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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Community Disaster & Climate Risk Management Programme

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Samoa
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Description
Description
NDMO in consortium with other governmental authorities and local NGOs created unified system to approach DRR in the Samoan communities. Red Cross offered some of the specific trainings. ADRA Samoa is currently implementing provided program. CDCRM is expected to be continued and implemented by other Samoan NGOs.The program will aim to encourage villages to take responsibility for their own protection in the face of the ever-present threat of disasters. Its main activities include:(1) Facilitating a community-driven process to identify the hazards and risks villages are exposed to and to identify and implement actions to mitigate these risks and lessen the impacts of future events. (2) Organising villages into disaster committees and response teams, ensuring teams are trained and prepared for collective action; (3) Organising a community profiling process to generate sufficient and accurate information; arranging necessary technical support to village committees; and (4) Targeting the most vulnerable based on gender, age, disabilities, socio-economic status, and ensuring their needs and capacities are integrated into the village planning process. Coordination Mechanisms (How will this partnership be governed?):
Implementation of the Project/Activity

NDMO in consortium with other governmental authorities and local NGOs created unified system to approach DRR in the Samoan communities. Red Cross offered some of the specific trainings. ADRA Samoa is currently implementing provided program. CDCRM is expected to be continued and implemented by other Samoan NGOs.

Capacity

The extensive outreach needed for delivering DCRM services to the entire 361 villages in Samoa will demand contribution from a range of different DCRM stakeholders. The National Disaster Management Office will be partnering with various agencies, each of which will be responsible for rolling out the program within a set number of villages (starting from the most vulnerable) adopting one standardised approach. The villages identified in the action will contribute to the work of other organisations to the DCRM such as the Red Cross and CSSP.The National database will be hosted within the DMO at the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC); it is currently running an Information Management System. The NEOC has the mandatory requirement to collect all DRM-related data. In relation to the CDCRM Programme, NEOC will update and maintain a database of standardised village information gathered by partners in the delivery of the toolkit modules. Household Survey Teams previously trained by Red Cross will go into the village with the mobile team when deployed to villages. They will take a household survey team to collect village data and information on templates provided in the toolkit. Information and data collected from the village will be inserted in spreadsheets and forwarded regularly to the NEOC.With the centralisation of village baseline and disaster information, the intention is that government, development partners, civil society, the public sector and researchers will be able to access data for analysis and research purposes and in time, provide much-needed base information towards informing relevant government policies.

Governed

There is a contract between the donor and Implementing agency, ADRA Samoa.There are MOU's Between ADRA Samoa and the NDMO and between ADRA Samoa and the Samoa Bureau of Statistics

Partners
ADRA Samoa, NDMO, Red Cross, Civil Society Support Group (European Union & AusAid), Samoa Bureau of Statistics

Goal 9

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 9

9.1

Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all
9.1.1

Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road

9.1.2

Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport

9.2

Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and, by 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product, in line with national circumstances, and double its share in least developed countries

9.2.1

Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita

9.2.2

Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment

9.3

Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets
9.3.1

Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added

9.3.2

Proportion of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit

9.4

By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities

9.4.1

CO2 emission per unit of value added

9.5

Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending
9.5.1

Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP

9.5.2

Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants

9.a

Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
9.a.1

Total official international support (official development assistance plus other official flows) to infrastructure

9.b

Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities
9.b.1

Proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added

9.c

Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020

9.c.1

Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology

Goal 11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Goal 11

11.1

By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums

11.1.1

Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing

11.2

By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
11.2.1

Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

11.3

By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
11.3.1

Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate

11.3.2

Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically

11.4

Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

11.4.1

Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)

11.5

By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations

11.5.1

Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population

11.5.2

Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)

11.5.3

(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters

11.6

By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management

11.6.1

Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities

11.6.2

Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)

11.7

By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities
11.7.1

Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

11.7.2

Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months

11.a

Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning

11.a.1

Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space

11.b

By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels

11.b.1

Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

11.b.2

Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

11.c

Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials

Deliver DRR toolkit to 8 villages
Conduct training, emergency response plan & simulation exercise in 8 villages
Provide national database with information from 8 targeted villages
Other, please specify
Deliver DRR toolkit to 8 villages; Conduct training, emergency response plan & simulation exercise in 8 villages; Provide national database with information from 8 targeted villages The toolkit is a resource designed to support a standardised approach to
Financing (in USD)
130,000
Staff / Technical expertise
6
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Small Island Developing States
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Timeline
01 January 2012 (start date)
28 February 2015 (date of completion)
Entity
Ms
SDGs
9 11
Region
  1. Asia and Pacific
Countries
Samoa
Samoa
Contact Information

Julia Wallwork, Country Director

sjwallwork@adra.org.ws