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ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Reduction Program: 2017-2018 Activity Report

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Executive Summary

This report highlights the results achieved by the African Caribbean Pacific – European Union (ACP-EU) Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (NDRR) Program during fiscal year 2018 (FY18; 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018). The report also presents how the ACP-EU NDRR contributes to leveraging significant additional investments in Disaster Risk Management (DRM).

In FY18 the ACP-EU NDRR Program continued to integrate disaster risk management into the development agenda. High demand from stakeholders resulted in 40 active projects in 28 countries in FY18, bringing the total program portfolio to 100+ projects supporting over 50 countries.

In Africa, twelve country-level projects (Window 2) were active in FY18. In response to country demands, the Program supported an increasing number of urban resilience projects. Support was also provided to projects integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) into development planning, and to projects assessing disaster risk, and improving climate services. The Program also supported two PostDisaster Needs Assessments (PDNA) (Window 3), one in Somalia and one in Sierra Leone.

In the Caribbean, eleven country-level projects (Window 2) were active in FY18. These activities showed the ongoing shift in focus from post-disaster interventions to pro-active DRM. Projects accelerated work on disaster risk financing and helped countries to identify the risks natural hazards pose to key infrastructures, and investments which can address these risks. Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the ACP-EU NDRR Program supported two post-disaster assessments, one in Antigua and Barbuda and one in Dominica, and supported resilient reconstruction in Dominica (Window 3).

In the Pacific, three regional projects (Window 1) and six country-level projects (Window 2) were active in FY18. These projects assisted countries to assess climate and disaster risks, and supported institutional strengthening for DRM. The ACP-EU NDRR Program supported one post-disaster assessment in Tonga (Window 3).

Two All-ACP projects (Window 3) were supported, to enable the third meeting of the Small Island States Resilience Initiative in May 2018 and to roll out a Disaster Recovery Framework Guide in all ACP countries.

Projects implemented by the ACP-EU NDRR Program have resulted in significant additional investments in DRM. Since 2011, the Program has leveraged nearly $2 billion through co-financing, through enabling in leveraging, and through informing in leveraging. In FY18, four new cases of enabling in leveraging, and eight new cases of informing in leveraging were identified.

The achievements of the Program in FY18 were underpinned by the partnership between the ACP Group of States, the EU, and GFDRR. Going forward, these partners will continue to work together through the ACP-EU NDRR Program to provide technical assistance, build in-country capacity, and leverage investments to upscale disaster risk management.