World Vision International Handicap International

The Netherlands Red Cross

UNICEF Uzbekistan

Implementing Agencies: Джизакская область

DIPECHO Program in UzbekistanJoint presentation of DIPECHO projects implemented in 11 regions of Uzbekistan

World Vision International - Uzbekistan

Background:

• since 2003 working in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

• personnel: 20 staff members

• activities: health care and humanitarian assistance to vulnerable communities of population and disasters preparedness

Information of DIPECHO project:

• Project title: “Disaster risks reduction in Tashkent city”

• Partners: “Healthy Generation” Foundation, NGO “Hayot” and Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan

• Target group: mahallas

• DIPECHO IV – 11 mahallas (2007-2008)

Netherlands Red Cross and Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan

Background:

• RCSU was founded in 1925 and since 1992 working as independent organization

• personnel: 746 staff members and 37000 active volunteers, 199 branches

• activities: humanitarian and social assistance

Information on DIPECHO:

• Project title: “Preparation of population and schools to disasters in Uzbekistan”

• Project sites: Andijan, Fergana, Namangan, Tashkent, Syrdarya, Navoi and Kashkadarya regions

• Target groups: mahallas and schools

• DIPECHO I – 1 mahalla (2003)

• DIPECHO II – 45 mahalla (2004 - 2005)

• DIPECHO III – 25 mahalla, 85 schools (2005-2006)

• DIPECHO IV – 45 mahalla, 187 schools (2007-2008)

• DIPECHO V – 55 mahalla, 102 schools (2008-2009)

UNICEF UzbekistanBackground:

• since 1994 working in Uzbekistan

• personnel: 30 staff members

• activities: maternal and child health/nutrition, HIV/AIDS, ECD, quality basic education, child protection, family/community empowerment, LCB

Information on DIPECHO:

• Project title: “Disaster Risk Reduction among vulnerable communities”

• Project sites: Bukhara, Djizak, Kashkadarya, Navoi, Namangan, Samarkand, Syrdarya, Tashkent, and Fergana regions

• Partners: MoES, MoPE, MoH, “Mahalla” Foundation, Institute of Seismology

• Target groups: mahallas and schools

• DIPECHO IV – 36 mahallas, 200 schools (2007-2008)

• DIPECHO V – 36 mahallas, 300 schools (2008 -2009)

HFA Priority 3 Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels

Public awareness raising

Provision of posters, booklets, checklists / Centralized development, dissemination and impact monitoring in schools and communities

Public Information / Decentralized messages through local mass media channels

• National

Level of implementation

• Regional

• District

• Community

Arranging events in communities / campaigns, contests involving direct beneficiaries in disaster preparedness issues consideration

Public awareness raising

Public awareness raising

HFA Priority 3 Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels

Institutional capacity building

Methodological guidelines and IEC materials / Centralized development, dissemination and impact monitoring

• National

Level of implementation

• Regional

• District

• Community

Planning and implementation of DP actions / Close collaboration with MoES, MoPE, MoH through expert groups

Training of core trainers in education and health sectors / Provision of training equipment, IEC materials, guidelines to regional training centers

Methodological guidelines

Methodological guidelines

Training

HFA Priority 1 Disaster risk reduction – national and local priority, with strong institutional base for implementation

National, regional and local cooperation

Coordination of planning and implementation of activities on disaster preparedness / National Steering Committee at MoES • National

Level of implementation

• Regional

• District

• Community

Organization of interaction among khakimiyats, departments of emergency, health and education / Regional Steering Committees at DoES, district focal points

Development, implementation and revising of action plans on disaster preparedness / Local disaster management committees in makhalla

HFA Priority 3 Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels

School-based disaster preparedness

Training of schools and kindergartens directors on disaster preparedness / Provision of guidelines and basic equipment sets • National

Level of implementation

• Regional

• District

• Community

Training of teachers on disaster preparedness and first aid / Dissemination of IEC materials

Training of school children on basic disaster awareness / Information materials dissemination, drills, simulation exercises, competitions

Training in schools

Training in schools

HFA Priority 5 Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels

Community based disaster preparedness

Training of LDMCs on disaster preparedness / Implementation of mitigation projects and simulation exercises, development of risk maps and disaster preparedness action plans. Provision of equipment

• National

Level of implementation

• Regional

• District

• Community

Establishment of rapid response teams / Trainings on conducting situation assessment, disaster relief work, first aid, food and water supply. Provision of materials and equipment

LDMC and rapid response teams

Mitigation projects

• Capacities of 9 regional civil protection training centers strengthened to support community based trainings in 35 pilot districts

• IEC materials developed on basic disaster awareness and preparedness provided to 500 schools and 72 communities

• 390 school headmasters have been trained in basic disaster awareness and school preparedness

• 7,100 teachers have been provided the seminars on basic disaster awareness and preparedness by regional and local trainers

• 187,046 children of schools in 9 regions have received instruction in basic disaster awareness and preparedness from their teachers

• 46,300 children received disaster preparedness and risk reduction messages through contests in summer camps, orphanages, boarding schools in 9 regions

• Nine regional in-service teacher advanced training institutes were provided essential guidelines and training of their trainers by civil protection institute

Main outputs of DIPECHO projects

• 11 regional rapid response teams (RRT) created, trained and provided equipment to conduct situation assessment, disaster relief work and first aid in emergency

• 6 regional centers established and equipped to provide trainings on disaster preparedness

• 116 mahallas’ volunteer teams established, trained and provided basic set of equipment to respond in emergency

• 450 basic disaster awareness trainings conducted covering more than 60000 people in pilot communities

• 70 mahallas and 187 schools received training, basic equipment set, and IEC materials on disaster awareness and preparedness

• 18 small-scale structural mitigation projects implemented in vulnerable communities (planting trees, river bank reinforcements, bridge reconstruction, etc) by community mobilization through makhalla committees

Main outputs of DIPECHO projects

• 28 teachers trained and certified as core DRR trainers in 11 mahallas of Tashkent

• 260 mahalla leaders trained in 11 mahallas of Tashkent

• 11 mahallas’ local disaster management committees have been established, provided with training and basic response kit and each mahalla completed its DP Plan

• 11 volunteer response teams were established in 11 mahallas of Tashkent went through a simulation exercise

• 165 mahalla activists trained in 11 mahallas of Tashkent to disseminate DRR messages

• About 9536 households in 11 mahallas of Tashkent received instruction kit on disaster preparedness and completed family preparedness plans

• IEC materials distributed to 4655 households of 11 mahallas in Tashkent

Main outputs of DIPECHO projects

DIPECHO Program in Uzbekistan

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