ACP-EU NDRR Resources

From May 4-6, 2021, ECCAS, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the World Bank co-organized the second ECCAS Hydromet Forum. This second edition, which was held virtually, aimed to share and consolidate achievements in the field of hydromet services at the regional level. Participants exchanged ideas on modernizing hydromet services in ECCAS member states to better contribute to climate-resilient development and adaptation planning.

The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Focus Days, and final event for the ACP-EU NDRR Program, took place from September 28 to 30, 2021.

The event outlined how the Africa, Caribbean, Pacific-European Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (ACP-EU NDRR) Program has helped build resilience to natural hazards across the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions, through regional, country and local-level activities.

This brochure provides a global overview of the ACP-EU NDRR Program, its objectives, how it works and where it operates. Highlights include results from the Program’s operations since it was launched in 2011 and its accomplishments in ACP countries. The brochure reflects the participation of the European Union, the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States, and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery.

The FY20 Activity Report for the Result Area 2 Program highlights how despite the COVID-19 pandemic, African Regional Economic Communities have continued providing their respective member states with key technical assistance to improve their human, institutional, and financial resources dedicated to strengthening resilience to disaster risk and climate change.

The FY20 Activity Report of the ACP-EU NDRR Program highlights the continued efforts of ACP countries and regional organizations to integrate resilience to disaster risk and climate change into development planning at local, national and regional levels.

Recent years have shown the growing demand for support and tremendous drive by Sub-Saharan African countries to work on the Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) agenda. This was confirmed during a knowledge sharing event organized in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 20 November 2019 in the margins of the Understanding Risk (UR) West and Central Africa conference which focused on projects and activities implemented in the frame of the European Union (EU) funded Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRF) Initiative.

Due to its location, topography, and socioeconomic conditions, Madagascar is one of the most exposed and vulnerable countries in the world to climate change and extreme weather events, with cyclones, flooding, and drought posing the greatest risks. Madagascar and other Indian Ocean countries have recently been affected by Tropical Cyclone Belna in December 2019, which followed tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth that also hit the same region earlier in 2019.

The activity report summarizes activities of Result Area 5, also known as the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRF) Initiative, from July 2018 until June 2019. The report gives an overview of the achievements during this period. So far, the ADRF Initiative has yielded results in supporting governments by strengthening their capacity to design and implement risk financing policies, instruments, and strategies at regional, national and local levels.

On November 9, 2018, the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Commission hosted the ACP-EU NDRR Program Focus Day in Brussels, Belgium. The theme of the Focus Day was “Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in ACP Countries.” The event was organized in the margins of the GFDRR Fall 2018 Consultative Group meeting and Knowledge Partnership Day which took place on 7 and 8 November 2018, also in Brussels, Belgium.

The ACP-EU NDRR mid-term evaluation was launched in May 2017, carried out by two independent consultants and completed in June 2018.

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This document offers a brief overview of the Somalia Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA) and subsequent Resilience and Recovery Framework (RRF), which were requested by the government in August 2017 to identify the root causes of recurrent drought and develop a strategy for medium-term recovery and long-term resilience.

The Development of (national and local) Comprehensive Disaster Risk Profiles for Enhancing Disaster Management project was launched in October 2012 and closed in April 2016, having successfully completed all key planned activities.