Building Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Palestine The UN system in Palestine

Situation in Palestine : Threats Palestine is facing multiple threats: Natural: Earthquake Floods Droughts Political: Civil Unrest

DRR Disaster Management Disaster Preparedness Disaster Mitigation & Resilience Disaster Risk Reduction in Palestine Implementing MOFA, WFP MOI, PCD, WFP MOA, FAO, CRS, WFP

Disaster Management and Preparedness Capacity Building of communities through E-voucher support; Capacity Building in support of the Palestinian Civil Defense; Disaster Mitigation & Building Resilience Conditional Vouchers with : - Greening Palestine - Water Harvesting - Land Rehabilitation

Delivering as One initiative UN agencies in the Palestinian Territory co-operating individual and joint initiatives to support the Palestinian Civil Defense

Support to the Palestinian Civil Defense Building the Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience in Palestine 16 individual projects to support PCD with a combined value of $7,6 mill USD

Areas identified to support PCD Three outputs according to their order of prioritization: Information management Logistics Emergency Telecoms

SMS Project Citizen Reporting of regular incidents – crowd sourcing; Information Management and Emergency Telecoms Mobile Solutions for transforming paper surveys into digital data Risk assessment – vulnerability and Preparedness Survey; Disaster assessment – after a disaster occurs;

Benefits Projects will support the Civil Defenses mandate as principle humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian Authority in times of emergency and disaster. Collaborative initiatives with other actors strengthen all programmes and delivers maximum value for the international communities investments. Resilience focused projects for both the PCD and the community ensure that long-term sustainability is achieved.

Building resilient livelihood for food security initiative

Greening Palestine and Work plan initiated on February 2013, on two levels: Climate Change Adaptation What is it ?Conditional voucher: work in return for voucher to access food in shops. 1.Greening Palestine: Tree Plantation;. 2.Land rehabilitation and reclamation: building terraces, water channels, and ponds. 1.Greening Palestine: Tree Plantation;. 2.Land rehabilitation and reclamation: building terraces, water channels, and ponds.

Greening Palestine and DRR Tree Plantation: Protects the land from soil erosion; Increases flora in the territory which will : Helps decrease pollution and ameliorate atmospheric conditions; Land rehabilitation: Building terraces, water channels ponds Building terraces, water channels ponds - Channel the water; -Prevent: floods from accessing lands, roads and homes; AND loss of livelihood due to droughts; -Increases land production; - Channel the water; -Prevent: floods from accessing lands, roads and homes; AND loss of livelihood due to droughts; -Increases land production; will Positive outcomes

Rainwater harvesting and climate change adaptation Activities on-going since 2011 What is it ?Cash transfer: involving beneficiaries in water cisterns construction/rehabilitation 1. Rehabilitation of cisterns for herders 2. Construction of cisterns for farmers 1. Rehabilitation of cisterns for herders 2. Construction of cisterns for farmers

Rainwater harvesting and DRR Water harvesting -Increase quantity of water available - Increase predictability of water availability - Reduce production cost -Increase quantity of water available - Increase predictability of water availability - Reduce production cost will Positive outcomes

Urban Agriculture in Gaza and resilient cities Activities on-going since 2011 What is it ?Technology transfer: Vertical gardens, aquaponics, backyard gardens, fish ponds food diversification and value chain 1.Rooftop gardens: 330 units (vertical and aquaponics) 2.Backyard gardens: 220 rabbit units 3. Fish ponds: 120 units 1.Rooftop gardens: 330 units (vertical and aquaponics) 2.Backyard gardens: 220 rabbit units 3. Fish ponds: 120 units The first tomato harvest from a rooftop aquaponic unit in the Gaza Strips Az Zaitoun neighborhood FAO/Christopher Somerville

Rainwater harvesting and DRR Roof top gardens - Increase water efficiency - Adaption of agricultural production to droughts and dry seasons - Reduce competition over space linked to urbanization - Increase water efficiency - Adaption of agricultural production to droughts and dry seasons - Reduce competition over space linked to urbanization will Positive outcomes Backyard gardens and fish ponds - Secure diversified food - Provide cheap source of proteins - Preserve environment - No geopardize urbanization - Secure diversified food - Provide cheap source of proteins - Preserve environment - No geopardize urbanization will

The UN system in Palestine