13th Health Disaster Coordinator’s Meeting Kapok Hotel July 1-3, 2008, Trinidad and Tobago A Framework for Regional Disaster Management Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy and Programming Framework Andria Grosvenor Technical Manager, Preparedness and Country Support CDERA Coordinating Unit, Barbados PRESENTATION OVERVIEW Introduction to CDERA The Caribbean Hazard Landscape CDM – A Regional Framework for Disaster Management Mainstreaming CDM in the health sector INTRODUCTION TO CDERA Introduction to CDERA CDERA was established in 1991 through an Agreement of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community . CDERA is Responsible for 16 Participating States . CDERA Coordinates the Regional Response Mechanism (RRM) in the Caribbean . CDERA is the Champion for Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) in the Caribbean Region CDERA PARTICIPATING STATES THE CARIBBEAN HAZARD LANDSCAPE TheThe CaribbeanCaribbean HazardHazard LandscapeLandscape . Caribbean region is very prone to natural hazards . Climate variability and change likely to increase frequency and severity of hydro meteorological events . Increased exposure to natural hazards within the last two decades . Increasing value of losses across all economic sectors – tourism, agriculture, housing, infrastructure . Disruption to social infrastructure, loss of livelihoods – links to poverty Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards Natural Hazards Human Induced Hurricanes Fires Oil Spills Floods Chemical Explosions Drought Epidemic Earthquakes Water Pollution Volcanoes Insurrection Landslides Theft and robberies Tsunamis Accidents Bomb Threats Kidnappings Experiences Clarendon Jamaica Flood Event, May 2002 (Acknowledgement JDF) Grenada, Hurricane Lenny 1999 The collapsed steeple of the Portsmouth Roman Catholic Church, Dominica November 2007 Hazards and Caribbean reality . Three times more disasters in 1990’s than in the 1970’s . Hazard impacts every 4 ½ years . 40 events a year . US$ 3 billion losses CDM – A REGIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT What is CDM? Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) is the management of all hazards through all phases of the disaster management cycle – prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation by all peoples public and private sectors, all segments of civil society and the general population in hazard prone areas. CDM involves risk reduction & management and integration of vulnerability assessment into the development planning process. (CDERA 2001, 2006) CDM - A Paradigm Shift Reactive Anticipatory Disaster Office Shared Responsibility FROM: a focus on individual hazards TO: viewing hazard exposure as an ongoing process and aims to reduce vulnerability across all sectors (CGCED 2002) CDM Benefits . Emphasizes natural hazard risk reduction . Promotes a “culture of safety” . Recognizes that strengthening disaster preparedness for better response is critical . Encourages strategic partner alliances . Advocates for empowering of sector partners to (take responsibility) and lead dissemination and advocacy with their constituency CDM and DRR Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) The conceptual framework of elements considered with the possibilities to minimize vulnerabilities and disaster risks throughout a society, to avoid (prevention) or to limit (mitigation and preparedness) the adverse impacts of hazards, within the broad context of sustainable development. (ISDR) CDM includes disaster risk reduction Experiences have revealed that … “Each natural disaster leaves in its wake an overwhelming volume of evidence of how planning and investment decisions contribute to vulnerability ” Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Revisiting the Challenge CGCED 2002 CDM in context of Global and Regional Agendas Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 CARICOM Regional Programming Framework Caribbean Single Market and Economy St. George’s Declaration CDM Strategy Summary Goal Regional Sustainable Development enhanced through Comprehensive Disaster Management Purpose To strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for the mitigation, management and coordinated response to natural and anthropological hazards, and the effects of climate change CDM Framework 2007- 2012 - OUTCOMES 1. Enhanced institutional support for CDM Program implementation at national and regional levels 2. An effective mechanism and programme for management and sharing of CDM knowledge is established and utilized for decision making 3. Comprehensive Disaster Management has been mainstreamed at national levels and incorporated into key sectors of national economies (including tourism, health, education, infrastructure, planning and agriculture) 4. Enhanced