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Digicel Pacific and UNISDR Pacific Partnership: Strengthening Businesses Resiliency & Disaster Preparedness

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Description
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Digicel Pacific and UNISDR will promote the need and value of business resiliency in the Pacific by jointly engaging the private sector through advocating and showcasing disaster preparedness measures. Our aim is to provide opportunity for businesses to be empowered with knowledge and understanding of the inherent risks that SIDS face, to enable better decision making to best protect business assets, secure economic productivity and continue to provide livelihoods for workers.Digicel Pacific and UNISDR will collaborate together to raise awareness of the value of Disaster Risk Reduction measures and provide technological solutions to common disruptions to businesses caused by adverse events.
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UNISDR encourages businesses of all sizes to adopt and promote preventive measures against all hazards to contribute to business, community and national resiliency. When businesses understand the value of sound risk management and plan for hazards ahead of time, the ability to resume productivity quickly after hazardous events is apparent.Digicel Pacific is a best practice example for disaster preparedness and business resilience, not only for ensuring comprehensive disaster planning and preparation in their own operations, but for providing innovative products and services that reduce the impact of hazards. Digicel Pacific has proven a thorough understanding of preparedness measures and seeks to ensure that other businesses can benefit from their experience and services also.UNISDR has the data, research and technical expertise necessary to convince business owners of the need to invest in preventive measures to ensure businesses are resilient to disasters and natural hazards, which consequently contributes to the overall sustainability of SIDS.Digicel Pacific, as a model of comprehensive disaster preparedness planning within their own organization also offers a range of products and services to reduce the impact of hazards on other businesses operating in a SIDS. Digicel Pacific can provide a technological solution for businesses of all sizes to data loss during adverse events whether though flood, storm, fire or power outage.Through this joint collaboration, the Digicel Pacific/UNISDR partnership will continue to broaden the knowledge and awareness amongst businesses owners to understand the value of hazard reduction measures whilst presenting practical technological solutions to boost business resiliency to all hazards.

Partners
Digicel Pacific, UNISDR Pacific

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

Strengthened private sector awareness of the value of disaster risk reduction in Fiji and the Pacific.
Increased business investment in disaster risk reduction measures.
Increased availability to access business continuity planning services.
Staff / Technical expertise
Provision of technical services from Digicel
Staff / Technical expertise
Provision of technical advise from UNISDR
Title Progress Status Submitted
Partnership Progress 2016-08-08 Completed
False
Action Network
Small Island Developing States
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Timeline
01 January 1970 (date of completion)
Entity
UNISDR
SDGs
9
Region
  1. Asia and Pacific
Countries
Fiji
Fiji
Contact Information

Meri Kelliher, UNISDR DRR Information Officer

merikelliher.unisdr@gmail.com