United Nations Development Programme, Angola Project...United Nations Development Programme, Angola Project ID and Title: 00092430, Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction

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ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT 2016

United Nations Development Programme, Angola

Project ID and Title: 00092430, Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building Award ID: 00084416 Period: 1/1/2015 – 31/12/2017 Total Project Budget: US$ 3,558,600 2016 Annual Work Plan Budget: US$ 1,064,950.50 (= US$ 895,317.90 under ID 00092430 + US$ 169,632.60 under ID 00048055, Preparedness for Resilient Recovery) Implementation Modality: National Implementation (NIM) Implementing Partner: The National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) National Priority or Goal: - Contribute to sustainable development by ensuring the preservation of the environment and quality of life of citizens. - Promotion of growth and economic diversification, national enterprises, and employment (including the insertion of the youth in active life). UNPAF Outcome involving UNDP: 4. By 2019, the environmental sustainability is strengthened through the improvement of management of energy, natural resources, access to green technology, climate change strategies, conservation of biodiversity, and systems and plans to reduce disasters and risks. Expected Country Programme Output: 4.2 Preparedness systems in place to effectively address the consequences of and response to risks posed by natural and man-made disasters at all levels of government and community.


Contents

1. EXEUCUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................... 3 2. BACKGROUND .............................................................................. 4 3. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ...................................................... 5 4. IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE .................................................. 26 5. FINANCIAL STATUS ..................................................................... 29

ATTACHMENTS:

Combined Delivery Report, January to December 2016


1. EXEUCUTIVE SUMMARY In 2016, the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) advanced in developing preparedness systems to address consequences of and response to disasters. In the framework established by the National Plan for Preparedness, Contingency, Response, and Recovery (PNPCR) 2015-2017, 2 provinces of Malanje and Benguela were newly equipped with contingency plans, bringing the total number from 6 to 8. The provincial contingency plans, comprising preparedness and response plans, established frameworks, leading the provincial governments to allocate budgets and facilitate disaster preparedness and response at local level. The aftermath of the severe drought that hit the country beginning in 2012 continued to impact 6 Southern provinces, especially Cunene, Huila and Namibe in 2016. Of 1.2 million people directly affected by the El Niño induced drought, 1.1 million were found in the 3 provinces. The drought-affected provinces developed respective response plans based on the provincial contingency plans prepared in 2015, and their implementation was assisted by the CNPC and UN’s emergency response action along with the coordination and information management support throughout the year. By utilizing disaster recovery planning capacity built from 2015 to 2016 with support of Japan-financed UNDP Regional Programme, Preparedness for Resilient Recovery, CNPC effectively led drought Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) in the 3 provinces with the support of the UN, the EU and the World Bank to facilitate a critical transition from emergency to development. Based on the PDNA results, CNPC plans to develop a Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) and a programme for resilient recovery, in particular for the operationalization of a dedicated Resilience Fund to support community-based initiatives for resilience-building, livelihood diversification and small infrastructure development. The operationalization of the Resilience Fund is planned by the Angolan government in the SADC Regional Humanitarian Appeal that was launched in June 2016. CNPC and UNDP see the operationalization of this Resilience Fund as a critical follow-up to the PDNA. In Angola, in part due to the effect of El Niño, incidence of vector-borne disease, Yellow Fever, increased dramatically since December 2015, resulting in a formal declaration of the outbreak made by the Ministry of Health in January 2016. To contain Yellow Fever with full implementation of the National Response Plan, from February to October, in close coordination with CNPC, UNDP provided technical support to the Ministry of Health at national and local levels in planning, capacity building, coordination, needs assessment and resource mobilization, especially in the area of the nationwide vaccination campaign. By September, over 16 million people were vaccinated, achieving 60 % of the total target of 25 million. As a result, no new confirmed case was reported since 23 June 2016. In the area of risk information management, with UNDP/UNISDR support, the National Disaster Loss Database, DesInventar was launched in April for evidence-based policy decision in disaster risk management and international reporting on the targets set in the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Following continuous data entry by the Civil Protection and Firefighting Service (SPCB), at the end of 2016, UNISDR recommended Angola's database to be validated and online at DesInventar.net before a Risk Profiling Regional Workshop among the Lusophone countries planned in early 2017. The Strategic Plan for Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2015-2017 was also launched in April to advance mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into sectorial works across relevant ministries. As envisaged by the plan, the CNPC established 4 thematic groups of relevant sectorial ministries around the 4 Priorities for Action established in the Sendai Framework. With the facilitation of UNDP, thematic groups prepared their respective Work Plans with targets to achieve for the coming two years from 2016 to 2017 under the Strategic Plan.


2. BACKGROUND At the highest political level, in 2014 the Government of Angola identified five main priorities for the

National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) in advancing the Disaster Risk Management in the

country.

1. Implementing the National Plan for Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery

2015-2017 emphasizing on its adaptation at provincial level.

2. Micro-localization of vulnerable infrastructure.

3. Improving hazard and risk information at national level, with emphasis on meteorological

and climate information.

4. Reinforcing sectorial involvement in disaster risk reduction, contingency response and

recovery.

5. Improving SPCB’s knowledge of disaster causes and specific resilience needs.

This project has been conceived as a response from UNDP to these priorities stated by the national

authority. Targeting urgent specific issues as a strategic contribution, the project will address

priorities 1, 3, 4 and 5.

Overall objective (or outcome) of the project is derived from one of the Outcomes of the United Nations Partnership Framework (UNPAF) 2015-2019 concluded between the Government of Angola and UN: By 2019, the environmental sustainability is strengthened through the improvement of management of energy, natural resources, access to green technology, climate change strategies, conservation of biodiversity, and systems and plans to reduce disasters and risks. Specific objective (or output) of the project is one of the UNDP Country Programme 2015-2019 Outputs: Preparedness systems in place to effectively address the consequences of and response to risks posed by natural and man-made disasters at all levels of government and community.

Three Expected Results of the project are:

1. National Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery Plan (PNPCR) 2015-2017

adapted and implemented at provincial scale (Priority 1 and 4).

2. National Risk Information System designed with main protocols established (Priority 3).

3. The institutional organization of the Civil Protection and Fire-fighting Service (SPCB)

strengthened with training activities implemented (Priority 5).

The project will be implemented based on the National Implementation Modality (NIM) with the

National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) being the Implementing Partner (IP).


3. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS

2015 Annual Review and 2016 Work Planning On 20 January 2016, UNDP and CNPC held a meeting at CNPC to review results achieved in 2015 under the project and prepare 2016 Annual Work Plan (AWP). After subsequent consultations, the final version of the 2016 AWP was signed by the two parties on 9 March 2016.

Mid-term Project Review On 16 August 2016, the mid-term project review was organized at the UNDP, inviting the Project Board members, namely UNDP programme staff and the representatives of the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC). But due to a conflict of schedule, the representatives of the CNPC were unable to attend the review. In the review meeting chaired by the UNDP Country Director, the UNDP CPR Programme Manager briefed the participants about the progresses made and challenges faced in implementing the project. After the deliberation, the review members agreed on the recommendations on a way forward to build upon the positive results achieved in the first semester of 2016. Looking at the years to come, the project team was encouraged to continue its efforts to up-scale the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) support to implement a large-scale programme, which will comprise continued institutional capacity development support and downstream interventions through the Resilience-Building Fund with the support of new partners.

