Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCAP-ISDR Consultation Meeting on Coastal and Climate Hazards 17–18 September 2009 ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness Strategic Plan

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Contents  Background on the Fund  Fund status  Strategic Plan  Priority areas for support

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Background on the Fund  Multi-donor Fund (Thailand, Sweden, Nepal, Turkey)  Grant funding to Governments, intergovernmental and other not-for-profit organizations  UN partners: IOC UNESCO, ISDR, OCHA, UNDP, UNEP, WMO  Fund bodies Advisory Council (policy and funding decisions) Inter-Divisional Task Force (technical appraisal) ESCAP Grants Committee (financial control)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Secretariat role (ESCAP)  Ongoing grants management  Annual Reports and other reporting  Technical assistance missions  Report on Regional Unmet Needs  Strategic Plan  Monitoring and evaluation (e.g., 2008 Evaluative Review)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Fund status  53 proposals received, with total budget of about US$ 61 million  14 projects approved, with total budget of about US$ 10.8 million (over 80%)  About US$ 2.6 million available for programming (less than 20%)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Strategic Plan—process and purpose  2008 Evaluative Review (including stakeholder interviews)  Consultation Meeting on 2 April 2009  Endorsed by the Fund’s Advisory Council in 2009  Intended as general guidance (for a Fund not a project)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Overall framework  End-to-end early warning (defined broadly) as overall framework for Fund  Multi-hazard approach  Regional focus  Geographical scope – Indian Ocean and South-East Asia (ESCAP members from Iran to Timor-Leste)

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Needs assessment  Report on Regional Unmet Needs—2009 update  Preparedness for coastal and climate hazards—still a large number of unmet needs  Even at broadest scale, disaster risk in the region is poorly understood  Support for disaster risk reduction/early warning does not always correspond to the level of risk  “Last mile” remains a massive challenge in the region

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Highest priorities for Fund support  Risk and vulnerability assessments  Standard Operating Procedures  Response capacity (through regional initiatives)  Public awareness  Drills—regulations and standards for evaluation  Improve effectiveness of warning messages

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Other priorities for Fund support  Strengthen access to critical information  Build institutional capacities for sustainability and maintenance of instrumentation networks  Cost-benefit analysis of early warning and DRR  Policy support to strengthen communications networks

Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund for Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Thank you!