Risk Identification at GFDRR The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery enables solutions to improve the availability of relevant natural disaster risk information. Why Risk Identification Matters Recognizing, assessing, and understanding risk are the Over first steps toward reducing the effects of natural hazards and disasters. Many risk assessments are too technical or too broad to answer the questions that decision makers 160 million face. By developing information for a purpose, sharing it people in 60 countries gained widely, and communicating it well, policymakers and the improved access to risk information public can better understand their disaster risks, prepare through GFDRR-supported national for them, and reduce their effects through planning and and regional geospatial data sharing investment. platforms since 2010. What We Do GFDRR supports the development of risk identification meet specific needs and the goals of stakeholders. tools and methodologies to help government officials, OpenDRI has created a suite of complementary professionals, and communities collaborate on, analyze, programs, including open data platforms, community communicate, and use risk information effectively. mapping and crowdsourcing, and risk visualization and communication. It has also released a number of Facilitating Risk Assessments publications to enable the scalability of these programs. GFDRR is sought after for expertise and advice on disaster risk assessments, risk identification, and related tools. Advancing the Understanding of Risk Its teams have facilitated developing risk information in GFDRR recognized the need for a community of risk more than 60 countries. identification professionals to share knowledge, promote Notably, GFDRR secured access to risk analytics for the best practices, and form nontraditional partnerships. national and sub-national flood and earthquake risk of 32 To meet this need, in 2010 GFDRR established Europe and Central Asia countries. It did so substantially Understanding Risk (UR), which has since become below market rate, with analysis undertaken in less than the preeminent platform for collaboration, knowledge six months. Another example was identifying international sharing, and innovation in identifying and assessing engineering expertise for a school safety project in disaster risk. An open global community, it has grown Armenia. These experts were not only experienced but to over 3,300 members from more than 125 countries also were Armenia expatriates who could fully appreciate representing government agencies, the private sector, the cultural background and were conversant in the multilateral organizations, NGOs, research institutions, local languages – critical for training local engineers. In academia, and civil society. the Africa region, GFDRR is leading the risk assessment UR Forums convene every two years and showcase component of a project in the Indian Ocean Islands, best practices and the latest technical know-how in providing technical assistance to vulnerable countries and disaster risk assessments, providing organizations plans to scale up this to other regions. and individuals an opportunity to highlight new activities and initiatives, build new partnerships, and Advancing Open Data for Resilience foster advances in the field. In 2014, almost 1,000 The Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) risk assessment experts and practitioners gathered applies the global open data movement concept to the in London for UR’s third forum under the theme, challenge of reducing vulnerability to the impacts of “Producing Actionable Information.” The next forum will natural hazards and climate change. For over four years, be held in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2016. OpenDRI has supported disaster risk management (DRM) teams to build the capacity and long-term ownership of open data projects with countries that are tailored to Europe and Central Asia GFDRR Project: Advancing the DRM Agenda in Europe and Central Asia Partners: World Bank Group, international research institutions Description: GFDRR is facilitating the development of national probabilistic risk profiles for 32 ECA countries as a first step in the process of initiating a dialogue with ministries of finance on prioritizing DRM. These quantitative risk profiles are based on existing global risk models and datasets. Each risk profile contains information Mongolia Albania Kyrgyz Republic on flood and earthquake risk at a provincial level. Turkey China Tunisia Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Dominican Morocco Egypt Haiti Republic India Saudi Arabia Belize Dominica Mali Niger Sudan Lao People's Democratic Republic Republic Bangladesh Guatemala Jamaica Saint Lucia The Gambia of Yemen Vietnam Saint Vincent Eritrea