Result 1. National Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery Plan (PNPCR) 2015-2017 adapted and implemented at provincial scale (Priority 1 and 4). Strengthening preparedness capacity to respond to disasters Within the executive framework established by the National Plan for Preparedness, Contingency, Response, and Recovery from Calamities and Disasters (PNPCR) 2015-2017, all provinces are expected to prepare their own Provincial Plan for Preparedness, Contingency, Response, and Recovery. This is an important first step towards enhancing local preparedness capacity for responding to and recovering from disasters. In 2015, a total of six provinces (Cunene, Huila, Namibe, Uige, Cuanza Norte, and Luanda) were assisted by the provincial support team of the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) along with a UNDP expert in decentralized contingency planning. In 2016, CNPC planned to assist four additional provinces of Malanje, Benguela, Bie and Zaire. From 30 March to 7 April 2016, assisted by a joint team of CNPC and UNDP, a 3-day planning meeting in each province resulted in the elaboration of Provincial Plans for Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery in the provinces of Malanje and Benguela. The final versions of the plans comprising risk analysis and scenario, strategic framework and objectives, preparedness and response plans, and budget, were submitted to the provincial governments for their review and approval. In each province, the planning meeting was opened by the coordinator of the Provincial Civil Protection Commission (CPPC), the Provincial Vice-Governor, and the whole planning sessions were attended by the representatives of all relevant ministries present in the province and


representatives of municipalities along with some CSO members (80 in each province). During the planning sessions, the mission team also provided participants with training opportunities on basic Disaster Risk Reduction concepts, emergency response simulation, and what civil protection is. CNPC staff including Chief of Operational Planning and a technical staff enjoyed on-the-job training on contingency preparedness and response planning offered by the UNDP expert. A field visit was also organized for the participants to observe local risk conditions. Through this planning process, the Provincial Preparedness, Contingency and Response Planning Guide was updated in April 2016. In 2016, Uige and Cuanza Norte approved their respective plans for budgeting, whereas Cunene, Huila and Namibe updated their plans and budgets prepared in 2015 for approval in 2016. Although 2 provincial planning were planned in Bie and Zaire for the last quarter of 2016, due to other priority tasks, these planning were rescheduled to 2017.

Launching of the Strategic Plan for Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction in the framework of the National Development Plan (2013-2017) On 16 December 2015, the Council of the Ministers approved the Strategic Plan for Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction in the framework of the National Development Plan (2013-2017), which aims at advancing Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) mainstreaming in sectorial works across relevant ministries. On 14 April 2016, with the support of a UNDP expert, in Luanda the CNPC organized a meeting of the sectorial members of the CNPC to officially launch the Strategic Plan. As envisaged by the plan, during the meeting the CNPC established 4 thematic groups of relevant sectorial ministries around the 4 Priorities for Action established in the Sendai Framework for DRR 2015-2030, namely: 1) a better understanding of risk; 2) strengthened disaster risk governance; 3) investing in DRR for resilience; and 4) more disaster preparedness for effective response and embedding the ‘build back better’ principle into recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. With the facilitation of the UNDP expert, thematic groups prepared their respective Work Plans with targets to achieve for the coming two years from 2016 to 2017 under the Strategic Plan. Lead ministries are expected to coordinate their respective group works for the implementation of the Work Plans and to provide regular reporting to the CNPC.

Regional Meeting of UNDP Disaster Risk Management (DRM) experts In order to have a more coordinated and coherent regional approach to the El Niño and La Niña effects expected from 2016, the UNDP Regional Service Centre (RSC) in Africa developed a draft UNDP Regional Strategy for El Niño/La Niña, covering Eastern and Southern Africa. Initial inputs to the strategy was provided to the RSC from the concerned Country Offices including Angola during February 2016. The focus of the strategy was on (i) Strengthening of coordination mechanisms to have a comprehensive Regional Coordination and Collaboration Framework among development partners and humanitarian agencies for El Niño/La Niña preparedness, response and recovery efforts; (ii) Enhancement of Technical Capacity and Innovation for El Niño/La Niña Response and Recovery; (iii) Improving advocacy and information management / exchange for better understanding and application of information on El Niño/La Niña impacts, preparedness, response and recovery and (iv) Supporting implementation of a comprehensive disaster risk management (DRM) approach that leverages relief and recovery efforts and resources for building resilience.


At the 2nd phase, the UNDP RSC convened the 24-25 March meeting of UNDP DRM staff of the Country Offices (CO) in the East and Southern African region to review the draft UNDP Regional Strategy on El Niño/La Niña and synchronize implementation at regional and national levels. UNDP Angola participated in the meeting and briefed about the current and planned interventions and lessons learnt, including CO Angola’s needs for the RSC support. On the UNDP RSC support to the SADC in the area of regional Early Warning System (EWS), participating COs of SADC region all requested increased regional support to the SADC Climate Prediction Center to more effectively facilitate preparedness and early action at country level, especially considering the relatively positive results delivered by the IGAD regional project in the Eastern Africa region. The UNDP Regional Strategy for El Niño/La Niña in Eastern and Southern Africa was reviewed and validated by the UN Resident Coordinators’ meeting in Botswana on 5-6 April 2016.

Support to emergency response and recovery in the drought-affected provinces At the beginning of 2016, El Niño-induced drought reportedly affected 1.2 million people in the six Southern provinces with majority of the affected in Cunene, Huila and Namibe. While the government prepared the Presidential Aid programme to support the affected population, the UN developed an emergency response plan to address needs in Health, Nutrition, WASH, Food and Agriculture in the framework established by the National Plan for Preparedness, Contingency, Response, and Recovery (PNPCR) 2015-2017. US$ 5 million was mobilized from OCHA Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide life-saving support in the three most affected provinces from March to August. Subsequently the period of support was extended till November 2016 to complete all planned activities. UNDP mobilized circa US$ 200,000 to provide support through the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in the areas of emergency response coordination & information management, Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), and recovery / resilience-building planning / programming. In addition, UNDP also agreed with UNFPA to administer US$ 150,000 mobilized to support UNFPA’s activities in reproductive health programming in emergency.

1. Emergency response coordination and information management

A Field Coordinator was deployed to be stationed in Cunene in March 2016 to support the coordination of the UN emergency response in Cunene, Huila and Namibe in close coordination with the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) and three provincial governments. Till the end of 2016, the Field Coordinator continued assisting the Vice Governors of the three provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe in organizing regular coordination meetings between the provincial government’s sectorial departments and its partners including the UN agencies and NGOs; 2 monthly meetings were held in Cunene and Huila and 1 bi-monthly meeting in Namibe. While monthly Situation Report was prepared in consultation with the provincial governments and their partners, 2 Harmonized Contingency Plans were prepared for Cunene and Huila provinces, depicting the UN’s response plan in the respective Provincial Plans for Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery 2015-2017. These harmonized plans effectively helped the provincial governments understand where, when and how the UN and other partners were supporting the provincial governments in implementing their contingency response plans. Furthermore, those plans highlighted the areas that are in need of further support to adequately address the needs of the drought-affected population. With the facilitation by the Field Coordinator and the leadership of the provincial governments, despite challenges, the process of response coordination and information management gradually improved in the three provinces.


