WORLDBANK EXPERT MEETING, OCTOBER 12 WASHINGTON DC 10 YEARS CORDAID CMDRR. THE ESSENCE, RESULTS AND WAY FORWARD.

BUILDING FLOURISHING COMMUNITIES IN FRAGILE CONTEXTS The Cordaid approach The overriding challenge in fragile and post-conflict countries is in restoring trust and social cohesion, at community level and between communities and the state.

FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT CORDAID million ,000 2, staff worldwide euros of disposable funds countries donors years experience projects 92 funding partners 459 fieldpartners

INTRODUCTION Cordaid is active on CMDRR since 2003, in 12 countries, 360 communities 2013: Report ’10 Years Cordaid Community Managed DRR. The Essence, Results and Way Forward’ Report : Partner survey 37 partners, 91 communities in 11 countries Member of larger alliance in DRR: PfR Providing technical assistance (training) CSO’s, GOV, Centers of Excellence on DRR. Cordaid is active on CMDRR since 2003, in 12 countries, 640 communities 2013: Report ’10 Years Cordaid Community Managed DRR. The Essence, Results and Way Forward’ Member of larger alliance in DRR: Partners for Resilience Providing technical assistance (training) CSO’s, GOV, Centers of Excellence on DRR.

WHY DOES DRR MATTER?

WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2014 WDR 2014 focuses on managing risk for development: investing in preparedness turning risk into opportunity DRR especially community managed is of great added value to post 2015 resilience building

CMDRR APPROACH The six basics: 1. Training 2. Risk Map by community 3. Community organization 4. Action plans by the community 5. Implementation of action plans 6. Monitoring and evaluation

RESULTS - DIRECT Example of concrete direct results:

RESULTS – INDIRECT Indirect community impact of CMDRR:

WAY FORWARD – SCALING UP Results show improvement of community resilience cooperation with other stakeholders towards scaling up is necessary. WAY FORWARD?

The Hague, September 2013