OXFAM RED CROSS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

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OXFAM RED CROSS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

• Implemented By
• Indian Red Cross Society,
• Orissa State Branch,
• Bhubaneswar
• Supported By
• Oxfam (GB), Kolkata

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Project Title

• STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES
  FOR EFFECTIVE DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN ORISSA
• (November 2005 July 2006)

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Project Objectives

• Build human resource capacities among civil
  society organizations and Government officials in
  Orissa for disaster management through
  appropriate trainings.
• Strengthen volunteer participation in disaster
  management and enable the government and CSOs
  develop effective strategies for volunteer
  mobilization, capacity building and organization.
• Develop a skill register of professionals for
  disaster management in the state of Orissa.

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Area of Operation

• Ten Cyclone and Flood prone districts of Orissa
• 1.Puri
• 2.Cuttack
• 3.Kendrapara
• 4.Jagatsinghpur
• 5.Ganjam
• 6.Balasore
• 7.Bhadrak
• 8.Jajpur
• 9.Khordha
• 10.Dhenkanal

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Expected Outcomes of the Project

• Availability of efficient disaster managers,
  including women, in ten worst cyclone/flood prone
  districts of Orissa and are applying the learning
  from various trainings.
• Volunteers participation in disaster management
  receives the necessary priority attention by
  government resulting in capacity building
  initiatives for them.
• The state level skill register of disaster
  management professionals is being accessed by
  various stake-holders.

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Activities of the Project

• Need Assessment
• Preparation of Training Plan organizing
  training event
• Preparation/putting together course modules and
  resource materials
• Follow up Action
• Developing maintaining a skill register
• Volunteer Management
• Program Development

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Strategies for Implementation

• Coordinating and networking with senior state and
  district level officials for successful
  implementation of the project
• Project development through the initial 8 months
  to understand the issues and incorporate
  feedbacks with the second year project
• Identifying suitably experienced resource
  persons. Not limiting to the state only but if
  needed from outside the state
• Developing training modules for effective
  training

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Outputs

• 1. Need Assessment
• The need assessment process carried out in 3
  phases through field visits, discussion with
  district level disaster volunteers/ managers and
  conducting research study. It is a continuous
  process and will continue periodically along with
  the project.

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Gaps Found during need assessment

• No follow up of disaster management trainings.
• Women participation till now is negligible.
• The PRI members are not much clear about the
  concept of Disaster Management.
• It has been observed by the participants of
  different training programs that the Resource
  Persons are not well informed and convincing.
• In different training programs the
  trainer-trainee ratio is not ideal. So the
  training does not have more effect on the huge
  no. of participants.
• There is no provision for Volunteers restoration
  and remuneration.
• Cont.

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• cont..
• Migration of the trained persons, as well as no
  follow up program to keep in touch with them.
• Lack of proper monitoring of the ongoing
  activities.
• Lack of skilled resource persons and resource
  materials
• Lack of coordination among different
  stakeholders
• Non availability of skilled disaster
  volunteers/managers
• Government officials are not pro active to the
  expected level.
• No concrete disaster management plan prepared.

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SUGGESTIONS

• Training to be given to the identified NGOs as
  they are working at the grass root and less
  chance of migration
• PRI members be sensitized and aware of their role
  and responsibility regarding the disaster
  management
• Local potential resources should be identified
  and used
• Sensitization is required to Panchayat PRI
  members as they have to act according to the
  Governments relief provision.
• All identified local social leaders, AWWs SHGs
  should be well trained and sensitized as they are
  most accessible and known agencies in the
  locality.
• A thorough orientation be given to functionaries
  associated with DRM program.
• Cont.

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• Cont
• A well set coordination mechanism be established
  for monitoring, evaluation and implementation of
  the disaster management related issues.
• Wall mapping, street plays, and other informative
  tools be demonstrated among the identified
  vulnerable communities.
• A district level disaster management resource
  centre be set up containing well informed and
  trained resource persons and resource materials.
• The disaster management plan should be integrated
  into the development plan.
• Skill upgradation of disaster volunteers/managers
  both at government and non government level.

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2. Preparation of training plan organizing
training events

• 3 Need based Training plans on Sphere, Gender
  Essentials for Humanitarian Program Managers
  (EHPM) have been developed with due consultation
• 60 disaster volunteers/managers from operational
  10 districts undergone Training of Trainers (ToT)
  on Sphere, Gender EHPM in different phases.
• Due field work and exposures included in the
  training program
• Back home follow up plan stressed for the
  volunteer in the training
• 22 female participation in training program

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3. Preparation/putting together course modules
and resource materials

• The course module and resource materials for
  Sphere, Gender and EHPM training programs were
  designed after several consultations.
• Considering the need of the participants,
  appropriate module and resource materials
  prepared and compiled in booklet form for ready
  use.
• Course materials in vernacular language is under
  preparation

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4. Follow up Action

• After the completion of the training programs 10
  nos. follow up meetings organized at the
  districts with the trained volunteers/managers
• Training participants guided in preparing follow
  up action plan and local resource mobilization
• As a continuous process, it will go along with
  the activities.
• 9 district workshops on Gender and Sphere are
  completed.

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5. Developing maintaining a skill register

• The design and structure of the skill register
  was finalized on due consultation with government
  and non-government institutions.
• The data collection process is completed. After
  compilation of data it was send the districts for
  verification. The information provided to the
  printer to publish a booklet.
• The skill register restricted to district level
  further it will cover up to Block level.

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6. Volunteer Management

• The state level workshop on volunteer management
  for effective disaster response was organized on
  17th July 2006 covering participants from UNDP,
  Govt. NGOs, INGOs, CSOs, PRIs and village level
  volunteers.
• The draft strategy paper has been prepared. The
  draft strategy paper was disseminated among
  different stakeholders for feedback.
• The final strategy paper on volunteer management
  will be submitted to the government for approval
  and action

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7. Program Development

• Proposed two research studies on Capacity
  building interventions for disaster management in
  Orissa and Volunteer Promotion for effective
  disaster management in Orissa were conducted by
  experienced consultants.
• After gathering feedbacks the final study reports
  were submitted to the IRCS-OSB and Oxfam.

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MILESTONES
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Future Plan

• Refresher Training on Gender, Sphere EHPM (60
  nos. x 4 days)
• District level training on Gender, Sphere EHPM
  (10 districts x 30 x 8 Days)
• Skill Register up to Block level in 10 districts
• Lobby Advocacy for adoption of Volunteer
  Strategy Plan
• Preparation of State specific Volunteer
  Management Policy, Code and Plan
• Orientation of PRI on Disaster Management (10
  districts x 40)
• Orientation of Government officials on Volunteer
  Management, Sphere Gender (10 districts x 25)
• Development of a standard training package on DM
  for volunteers
• Training of volunteers on DM (10 districts x 30 x
  15 days)
• Disaster Volunteers Forum at district level
  (initially in 5 districts)

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• THANK YOU