Throughout 2016, the UN Resident Coordinator of Angola and OCHA’s Global and Regional representatives visited the drought-affected provinces to observe the situation on the ground and express their solidarity and commitment to continue supporting the provincial governments’ ongoing efforts. The high-level field missions to the drought-affected provinces apparently helped further strengthen mutual trust and collaboration between the provincial governments and its partners in addressing the effect of drought. Building upon this achievement, an inter-provincial meeting on El Niño-induced drought was organized by the CNPC in Lubango, Huila on 19 September in close coordination with the Huila Provincial Government and the UN. The meeting was attended by 96 people including: the National representatives of the Ministry of Interior, Planning, Territorial Administration, Agriculture and Health; from the provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe, the Vice-governors of Social and Political Affairs and Departments of Water, Social Protection, Family and Women Promotion, Education, Civil Protection; Representatives of 18 municipalities; UN agencies (UNDP, FAO, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and the World Bank); 7 NGOs, and representatives of universities. During the meeting, the drought-affected municipalities briefed about sectorial vulnerabilities, possible scenarios and short-to-medium term response plans, helping the participants to appreciate the overall drought impact in the affected municipalities in the region, as well as lessons learnt from the ongoing response action. The UN Resident Coordinator also presented an overview on the effects of 2015/2016 drought in the SADC region, including the Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee (RIASCO) Action Plan developed in support of the SADC Regional Appeal of June 2016. The UN agencies and national representatives of Agriculture, Health, Interior, Planning and Territorial Administration also presented results achieved by the respective ministry and their plans in terms of humanitarian, resilience and long term response to recurrent drought. As a result of the deliberation, the meeting participants recommended: 1) to maintain the coordination structure strengthened since March 2016 and to possibly scale it up to a Southern Angola’s provincial coordination technical platform, which is supported by the increased capacity of information management; and 2) to invest in the long-term strategies in order to progressively reduce vulnerability and poverty in the Southern region.

2. Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and recovery / resilience-building planning

While appreciating the efforts by all parties in providing a short-term support, however, the CNPC understood that short-term interventions do not halt recurrent drought affecting the southern region. It recognized a need for developing a medium to long-term programme to enhance resilience of drought-affected communities in those provinces to break a cycle of recurrent drought based on the results of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA). Thus, building upon the partnership forged between the CNPC and UN in the area of PDNA capacity building since 2015, the CNPC requested in May 2016, on behalf of the government, the technical assistance from the UN, the World Bank and the European Union in undertaking a drought PDNA in priority provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe, and subsequently developing a resilience-building programme. In August, the Minister of Finance also sent a letter to the World Bank, endorsing the request made by the CNPC. Upon receipt of the formal request made by the CNPC, the UNDP informed the European Union and the World Bank as well as other UN agencies both at the local and headquarters levels to start initial planning to provide the requested support to the government of Angola. Subsequently in consultation with the CNPC, the World Bank, the EU and the UN agencies, UNDP drafted Terms of Reference (ToR) of the drought PDNA for further consultation with the provincial governments of Cunene, Huila and Namibe and the sectorial members of the CNPC at national level.


In July 2016, to effectively coordinate the entire process of the PDNA implementation, the UNDP deployed a Senior PDNA Expert from its headquarters in New York to Angola, while the EU deployed 2 Senior Experts to support PDNA training and assessment. In addition to the Senior PDNA Expert, UNDP deployed an expert to lead the Social Impact Assessment at household level. A Lead Writer was also recruited by UNDP to consolidate the drought PDNA report under the supervision of the UNDP Senior PDNA Expert. The UNDP’s resident experts provided technical support to the entire process of the PDNA, including the preparatory meetings, the refresher training, in-country assessment and reporting from July to December 2016. In mid-July, a joint preparatory meeting was organized by the CNPC and UNDP at the UN in Luanda, inviting all key sector ministry representatives and the partner organizations to brief about the planned PDNA. After the joint deliberation, with contributions from the government participants, the draft ToR of the PDNA was revised and the final version was approved by the CNPC and its partners for implementation. On 27-29 July, a 3-day PDNA refresher training was organized in Luanda for the 40 representatives of the key sector ministries and partner organizations. Immediately after the refresher training, a 3-week in-country assessment, including a joint field mission to Cunene, Huila and Namibe, was completed on 21 August. The field mission team comprised the representatives from the partner organizations and the CNPC, and Ministries of Agriculture, Health, Social Assistance and Statistics. The in-country assessment analyzed the primary and secondary sectorial data to measure the effect and impact of the recurrent drought affecting the target provinces from 2012 to 2016 and aimed to provide a Drought Recovery Strategy based on the identified recovery needs. Following the synthesis phase extended from September to November 2016, the final version of the PDNA report was sent by the UN Resident Coordinator to the CNPC in December 2016 for the review and approval by the government. During a meeting held in December 2016, while expressing the partners’ gratitude to the chair of the CNPC, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, for his leadership in the joint undertaking in drought response and recovery, the UN Resident Coordinator reiterated importance of endorsing the PDNA report by the CNPC soonest to achieve concrete 1st result to address resilience of the drought-affected people in Southern Angola. The UN Resident Coordinator also suggested organizing a partner meeting to officially present the report later in January 2017 to prepare a ground and obtain support for the subsequent phase, the development of the Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) and programming for resilience-building. According to the approved ToR of drought PDNA in Angola, the CNPC plans to develop a Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) based on the recovery strategy provided by the PDNA report in February-April 2017. The UN along with the World Bank and EU plan to continue providing technical support to the DRF development, while the CNPC ensures participation of the high-level policy makers from key ministries, i.e. MINFIN, MINPLAN, MINAGRI etc in the process. DRF would provide a systematic, structured and prioritized framework for implementing recovery and reconstruction. DRF is expected to be a common framework meant to serve all of government, as well as national and international partners and other recovery stakeholders, including the affected population. The DRF would support the government of Angola to approach in an integrated manner the policy decisions, institutional arrangements, financing and financial management strategies, as well as implementation and monitoring systems to plan and manage drought recovery.


Based on the PDNA results and the DRF, UNDP plans to assist the government in programing for resilient recovery, in particular the development and operationalization of a dedicated Resilience Fund to support community-based initiatives for resilience-building, livelihood diversification and small infrastructure development in the provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe in the coming five years. It is important to note that the operationalization of the Resilience-Building Fund is planned by the Angolan government in the SADC Regional Humanitarian Appeal that was launched in June 2016. The CNPC and UNDP see the operationalization of this Resilience Fund as a critical follow-up to the drought PDNA. The UNDP provides its technical support to the programme countries in conducting a PDNA and developing a Resilient Recovery Framework as one of the strategic lines of support defined in the UNDP Regional Strategy on El Niño / La Niña approved in April 2016.

3. UNDP’s administrative support to the UNFPA’s reproductive health programming in

emergency

From March to August 2016, with administrative and financial management support provided by the UNDP to the management of the CERF US$ 150,000, the UNFPA successfully completed the implementation of the initial project plan, resulting in the overall achievement exceeding the original targets. 35 social mobilizers from the local Red Cross and Civil Protection (25 in Huila and 10 in Cunene) trained by the UNFPA effectively provided Sexual Reproductive Health Information to 10,303 people, of whom 5,622 was adolescent girls, against the target of 5,800 affected by drought in Cunene and Huila provinces; and distributed 2,460 Sanitary Kits to women and adolescent girls (against target 1,600) in the areas affected by drought in Cunene.

