Executive summary of the action. Flooding has had significant economic and social impact in the Trinidad and Tobago; for example, damage and losses from flood events in 1993, 2002 and 2006 were US$580,000, US$3,300,000 and US$2,500,000, respectively. The 10th meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure indicated that there is need for (i) closer collaborations amongst entities responsible for flood alleviation and control of major river basins, (ii) spatial data to undertake flood mapping and risk analysis to support decision making and (iii) more public education and the building of resilience in the communities themselves to prepare, respond and adapt to floods. Also, the WRA manages a rainfall monitoring system which comprises rainfall and river monitoring stations; the key challenge is that the flood monitoring network consists of a mixture of aged, manually operated instruments and outdated telemetric components. The issue with flooding is compounded by the fact that the official hurricane season coincides with the country’s rainy season. The specific objective is to strengthen community and national capacities for generating impact-based flood early warnings and effectively planning and executing anticipatory actions. There are 7 communities targeted by this action, 2 are from Tobago and 5 are from Trinidad. Majority of these communities are in areas very highly or highly susceptibility to flooding and are among the poorest. The action will target four result areas (i) enhance capacities for detecting, monitoring, analysis and forecasting of flood hazards in fifteen communities – three in Tobago and twelve in Trinidad; (ii) expand the flood early warning information communication/ dissemination platform to reach more communities, municipalities and governmental agencies; and (iii) enhance capabilities for the coordination and management of floods at the community and national levels and (iv) improve emergency response (crisis modifier)
Executive summary of the action. The Action, implemented by a UNDP-led consortium with UNICEF and UN WOMEN, will be fully led by municipal and provincial governments who will own and sustain the efforts including by allocating resources. Nepal Red Cross Society is intended as a strategic implementing partner on specific activities. Impending major earthquake/s in Western Nepal portended by various scientific research imbues an urgency for immediate preparedness, particularly as field assessments indicate lack of realization of earthquake risk and potential impacts, and nonexistent or poor preparedness at community, municipal and provincial levels. With a nascent governance structure inexperienced in a major disaster, potential for uncoordinated response is high in a crisis, due to scant resources, services and infrastructure. This proposal responds to HIP-2021 call for both Earthquake Preparedness in Western Nepal and Urban Preparedness, recognising their interconnectedness and geography (Annex 1.4- Thematic Interdependence). The Action targets provincial and local governments from Sudur Paschim, Karnali and Lumbini provinces with major focus on earthquake preparedness and core urban areas of 3 at-risk cities-namely Dhangadi, Amargadi and Jay Prithvi from Sudur Paschim and Nepalgunj from Lumbini being focus of both earthquake and urban preparedness, while focus at Xxx Xxxxxxx will be exclusively on earthquake (and fire) preparedness. The Action aims to: enhance municipal preparedness for urban and earthquake risks; and at provincial levels on impending earthquake risks benefiting entire provincial populations through improved preparedness for effective disaster response. Action will strengthen understanding of risk, preparedness measures and improved coordination among state and non-state stakeholders, clusters/humanitarian actors including private sectors across the provinces and municipalities, also engaging at-risk communities. (Annex 1.5- Consortium Lead; Annex1.3: Start Date)
