Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

ESCAP-ISDR Consultation Meetingon Coastal and Climate Hazards

17–18 September 2009

ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness

Strategic Plan

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Contents

Background on the Fund

Fund status

Strategic Plan

Priority areas for support

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Background on the Fund

Multi-donor Fund (Thailand, Sweden, Nepal, Turkey)

Grant funding to Governments, intergovernmental and other not-for-profit organizations

UN partners: IOC UNESCO, ISDR, OCHA, UNDP, UNEP, WMO

Fund bodies• Advisory Council (policy and funding decisions)• Inter-Divisional Task Force (technical appraisal)• ESCAP Grants Committee (financial control)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Secretariat role (ESCAP)

Ongoing grants management

Annual Reports and other reporting

Technical assistance missions

Report on Regional Unmet Needs

Strategic Plan

Monitoring and evaluation (e.g., 2008 Evaluative Review)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Fund status

53 proposals received, with total budget of

about US$ 61 million

14 projects approved, with total budget of

about US$ 10.8 million (over 80%)

About US$ 2.6 million available for

programming (less than 20%)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Strategic Plan—process and purpose

2008 Evaluative Review (including stakeholder interviews)

Consultation Meeting on 2 April 2009

Endorsed by the Fund’s Advisory Council in 2009

Intended as general guidance (for a Fund not a project)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Overall framework

End-to-end early warning (defined broadly) as overall framework for Fund

Multi-hazard approach

Regional focus

Geographical scope – Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (ESCAP members from Iran to Timor-Leste)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Needs assessment

Report on Regional Unmet Needs—2009 update

Preparedness for coastal and climate hazards—still a large number of unmet needs

Even at broadest scale, disaster risk in the region is poorly understood

Support for disaster risk reduction/early warning does not always correspond to the level of risk

“Last mile” remains a massive challenge in the region

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Highest priorities for Fund support

Risk and vulnerability assessments

Standard Operating Procedures

Response capacity (through regional initiatives)

Public awareness

Drills—regulations and standards for evaluation

Improve effectiveness of warning messages

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Other priorities for Fund support

Strengthen access to critical information

Build institutional capacities for sustainability and maintenance of instrumentation networks

Cost-benefit analysis of early warning and DRR

Policy support to strengthen communications networks

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia

Thank you!

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