4. Angola’s SADC Appeal and RIASCO Action Plan

Since May 2016, in the framework established by the Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee (RIASCO) for the Southern African region, both at regional and country levels, UNDP along with FAO leads the Pillar II, Resilience Pillar of the RIASCO Action Plan for El Niño. UNDP along with other UN agencies completed the preparation of a 36-month Action Plan for Resilience Building in June 2016. The RIASCO Action Plan, comprising humanitarian, resilience and macroeconomic pillars, is expected to contribute to the implementation of the short to medium term Action Plan contained in the SADC Appeal developed by the government of Angola to address needs of the El Niño-induced drought-affected people in the country’s Southern region. After the SADC Regional Appeal was launched in Gaborone, Botswana on 26 July 2016, a donor briefing on the RIASCO Action Plan was organized by the RIASCO and the South African government in Pretoria on 27 July, inviting some 13 donor representatives, RIASCO members, the World Bank and a representative of SADC. The RIASCO also organised a media briefing in Johannesburg on the Southern Africa drought and the RIASCO Action Plan following the donor briefing in Pretoria. To mobilize necessary resources to implement activities that are planned in the Resilience Pillar of the RIASCO Action Plan, in August the UNDP developed a donor proposal entitled the Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Building - UNDP Angola’s medium term (36 months) resilience-building / Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) support. Building upon the short-term support provided by the other partners, UNDP proposed to further up-scale ongoing livelihood support through women and assist in the operationalization of a Resilience Fund supporting a total of 755,930 people in need of income diversification, basic services, livelihood support and small infrastructure development in transition from humanitarian to development phases. At the same


time, UNDP proposed to continue assisting the inter-sectorial Civil Protection Commission in improving Disaster and Risk Management at all levels. The 3-year programme with the budget of US$ 66 million requested the contribution of the donors to fill the gap of US$ 56.4 million or 85%. Tailored proposals were submitted to the donors, such as the EU, Japan and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The implementation of the Resilience Pillar of the RIASCO Action Plan is monitored quarterly by the UNDP/FAO. As part of the monitoring, in August UNDP requested the CNPC’s assistance in informing about the government’s coordination structure and focal points for the matter of resilience-building, as well as financial resources so far mobilized both from national and international sources against the SADC Regional Appeal. The original RIASCO Action Plan was updated in October 2016.

Support to containing Yellow Fever outbreak In Angola, in part due to the effect of El Niño, incidence of vector-borne disease, Yellow Fever, increased dramatically since December 2015, resulting in a formal declaration of the outbreak made by the Ministry of Health on 22 January 2016. To augment the efforts made by the Ministry of Health and WHO in containing the outbreak, UNDP mobilized circa US$ 200,000 to provide support through the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) in the areas of response coordination & information management, needs assessment, the development and updating of the National Response Plan along with resource mobilization. Considering its mandate of contributing to resilient recovery from crisis, UNDP also assisted the Ministry of Health in documenting lessons-learnt from the ongoing experience of responding to the outbreak of Yellow Fever to help the government better prepare for future epidemic. An Emergency Coordination Specialist was deployed to the Public Health Department of the Ministry of Health from mid-February 2016 to this end. As a result of the effective implementation of the Yellow Fever National Response Plan by the Ministry of Health with the support of the national and international partners, the notification of the suspected cases of Yellow Fever was significantly reduced during the 3rd quarter of 2016, and no new confirmed case was reported after 23 June 2016. But increased effort was made to maintain the nationwide surveillance in a period of no confirmed case especially in a transition period from dry to rainy seasons. In order to contain Yellow Fever with full implementation of the National Response Plan, the UNDP Emergency Coordination Specialist continued till October 2016, providing technical support to the Ministry of Health at national and local levels in strategic and operational planning, capacity building, coordination, comprehensive needs analysis and resource mobilization, especially in the area of the nationwide vaccination campaign. By September 2016, over 16 million people were vaccinated against Yellow Fever, achieving over 60% of the total target of 25 million. The vaccination covered the population of 73/166 municipalities of 14/18 provinces in Angola. The campaign initially covered only the municipalities with the confirmed local transmission of Yellow Fever. But after subsequent approval by the global coordinating body of the vaccine supply (ICG), preventive vaccination started covering the areas bordering with DRC and Namibia and major provincial capitals. On the lesson-learnt documentation of the Yellow Fever emergency response, the Emergency Coordination Specialist completed preliminary assessment in August and concluded the exercise with the submission of the final report to the Ministry of Health and its partners in October 2016. In addition to the Emergency Coordination Specialist, in May UNDP assisted the deployment of OCHA’s Humanitarian Affairs Officer to help ensure comprehensive multi-sectorial response utilizing all available resources under the CNPC and its sectorial members in containing the Yellow Fever


outbreak in the country. The Humanitarian Affairs Officer completed his mission in August after contributing to the multi-sectorial collaboration and vaccination campaign in Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul boarding with DRC. According to the Ministry of Health, covering a period from 5 December 2015 to 15 September 2016, total suspected cases reported was 4,120 in 18 provinces, of which 884 in 16 provinces were laboratory confirmed. Total number of deaths reported as of 15 September 2016 was 373, and local transmission was confirmed in 45 out of 166 municipalities.

Enhancing preparedness and capacity to recover from disasters In 2014 based on the recommendations provided by a 2013/2014 drought assessment, the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) with support of UNDP assisted drought-affected southern provinces in preparing Action Plans for enhanced Coordination and Information Management. Furthermore, those affected provinces were assisted in developing Pilot-Strategies to ensure building resilience of vulnerable communities before and after a disaster. The pilot provincial strategies are being implemented from 2015 to 2017. With funding support of Japan and UNDP’s technical assistance through the Africa Regional Programme, the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery, in 2015 the CNPC started developing its disaster recovery capacity, while providing support to the implementation of Pilot Strategies for Building Resilience in drought-affected provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe. Building upon the results achieved in 2015, the CNPC continued implementing the planned activities according to the established Work Plan 2016. Before starting to implement Work Plan 2016, the CNPC and UNDP conducted a 1-week joint field monitoring mission from 27 June to 1 July to the provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe and held consultation meetings with the Vice Governors and key sectorial members of the Provincial Civil Protection Commissions. The field mission was conducted with 3 main objectives: namely 1) to update the approval and budgeting status of the respective Provincial Plans for Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery 2015-2017; 2) to update the implementation status of the Pilot Provincial Strategies for Building Resilience 2015-2017 and capture training needs to tailor the content of the seminars planned in 2016; and 3) to brief about the planned drought PDNA and obtain advice and support to its implementation. All the planned consultations were completed in 3 provinces during the mission, resulting in the mission report jointly prepared by the CNPC and UNDP containing findings and recommendations for the follow-up actions. The Africa Regional Programme, the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery aims to support five countries in Africa (Angola, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Niger and Rwanda) to establish the necessary capacities to prepare for and manage disaster recovery processes from 2015 to 2016. With a no-cost extension approved by the donor, the programme will continue till March 2017. The 1st regional workshop was organized in March 2016 with an aim to gather the all UNDP Country Offices (CO) involved in the programme in order to: 1) Harmonize the understanding of recovery and Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning (Pre-DRP) across programme countries; 2) Take stock of progress accomplished so far; 3) Identify and provide suggestions for solving implementation challenges; 4) Harmonize tools and methodologies across countries; and 5) Promote cross-country fertilization through exchange of experiences, lessons learnt and best practices. During the workshop, UNDP Angola shared with other colleagues the updated status of the project implemented in Angola in partnership with the CNPC, including progress made, planned activities and targets for 2016 and lessons learnt from the implementation of the project. Furthermore, UNDP Angola also shared its experience and lessons


learnt in assisting with the preparation of the Pilot Plan for Resilient Recovery in response to Catastrophic Flash Flooding on March 11, 2015 in the Province of Benguela. On the establishment of one of the key outputs of the project, which is development of Pre-Disaster Recovery Framework, UNDP Angola reiterated importance of having the concerned country first feel the needs of establishing such a framework through actually going through ad hoc disaster recovery processes to ensure their ownership and leadership to develop and utilize such a framework. Based on our experience, “recovery” as such does not appear relevant in the absence of long-term sustainable development interventions. But it is strategically important to utilize “Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and recovery planning exercise” to promote “a Resilient Recovery Framework” that leads to “inclusive and sustainable human development,” recommended UNDP Angola. A summary of progress made in 2016 under the key result areas is found below.

