5 th Caribbean CDM Conference: “Strengthening partnerships for resilience” 6-10 December 2010

1. Regional Risk Reduction Initiative (R3I)Participatory governance and regional partnerships for effective implementation 5th Caribbean CDM Conference: “Strengthening partnerships for resilience” 6-10 December 2010 Jamaica Danielle Evanson R3I Project Officer UNDP Barbados and the OECS

2. Overview • All about R3I • Challenges • TMTs • Quality control • Things to come

3. What is R3I? • 3 year project in Dutch and British OCTs • Financed by the EU €4.932m • Implemented by UNDP • Outputs: • Hazard mapping and vulnerability assessment • Early warning systems • Response, rescue and recovery capacities • Technical assistance • Training, dissemination and coordination

4. R3I principles • National impact • Enhancing national capacities • Sustainability • Equity • Regional expertise • Regional integration • Sharing and learning • Effective coordination

5. Challenges • Complex, multi-aspect • Multi-lingual • Regional • Different national structures and disaster management cultures • Varying capacities • Uncertain start and delays in implementation

6. What is a TMT? Technical Management Teams have been designed to provide a stronger voice to the beneficiaries in the implementation process • One for each output • Membership is voluntary and by priority • One member represents each TMT at the Project Board • Project team members of TMTs

7. How do the TMTs work?

8. Advantages • Mixed experiences and capacities among the countries lend to learning • Strong project ownership by beneficiaries • Driven by national priorities and focuses on tangible local results • Builds on previous work and experiences • Ensures good assimilation into existing systems • Greater involvement also in Project Board processes

9. Quality over quantity Regional professionals with specialised expertise have been retained to give technical advice, oversight and input • Not experts in everything • Insight into latest developments and technology in the field, current practices, available options • Support procurement processes • Provide assistance in assessing the quality of the outputs delivered

10. Where are we? • First major activity launched • UNESCO-IHE working in Sint Maarten • Building on previous work since catastrophic floods of 2005 • More expansive and detailed flood modelling and mapping • Tsunami and storm surge modelling • Integration into EWS pilot • Local capacity building

11. Where are we? • Completing first major procurement • ARU, CUR, TCI, BON, MNT • Multihazard mapping • Building GIS capacities • Preliminary vulnerability assessments • Vulnerability assessment in Cayman Islands • Tsunami and storm surge modelling in BVI • Pool of experts available as resource persons • Extending partnerships

12. What’s next? • TMT2 will collaborate to design the EWS CAP pilots • Anguilla: hazardous material • Montserrat: volcano • Sint Maarten: flood • Virgin Islands: tsunami • Anguilla aerial photography • Participation in CARIBE WAVE 2011 • Improvement of emergency telecommunications • TMT3 to plan a schedule for priority capacity building activities

13. Determinants of success • Tangible results • Increased local capacities • Working cooperative relationships/ networks • Greater integration • Shared learning • Effective use of resources

14. Thank you Questions? For more info: Alexandre Vacher, Project Coordinator alexandre.vacher@undp.org Danielle Evanson, Project Officer danielle.burnham@undp.org www.bb.undp.org/regional-risk-reduction-initiative