A NATIONAL CDM FRAMEWORK: THE ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES EXPERIENCE

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• A NATIONAL CDM FRAMEWORK THE ST VINCENT AND THE
  GRENADINES EXPERIENCE
• BY MR HOWIE PRINCE
• DIRECTOR
• NEMO SVG

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Profile of SVG

• Location Tropical Caribbean
• (A piece of paradise)
• Southern Tip of the Atlantic Hurricane Belt
• Along the arch of the Caribbean Tectonic Plate
• In the part of the busiest commercial shipping
  lanes in the region
• In the Western Hemisphere

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• HISTORY OF HURRICANES/STORMS
• Hurricane Janet - 1955
• Hurricane David - 1979
• Hurricane Allen - 1980
• Tropical Storm Lenny - 1999
• Tropical Storm Lili - 2002
• Hurricane Ivan - 2004
• TS/Hurricane Emily - 2005

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STORM SURGE
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FLOODS
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LANDSLIDES
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VOLCANO
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TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
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OTHERS

• Fires
• Explosions
• Chemical Spills
• Exotic Plant and Animals Diseases

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Health Hazards

• Epidemics
• Avian Influenza Pandemic
• Vector borne diseases
• Mass Food poisoning

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History of Disaster Management

• Colonial Times
• An after thought at the whim of particular
  Administrators
• Post Independence
• Shake up by the eruption of La Soufriere Volcano
• First National Response Plan by Executive Orders
• Low level support for budget, personnel, planning

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History of Disaster Management in SVG

• DM given high priority on the National Agenda
  beginning 2001
• NEMO established in 2001 (one man staff)
• CDM National Consultation 2001
• CDM Strategy endorsed by the Govt of SVG in 2001

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Contextual BackgroundTo The Implementing CDM in
SVG Since 2001

• Impact of Tropical Storm Lili a wakeup call
• Political Will demonstrated
• Heavy Support by regional colleagues
• Stubborn Disposition of the NDC
• Support by Donor Community
• Commitment to the establishment of systems and to
  the involvement of stakeholders

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General Acceptance of Baseline Study

1. Strengthening the NDO
2. Developing the CDERA CU
3. Collaboration and cooperation of stakeholders
4. Sector specific programmes
5. Research and data base development
6. Utilization of technical products of CDM

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Base Line Study Cont

• 7. Building on training and mitigation
  initiatives of CDERA and partners
• 8. Sharing best practices
• 9. Collaboration of funding agencies beyond the
  response mode
• 10. Strengthening legislation
• 11. Sensitization of policy makers
• 12. Costing loss as a tool for CDM integration

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Assessment of the Implementation of the
Intermediate Results (IR)

• Editors Note
• Any information contained hereafter that
• bears resemblance to that of other countries
• is pure coincidental. Although bragging
• rights are earned, the preceding are
• statement of facts.

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IR 1 Stronger national and regional institutions
to drive the implementation of CMD

• 1.1 NDO strengthened to support CDM
• SVG accessed a loan from the IBRD which inter
  alia
• Hired consultants to do the following
• DM Specialist ,to assist with DM planning, train
  staff,
• Media Specialist, draft public awareness and
  training plan, brand NEMO, train staff
• Telecom Specialist, train staff and communities
  in EmCom

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IR 1

• Planned Activities
• Replicate and Community Profiling Hazard Mapping
  Programme Piloted in Marriaqua under CADM Project
• Successful completion of project and use of
  certain processes now done at community level

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IR 1 Cont

• 2. Train rural communities in risk mgt.
• Result Ongoing, Risk Mgt is part of training
  course put on under our Community Mobilisation
  Programme

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IR 2 Research and Training

• Planned Activities
• Establish Community DM Committees
• 30 groups functional
• Plans to establish 10 in 2007
• Regular Training for Community Groups at NEMOs
  HQ and at the local level in the following areas