1. Define 6 Municipal Strategies for Building Resilience in Cunene, Huila and Namibe in 2016

The definition of additional 6 Municipal Strategies for Building Resilience was rescheduled from the last quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2017.

2. Training seminars on Building Disaster Resilience, PDNA and preparedness for resilient

recovery (Pre-DRP) at sub-national / local level

In response to the feedback provided to the joint CNPC/UNDP field monitoring mission of June 2016, UNDP Resilient Recovery expert in consultation with the CNPC first revised a comprehensive training package on Building Disaster Resilience, PDNA and preparedness for resilient recovery for the Sector-specific Provincial Seminars. Subsequently from 17 to 25 October 2016, with support of UNDP Resilient Recovery expert, the CNPC organized Sector-specific Provincial Seminars on the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery in Cunene, Huila and Namibe. As a refresher training of the 1st provincial seminar organized in 2015, these provincial seminars aimed at increasing understanding on the concepts of preparedness for resilient recovery and resilience-building among the key sectorial members of the Provincial Civil Protection Commissions namely, Provincial Departments of Planning, Finance, Agriculture, Education, Energy and Water, Social Welfare and Reintegration and Health, all of which play a key role in disaster recovery process. In each province, 40 participants (a total of 120) from provincial sectorial departments and their partners attended the seminars and learnt basic concepts and tools for pre- and post-disaster recovery planning, as well as resilience-building. As in 2015, 2 SPCB staff underwent a Training of Trainer provided by the UNDP Resilient Recovery expert to facilitate provincial seminars. In addition to the key concepts of resilient recovery, the Provincial Seminars also assisted the provincial governments in: 1) analysing the implementation status of the Provincial Pilot-Strategies for Building Resilience 2015-2017 to guide their action in 2017; 2) enhancing their disaster recovery coordination and information management through the review and revision of the Action Plan for Coordination and Information Management prepared in the aftermath of 2013/2014 drought, including the Multi-Sectorial Rapid Assessment Form (FARM) developed by CNPC in 2013; and 3) updating the maps of the vulnerable groups developed in 2015 to facilitate effective planning of resilience-building interventions at provincial and local levels within the overall framework established by the respective Provincial Pilot-Strategies of Building Resilience.


The provincial seminars were also assisted by a representative of the National Institute for Statistics (INE) of Luanda, who briefed provincial colleagues about the importance of effective data collection and reporting. At the end of the provincial seminars, the INE representative proposed increased collaboration between the CNPC, the SPCB and the INE in the areas of disaster data management. The Provincial Seminars noted that due to the economic crisis resulting from the falling oil price, the projects planned for 2016 at the provincial level for building drought resilience and strengthening the capacities of the most vulnerable were partially implemented by the government and its partners. But given the needs for increased efforts to break a recurrent cycle of drought, local experts reiterated their commitment to continue working together, including building the resilience of the most vulnerable, as well as strengthening their own capacity to guide and implement local disaster risk reduction measures integrated into provincial and municipal sustainable development programs. Furthermore, these provincial seminars contributed to improving the capacities of the provincial governments for the planned development and operationalization of the Disaster Recovery / Resilience Building Framework, following the completion of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) on drought under the leadership of CNPC with the support of the UN, the EU and the World Bank.

3. An experience-sharing and a Lessons-Learned documentation on disaster recovery

Under the Regional Programme for the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery, by using UNDP HQ template / methodology, all five participating countries, including Angola, are expected to prepare a Lessons-Learned document on disaster recovery. In 2016 the CNPC with the support of the UNDP planned to organize an experience-sharing event between municipalities on resilient recovery and document lessons learned from the past recovery processes with a specific focus on droughts. In August 2016, the CNPC and the UNDP developed a Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Lessons-Learned exercise, which will review the resilient recovery experience of the Cunene province in the aftermath of the 2013/2014 drought. In September, during the Inter-provincial meeting on the drought response organized by the CNPC in Huila, the first exchange of drought recovery experience was facilitated by the UNDP Resilient Recovery Expert between the municipalities of Cunene, Huila and Namibe, all of which were affected by the protracted drought, sharing and capturing the results, challenges and good practices from the past recovery efforts. Following this experience-sharing event and desk review in Luanda, according to the ToR of the Lesson-Learned exercise, a CNPC/UNDP study mission visited Cunene on 12-15 October 2016 to conduct interviews with the provincial departments, such as agriculture, social assistance, as well as civil protection, and the municipal administrators of Cahama, Ondjiva, Namacunde, and Ombandja by using pre-defined questionnaire and prepare the Lessons-Learned document for validation and publication in early 2017. This Lessons-Learnt exercise is critical, as it will inform the recovery planning of the 2015/2016 El Niño-induced drought in the Southern region.

4. New priority to support recovery planning in the drought-affected Southern provinces

As the El Niño-induced drought reportedly affected over 1.2 million people in the Southern region early 2016, the CNPC revised its priority from “pre-disaster recovery planning” to “post-drought recovery planning” in the most affected provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe. Considering this, a revision was made to the 2016 Annual Work Plan targets, substituting “2 pre-disaster recovery plans prepared” by “one drought recovery plan prepared.” As noted earlier in this report, receiving support of the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery programme and other partners, such as the UN,


the EU and the World Bank, the CNPC advanced a drought Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) from July to December 2016 for the review and approval of the final version of the report by the government early 2017. In view of this, the CNPC plans to develop the Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) based on the results of the PDNA report in the first quarter of 2017.

Enhancement of information management for PDNA Angola benefited from a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) and Preparedness for Resilient Recovery (Pre-DRP) Training in August 2015. National-level technical focal points from relevant Ministries and selected technical staff at provincial levels were trained on the PDNA and Pre-DRP. While most of the training participants expressed needs for more training to understand the PDNA methodology and process, all noted the importance of the improved information system for risk analysis, investment planning, and PDNA in Angola. It was in this context that a proposal was put forward for possible support of US$ 35,000 from EU-funded UNDP global PDNA roll-out programme in January 2016. As a results, the proposal was approved by the UNDP New York to pursue the following objectives from February to April 2016: (a) To review gaps in past assessments and gaps on the existing disaster information system; (b) To develop and/or install information system for risk analysis, investment planning, and PDNA along with the identification of key sectors, source of data, development of guidelines and templates, and standardization of unit cost for the calculation of monetary/economic losses; and (c) To agree and validate information system to be used for risk estimation, investment planning and PDNA. Due to the other priority works in Angola, the planned activities were not implemented by the end of April 2016. Thus this funding was withdrawn. But some of the planned objectives for the improved PDNA information management were pursued through the process of drought PDNA by the CNPC with support of the UN, the World Bank and the EU in Cunene, Huila and Namibe from July to December 2016.

