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Initial consultation for national resilience planning
undertaken in Fiji
The first consultation meeting in Suva on the 16th
of April, 2014 kicked off the Fiji resilience planning
process, within the EDF10 BSRP project. Lead by the
Fiji National Disaster Management Office and SPC,
the meeting was attended by representatives from
Fiji Government Ministries at a national and sub-
national level and civil society. Significant progress
was achieved with the finalisation of the membership,
Terms of Reference for the Fiji National Steering
Committee and identification of key priority actions
for the first year of the project. Lead agencies for
each priority action will now proceed to plan these
actions.
Introducing the building safety and resilience in the pacific
(EDF10 BSRP) project
September 2013 saw the launch of the ACP-EU/SPC
Building Safety and Resilience in the Pacific (EDF10
BSRP) project. Approximately €20 million was
provided by the European Union over 55 months to
strengthen the capacity of ACP Pacific Island states to
address existing and emerging challenges with regard
to the risks posed by natural hazards and related
disasters, while maximising synergies between
disaster risk reduction strategies and climate change
adaptation.
The project’s objective is to reduce vulnerability, as
well as social, economic and environmental costs of
disasters, thereby contributing to achieving regional
and national sustainable development and poverty
reduction goals in Pacific Island states.
Workingwith key stakeholders in the riskmanagement
field - including civil society, the private sector,
governments, and academia - the project team works
in 15 ACP Pacific Island states in the following key
result areas:
Effective preparedness, response and recovery
Strengthening institutional arrangements
for disaster risk management and climate change
adaptation;
Improved knowledge, information, public
awareness, training and education;
Improved understanding of natural hazards and
the reduction of underlying risks; and
Enhanced partnerships in disaster risk
management and climate change.
Included in this project is the Pacific Islands Emergency
Management Alliance (PIEMA), a strategic alliance
between Pacific disaster management co-ordinators,
which aims to improve, within five years, capability
and operational systems so that disaster management
within Pacific Island nations and throughout the region
is more effective in reducing impacts of disasters.
Lead by the Project Manager, Taito Nakalevu, the
team includes project officers Noa Tokavou, Waisale
Naqiolevu, Anthony Blake and Suzanne Paisley with
project assistance from Asenaca Tamanikaiwaimaro.
Participants of the meeting in Fiji discuss priority actions
Manasa Tagicakibau chairing the Fiji Steering Committee
Meeting with Taito Nakalevu