The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs April 14, 2011 Almaty Capacities for Preparedness & Response in CA Ali Buzurukvov Capacities for Preparedness & Response in CA Ali Buzurukvov

WHAT ARE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE CAPACITIES EmergencyTotal Population Affected"Appeal Threshhold" Tajikistan-Floods & Earthquake7,003? 2 Kyrgyzstan - Earthquake (Osh)3, Tajikistan -Compound Crises (Winter, Energy, Food)2,000,000? 4 Kazakhstan-Floods13,00010,000 5 Kyrgyzstan-Earthquake (Nura)1,197 (74)300 6 Kyrgyzstan-Compound Crises (Winter, Energy, Food)2,000,000n/a Tajikistan- Floods15000 (21) Kazakhstan- Floods30,00010,000 9 Tajikistan- Floods 6,708 (73) Kyrgyzstan- Civil Unrest400,000? 1 Uzbekistan-Refugee Influx100,00030,000

INTER-AGENCY CONTINGENCY PLANS IN CENTRAL ASIA CORE SCENARIOSIMPACTYear KZ Major Earthquake 25,000 dead, 250,000 displaced2008 Floods > 10,000 displaced2008 Civil/Unrest Refugee Influx 100,000 refugee, 300,000 displaced2008 UZ Major Earthquake (3 scales) ,000 displaced2010 Floods ,000 displaced2010 TMTM Major Earthquake No figure2007 TJ Major Earthquake 55,000 dead, 250,000 injured2010 Floods 20,000 displaced2010 Economic Crises 7 mln affected2010 KG Earthquake (3 scales) ,000 dead, 200,000 injured2010 Floods (3 scales) ,000 displaced2010 Refugee Influx/Civil Unrest 2,000 displaced2010 Civil Unrest ,000 refugees, 400,000 displaced2011

ISSUES: IACPs are not operationalized Contingency plans are not complementary (governments, agencies, regions) Simulation exercise Lack of government and NGO participation in the process Not linked to Early Warning Civil Unrest/conflict scenarios are not on the agenda (ex KGZ) PREPAREDNESS AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING

ISSUES: Fragmented and limited EW capacity Poor analytical capacity Delayed notification, dissemination and coordination Need for EW information is not defined Neglected conflict related EW Resource constraints EARLY WARNING

COORDINATION MECHANISMS Coordination StructureMembershipSecretariatComments KZ UNDMTUN Agencies UNRC Country + Regional Agencies UZ UNDMT UN Agencies UNRC Limited links with government TMTM UNDMTUN AgenciesUNRCNo links with government TJ REACT UN Agencies, NGOs, Government UNDP Part of National Response Mechanism Cluster Approach KG HCT/ICCM/ DRCU UN Agencies, NGOs, Government RC/OCHA/UND P Part of National Response Mechanism Cluster Approach

ISSUES: Weak coordination with government and local NGOs Roles and responsibilities of regional agencies Lack of regional coordination and collaboration Regional information management COORDINATION

RESOURCES for PREPAREDNESS ISSUES: Absence of dedicated rapid response stocks Inconsistent use of internal rapid response funds Lack of funding mechanisms for small scale disasters Absence of resource mobilization mechanisms for slow onset emergencies Stockpiling and logistics Lack of donor interest for disaster preparedness

RECOMMENDATIONS IACP To regularly update and test IACP based on country specific risk profile To seek for more government and local NGO involvement to IACP EW To define requirements, capacities, and management of EW Coordination To align local and global coordination mechanism To revive CA Task force: TOR and composition To define support to CA Center for DRRR Resources To regularly analyze funding flow for emergency preparedness and response To agree on rapid response mobilization of internal funds To explore opportunity of CHF To accelerate fast track procedures for emergencies To explore stockpiling modalities for rapid response