Result 2. National Risk Information System designed with main protocols established (Priority 3). The operationalization of the national disaster loss database - DesInventar On 12-13 April 2016 in Luanda, the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) with support of the UN Office for the Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and UNDP organised the Regional Inception Workshop of the EU-funded programme: Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities officially launched in 2015, inviting representatives of Disaster Risk Management authorities from 5 SADC countries, namely Malawi, Lesotho, Zambia, Tanzania and Botswana and the sectorial members of the CNPC. While providing technical support, the UNISDR also financially contributed to the organization of the workshop with US$ 85,000. This is a large programme that the UNISDR is running with several partner organizations to support governments in Africa to create and install disaster loss accounting systems with a view to building an evidence base for policy and development planning decisions. UNDP is supporting the operational roll-out of the programme in all target countries. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in March 2015, is a holistic approach to ensure that disaster risk reduction is integrated into


all public policy including health, education, transportation, agriculture, investment and development. The Yaoundé Declaration – endorsed at the 7th Africa Working Group Meeting - also urged member states and Africa’s regional economic communities to align their strategies with the Sendai Framework, and asked ministers of planning, economy and finance to incorporate disaster risk reduction into their policies. The Regional Inception meeting held in Luanda outlined the details of the programme and the various phases - the first of which is a workshop targeted at national, technical staff in each participating country to install and use the DesInventar software to track disaster losses both contemporary and in the past. The second component will build on that work to create risk and vulnerability profiles based on the data collected and other technical analysis. The third component will take the previous two elements and use them to identify cost-effective and evidence-based policy and financial options to reduce the country's disaster risk. Tracking disaster losses is the first and most important step in enabling evidence-based policy decisions internally, but also in reporting internationally against the DRR targets set in the Sendai Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals. The National Workshop to launch the national disaster loss database - DesInventar was held on 14-15 April 2016 back-to-back with the Regional Inception Workshop, inviting the CNPC, the Civil Protection and Firefighting Service (SPCB), and national institutes responsible for disaster and risk information management along with 18 representatives from the Provincial Civil Protection Commissions. The national meeting kicked off the establishment of the risk knowledge system in Angola. On 7 July, the CNPC organized an official ceremony in Luanda where the DesInventar-installed master computer was handed over by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior / the CNPC to the commander of the SPCB. At the same occasion, the team of experts was established with the responsibility for the data collection and entry into the DesInventar with a focal point who leads the team and maintains regular coordination and communication with the UNISDR on the operationalization of the DesInventar. From July to December 2016, the SPCB continued data collection and entry into the DesInventar adopting the new data collection / entry protocol for the use by the CNPC’s sectorial member ministries. As initially agreed, the UNISDR offered its technical support monthly to check and clean the data entered by the SPCB team of experts in the DesInventar. Meanwhile, UNDP kept the CNPC informed of the UNISDR’s monthly communication with the SPCB focal point, requesting follow-up support by the CNPC. As a result, by the end of 2016, Angola disaster loss database was installed in the server in Geneva, facilitating data entry in a single server, which has the maps, hazard list and indicators configured, and the UNISDR recommends Angola's database to be validated and online at DesInventar.net before a Risk Profiling Regional Workshop among the Lusophone countries planned in early 2017.

Result 3. SPCB institutional organization strengthened with training activities implemented (Priority 5). Annual training on mainstreaming DRR in Sustainable Local Development During the last week of June 2016, 25 Disaster Risk Management (DRM) officials from 15 countries including Angola gathered at the International Training Center of the International Labor


Organization (ILO) in Turin, Italy to learn best practices in mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into Sustainable Local Development. Two officials of Angolan Civil Protection and Firefighting Service (SPCB) participated in this training course targeted at DRM practitioners from Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in Africa and Latin America. The training was part of a 7-month course running from June to December 2016, comprising distance and in-person modalities. Through lectures, debates, group works and simulation exercises, Angolan DRM practitioners deepened their understanding on DRR for sustainable local development and acquired practical tools for risk assessment and mainstreaming DRR in development planning. The training course on DRR and Sustainable Local Development was organized by the ILO in collaboration with international partners such as the Government of Italy, the Inter-American Foundation, the Office of the United Nations for DRR (UNISDR), and the UNDP. It effectively served to enhance global network of DRM practitioners for future South-South and Triangular cooperation in the area of risk-informed sustainable development.

Adaptation of ILO/UNISDR training module on DRR and Sustainable Local Development One of the recommendations made by the three CNPC participants at the end of the DRR and Sustainable Local Development course held in 2015 was to adapt the ILO/UNISDR training course on DRR and Sustainable Local Development to Angolan context and make it available for DRM practitioners at all levels in Angola. In January 2016, the CNPC followed up on this with ILO. Subsequently, on 18 April, the ILO submitted the CNPC its proposal on the DRR and Sustainable Local Development training for Angola, comprising distance and in-person modules, first targeting 30 practitioners for 8 months with a total budget of EUR 90,000. The CNPC along with UNDP reviewed the proposal along with the required financial resources and concluded that it would require further resource allocation or mobilization to implement the proposal.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation with Chiapas, Mexico With the UNDP’s support to the facilitation of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the area of Disaster and Risk Management, the CNPC initially planned to send the two staff of the CNPC to the Civil Protection of Chiapas, Mexico for an exchange of experience from 30 July to 7 August 2016. But considering another important activity planned in early August, a drought Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), the timing of the visit was rescheduled to 5-9 September 2016. Subsequently, the timing of the visit was once again postponed to November considering both the schedule of the other priority activities planned by the Chiapas Civil Protection from September to October, and the time required to make all necessary travel arrangement of the CNPC staff, especially entry and transit visa application. The state government of Chiapas, Mexico is known for its plan to have in place local plans for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in all its 122 municipalities by May 2017 when Mexico hosts the Global Platform for DRR. The Chiapas’ plan is expected to contribute to Mexico’s meeting the 5th target of the Sendai Framework for DRR, which aims to “significantly increase the number of countries with strategies of disaster risk reduction at national and local levels by 2020.” Like the Southern Angola, Chiapas has been severely affected by the El Niño-induced drought from 2015 to 2016. Equipping all municipalities with local DRR plans is an important step to building resilience of municipalities and mitigating future drought.


Through the exchange of experience visit, the CNPC staff learnt from the Chiapas Civil Protection: 1) the good practices in mainstreaming DRR into sustainable local development planning; and 2) how the Chiapas Civil Protection manages the process of developing and implementing the national, provincial and municipal plans for DRR and how it has developed action for building resilience of cities and communities. Building upon this first exchange of experience, the CNPC mission staff recommended continued collaboration between the Civil Protection in Angola and that of Chiapas, Mexico.


PROGRESS TOWARDS PROJECT RESULTS RESULT 1: National Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery Plan adapted and

implemented at provincial scale

Indicators Baseline Target Current status

Blue for 2015 and Green

for 2016

Activity 1. Preparedness, Contingency, Response and Recovery plan elaborated in the two pilot provinces.

1) # of Preparedness,

Contingency and

Response Plan

elaborated and

approved.

1) 1 province (Cunene) with

Provincial Plan approved by

Governor. Plan needs

updating.

1) 2 pilot Preparedness,

Contingency and Response

Plans elaborated by the

Provincial Civil Protection

Commission and approved

by the Provincial

Government.

