque, Lari, Madrigal) connecting them with the capital of the Arequipa Region. However, Chivay is far from two districts covered by the project, Huanca and Lluta, which are in an area outside the Colca Valley, with access from Figure 1: Location and access routes to districts of Caylloma Arequipa only, as shown in Figure 1. province, in the "Allichakusun ante desastres" project area.

The 12 districts of the in which the project is being implemented are located contiguously, immediately around the Sabancaya volcano, which remains active with constant eruptions and emission of ashes and gases, associated with seismic movements since November 2016, being considered by the IGP as a moderate activity that maintains an orange alert of risk for the local population.

3. RESULTS ACHIEVED

3.1 SUMMARY OF BENEFICIARIES REACHED BY THE TECHNICAL SECTOR

Target Reached in the % Reached in the TECHNICAL SECTOR For the reporting period reporting period reporting period (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) SECTOR 1 Subsector 1 25 15 60 % SECTOR 2 Sub-sector 1 650 521 80.2 % Sub-sector 2 150 228 152 % Sub-sector 3 0 0 0 PROJECT TOTAL 650 521 80.2%

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3.2 SECTOR 1: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

TECHNICAL SECTOR: Target Reached in the % Reached in For the reporting the reporting period reporting period SECTOR 1 - Subsector 1 (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) period Indicator 1: Number of months of household 0 0 0 food self-sufficiency as a result of improved agricultural production programming Indicator 2: Number of people directly 25 15 60 % benefiting from improving agricultural (3 women and production and/or food security activities 12 men) Indicator 3: Number of kg of food processed 0 0 0 and/or preserved using the techniques promoted by the project. Indicator 4: Percentage of attendees that are 0 0 0 applying the ancestral techniques of processing and conservation of foods.

Sub – Sector 1: Improving Agricultural Production/Food Security

Indicator 1: Number of months of household food self-sufficiency as a result of improved agricultural production programming This indicator will be measured at the end of the fourth quarter.

Indicator 2: Number of people directly benefiting from improving agricultural production and/or food security activities.

The project has identified and informed 15 community promoters (3 women and 12 men) in 4 districts (Achoma, Huambo, Yanque y Coporaque), who will lead the activities promoted by the project related to food security. The delay in the identification and training of promoters was due to external reasons such as: (1) large territory, dispersed districts and scarce transportation services in the area, (2) food security is not perceived as a necessity for the local population, (3) user boards or irrigation associations wait for support in genetic improvement, organic production and commercialization, (4) migration of residents to the city of Arequipa for studies or better job opportunities. In this context and considering the purpose of ensuring that the population of the province of Caylloma has food in an emergency or disaster, the selection of promoters and beneficiaries for this sector is made in the spaces of sensitization and/or training of Risk Management with local leaders and authorities identified. A directory of 75 local leaders and authorities (56 men and 19 women) related to the agricultural sector was elaborated, with which the 15 community promoters have been selected, reaching 60 per cent of what was planned for the semester. And work will continue in this sector with the identified leaders. In addition, the following strategy has been proposed to achieve the objectives of this sector: (1) Personalized attention of the districts by members of the team. (2) Integrate the issue of food security into the GRD. (3) Train beneficiaries in two groups of workshops, the first with topics on risk, emergency response, food storage and conservation; the second with topics developed by a specialist consultant on food security, agricultural food processing, and storage of agricultural

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products and/or seeds. (4) An exhibition fair and competition of beneficiaries who practice the techniques promoted by the project for the processing, conservation and storage of agricultural products.

Indicator 3: Number of kg of food processed and/or preserved using the techniques promoted by the project.

