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Joint Advocacy Workshop
DMWG and CCWG
“One Voice Calling for Change is more
Powerful When Combined with Many Others “
(DRR and CC Advocacy Strategy , Nairobi 2010)
Hanoi, 7-8 June 2011
By Ngo Cong Chinh, Asian Management and Development Institute
& Ian Chandler, The Pressure Group
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management and
Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Overall legal framework and
institutional structure:
– Comprehensive: hundreds of
legal documents relating to
DRM and a number of
documents on CC
– Existing institutional structure
from central to local levels on
DRM and CC: CCFSC, CCFSR,
National NTP-RCC Office,
MARD, MONRE, etc.
– Strong commitment to
international, regional
frameworks on DRM and CC
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management and
Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Overall legal framework and
institutional structure:
– Some awareness about DRM
and CC issues among policy
makers and civil servant varied
at different levels
– Basic foundation for civil
society and private sector to
participate in DRR and CC
– Some interest, initial efforts to
address both DRR and CCA,
integrate DRR and CC
(adaptation, mitigation) into
SEDP
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Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
(DRM) policies
and strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• National policies:
– National DRM Strategy to 2020
(2007)
– Action Plans to implement the
DRM Strategy (2007-now)
– CBDRM Program (Decision 1002)
(2009)
– DRM Law: under development
(2012?)
– National Platform for DRM and
CCA : under consideration (2011)
– Pilot Agriculture Insurance
Program (mid-2011)
– Many other laws and under laws
passed in the past years (~100
documents!)
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Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• International and regional
commitment:
– UN ISDR: Hyogo Framework
for Actions (HFA) 2005-2015:
Building Resilience of Nations
and Communities to Disasters
– ASEAN Agreement on Disaster
Management and Emergency
Response (AADMER) (2009)
• ASEAN Coordinating Center
for Humanitarian Assistance
on Disaster Management
(AHA Centre) (to be operated
in mid-2011)
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Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Linkage to CC’s polices and
strategy:
– The 1st National DRM Strategy:
not mentioned about CC
– The 2nd National DRM to 2020:
one of viewpoints “….consistently
study the impacts of climate
change, sea level rise and other
abnormal climatic conditions…”
– The CBDRM: “… annually, each
community will work out a plan
on natural disaster risk
prevention, combat and
management, taking into account
impacts of climate change...”
– The National Platform is
combined of both DRR and CCA
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Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• National DRM Strategy: policy
strengths
– Emphasised on participatory
principle, utilizing all available
and potential domestic and
international resources
– Recognized important of
integrating DRM into SEDP,
sector and other development
plans
– Adopted a regional-based view
on vulnerabilities to disasters
and assigns responsibilities,
tasks accordingly to level of
vulnerabilities for each region
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• National DRM Strategy: policy
strengths
– Emphasized the “four-onthe-spot” or communitybased principle
– Recognized the need to
integrate DRM in school
curriculum, educating
children on how to respond/
mitigate disasters
– Emphasized on international
cooperation on DRM/DRR
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Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• National DRM Strategy: policy
gaps
– Lacks of sufficient fund and a
clear budgeting guidelines
– DRM approach still focuses
more on prevention and
response than recovery
– Genuine and representative
participation at grassroots
level in DRM/ DRR planning
processes is still limited
– Action plans are still
developed using a top-down
method, then delegated to
the local levels
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• National DRM Strategy: policy
gaps
– National, provincial attempts
to promote integrated/multihazard approach not yet
created institutional or onground change (e.g. hazard
maps remain focused on
individual hazards)
– Resilient risk financing (trust
fund, risk insurance, microfinance) mechanisms for DRM
not well considered
– Cross-sectoral coordination in
the development of DRR/DRM
plans and implementation
remain weak
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Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• CBDRM Program: policy strengths
– Put the communities at risk at
the heart of the planning process
– Emphasized proactive
participation of the communities
at risk in the whole cycle of DRM
– Recognized the importance of
capacity building for communities
to be able to participate and
sustain the CBDRM
– Emphasized community-based
approach considering local
context and utilizes local
knowledge, whilst also local
building capacity in DRM
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Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• CBDRM Program: policy gaps
– Lack of clear guidelines from the
MARD/DMC to the local
authorities to implement the
CBDRM Program
– Lack of human resource (number
and expertise) in the flood and
storm control sector as well as
other participating agencies
– Lack of budget mechanisms for
participating agencies to request
for funding, spend and report
expenditures, etc.
– Implementation has been
delayed due to a lack of
committed funding from donors,
which accounts for 40% of the
total budget
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Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• DMWG’s actions taken:
– Working on local level pilot programs that
contribute to the development and
implementation of the Strategy
– Working with government, providing inputs
for policies and strategies (e.g. CBDRM, DRM
Law, National Platform on DRR and CCA)
– Sharing knowledge via meetings, workshops,
dialogues such as the national DRR/CCA
forums, where good practices and lessonslearnt are discussed
– Organizing public events, such as on
International DRR Day and National DRR Day,
to promote the awareness of policy makers,
managers, media, and the public
– Promoting and advocating CBDRM Program.