The Council of Ministers

approved in 2015: 1) the

Nat’l Preparedness,

Contingency, Response

and Recovery Plan

(PNPCR) 2015-17; and 2)

the Strategic Plan for

Prevention and Disaster

Risk Reduction 2015-17.

8 Provincial

Preparedness,

Contingency, Response

and Recovery Plans

elaborated and cleared by

CNPC since 2015 (2015:

Cunene, Huila, Namibe,

Uige, Cuanza Norte,

Luanda; 2016: Malanje

and Benguela).

Uige and C. Norte

approved the plans for

budgeting, whereas

Cunene, Huila and

Namibe were updating

their plans and budgets

for approval in 2016.

2 provincial planning in

Bie and Zaire were

planned for Q4 2016, but

postponed to 2017.

2) Provincial Planning

guide validation.

2) Provincial Planning guide prepared in 2014.

2) Provincial Preparedness,

Contingency and Response

Planning guide validated

during the formulation

The Provincial

Preparedness,

Contingency and

Response Planning guide


process. updated in April 2016.

Activity 2. The 2 pilot provinces with CCO procedures, protocols and training. (planned from 2016)

1) # of provinces with

response SOP and

training.

1) Provinces need response SOP and training.

1) The 2 pilot provinces with

response SOP and training.

In Dec. 2015, OCHA

agreed to provide this

support in 2016, but not

realized due to other

priorities. In anticipation

of possible effect of La

Nina, OCHA agreed to

provide this support in

Cunene in Q1 2017.

Activity 3. Pre-disaster resilient recovery common framework established.

1) # of Municipal

Strategies for

Building Resilience

prepared by

Municipal Civil

Protection

Commissions based

on the Provincial

Strategies.

1) Pilot-Strategies for Building Resilience prepared by 3 drought-affected provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila.

1) 6 Municipal Strategies for

Building Resilience prepared

by 6 Municipal Civil

Protection Commissions

based on the Provincial

Strategies in each year of

2015 and 2016.

6 Municipal Strategies for

Building Resilience were

prepared by Bibala and

Camucuio municipalities

in Namibe, Chibia and

Matala in Huila, and

Cahama and Namacunde

in Cunene in October/

November 2015. 3 Pilot

Provincial Strategies for

Building Resilience were

updated integrating

Municipal Strategies

developed by the 6

municipalities.

The 2016 municipal

strategic planning was

rescheduled from 2016 to

Q1 2017.

2) # of DRM

practitioners trained

on Resilience-

Building / PDNA /

preparedness for

resilient recovery.

% of DRM

practitioners trained

fully familiar with

Resilience-Building /

PDNA / preparedness

for resilient recovery

2) DRM practitioners need training on Resilience-Building / PDNA / preparedness for resilient recovery.

2) 6 DRM practitioners

trained on Resilience-

Building / PDNA /

preparedness for resilient

recovery.

100 % of selected DRM

practitioners trained are fully

familiar with Resilience-

Building / PDNA /

preparedness for resilient

43 DRM national

practitioners trained at

the seminar of August

2015, including 28 from

ministries constituting the

CNPC, 4 from SPCB, 4

from CPPC of Cunene,

Huila, Namibe and

Benguela, and 7 from UN

agencies.

All 29 national

practitioners who


(based on self-

assessment).

recovery (based on self-

assessment).

completed self-evaluation

forms stated that they

were now familiar with

the subjects. But almost

all requested additional

training.

350 DRM Provincial (170)

and Municipal (180)

practitioners trained from

Oct to Nov 2015 in

Cunene, Huila, Namibe

and Benguela.

PDNA refresher training

was provided in July 2016

for 40 participants from

the CNPC Sectorial

Ministries and UN

partners prior to Drought

PDNA field mission in

August 2016.

DRM Provincial (120)

practitioners from key

sectors trained in October

2016 in Cunene, Huila,

and Namibe.

3) # of Pre- and post-

disaster Recovery

Plans developed by

Provincial Civil

Protection

Commissions.

3) No Provincial Civil Protection Commission equipped with a Pre- or Post- disaster Resilient Recovery Plan.

3) One Flood Recovery Plan

elaborated for the province

of Benguela in 2015.

One drought recovery plan

prepared for target Southern

provinces in 2016. (Note.

Pre-disaster recovery plan

was replaced by this post

drought recovery plan).

Final version of the pilot

Flood Recovery Plan for

Benguela was submitted

to the CNPC in December

2015.

Drought PDNA conducted

in July-August 2016, and

final report sent for the

CNPC approval in Dec.

2016. The development of

Recovery Framework and

programming is planned

in Q1-Q2 of 2017.

Lessons-learnt exercise

on 2013/14 drought

recovery conducted in

October 2016 for

validation in Q1 2017.


If needed, include additional information in this section.

RESULT 2: National Risk Information System designed with main protocols established



for 2016

Activity 1. Protocol for the exchange and integration of risk geo-spatial information elaborated.

# of protocol or agreement for integration and exchange of risk related information adopted by at least 5 key data producers.

No technical criteria (metadata) for integrating or exchanging information.

1 protocol or agreement for integration and exchange of risk related information adopted by the end of the year 2015.

As part of the UNISDR information management support in April 2016, data collection/entry form was adopted for use by sector ministries to facilitate entry of disaster loss data into the national database (DesInventar) administered by CNPC / SPCB.

Activity 2. National Risk information system designed with the participation of national data producers and end-users.

Existence of mechanisms and protocols to collect and systematize risk, post-disaster and recovery data at local scale.

No harmonized system to collect disaster data pre and post crisis.

One mechanism to collect and systematize risk, post-disaster and recovery data created at local scale.

In April 2016 in Luanda the Regional Inception Meeting and the National Workshop were held on the UNISDR support to information management in DRR in the SADC countries. In the National Workshop, disaster loss database, DesInventar was installed at CNPC / SPCB and operationalized for data entry.

Data entry continued for possible validation and publishing online in early 2017.



RESULT 3: SPCB institutional organization strengthened with training activities implemented



for 2016

Activity 1. Reinforcement of SPCB organizational and functional structure

A study and proposal

for the definition of

functions and

structure of SPCB,

including a

comprehensive

capacity assessment

and capacity

development plan.

No analysis of functions and competencies of SPCB established by the normative framework vis à vis the actual structure.

The study and proposal is

completed by the end of the

year.

Cancelled due to own

restructuring of SPCB as

part of the restructuring

of the Ministry of Interior

in 2015.

Activity 2. Prioritized training activities for SPCB staff carried out.

1) # of training

activities

implemented.

1) There is a need to reinforce the technical and administrative capacities of SPCB organizational structure for the implementation of its activities.

1) 3 Civil Protection staff

took 7-month DRM

course (April-Nov 2015)

by ILO (1 completed, 1 not

completed, and 1

suspended to resume the

course in 2016).

1 CNPC and 3 SPCB staff

underwent 4 on-the-job

training on the use of

provincial contingency

planning guide in May,

August, November 2015

and March/April 2016.

2 SPCB staff on Training

of Trainer to conduct

provincial and municipal

seminars on Building

Resilience and Pre-DRP

(Sept 2015).

Training of Trainer for 2

SPCB staff was conducted

in the Provincial Seminars

in October 2016.

In April 2016, CNPC


received a training

proposal by ILO for the

rolling out of the training

module on DRR and

development planning in

Angola.

2 Civil Protection Staff

took 7-month DRM

course by ILO (June-Dec.

