Project profile — Strengthening National Systems to Improve Management and Response to Natural Disasters

• Haiti (100.00%)

• Rural development:
Rural development (43040) (10.00%)
Disaster Risk Reduction (43060) (60.00%)
• Emergency Response: Relief co-ordination; protection and support services (72050) (10.00%)
• Reconstruction Relief And Rehabilitation: Reconstruction relief and rehabilitation (73010) (20.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)
• Climate change mitigation (significant objective)
• Climate Change Adaptation (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (principal objective)

This initiative seeks to strengthen national systems in Haiti to better manage and respond to natural disasters. Haiti is one of the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change. It is hit by hurricanes on a regular basis. This initiative supports current recovery and rebuilding efforts in various communities that are most vulnerable. In part, it supports Haitian officials at the central, departmental and communal levels so that they can develop and implement communal recovery plans that will prioritize activities in the wake of a disaster. The initiative also pays special attention to the inclusion and participation of women, as socio economic actors and agents of change, in making their communities more resilient in the face of natural disasters.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) the sustainability of natural disaster recovery efforts is improved; (2) the people affected, especially women, are more economically empowered; and (3) the sustainable livelihoods and resilience of the communities are strengthened.

Result achieved as of March 2022 include: (1) the distribution of more than 40 types of materials and equipment of intervention, rescue and protection to reinforce the capacity of the 12 targeted municipalities to respond to natural disasters; (2) the finalization of the 12 recovery and development plans for the municipalities affected by the earthquake, in collaboration with almost 200 actors; (3) the installation of 12 high frequency multidirectional alert sirens in each of the 12 targeted municipalities and the training on the management and use of this material to the persons responsible of city halls and members of the Municipal Comittees of Civic Protection; (4) the rehabilitation of seven public infrastructures in Grande Anse; (5) the support of 120 micro-enterprises within its first cohort, 93 of which are female-led, and 150 micro-enterprises within its second cohort, 126 of which are female-led, in five municipalities; and (6) the sensitization of 1406 participants (392 women) from 12 municipalities on the principles and steps of the Communal Plans of Multirisk Contingency through various workshops.

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