Project Objective
To strengthen regional, national and community level capacity for mitigation, management and coordinated response to natural and technological hazards and the effects of climate change.
Project Outcomes
- Improved coordination and collaboration between community disaster organisations and other research/data partners including climate change entities for undertaking comprehensive disaster risk management
- Enhanced community awareness and knowledge on disaster management and climate change adaptation procedures
- Enhanced preparedness and response capacity (technical and managerial) for sub-regional and local level management and response
Major Outputs
- A regional programme for integration of climate change in the disaster risk reduction agenda
- A regional plan of action for implementing the climate change and disaster risk reduction programme
- A community-based disaster management planning programme incorporating climate change
- An operational regional mechanism for coordination of community based disaster management initiatives
- The strengthening of CDEMA’s Sub-Regional Disaster Emergency Response Operational Units for enhanced response coordination