2016). 1 completed, 1 not

completed.

2) # of south-south

exchange activity

implemented.

2) There is a need to reinforce the technical and administrative capacities of SPCB organizational structures for the implementation of its activities.

2) At least one south-south

exchange activity

implemented every year.

3 Civil Protection staff

participated in a South-

South exchange session

between 18 countries

organized by ILO in Italy

(June 2015).

2 Civil Protection staff

participated in a South-

South exchange session

between 15 countries

organized by ILO in Italy

(June 2016).

1 exchange of experience

visit to Chiapas, Mexico

in November 2016.

Activity 3. Develop National CCO procedures, protocols exercises and training (planned from 2016)

Activity 4. Direct institutional support to SPCB structure.

1) % of

implementation of

the project activities.

1) 0 % 1) 100 % On track with adjustment

to the original work plan.

2) Number of

monitoring actions of

PNPCR implemented

during the project.

2) 6 provincial plans prepared in 2015 and 2 in 2016.

2) Yearly report as part of

annual report of the project.

The CNPC requested an

update on the approval

and budgeting status of 8

provincial contingency

plans prepared in Cunene,

Huila, Namibe, Uige,

Cuanza Norte, Luanda,

Malanje and Benguela. In

2016, C. Norte and Uige

sent approved plans for


budgeting.

Monitoring mission was

conducted in June 2016 in

Cunene, Huila and

Namibe.



4. IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE

a. Updated project risks and actions Project Risk 1: Budgeting of the Provincial Contingency Plans requires their inclusion in the provincial budgets. If not budgeted, the plans will not be implemented. Actions taken: The CNPC periodically requested update from the provincial governments of Cunene, Huila, Namibe, Uige, Cuanza Norte, Luanda, Malanje and Benguela on the approval status of their respective Provincial Plans for Preparedness, Contingency, Response, and Recovery that had been cleared by the CNPC and on the budgeting status of the plans for implementation in the next budgeting cycle. In 2016, Uige and Cuanza Norte approved their respective plans for budgeting, whereas Cunene, Huila and Namibe updated their plans and budgets prepared in 2015 for approval in 2016. Close follow up was made by the CNPC in anticipation of possible effect of La Nina toward the end of the year. Project Risk 2: Emerging needs to address Yellow Fever outbreak and Drought emergency situation may further delay the implementation of project activities. From the beginning of 2016, Angola faced two national emergencies of Yellow Fever outbreak and El Niño-induced drought. While providing emergency response and early recovery support, the CNPC along with the UNDP was unable to carry out the activities initially planned to be implemented from June 2016 with the support of the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery programme. Actions taken: A no-cost extension was submitted by the UNDP New York to the government of Japan to adjust the implementation period of the programme. Subsequently, a 6-month no-cost extension was granted till March 2017. Project Risk 3: CNPC’s oversight and close follow up is critical for the successful implementation of the Provincial Plans for Preparedness, Contingency, Response, and Recovery and the Pilot Provincial Strategies for Building Resilience. Actions taken: Following the joint CNPC / UNDP follow-up mission conducted in June 2016 to the provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe, the CNPC staff ensured their oversight and close follow-up of the key project activities implemented during the 2nd semester of 2016, such as the implementation of Drought PDNA, and the Pilot Provincial Strategies for Building Resilience. Project Risk 4: Continued data entry is needed for effective operationalization of the National Disaster Loss Database. Action taken: The UNISDR monthly contacted the SPCB to monitor the status of the planned data entry and provided timely technical advice / support to ensure expected progress in the operationalization of the database. UNDP continued facilitating the effective communication between the CNPC / SPCB and the UNISDR in this collaboration. Yet, delay was observed in the data collection and entry. Thus UNDP requested the CNPC to support the SPCB’s data entry work. As a result, Angola's database is


recommended to be validated and online at DesInventar.net before a Risk Profiling Regional Workshop among the Lusophone countries planned in early 2017.

b. Updated project issues and actions Project Issue 1: Increased resource mobilization is critical for continued partnership between CNPC and UNDP beyond 2016 Due to significant reduction of UNDP internal financial resource, without increased resource mobilization efforts this year, continued partnership between CNPC and UNDP beyond 2016 may not be possible. Actions taken: Based on the earlier consultation, with the support of the UN, the CNPC conducted a drought PDNA in the Southern region in July/August 2016 for the subsequent development of the Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) and a new DRR and resilience building programme and resource mobilization. As planned, the involvement of prospective donors, such as the EU and the World Bank, in the needs assessment was ensured with a hope to to increase a chance of successful resource mobilization at the subsequent phase. In addition, to support the Angola’s action proposed in the SADC Appeal, the UNDP contributed to the development of the RIASCO Action Plan, in particular the Resilience Pillar Action Plan. Tailored donor proposals were sent to the EU, Japan and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for consideration of possible funding from 2017. Project Issue 2: Unified and reliable national data on disaster effect and impact is needed for effective programming and resource mobilization Actions taken: Increased efforts were made by both the national and provincial governments and their UN and NGO partners in jointly discussing and acknowledging the importance of the unified and reliable national data on disaster effect and impact in order to effectively provide short-to-medium term support to the drought-affected population in the Southern provinces. This issue was repeatedly raised throughout the drought PDNA exercise, the UN emergency response, and the inter-provincial meeting on El Niño-induced drought, laying necessary ground for the improved data collection and management. The Provincial Seminars on the Preparedness for Resilient Recovery conducted in October 2016 revisited the Action Plan for Information Management and Coordination developed in the aftermath of 2013/2014 drought for the activation of plan and the use of the established Multi-Sectorial Rapid Assessment Form (FARM) by the Provincial and Municipal Civil Protection Commissions. A representative of the National Institute for Statistics (INE) proposed to work together with the CNPC and SPCB on the management of disaster risk information as one of the recommendations from the Provincial Seminars. Project Issue 3: A series of delay in the preparation and approval of the PDNA report in 2016 Initially the CNPC along with the UN, the EU and World Bank planned to complete the preparation and approval of the drought PDNA report and the Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) by the end of


September 2016, which would be followed by the joint programming for resilience-building in Southern provinces of Cunene, Huila and Namibe. Yet, the process of the finalization of the PDNA report, involving all key sectorial ministries and their partners and also the Portuguese translation of the report took much longer time than initially envisaged. Actions taken: Joint review and updating of the original work plan continued throughout the 2nd semester of 2016 in consultation between the CNPC and its partners. At last, the CNPC planned to organize a high-level (minister and state-secretary level) meeting for the review and approval of the PDNA report by the end of 2016. However, due to the conflict of schedule of the senior officials, this meeting did not take place in December 2016 and was rescheduled to early 2017. As planned previously, the approval of the PDNA report will need to be swiftly followed by the DRF development and programming with the continued support of the UN, the EU and the World Bank. Project Issue 4: Inadequate administrative and financial management capacity of UNDP to timely implement the planned project activities and budget. Actions taken: The issue was raised in the UNDP office and reviewed by the senior management. Subsequently mitigation measures were proposed and their implementation started. The UNDP continued monitoring the implementation of measures to ensure that adequate administrative and financial capacity was provided at all time for the project implementation and delivery of the expected results.


5. FINANCIAL STATUS

See attached Combined Delivery Report (CDR), January to December 2016

Documents

United Nations Development Programme, Angola Project...United Nations Development Programme, Angola Project ID and Title: 00092430, Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction