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BSRPs Year 1 Achievements In Brief...
Cook Islands
Federated States
of Micronesia
• National Steering Committee (NSC) in place,
• 10 members, terms of
reference (TOR) approved and country
implementation plan endorsed.
• Project Coordinator hired and will strengthen coor-
dination of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and
Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) projects.
• In strengthening women’s participation in Emergency
Management a female volunteer fire-fighter was funded
to attend the Australasian Fire Authorities Council
(AFAC) /Pacific Islands Fire Emergency Services
Association (PIFESA)Pacific Islands Emergency
Management Alliance (PIEMA) meet, Wellington.
Fiji
Nauru
Marshall
Islands
Kiribati
• NSC in place, TOR approved and country
implementation plan endorsed.
• Gender and disability inclusive design
currently developed
• Joint National DRR and CC Platform
convened, 128 participants from various
sectors attended.
• NSC in place, TOR approved and country implementation plan
endorsed.
• Consistent, timely interpretation and dissemination of tsunami
warning countrywide.
• Ensure the 10,500 people or 10% of the population of FSM
receive early warning 24/7.
• Protect washing away of a classroom building at AWAK
• Elementary School. (Letter Of Agreement is yet to be signed
between SPC and IOM)
• Availability of fuel supply during disasters that may impact the
main fuel farm.
• Mainstream DRM and CC into sector plans to benefit 6,616
people of Kosrae.
• Review will be carried out to strengthen response capacity.
• Collaboration of DRM and CC to ensure complementarity
and maximisation of benefits.
• Increase visibility of disaster awareness and the BSRP project.
• Enhancement of utilisation of hazard, vulnerability and risk
datasets to guide planning.
• Partnership negotiated and established with Micronesian
Conservation Trust, the state and NGO’s to jointly work on
community adaptation and implement DRR activities.
• Review of Year 1 work plan and agreement of Year 2 work plan.
• NSC in place, TOR approved and country
implementation plan endorsed.
• First National Steering Committee (NSC)
meeting convened in Tarawa.
• Gender and disability representatives endorsed
as part of the Kiribati BSRP NSC.
• BSRP priority activities aligned to Kiribati
national CC and DRM and development
priorities through aligning with the KJIP SC
• Capacity building opportunities for the
Kiribati Fire service attending the
AFAC/PIFESA/PIEMA meet, Wellington.
• NSC in place, TOR approved and country
implementation plan endorsed.
• 217 water tanks procured installation in
process. This to benefit 13 northern islands,
population 5,296 or 10% of the RMI population.
• Funded the establishement of the JNAP secre-
tariat.
• NSC in place, TOR approved and country
implementation plan endorsed.
• Endorsed 2014-2015 Annual Work Plan.