Philippines Federated States Nicaragua Honduras Senegal Nigeria Djibouti Thailand Panama and the Grenadines Cambodia of Micronesia Togo Cameroon Marshall Islands Costa Rica Grenada Sierra Leone Ethiopia Kiribati Guyana Ghana Uganda Palau Liberia Somalia Sri Lanka Ecuador Rwanda Nauru Colombia Burundi Kenya Papua New Guinea Indonesia Tanzania Comoros Tuvalu Samoa Malawi Timor-Leste Brazil Solomon Islands Niue (NZ) Bolivia Madagascar Namibia Vanuatu Fiji Tonga Cook Islands (NZ) Mozambique Lesotho GFDRR Support Sub-Saharan Africa Chile GFDRR Project: Sub-Saharan Africa GFDRR Africa Disaster Risk $500,000 or Less Financing Program Partners: Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) $500,000 to $1,000,000 cooperation program, UNISDR, African Development Bank, World Bank Group Description: Under the ACP-EU program, GFDRR is implementing More than $1,000,000 disaster risk financing programs throughout the region. Steps include creating an enabling data environment through OpenDRI programs, implementing demand-driven in-depth risk assessments Risk Identification Engagement1 to be communicated through shorter risk profiles, and disseminating GFDRR Risk Identification Engagement information and capacity building throughout the region. This includes through the Southwest Indian Ocean Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI), which since FY2015 has collected, developed, and shared risk information for five Indian Ocean Islands - Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zanzibar - to improve understanding and availability of disaster risk financing solutions, such as insurance or contingent credit. Risk Identification Supports Work Across GFDRR’s Pillars Pillar 1 – Pillar 2 – Pillar 3 – Pillar 4 – Pillar 5 – Risk Identification: Risk Reduction: Preparedness: Financial Protection: Resilient Recovery: People in vulnerable Risk identification Hazard and risk Risk information is Risk identification can countries will have supports decision information enables a critical component improve post-disaster improved access to makers in vulnerable decision makers to in the development reconstruction and information about countries to avoid understand potential of robust financial recovery efforts by disaster and climate creating new risks disaster impacts protection strategies. rapidly assessing risks, and greater and to reduce current through dynamic damage and providing capacity to create, risks through smart scenario analysis. information to guide manage, and use this investments. resilient recovery. 2 information. Sri Lanka GFDRR Project: Strengthening Capacity to Mainstream Disaster Risk Management in Sri Lanka Partners: World Bank Group, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Disaster Risk Management Description: As one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, Sri Lanka is undertaking a series of risk assessments in eastern cities. At risk of tsunamis, floods Snapshot: Leveraging in Practice Mongolia and cyclones, these cities will incorporate disaster risk Albania Kyrgyz Republic Turkey analysis into their planned urban development programs. > Indonesia: Officials in Jakarta wanted to create Further, this project established a data sharing platform flood risk contingency plans, but lacked data. In Tunisia China for the Sri Lankan government, which has recently been 2011, the Indonesian government, working with Pakistan launched as the RiskInfo GeoNode. Nepal Bhutan the Australian government and GFDRR, partnered Dominican Morocco Egypt with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Haiti Republic India Saudi Arabia to train over 500 Indonesians through local Belize Dominica Mali Niger Sudan Lao People's Democratic Republic Republic Bangladesh governments, civil society organizations, and Guatemala Jamaica Saint Lucia The Gambia of Yemen Vietnam Saint Vincent Eritrea Philippines Federated States universities. Together, they mapped over 250,000 Nicaragua Honduras Senegal Nigeria Djibouti Thailand Panama and the Grenadines Cambodia of Micronesia buildings. Indonesia’s geospatial information Togo Cameroon Marshall Islands Costa Rica Grenada Sierra Leone Ethiopia agency and academic experts at Gadjah Mada Kiribati Guyana Ghana Uganda Palau Liberia Somalia Sri Lanka University have helped scale up the program, Ecuador Rwanda Nauru Colombia Burundi Kenya Papua New Guinea mapping over one million buildings to date. Indonesia Tanzania Comoros Tuvalu Samoa Malawi Timor-Leste Building on this, GFDRR, the Indonesian Brazil Solomon Islands Niue (NZ) Bolivia Madagascar government, the Australia-Indonesia Facility Namibia Vanuatu Fiji for Disaster Reduction, the East Asia AusAID Tonga Cook Islands (NZ) Mozambique Infrastructure for Growth Trust Fund, and the Lesotho The Philippines World Bank partnered to create the Indonesian GFDRR