Progress has been made in studying food processing and preservation practices developed in seven selected districts. From this progress, some conclusions are presented that helped refine the intervention strategy for the Food Security sector: Formerly the products stored their food in "trojas" (warehouses stone and mud) inside a specific place of the house called pantry. The concept of pantry is maintained, however, the trojas are no longer built, but the products are stored in plastic or aluminum cylinders, the villagers say that this is the most effective means of protecting their products from the presence of pests and rodents. There are people who do not have enough resources to buy cylinders so they use sacks to store their products. The potato is the most difficult product to preserve and is stored in jute bags, also in the pantry. and few people who make chuño, a product obtained with the dehydration of the potato. Wheat, barley and beans, which are preserved in whole grain, or are ground and transformed into “moron” (roasted and ground barley), “machica” (barley flour, corn, cooked wheat and toasted), oat flakes, to then be marketed mainly in Arequipa. The corn is kept dry as whole grain in plastic cylinders.

Based on this study, the team plans to promote the best local food processing and storage practices that some families currently have.

Indicator 4: Percentage of attendees that are applying the ancestral techniques of processing and conservation of foods. This indicator will be measured at the end of the fourth quarter.

3.3 SECTOR 2: RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE

Sub – Sector 1: Building Community Awareness/Mobilization

TECHNICAL SECTOR: Target Reached in the % Reached in For the reporting the reporting period reporting period SECTOR 1 - Subsector 1 (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) period Indicator 1: Number of people participating in 500 443 88.6 % raising awareness events (135 women and 308 men) Indicator 2: Percentage of attendees at joint 5% (150) 78 52 % planning meetings who are from the local (15 women and community 63 men)

Indicator 1: Number of people participating in raising awareness events

Sensitization of the local population has been achieved through multiple activities, which interact with the population and promote their participation in disaster risk management. For this indicator, the following were counted and reported: people participating in joint planning meetings on how information transmission will work and on warning signs; leaders, officials, local government

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technicians who participated in presentation and operational plan workshops; and participants in the project's organized trainings. These events raised awareness among 443 beneficiaries (135 women and 308 men) in the Caylloma Provincial Municipality. Through a survey, applied to 70 inhabitants of 7 districts of the Colca Valley, it has been identified that there are two radio stations at the provintial level which have the largest audience. From this study it can be identified that the radio is the most used means of communication by the population, and the time during which most people tune in is between the hours of 4:00 am to 10:00 am. Also, local people prefer to participate in training sessions on weekends in the afternoon. Another communication tool used by the Municipalities are loudspeakers and horns.

Taking into account the calendar of local holidays, the implementation of the communication strategy is scheduled for the months of May to August, as during this time there is a concentration of many people in public places. Part of the communication strategy targets authorities, the population and schools to promote DRR activities.

Since February, the Predes website (http://www.predes.org.pe/) has a space where the project's activities have been disseminated (short URL: https://bit.ly/2UqOrX3). Likewise, through the institutional social networks ADRA Peru (web.facebook.com/adraperu/) and Predes (web.facebook.com/predes.org/) the activities of the project are being disseminated. Also part of the activities of the project are published in written media of Regional and Local level.

The Project adopted the short name "Allichakusun ante desastres" (which means "let's prepare for disasters"), using the Quechua word Allichakusun, so that local people can appropriate and identify with the Project. With this brand name "Allichakusun ante desastres", visibility and awareness-raising materials were developed, such as: informative brochure, folder, banner, pencils, among others.

Indicator 2: Percentage of attendees at joint planning meetings who are from the local community.

Two communication groups have been set up through WhatsApp for the interaction of leaders, authorities and officials of the province of Caylloma for planning and joint interventions in response to emergency heavy rains from the dissemination of information generated by technical-scientific organizations in the region. These groups have the active participation of 80 people (15 women and 65 men). In addition, this medium facilitates the monitoring of the application of good practices in risk management promoted by the project at the local and provincial levels.

Two coordination meetings were held with the Geological Mining-Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET), an entity that, through the INGEMMET Vulcanological Observatory (OVI), disseminates volcano monitoring information by email and cell phone to the monitoring module of the Regional Emergency Operations Center (COER) and to mayors of the districts within the volcano's sphere of influence. Four meetings were held with the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) in order to get to know the activities and studies that are being developed with respect to the monitoring of the Sabancaya volcano and seismic activity in the province of Caylloma. The IGP has an application for cell phones (VOLCANES PERU) that informs about the eruptive behavior of the Sabancaya volcano. Two meetings were held with the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (SENAMHI) to get to know the information it generates about the Sabancaya volcano, and the climatic and hydrological monitoring in the Arequipa region, which defines the direction of the ashes emitted by the Sabancaya volcano, SENAMHI emits meteorological warnings of precipitation and temperature, through the internet, social networks and text messages to cell phones.

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Meetings were held with the heads of the Decentralized Direction of INDECI Arequipa and the Office of Civil Defense of the Regional Government of Arequipa, with whom training related to DRM was managed and developed. Sub – Sector 2: Capacity Building and Training

TECHNICAL SECTOR: Target Reached in the % Reached in For the reporting the reporting period reporting period SECTOR 2 - Subsector 2 (Beneficiaries) (Beneficiaries) period Indicator 1: Number of people trained in 150 228 152 % disaster preparedness, risk reduction and (43 women y management. 185 men) Indicator 2: Number of people passing final 0 113 47% of the target exams or receiving certificates (23 women y 90 programmed for men) the third quarter Indicator 3: Percentage of people trained who 0 0 0 retain skills and knowledge after two months

Indicator 1: Number of people trained in disaster preparedness, risk reduction and management.

There are 228 trained beneficiaries (43 women y 185 men), surpassing the goal of 150 for the semester, reaching 152% of the semester goal. For this indicator, those trained have been counted only once, even though one person has received more than one training. Some of them are local leaders, technical secretaries, officials, mayors, and other officials trained in prevention, disaster preparedness, risk reduction, and management. This goal includes all participants who belong to the Caylloma Province, including some participants who are not from the 12 selected districts, reaching leaders and officials from the 20 districts of the province, strengthening the technical capacity at the level of the Province of Caylloma, detailed below:

A workshop was held to present the project "Allichakusum ante los desastres" (Allichakusum in the face of disasters) and to provide training in Reactive Management for elected officials of the Province of Caylloma, organized with the regional government of Arequipa, INDECI Arequipa, the provincial municipality of Caylloma and the project "Allichakusum ante los desastres" (Allichakusum in the face of disasters). Regional representatives of IGP, INGEMMET, and CENEPRED participated. In this event 71 people were trained among authorities and officials (62 men and 9 women) from 15 District Municipalities of the province of Caylloma. A workshop was held to present the project "Allichakusum ante los desastres" (Allichakusum in the face of disasters) and to train 19 sub-prefects (17 men and 2 women) from 18 districts of the province of Caylloma. The theoretical-practical trainings reinforced the capacities related to Disaster Risk Management and EDAN Peru. Training workshops were held for 55 leaders, officials and authorities (20 women and 35 men) from Achoma, Maca, Ichupampa and Yanque districts in the province of Caylloma. The workshops made it possible to disseminate the project's operations plan, basic concepts of Disaster Risk Management, as well as the analysis of risks present in the area of each district municipality. A training workshop was held on Tools for Disaster Risk Management and Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN Peru), with the participation of 48 people (11 women and 37 men), including authorities and officials from 19 District Municipalities of the Province of Caylloma. The training workshop for the National Information System for Response and Rehabilitation (SINPAD) and for the Management of an Emergency Operations Centre (COE) was held, with 39

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participants (9 women and 30 men), including authorities and officials from 15 District Municipalities of the Province of Caylloma. The training workshop on Technical Assistance for the Financial Strategy for Disaster Risk Management was held with the Provincial Municipality of Caylloma, the Ministry of Economy and Finance from the public budget area, and the Deconcentrated Directorate of INDECI Arequipa, focused on the management of Budget Line 068 "Vulnerability Reduction and Emergency Attention due to Disasters" and the access mechanisms to the "Fund for Interventions before the Occurrence of Natural Disasters" (FONDES), considering the Declaration of State of Emergency of some Districts of the Province of Caylloma. Thirty-five municipal officials (five women and 30 men) from 17 district municipalities belonging to the province of Caylloma were trained.

