SDC P P program

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SDC PP program

• Sebastian Eugster
• PP International program officer
• eus_at_swisscoop.tojikiston.com

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Institutional setup

• Swiss Cooperation Office in Dushanbe
• SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
  (Federal Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of
  Switzerland)
• - Development section
• - Humanitarian Aid section
• Natural Disaster Reduction at SDC traditionally
  within HA
• Switzerland experience in natural disaster
  reduction

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History

• 1998/99 various requests for support for natural
  disaster reduction by Governments International
  Organisations
• 2000 assessment mission (TJ, KG, UZ, KZ)
• summer '02 additional means for flood affected
  countries in Europe Asia (50 Mio. CHF, 20 for
  Asia)
• Okt '02 hazard assessment in Shahdara (Dasht)
• May '03 mission to TJ KG (by HA) gt OK for PP
  program!
• July '03 start up of PP program
• Sept '03 remote hazard assessment in Western
  Pamir (follow-up)

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PP program - Overview

• Approach Integrated risk disaster management
• Timeframe 2003 2006/8
• Geographic extent Central Asia
• Personal - local by Sebastian Eugster
  Svetlana Jumaeva
• - strong support by SDC HQ (e.g. Dr. Markus
  Zimmermann)
• Budget 750'000/year

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PP program - elements

• Network identify partner, avoid replication
• Risk profile
• PP strategy for Central Asia
• Projects
• Remote hazard assessment in Western Pamir, GBAO
• Disaster prevention in Muhminabad (CARITAS)
• implement further projects in 2004

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Integrated disaster managementConsider

• disaster management cycle
• multilevel stakeholders
• multisector approach
• governmental services
• politics
• science
• local communities
• part of sustainable development!!!

Preparedness
Risk-Analysis /Assessment
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Outlook

• PP strategy draft by early spring '04
• by mid '04
• project implementation
• not yet defined in which sector/region/level
• open for any kind of collaboration
• self-implementing partners
• spring '04 workshop on remote hazard assessment
  in Western Pamir

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Thank you!