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AADMER and lessons from the destructive typhoons of CY 2009 in the Philippines. LT.COL. PERFECTO P. PEŃAREDONDO MILITARY ASSISTANT FOR OPERATIONAL READINESS, Office of Civil Defense, Department of National Defense National Disaster Coordinating Council, Philippines 28 June 2010.
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AADMER and lessons from the destructive typhoons of CY 2009in the Philippines LT.COL. PERFECTO P. PEŃAREDONDO MILITARY ASSISTANT FOR OPERATIONAL READINESS, Office of Civil Defense, Department of National Defense National Disaster Coordinating Council, Philippines 28 June 2010 “ASEAN Defence Establishments and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Cooperation on Non-Traditional Security: Disaster Management” 28-29 June 2010, Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand
Scope of Presentation • RP Experience: Disasters in 2009 • Three Typhoons in a Row • Affected Population • Actions Taken • Lessons Learned • Humanitarian Challenges • RP Alignment with AADMER • Summing Up/ Way Ahead
Sept 30 – Oct 10 Sept 24 – 27 Oct 28 – Nov 1 THE THREE TYPHOONS IN A ROW
6:52 AM 27 Sept 2009 6:58 AM 27 Sept 2009 6:48 AM 27 Sept 2009 7:07 AM 27 Sept 2009 7:08 AM 27 Sept 2009 7:08 AM 27 Sept 2009 AERIAL SURVEY OF FLOODED AREAS IN METRO-MANILA
Armed Forces and Police mobilized by the Chairman, National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) early on 26 Sept 2009 Actions Taken during the Typhoons
The President of the Philippines personally supervised over-all NDCC operations and declared a State of National Calamity. Actions Taken during the Typhoons
Actions Taken during the Typhoons Advance Command Posts and Forward Coordination Centers were established in highly affected cities.
Joint NDCC-UN Rapid Needs Assessment Conducted on 28-29 September 2009 Actions Taken during the Typhoons See Rapid Needs Assessment Final Report at http://ph.one.un.org/response/
FLASH APPEAL Government of the Philippines requested for international assistance through United Nations Resident Coordinator. Actions Taken during the Typhoons Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. UN Resident Coordinator Dr. Jacqueline Badcock
Lessons Learned • Advance deployment and pre-positioning of assets (including military’s resources and discipline) • Essential use of “Civil Defense Assets” i.e. Military (foreign ) in times of national disaster – dialogue • Early action - - - pre-emptive evacuationand establishment of safe & resilient evacuation centers • Use of indigenous materials (e.g. waterbeds, ice chest, surfing board, etc) to transport victims • Development of disaster risk reduction-sensitive contingency plans • Capacity-building for extreme weather events
Humanitarian Challenges • ASEAN, UN and other partners – not competing but complementing… Harmonize AADMER with global humanitarian architecture. • Multi-lateral response – preparedness at all levels; Sharing resources and information - coordination! • Establishing leadership for better delivery of humanitarian assistance through clusters • Sustaining Multi-stakeholder Partnerships • (ex: RP Reconstruction Strategy and AADMER Work Programme) • Increase investment on tools for accurate and timely warning systems to include vulnerability mapping
AADMER Work Programme: Elements Risk Assessment, Early Warning &Monitoring Preparedness and Response Prevention and Mitigation Recovery Institutionalization of AADMER Partnership Strategies Resource Mobilisation Outreach & Mainstreaming Info Management & Communication Technology Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation of the Work Programme Strategic Components Building Blocks and Drivers Training and Knowledge Management
Executive Order 888 Adopting the Strategic National Action Plan (SNAP) on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
Reconstruction Strategy: Partnership Special National Public Reconstruction Commission (Public Commission) Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (Private Sector) • Chair • Finance Secretary • Members • Chair, NDCC, • Secretary, Social Welfare & Development • Chair, Housing & Urban Dev’t Coordinating Council Chair PLDT Chairman Manny Pangilinan Co-Chair Cebu Archbishop Cardinal Vidal (14 Prominent Trustees) • SNPRC Mandates (Public Commission) • study causes of disasters • facilitate cooperation w/ private sector • mobilize funds and aid • PDRF Mandates (Private Sector) • tap resources of the private sector • enhance cooperation with public sector • implement reconstruction strategy
Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) …building the resilience of communities to disasters… AADMER WP (2010-2015) Republic Act 10121 and SNAP • Convergence of international, regional & national frameworks (HFA, AADMER and RA 10121) as inputs • Processes in whole range of disaster management • Output/ end-state = resilient communities in ASEAN
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