Indicator 2: Number of people passing final examinations or receiving certificates.

The trainings carried out with scientific technical institutions, allow to grant certification of the participants that pass the corresponding evaluations, the approving qualification is 14 out of 20 points. In this sense, 113 participants of 3 training workshops were certified: (1) in Tools for Disaster Risk Management and Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN PERU), in total 39 certified persons (9 women and 30 men), (2) in National Information System for Response and Rehabilitation (SINPAD) and Management of an Emergency Operations Center (COE), with 39 certified persons (9 women and 30 men), and (3) in Technical Assistance for the Financial Strategy for Disaster Risk Management with 35 certified persons (5 women and 30 men) who passed the evaluations of the training workshop. This goal includes all participants who belong to the Caylloma Province, including some participants who are not from the 12 selected districts, strengthening the technical capacity at the level of the Province of Caylloma.

Indicator 4: Percentage of people trained who retain skills and knowledge after two months This indicator has not been measured for the reporting period.

Sub – Sector 3: Policy and Planning

Target TECHNICAL SECTOR: For the reporting Reached in the % Reached in period reporting period the reporting SECTOR 2 - Subsector 3 (Products/ (Beneficiaries) period Beneficiaries) Indicator 1: Number of hazard risk reduction 0 0 0 plans, strategies, policies, disaster preparedness, and contingency plans developed and in place. Indicator 2: Number of people participating in 0 0 0 discussions regarding national risk reduction strategies as a result of the program Indicator 3: National and local risk assessment, 2 studies 0 0 hazards data and vulnerability information is available within targeted areas (Y/N) Indicator 4: Number of community 0 0 0 representatives and stakeholders involved in the development of plans, policies, and strategies.

Indicator 1: Number of hazard risk reduction plans, strategies, policies, disaster preparedness, and contingency plans developed and in place.

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This indicator will be measured from the third quarter onwards.

Indicator 2: Number of people participating in discussions regarding national risk reduction strategies as a result of the program. This indicator will be measured from the third quarter onwards.

Indicator 3: National and local risk assessment, hazards data and vulnerability information is available within targeted areas (Y/N)

Compliance with this indicator has not been achieved due to the following limitations, which have affected the planning and diagnosis of the risk study: (1) the start of the project in a context of change of authorities and officials at different levels of government. (2) There were changes of officials responsible for Civil Defense or GRD at district, provincial and regional levels, even changing the person responsible for Civil Defense in the Arequipa region up to 03 times this year, not having a valid interlocutor. (3) The Regional Government is not giving due attention to reactive management nor to foresight. Also, it is foreseen that these limitations could affect the execution of other activities programmed by the project, such as: the implementation of the Early Warning System (EWS) of the Sabancaya volcano in the province of Caylloma, the promotion of the EWS in the Arequipa region, and other project activities that are articulated with the regional government level.

Considering the time, project resources, and limitations mentioned, it is proposed to change this indicator to 01 risk study and risk scenarios that will be carried out at a Provincial level, with reference to the regional level, on hazards, vulnerability and risk, available at regional, provincial and district levels, since by aligning the risk study at a regional level, it is considered that this regional level is also aligned with the national level.

In order to achieve this indicator, work meetings were held with the scientific institutions INGEMMET, IGP and SENAMHI to learn about and compile the studies developed on the Sabancaya volcano and geological studies of the province of Caylloma. Likewise, a meeting was held with the Municipal Manager and the Manager of Planning and Budget of the Provincial Municipality of Caylloma to schedule meetings of the Working Group for Disaster Risk Management with activities that promote the need for the provincial risk study that will develop the project.

Indicator 4: Number of community representatives and stakeholders involved in the development of plans, policies, and strategies

In coordination with the management of Planning and Budget of the Provincial Municipality of Caylloma they identified the municipal management documents, finding that the Concerted Development Plan was updated last year, but pending the updating of the Institutional Operational Plan (POI) and the Institutional Strategic Plan (PEI).

3.4 BASELINE STUDY

The Responsible Consultant team, accompanied by the field team, has visited each district in order to obtain key information for the implementation of the Project. Up to now data collection in the field (surveys, interviews and focus groups discussions) have been completed. The external consultant team is aggregating and analyzing the data collected to prepare the first draft of the baseline report that is due on May 23, 2019.

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4. PARTIAL CONCLUSIONS

A. In the first semester of implementation, the project in sector 1 reached 60 % of beneficiaries in subsector 1; and in sector 2 it reached 80.2 % of beneficiaries for subsector 1, and 152 % of beneficiaries for subsector 2, and subsector 3 considers only products for this report. B. Some local and regional situations were found that limit and delay the project, however, the field team has been designing strategies to achieve the proposed objectives. Both cases have been presented in the description of indicator 2 of subsector 1, sector 1; and in indicator 3, of subsector 2, sector 2. C. Good relations have been established with the provincial and district authorities, as well as with the main actors and organizations of the population. Also, good relations have been established with the technical-scientific institutions of the region, and with the decentralized directorates of INDECI and the liaison office of CENEPRED.

5. LESSONS LEARNED

5.1 ACCOMPANIMENT OF TRAINED PERSONS

Capacity building work goes beyond training itself. Accompanying trained people in the application of what they have learned allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of the training process.

5.2 DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IS A TRANSVERSAL COMPONENT

Disaster Risk Management (DRM) is a cross-cutting component of a Society's Sustainable Development and not an isolated component. This understanding helps the Project to articulate its training offer with the needs of the Municipalities. It is then that the Project develops an advisory role with the capacity to provide timely responses to training needs in DRM. Having a full-time person to advocate helps to better link with organisations involved in DRM.

6. BEST PRACTICES

6.1 INTER-AGENCY ALLIANCES

Forming inter-institutional alliances with DDI INDECI Arequipa, CENEPRED Arequipa and scientific organizations at the regional and national levels is a valuable strategy for the implementation of the Project and to respond in a timely manner to the accompaniment needs of Local Governments.

6.2 USE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

To set up a Whatsapp group made up of representatives from scientific institutions and authorities / officials from the Provincial and District Municipalities has shown effectiveness in responding to emergencies presented by heavy rains. The challenge now is to promote that the heads of Civil Defense can assume a leading role in the management of this tool. In addition, for greater effectiveness, it is necessary to link this tool with a web repository that facilitates access to key information in a timely manner.

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7. SUCCESS STORY

DRM is now a municipal policy:

From any part of the Achoma district, Caylloma province, you can see the ashes thrown by the Sabancaya volcano. For Trifón Yanque Flores, administrator of the Achoma district municipality, the eruptive process of the volcano is not the only danger that worries the population, but also the earthquakes, landslides and landslides, which in previous years have caused significant damage. He comments that before the project's intervention, his knowledge of disaster risk Figure 2: Trifón Yanque, participating in an management (DRM) was almost nil, in addition to “Allichakusun ante desastres” training. this, the authorities did not give him the necessary importance in this issue. "We are not really prepared. We did not know how to carry out damage assessments in order to ask for humanitarian aid for the affected person and families, or to prepare and request the intervention of a project", emphasizes Trifón Yanque, while emphasizing that now they know how to handle all these procedures, thanks to the training and guidance received by the project "Allichakusun ante desastres" (getting ready for disasters). Trifón, in addition to his role as administrator, has assumed the position of head of Civil Defense, a position that has allowed him to change the focus of how disaster risk management processes should be applied in his district municipality. He assumes that GRD is now a cross-cutting municipal policy in district development. The accompaniment of project specialists, he says, supports him in continuing to institutionalize these issues and enable him to do an efficient job focused on reducing disaster risks in the district and responding appropriately to an emergency or disaster.