community resilience in CDERA states/ territories to mitigate and respond to the adverse effects of climate variability and change and disasters RBM CDM STRATEGY AND FRAMEWORK GOAL Regional Sustainable Development enhanced through Comprehensive Disaster Management PURPOSE ‘To strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for mitigation, management, and coordinated response to natural and technological hazards, and the effects of climate change. OUTCOME 1: OUTCOME 2: OUTCOME 3: OUTCOME 4: Enhanced institutional support for CDM An effective mechanism and programme Comprehensive Disaster Management has Enhanced community resilience in CDERA Program implementation at national and for management of comprehensive disaster been mainstreamed at national levels and states/ territories to mitigate and respond to regional levels management knowledge has been incorporated into key sectors of national the adverse effects of climate change and established economies (including tourism, health and disasters agriculture) 1.1 National Disaster Organizations are 2.1 Establishment of a Regional Disaster 3.1 CDM is recognised as the road map for 4.1 Preparedness, response and mitigation strengthened for supporting CDM Risk Reduction Network to include a building resilience and Decision-makers in capacity (technical and managerial) is implementation and a CDM program is Disaster Risk Reduction Centre and other the public and private sectors understand enhanced among public, private and civil developed for implementation at the centres of excellence for knowledge and take action on Disaster Risk sector entities for local level management national level sharing and management in the region Management and response 1.2 CDERA CU is strengthened and 2..2 Infrastructure for fact-based policy 4.2 Improved coordination and restructured for effectively supporting the and decision making is 3.2 Disaster Risk Management capacity collaboration between community disaster adoption of CDM in member countries established/enhanced enhanced for lead sector agencies, organizations and other research/data National and regional insurance entities, partners including climate change entities and financial institutions. for undertaking comprehensive disaster management 1.3 Governments of participating states/ 2.3 Improved understanding and 3.3 Hazard information and Disaster Risk 4.3 Communities more aware and territories support CDM and have knowledge sharing on priority hazards Management is integrated into sectoral knowledgeable on disaster management integrated CDM into national policies and policies, laws, development planning and and related procedures including safer strategies operations, and decision-making (in the building techniques tourism, health and agriculture sectors, planning and infrastructure 1.4 Donor programming integrates CDM 2.4 Existing educational and training 3.4 Sectoral Prevention, Preparedness and 4.4 Standardized holistic and gender- into related environmental, climate change materials for Disaster Risk Reduction and Response/Mitigation Procedures sensitive community methodologies for and disaster management programming in Disaster Management are standardized in developed and Implemented (in the natural and anthropogenic hazard the region. the region. tourism, health and agriculture, planning identification and mapping, vulnerability and infrastructure assessments and early warning systems developed and applied in selected communities. 1.5 Improved coordination at national and 2.5 A Strategy and curriculum for building 4.5 Early Warning Systems for disaster risk regional levels for disaster management a culture of safety is established in the reduction enhanced at the community and region national levels 1.6 Capacity for monitoring, evaluation and reporting is built Key Issues Links with regional and national agendas and authorities Mainstream disaster management in policy, strategy and programmes Broaden partnerships and encourage participation Integrate Risk Management Skills in Education and Community Services CDM AND HEALTH SECTOR IN THE CARIBBEAN CDM and the Energy Infrastructure GOAL Regional Sustainable Development through CDM PURPOSE ‘To strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for mitigation, management, and coordinated response to natural and technological hazards, and the effects of climate change. OUTCOME 1: OUTCOME 2: OUTCOME 3: OUTCOME 4: Enhanced An effective Disaster Risk Enhanced institutional mechanism and Management has community support for CDM programme for been resilience in Program management of mainstreamed at CDERA states/ implementation at comprehensive national levels territories to national and disaster and incorporated mitigate and regional levels management into key sectors respond to the knowledge has of national