Disaster risk reduction and resilience in LDC partner countries
The project addresses localised risks and hazards, mostly drought, combined with adverse weather events, soil erosion and negative inter-community coping strategies. Practical solutions – such as water management in agriculture – are part of the project as well.
In the development of preparedness plans and EWS systems, the project promotes participation, as well as localised empowerment of the most fragile communities and groups including women, ethnic minorities, forcibly displaced people and persons with handicap.
EWS 1294 is the current national early warning system in Cambodia, developed by the Czech NGO People in Need, piloted in three provinces and made nation-wide, multi-hazard oriented and continually innovated.
Contact person and email:
Hana Volna: hana_volna@mzv.cz
Further reading: EWS1294 – Cambodia's Early Warning System
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Supported by Czechia
Type: Practice
Relevant action areas: 3. Climate security risk-informed resilience and adaptation; 5. Knowledge and experience sharing
Locations of project: Cambodia, Ethiopia, Zambia
Duration: 2018-present
Partners: Czech and local NGOs (ADRA, CARE, Caritas, People in Need), governments (national and regional authorities responsible for disaster management in Cambodia, Ethiopia and Zambia), private sector (in particular providers of mobile-phoning services)
Key activities: Multi-hazard early warning-early action systems through a bottom-up approach