The CBDRM Technical Working Group has
been established to provide supports for
government authorities to implement
CBDRM program
– A number of CBDRM projects and relevant
activities has been implementing by NGOs
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Climate Change
(CC) policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• National policies:
– National Target Program (NTP-RCC)
to respond to climate change
(2008)
– Action Plans to implement the
NTP-RCC (2008-now)
– National Strategy to respond to
climate change : to be approved by
the GoV (mid-2011)
– National Platform for DRM and
CCA is under consideration (2011)
– Pilot Agriculture Insurance
Program (July 2011)
– National REDD Strategy: under
development
– Other laws and under laws passed
in the past years: Law on
Environment Protection (2005)
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Workshop
Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• International and regional
commitments:
– UNFCCC (ratified in 1994)
– Kyoto Protocol (non-Annex
Party) (2002)
– COPs participation
– UN REDD Program
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• Linkage to DRM’s polices
and strategy:
– The NTP-RCC:
“…integrate programs on
Climate Change
environment
protection,
policies and
efficient and effective
strategies:
use of natural resources
implementation,
and disaster prevention,
gaps and
in relevant to CC…”
advocacy
– The National Platform is
opportunities
combined of both DRR
and CCA
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Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• NTP-RCC: policy strengths
– Addressed both CC adaptation and
mitigation
– Committed to sustainable
development, multi-sectoral and
participatory approach to encourage
pro-activeness of each sector and
province
– Recognized need to integrate
climate change responses into
planning process
– Recognized need to build capacity
for personnel and agencies, raising
public awareness
– Committed to promote international
programs and cooperation
– Recognized importance of
participation of the civil society and
private sector
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Workshop
Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• NTP-RCC: policy gaps
– Dissemination of NTP-RCC to
local level especially to the
grassroots is very limited.
– Coordination: Lack of
coordination mechanism
among relevant sectors
– Budget: NTP-RCC
implementation, particularly at
the local level, has been stalled
by a lack of resource provision
from the central and local level
– Lack of tools, models, research
(evidences) and knowledge
about climate chance
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Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• CCWG’s actions taken:
– The CCWG has contributed in
the development of the NTPRCC, provided comments on
the Draft National Strategy on
Responding to CC
– REDD, REDD+
– Risk Financing
– ABC (Awareness raising and
Behaviour Change)
– Capacity building from local
NGOs and civil society
– Inclusion of vulnerable groups:
ethnic minority, people living
near the forest, farmers, etc.
Advocacy Framework!
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
DRM and CC
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Joint advocacy opportunities
for both DMWG and CCWG:
– Policy formulation and
dissemination: vertically and
horizontally, grassroots level,
bottom-up
– More vertical integration and
horizontal integration at all
levels
– More effective implementation
of polices and strategies
(significant delays due to:
funding, guidelines,
coordination, etc.)
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
DRM and CC
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Joint advocacy opportunities
for both DMWG and CCWG:
– Improved accountability and
participatory monitoring
– Funding mechanism:
decentralization planning and
management
– Promotion of PPP
– “Right to be heard” by
vulnerable group: ethnic
minority, women, people living
near the forest, etc.
– Use of local knowledge,
practices: CBDRM, CBA, etc.
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
DRM and CC
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Some specific joint advocacy
opportunities for both groups:
– National DRR/CCA Platform:
equal participation of
stakeholders
– DRM Law: multi-hazard
approach, inclusion of civil
society, reflection of international
and regional commitments (HFA,
ADDMER, UNFCCC, etc.)
– National Strategy to respond to
Climate Change
– CBDRM implementation
– More research: evidence-based
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Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Specific advocacy opportunities
for DMWG:
– Disseminating DRM Strategy to the
public, especially vulnerable
groups, grass-roots levels
– Promoting role of civil society and
private sector in DRR/DRM
– Promoting financial resilience to
DRR/DRM through supporting risk
financing, insurance, trust funds
and micro-finance
– Promoting gender-sensitive
approach and vulnerable groups’
participation
– Advocating to establish/strengthen
an effective coordination
mechanism between relevant
actors involved in the strategy
implementation
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Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Specific advocacy opportunities
for DMWG:
– Advocating to MPI, MOET, MOH, etc.
on mainstreaming DRR/CCA into
their polices and programs
– Increase dissemination of the
Decision (the Program) to other
stakeholders involved in CBDRM,
especially to the provincial, district
and community levels.
– Advocate the issuance of National
CBDRM guideline and Provincial
CBDRM guideline for Master Action
Plan, that provides guidance for
provinces to develop action plan and
implementation the Program.
– Promote fund raising from
international donors and other
sources.
Joint Advocacy
Workshop
Disaster Risk
Management
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Specific advocacy
opportunities for DMWG:
– Raise public awareness on CBDRM
including policy makers, managers,
media, the public, people and
children
– Issue clear instructions on budget
allocations and approval processes
to provinces and districts
– Approve for nationwide use of a
coherent and applicable CBDRM
documents suitable to local
context and adaptable to each
specific disaster zone
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Workshop
Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Specific advocacy opportunities
for CCWG:
– The Standing Office for NTP-RCC
further strengthening and active
participation of the Ministries (MPI,
MoF) is needed due to the changes
in the nature of ODA for Vietnam.
– Wide dissemination of the polices to
stakeholders and especially to the
affected communities
– Promoting active role of civil society
and private sector in climate change
action planning and policy
formulation
– Finance and budgeting mechanism
in place to guide the participating
agencies in searching for fund to
implement activities as assigned by
the NTP
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Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Specific advocacy
opportunities for CCWG:
– Increase active leadership in the
area of CC policy and
implementation: This is important
considering the competition and
overlap among agencies
– Increase dialogue among policy
makers, civil society, private
sector
– Decentralize and prioritize
climate change funds: This will
increase the ability of individuals,
households and communities to
be flexible in their adaptation to
CC. Currently, it can be difficult
for local areas to generate
decentralized action suitable to
their locality
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Climate Change
policies and
strategies:
implementation,
gaps and
advocacy
opportunities
• Specific advocacy opportunities
for CCWG:
– Increase horizontal
dissemination and planning
horizons among players
– Donor agencies / institutions:
Provide tangible incentives for
CC action:
– Local NGO’s, community and
civil society: Focus on improving
participation in CC action
– “Right to be heard” of the
ethnic minority, people living in
risk areas, near the forest,
resettlement