BRIEFER

IBA NA ANG PANAHON: Science for Safer

Communities
I. Project Backgroun
Realizing the need for greater awareness on disaster preparedness, the
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have partnered
with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to ma!e an
aggressive campaign to"
#$ %eighten local ris! !nowledge &sing scienti'c tools( and
)$ Revisit local contingency plans &sing s&ch tools$
Th&s, this two*day regional (and provincial) wor!shop was
concept&alized$
II. Acti!it" Backgroun an Rationa#e
The co&ntry is +
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in the world in terms of e,pos&re and v&lnera-ilities
to disasters according to the ).#) /orld Ris! Inde, of the 0nited 1ations
0niversity2s Instit&te for 3nvironment and %&man Sec&rity and the
German 4lliance Development /or!s$
This means that we sho&ld have mechanisms to address these ris!s,
e,pos&res and v&lnera-ilities -eca&se, while often they are inevita-le, we
have the a-ility to mitigate, and to some e,tent, prevent them from -eing
disasters$
If we are to loo! at some of the ).#+ nat&ral 5h&man*ind&ced6
disasters in the -elow ta-le, the amo&nt and e,tent of damage (and its
increase) is alarming to cross*c&tting sectors$ 4nd if only for this also, we
need to loo! at the e7ectiveness of o&r strategies and revisit its" #)
relevance, )) practica-ility, +) reach and 8) perceived -ene'ciality$
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<revention pays, especially d&ring averting the loss and damage from
disaster ris!s$ The onsla&ght of Typhoon Aolanda (international name"
%aiyan) highlighted the need to review e,isting mechanisms of disaster
management in the <hilippines and the need to increase the capacity of
local comm&nities to withstand and -o&nce -ac! immediately post*
disaster$
Iba na ang Panahon: Science for Safer Communities is a national
information ed&cation and comm&nication (I39) campaign aims to
enhance the capacity and a-ility of local government &nits and disaster
managers in disaster ris! red&ction and mitigation in the face of the
increasing occ&rrence of mega disasters with the strength of Aolanda and
its massive impact in terms of loss of lives (h&man capital), infrastr&ct&re
damage, and economy at the comm&nity, regional and national scale$
If we ta!e a loo! at the gaps and lessons learned from Aolanda, we
o-serve that"
4$ <reparation did not match the disaster scenario$
@$ 1ational alerts were not translated very well to the local
level$ (Bor e,ample, &nderstanding storm s&rge and the level
of the height of the storm s&rge$)
9$ The res&lt" 9omm&nities prepared and evac&ated -&t the
lac! of disaster imagination for the impact of the disaster left
most regions devastated after the onsla&ght of the typhoon$
Local government &nits (LG0s) sit as front liners -efore, d&ring, and
after disasters$ In the ).#. -oo! Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters:
The Economics of Efective Prevention, /orld @an! and the 0nited 1ations
noted that Ca relatively easy and e7ective meas&re is for governments to
ma!e information a-o&t hazards and ris!s easily accessi-le (s&ch as maps
of Doodplains and earthE&a!e fa&lt lines)$F
4s disasters increase in intensity and freE&ency, e,pos&re to hazards
will rise especially in disaster*prone areas in the co&ntry$ Greater e,pos&re
to nat&ral hazards and disasters, however, sho&ld not mean increased
v&lnera-ility$
In view of the increasing challenges in disaster ris! red&ction and
management, comm&nity preparedness plays a -ig role in planning
against socio*economic disr&ption$ Bor LG0s, the challenge is how to
-etter prepare for disasters and E&ic!ly respond to -ring normalcy -ac! in
the comm&nity$ Science and technology are tools that can -e &sed to
arrive at -etter decisions for comm&nity preparedness and response in the
face of mega disasters$
III. O%jecti!es
Generally, the campaign aims to loo! at the national learning and
responses, as g&ided -y local e,periences, from the recent typhoons and
identify sol&tions to help ma!e -etter preparations$ It aims to enhance the
capacity and a-ility of comm&nity preparedness -y eE&ipping LG0s and
disaster managers with information and tools in implementing science*
