Introduction

Why DRR?

• • Impact of disasters is large and growing

  • Because we can reduce the impact

  • Consolidating of development achievements

  • Empowerments of communities/societies

  • In line with mandates of humanitarian

DRR is part of emergency - recovery development situations

Example of DRR measures during emergencies: During floods installing gabions (nets attached together, reducing erosion, stabilizing slope), Monitoring for acute watery diarrhoea

Development, in Slum project: Piped water supply, storm water drainage, reforestation, communal halls, retention walls, evacuation routes, response teams, early warning systems - the latter are pure DRR activities, the rest could be development.

Not all elements which should be a priority are a priority die to many factors:

• • People running around on the ground have no oversight from too many details to deal with.

  • Political interest - what the government / ministers want there is the money

Why does DRR needs to have more attention?

Challenges of funding

• • DRR is caught in between humanitarian and development - find funding for DRR is difficult. Going to development aid: Water provision is too short term, going to humanitarian agencies: we have not heard of any emergency and catastrophy in this area? Where is the money for DRR and resilience?