Disaster Risk Reduction Project Portal Cook Islands HFA Workshop 16/08/2012, Avarua.

Disaster Risk Reduction Project Portal Cook Islands

HFA Workshop

16/08/2012, Avarua

Objective • Information available and accessible

• DRR and Climate Change related projects in the Cook Islands • all Ministries and Sectors including Agriculture, Infrastructure, Renewable

Energy, Education, Health, ...• Tap into the DRR Project Portal benefits

• Know about - who does what where• Support better planning and coordination of initiatives, look for cooperation and

avoiding duplication, optimize resources etc. • Support reporting – JNAP, HFA, RFA

Content• Online system

• Similar to DRR PP for Asia and Pacific • Include – Islands, JNAP, NZD, Agencies and partners on national level• Link to national websites - Government, Prime Minister's Office, EMCI, Climate

Change, Renewable Energy • Link to regional portals - Pacific Disaster Net

Objectives & Content

Introduction & Background

• An online system developed and running since 2010

• www.drrprojects.net • Captures information on DRR projects

(Current, Proposed and Completed)• Scope Asia and the Pacific region• Though regional but provides

national level project information• + 1000 Projects meanwhile

• incl. 90 Projects Cook Islands• A user can

– Upload projects– Analyse projects

Features of the DRR project portal

DRR Project List for Asia and the Pacific– View project List– Search projects– View project details– Export to Excel– Follow links to organisations and donors

DRR Frameworks– View Roadmaps, Strategies and Plans

– Download relevant documents

DRR Regional Organisations– View regional organisation list and

details– View list of regional Meetings,

Committees, Forums and Networks

Easy to useFree to register and use your own ‘My Page’

Project Analysis

How many NZAID funded Projects relate to Cyclones ?

26 projects funded by NZAID

16 on Cyclones

All 16 include Cook Islands

Analyse projects using risk layers

Support to HFA ReportDRR Projects in the Cook Islands relating to HFA Priority 2

Activities

• Introduction meetings• Project information template• Collecting project information • Data entry• Challenges

Project Collection

Results

• Meetings• 43 new projects - 23 EMCI, 20 CCCI• 17 uploaded with support from ADPC in

Bangkok• 90 projects for Cook Islands online now

Next Steps

• Information collection and data entry• User Manual• Train staff at EMCI• Analysis

Challenges

•Information collection – from all sectors - relevant material such as contracts, documents etc. with details (Islands, JNAP)

•ICT – limited resources for implementation and maintenance

•Sustainability – review and updates every 6 months

Applied Geoscience & Technology Division (SOPAC) – SPC

Meitaki ma'ata !

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