Download - Nicole A. Brown, ODPEM, Jamaica 5 th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
SUPPORTING ACTIONS FOR BUILDING DISASTER RESILENT
COMMUNITIES THROUGH STRONG AND SUSTIANBLE PARTNERSHIPS
Nicole A. Brown, ODPEM, Jamaica5th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive
Disaster ManagementCDM: Strengthening Partnerships for ResilienceMontego 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.
Jamaica Red Cross
Local Parish & Municipal
Councils of Jamaica
Building Disaster Resilient
Communities
Social Development Commission
of Jamaica
‘Partnership’ within the BDRC
‘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 StrategyA 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 StrategyA 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 StrategyWorking at national, parish and communitylevel 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.