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Emergency Assessments and Response Systems: Update on G8 and Other Initiatives

Emergency Assessments and Response Systems: Update on G8 and Other Initiatives. SMART Meeting July 15,2004. The Update. The G8 Process The G8 Initiatives Other Assessment and Response Initiatives USAID Data Policy Issues. The G8 Summit Process. Annually – G8 Leaders Meet

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Emergency Assessments and Response Systems: Update on G8 and Other Initiatives

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  1. Emergency Assessments and Response Systems: Update on G8 and Other Initiatives SMART Meeting July 15,2004

  2. The Update • The G8 Process • The G8 Initiatives • Other Assessment and Response Initiatives • USAID Data Policy Issues

  3. The G8 Summit Process • Annually – G8 Leaders Meet • Italy 2001 – Genoa Summit • Canada 2002 – Kananaskis Summit • France 2003 - Evian Summit • USA 2004 – Sea Island Summit • UK 2005 – (?) Summit • Quarterly – Sherpas Meet • Regularly – Sous Sherpas Meet • Continually – Program and Technical Staff

  4. The G8 TimelineJanuary------June/July-------December Negotiation--Summit-Implementation Transition--------------

  5. The G8 Africa Initiatives • Kananaskis Summit • African Leadership (NEPAD) • Evian Summit • Action Against Famine, Especially in Africa • Sea Island Summit • Peacekeeping • Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise • Ending Famine in the Horn of Africa

  6. The Three US Initiatives Under the G8 Africa and Famine Action Plans • Breaking the Cycle of Famine and Increasing Agricultural Productivity in the Horn of Africa • Improving Worldwide Emergency Assessment and Response Systems • Boosting Agricultural Productivity and Rural Development in Food Insecure Countries, Especially in Africa

  7. G8 Statements on Emergency Assessments and Response Systems • “We will work closely with the World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), other UN agencies, and leading International NGOs to continue to improve global assessment and agriculture information systems in order to estimate more accurately food aid and non-food aid needs and enable emergency assistance to reach the areas and groups that need it most.”

  8. G8 Statements on Emergency Assessments and Response Systems • “The G-8 will support further activities to improve needs assessment and monitoring of famine and food security. This will include the establishment of a multi-partner experts’ panel to review standards of practice for vulnerability assessments and food security, and the development of online information systems to disseminate information on vulnerable areas, needs assessments, and the impact of assistance operations”.

  9. Individually & Collectively, G8 Members Will Take Following Actions • “Support national efforts to improve data collection and monitoring systems and enhance capacity to respond to emergency food crises in line with the NEPAD initiative on Stimulating an Agriculture Renaissance in Support of Food Security in Africa presented at the April 2004 meeting of the African Partnership Forum in Maputo.”

  10. Individually & Collectively, G8 Members Will Take Following Actions • “Support the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System” • “Support improvement of international needs assessment initiatives such as the WFP/FAO common approach and the Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART)”

  11. Individually & Collectively, G8 Members Will Take Following Actions • “We will support development of regional strategies for disaster prevention and emergency management covering policy instruments, institutional responses and safety mechanisms.” • “We will work to ensure coherence among our policies, including development, trade and agricultural policies that may affect famine, agricultural productivity and rural development in food insecure countries.”

  12. Individually & Collectively, G8 Members Will Take Following Actions • “We will work to ensure that the outcome of the re-negotiation of the Food Aid Convention promotes good food aid practices and improved assessments based on the needs of beneficiaries in food insecure countries.” • “To improve early warning systems, we will share technologies and data to develop food security maps and improve donor and government capacity to collect geo-spatial data.”

  13. Breaking the Cycle of Food Crises: A Framework for Famine Prevention • Increasing the Social Resilience of the Chronically Food Insecure • Building Strategic Information and Decision Support Systems • Expanding Commercial Smallholder Agriculture

  14. Assessment Initiatives Outside the G8 Process Are Relevant to SMART • Humanitarian Initiatives • Trade and Development Initiatives • Statistics Initiatives

  15. Initiatives on Humanitarian Modeling • CARE Household Livelihood Security Assessments • Coping Strategy Index (WFP/CARE) • CGIAR/FEWS NET Poverty Mapping • Needs-based vs. Right-based Approaches to Relief • Guide for Measuring Food Access (FANTA) • FIVMS Approach to Vulnerability Profiling • WFP/VAM Standard Analytical Framework • WFP Emergency Needs Assessment

  16. Initiatives on Agriculture Trade and Development Modeling • SAKSS (IEHA/IFPRI/NEPAD Collaboration) • OECD Agriculture Trade Modeling • OECD Agriculture Trade Impact Modeling • OECD/DAC Poverty Network Studies on Smallholder Linkages with Markets

  17. Other Initiatives on Statistics • PARIS 21 • Advocacy and SSD plans • Statistical Capacity Indicators • Census • Rural and Agriculture Statistics • OECD WP-STAT – ODA Statistics (Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship) • UNICEF Initiative on Vital Statistics • ECA Ad-Hoc Expert Group on Geo-information in Africa (GIS, GPS, ICT)

  18. Data Policy Problems and Challenges* • Lack of Agency Data Standards • Recognizing Importance of Baseline Data • Access to Data and Information • Legacy Data • Institutional Data • Private Data • Cross Sectoral Data • Digital/Conventional Data * Discussion Draft “USAID Information and Data Policy – Why and Why Now?”

  19. Data Policy Problems and Challenges • Use of Data by Managers and Decision-makers • Integrating Environment/Resource Data and Socio-Economic Data • Data Reliability and Data Gaps • Identifying, Locating, Accessing, and Assessing Data • Transmitting, Distributing and Sharing Data

  20. Data Policy problems and Challenges • Archiving of Data/Data and Information Banking • Data Ownership

  21. National Research Council “Statement of Task” on NSDI • Reducing Redundancy in Geospatial Data Creation and Maintenance • Reducing the Cost of Geospatial Data Creation and Maintenance • Improving Access to Geospatial Data • Improving the Accuracy of Geospatial Data Used by the Broader Community

  22. Program Drivers for Data Policy • Mitigation Famine and Food Security, Disaster, Conflict Early Warning • Natural Resources and Environmental Management Projects • Health • Education • Census/Poverty Reduction • Governance • Internet Accessibility • Costs and Benefits

  23. Emergency Assessments and Response Systems: Update on G8 and Other Initiatives Thank You

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