-ased disaster ris! red&ction and management (DRR?) to -&ild safer
comm&nities$
?eanwhile, the wor!shop aims to"
1. 3val&ate past and f&t&re challenges of disaster management
)$ Identify preparedness sol&tions and responses
Speci'cally, the campaign aims to ena-le local chief e,ec&tives (L93s)
and disaster managers to"
4$ Identify and list nat&ral hazards a7ecting comm&nities at the
provincial and regional level -ased on latest hazard maps from
so&rce agencies" DST, DILG, D1D*9D, D31R*?G@ and 14?RI4$
@$ 9ite the new tools (maps and technologies) that can -e &sed -y
LG0s in the review and &pdate of comm&nity and regional
disaster plans, incl&ding the assessment of disaster*free zones for
evac&ation vis*G*vis e,isting evac&ation plans$
9$ 4ppreciation of hazards and ris!s at the regional perspective to
create a framewor! for disaster plan at the regional level
provincial level$
To do these, the partner implementers or agenciesHDST, DILG, D1D*
9D, D31R*?G@ and 14?RI4Haim to"
4$ %armonize tools and maps (e,isting and &pdated) for &se of LG0s
and disaster managers$
@$ Review -est practices and gaps of disaster management learned
d&ring the Aolanda e,perience and e,isting plans$
9$ <ractice, assess and &pdate the end*to*end warning protocol
-ased on e,perience learned from the ta-le*top e,ercise of
disaster ris! red&ction management d&ring the regional and
provincial -rea!*o&t sessions in the I39 campaign$
I*. Outcomes
/ith this intervention, the local governments shall have"
+$ Increased local ris! !nowledge
8$ Sharpened capacity for monitoring nat&ral hazards
=$ Tested warning and comm&nication protocols
;$ @&ilt response capa-ility
*. Out.ut
Brom the wor!shops to -e cond&cted, the following are the perceived
o&tp&ts"
#$ Reviewed scenario*-ased provincialIm&nicipal contingency plans
)$ Short*term local actions (Be-$*J&ne) for preparedness (response,
relief and early recovery)
+$ Long*term national actions ().#8*).#;) for &p*scaling preparedness
To facilitate the prod&ction of the o&tp&t, we shall -e &tilizing the
sol&tion*see!ing model$ /e start in de'ning the topic or the iss&e priority
as is the case$ Then move towards identifying the o&tcomes desired and
sol&tions for decision*ma!ing$ Binally, we move towards prioritizing and
inciting commitments for the strategies$
*I. Program Frame/ork
VII. Regiona# Sc+eu#e of Acti!ities
The following ta-le of activities shall -e c&stomized to reDect provincial
roll*o&ts$ 1ote that the &nit of analysis in the Regional Road Show is the
provinces th&s the o&tp&t is the reviewed <DRR?<$
?eanwhile, the &nit of analysis in the <rovincial Road Show is cities and
m&nicipalities with the o&tp&t of reviewedIrevised ?I9DRR?< -ased on
scenarios$
'A) &.&
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Invocation
<am-ansang 4wit
/elcome Remar!s
*<rovincial Governor
pening Remar!s
*Secretary, DST
*3,ec&tive Director, 1DRR?9
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Science*-ased Tools and %azards N DST <rod&cts
>")= L >"8. a$m$ verview of Local %ydrometeorological %azards
4nd /arning Systems
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DST 1ationwide perational 4ssessment of
%azards
*DST 14% <rogram Leader
Disaster Ris! 3,pos&re 4ssessment for ?itigation
*DR34? <rogram Leader
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@rea!o&t Sessions"
%ydrometeorological %azards
Geological %azards
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Ta-le*Top 3,ercise" ?&lti*%azard ?aps and Tools
(per provinceIcl&ster)
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(plenary) Sim&lation 3,ercises
3nd*to*end /arningI4dvisory
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DSTr&pted 9oncertR ( feat&ring Roc!*3d <hils)
'A) 1.& 2 Strengt+ening Res.onse Ca.acities
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*III. Partici.ants
The following are the target participants for the regiona# wor!shop"
#$ 4ll L93s (Governors and ?ayors)
)$ <rovincial DRR? Scer (<er R4 #.#)#)
?eanwhile, the participants for the .ro!incia# wor!shops are"
#$ 4ll L93s (?ayor)
)$ Sangg&nian <anlalawigan 9hairperson on 3nvironment
+$ 4@9 ?&nicipal <resident
8$ # ?&nicipal DRR? Scer (<er R4 #.#)#)
5. # ?&nicipal <lanning Scer
I3. Sc+eu#e
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