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Training Track Record

• Shelter Management (600)
• Damage and Need Assessment (200)
• Introduction to DM (350)
• Emergency Telecommunication (300)
• Project Writing and Mgt (150)
• Training for Instructors (30)
• School Infusion Programme (100)

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Track Record of Training

• Medical First Responders (50)
• MCM (30)
• ICS (35)
• ECAT (35)

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IR 2

• Planned Activities
• Initiate DM Programme for Businesses
• Ongoing
• Done on request
• Started with utility companies
• Some Hotels on board
• request from Min of Tourism for broad based
  programme

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IR 3 Regional Donor Incorporation into CDM

• CAPM Project with its wide stakeholder interest
• USAID
• Training
• Institutional Support
• UNDP
• Community Mobilisation (TRAC FUND)
• Institutional Capacity Strengthening
• Land Search and Rescue

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IR 3 Cont

• PAHO
• Avian Influenza Pandemic Planning
• MCM, ECAT, ICS
• Health Disaster Planning
• SUMA
• JICA
• Flood Hazard Mapping and Community Disaster
  Planning
• IDB Support for Disaster Response

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IR 3 Cont

• US SOUTHCOM
• 120 X 60 ft warehouse
• Supplies for the warehouse
• Training in Supplies Management
• Training in EOC Mgt
• Simulation Exercising through FAHUM and
  Tradewinds
• Major evacuation of a northern rural village

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1R 3 Cont

• Promote Building Codes
• Promotion ongoing with NEMO as one of the lead
  agencies
• Already legislated
• Will be implemented and enforced as of January
  2007
• NEMO to assist with training of small scale
  builders, contractors, draftsmen, etc

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IR 4 Preparedness, Response and Mitigation
Capacity Enhanced and integrated into all sectors

• DM Legislation Supported
• SVG Emergency and DM ACT 2006 passed on June 1
• A fair comprehensive piece of legislation that
  drew from CDERA Model and other regional ones
• Contains a reporting mechanism which holds much
  opportunities for review, expansion and resource
  allocation
• Give many powers to Dir, NEMO for regulation of
  DM in the country (PS to liaise year long)

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IR 4 Cont

• Comprehensive DM Plan in Place
• National Response Plan in Place with Prime
  Ministerial Spot Checking mechanism
• EOC Operations facilities are adequately
• equipped and operational
• NEMOs HQ opened in 2005
• Staff compliment improved
• EOC equipped

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IR 4 Cont

• Media messages streamlined
• Public awareness campaigns on hurricane
  awareness, volcano awareness, flood risks and
  landslide risk are now regular features of our
  programming
• Strong association with media
• Emergency Broadcast Protocol established and
  tested

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IR 5 Hazard information is incorporated into
development planning

• National Hazard Mitigation Council established
  and approved by Cabinet 2004
• NHMC Policy and Plan Drafted, awaits approval
• National Land Management Unit established in 2006
  to create hazard maps using GIS tech.
• NEMO consulted on a range of development issues
  including new power plant and international
  airport

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CDM The Way Forward

• More information needed on the exact nature and
  roles of Donor agencies
• what are there areas of focus
• What can they fund/not fund
• What are their peculiarities for procurement
• Is there need for a greater presence of countries
  at the Donors negotiation table

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CDM The Way Forward

• Need for the synchronization of information
  sharing formats from PS
• May level the playing field on public knowledge
  of who is doing what, when, where, how and why.

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Pledge of Support for proposed out comes towards
the next five years

1. Enhance institutional support for CDM program
   implementation at all levels
2. Enhanced community resilience building to reduce
   risk and to respond to adverse climate
   variability and change
3. Mainstreaming of DRM at national level
   incorporating key sector, Tourism, Health,
   Agriculture, Education

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Pledge of Support Cont

• 4. Establishment of an effective mechanism of the
  management of the CDM knowledge bank.

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Final Words

• We have a good formula going. So if it aint
  broke, dont fit it
• There are some challenges but much more
  opportunities.
• We must learn how to seize the moment, place it
  into our national context and run with the ball.