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Supported by: UNOCHA and other UN orgs Red Cross National Societies NDMO offices – 3 countries NZ Government (funding) 21 NZ-based NGOs’ partners in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. NZ consortium SimEx 2013. Lead Agency. Members. Proposed for 3 countries: Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu
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Supported by: • UNOCHA and other UN orgsRed Cross National Societies • NDMO offices – 3 countries • NZ Government (funding) • 21 NZ-based NGOs’ partners in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu NZ consortium SimEx 2013 Lead Agency Members Proposed for 3 countries: Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu Pre-simulation workshops (3 days) Simulation exercise (2 days – outside cyclone season) in each country Debrief 7 NZ organisations:
Viti Levu, Western Division, Fiji Efate Island, Vanuatu Eastern District, Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga August 2013 Confirmed Participating Communities: July 2013 September 2013
Communities Improved coordination Local Partners NDMO Regional Orgs NZ NGO Communities are resilient to disasters in Vanuatu, Tonga and Fiji Experience, procedures, lessons learnt shared and evaluated SimEx Vanuatu Tonga Fiji Completed Regional Learning + Best practices documented COMMUNITIES Increased skills and knowledge Preparedness and plans tested Gaps identified Recommendations documented Participating communities are better prepared DRM policies and procedures strengthened
SimEx Vanuatu Tonga Fiji Completed Communities, partners and other stakeholders in each country will actively participate in the: • detailed design of a simulation exercise programme that will be unique and appropriate for their country and the participating communities. • implementation of the exercise programme, which will include a training workshop and simulation field exercise. • debriefing and evaluation of the simulation exercise, contributing to lessons learned, confirmation of best practices, recommendations for the review and update of plans and a report documenting these findings. • Final report documenting all findings and recommendations. Activities
Activities SimEx Vanuatu Tonga Fiji Completed Each country design process Involvement of community, stakeholders and partners. Scoping and assessment Objectives defined for each workshop and simulation Disaster Management workshop adapted to every context. Training workshop Communities women, men, children and elderly actively participating Simulation Exercise Disaster management personnel directly engaged in a real time simulation Hot and general debriefs Debrief and evaluation Communities participation Sim Ex Organizational Eval
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