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SUPPORTING ACTIONS FOR BUILDING DISASTER RESILENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRONG AND SUSTIANBLE PARTNERSHIPS. Nicole A. Brown, ODPEM, Jamaica 5 th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management CDM: Strengthening Partnerships for Resilience Montego Bay, Jamaica, 6 – 10 December 2010.
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SUPPORTING ACTIONS FOR BUILDING DISASTER RESILENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRONG AND SUSTIANBLE PARTNERSHIPS Nicole A. Brown, ODPEM, Jamaica 5th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management CDM: Strengthening Partnerships for Resilience Montego Bay, Jamaica, 6 – 10 December 2010
The Building Disaster Resilient Communities (BDRC) Project • The BDRC Partnership Building and Strengthening Strategy • Emerging Trends and Issues
Overview of the Building Disaster Resilient Communities Project • Three-year project , supported by CIDA • Objective: to strengthen community capacity to respond to and mitigate against disasters, while identifying measures to improve disaster and risk management at community, parish and national levels
Project Outputs • Sustainable partnerships in disaster mitigation and emergency response built and/or strengthened. • Selected men and women in vulnerable communities trained in disaster mitigation and emergency response, with a community-developed response plan and community disaster/emergency response team (CDRT/CERT)
Project Outputs (continued) • Selected vulnerable communities in each parish have developed mitigation plans in operation.
Selected Communities • St. Thomas Trintyville & Llandewey • KSA Gordon Town & New Haven • St. Catherine Old Harbour Bay & Bog Walk • Portmore Gregory Park & Waterford • Clarendon Kellits & Rocky Point • Manchester Alligator Pond & Porus • St. Elizabeth New River (Santa Cruz) & Pisgah/Ginger Hill
Selected Communities • Westmoreland McNeil Lands & New Roads • Hanover Chigwell & Sandy Bay • Trelawny Zion (Martha Brae) & Clarke’s Town • St. James Tangle River & Dumfries • St. Ann Moneague & Lime Hall • St. Mary Annotto Bay & Port Maria • Portland Swift River & Berridale
‘Partnership’ within the BDRC • Concept of multi-stakeholder partnerships – central to the BDRC. • Partnership outcome and partnership approach to implementation.
‘Partnership’ within the BDRC • Partnership as a means to an end not an end. • Effectiveness of implementation and sustainability of intervention • Strengthening governance for DRRM. • Project Management and Evaluation Framework – pulse taking mechanism.
The BDRC Partnership Strengthening Strategy A Framework for: • Building commitment to, and ownership of DRRM; • Developing clarity of purpose within the membership within the National and Parish Disaster Committees;
The BDRC Partnership Strengthening Strategy A Framework for: • Fostering and improving trust among members of the committees; • Increasing roles and responsibilities; and • Exploring models community integration into the national disaster management structure.
The Process • Partnership Facilitator (March – Dec 2009) • Surveys and interviews (April – July 2009) • Consultations (July – November) • National Disaster Committee • Mayors and Secretary Managers • Parish Disaster Committees x 4 regions
The Findings - General • DRR poorly operationalised in the National Disaster Management. • Policy and legislative frameworks need strengthening.
The Findings - National • Uneven functioning of National Disaster Committee (NDC) sub-committees • Agency participation in the NDC dependent on individuals • Lack of integration between the NDC and other processes • Lack of direct linkage with Parish Disaster Committees (PDCs)
The Findings - Parish • Lack of political commitment to DRRM • Incomplete understanding of roles on and responsibility to the PDCs • Inadequate leadership
The Findings - Parish • Political interference • Division between technical agencies and local authorities
The Findings - Parish • Lack of accountability mechanisms • Lack of commitment to local authority processes • Perception that disaster management is the job of the Parish Disaster Coordinator
The Findings - Community • Zonal committee structure uneven • Limited outreach capacity by coordinators in larger/mountainous parishes • Some parishes have direct community representation on PDCs, others not
The Strategy Working at national, parish and community level to: • Build commitment ownership of DRRM • Develop clarity of purpose – national and parish • Foster and improve trust among committee members
The Strategy • Increase understanding of roles and responsibilities • Explore models for effective community engagement in the parish structure
Goal • To improve working relationships among the key stakeholders in Jamaica’s national disaster management structure, in order to support more effective, integrated and better resourced DRRM.
Areas of intervention • Legislative framework and accountability • Conceptual framework for DRRM • Management and coordination of partnership-based committees • Community representation on PDCs
Outputs • Recommendations for legislative, policy and regulatory improvements documented for ODPEM • Operational management and monitoring mechanisms for Parish Development Committees developed
Outputs • Modalities for community representation and active participation within institutional arrangements of the national disaster management structure developed • Capacity and skills of key disaster management personnel at parish and community levels strengthened. • Good practice and lessons learnt DRRM case studies produced.
Outputs • Good practice and lessons learnt DRRM case studies produced.
Implementation • Lack of dedicated personnel (situation about to change) • Aspects integrated in to ODPEM
Emerging Trends and Issues • Process of developing partnership strategy provided a forum for sharing beyond traditional boundaries • Implementation partnerships can have positive spill-over effect on working relations within PDCs
Emerging Trends and Issues • Partnerships for project implementation under the BDRC can serve as a model for other initiatives at parish level and BDRC methodologies can be applied beyond the scope of the project
Emerging Trends and Issues • The BDRC model has helped expanded partnerships and strategic alliances at the parish level • Improving the working relationships at the PDC level can serve as a platform for: helping refine the DRRM programme at the parish level
Emerging Trends and Issues • Partnerships for project implementation under the BDRC can serve as a model for other initiatives at parish level and BDRC methodologies can be applied beyond the scope of the project
Emerging Trends and Issues • The current context requires a paradigm shift away from traditional ways of thinking about disasters and about who has a role to play in DRRM • Structural constraints continue to work against improved partnerships for DRRM
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Goal • To improve working relationships among the key stakeholders in Jamaica’s national disaster management structure, in order to support more effective, integrated and better resourced DRRM.