Risk Reduction Indicators

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Project summary

With the high human and financial losses from recent disasters and increasing attention to accountability for disaster assistance, there are increasing demands for better evidence of the impact of investments in disaster recovery and future risk reduction to show that mitigation 'pays' both in financial terms and in terms of lives protected. To generate such evidence, appropriate tools are needed to track progress and effectiveness in reducing risks in human, social and environmental as well as financial terms. This project aimed to address this gap, by identifying and assessing appropriate indicators and measurement tools, giving practical guidance on how to apply them and disseminating this guidance among development decision makers and planners, as well as those involved in implementing and evaluating disaster risk reduction initiatives.

The main project activity contributed to the Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System (TRIAMS) initiative.

The TRIAMS initiative was undertaken by the governments of India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, with support from the IFRC, WHO, and other UN agencies to measure the impact of the recovery efforts in response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami. In order to provide support and guidance to the governments and other partners in selecting a set of appropriate risk reduction indicators, ProVention solicited input from several experts on different aspects of disaster risk reduction to develop a set suggested indicators and background notes.

The TRIAMS programme has challenged its partners to identify indicators that can be integrated within existing national and local surveys and hopefully may offer a model set of indicators that can be adapted to other locales and tracked on an ongoing-basis both pre- and post-disaster.

Outputs & events

Activities were undertaken to support the TRIAMS programme together with the IFRC, WHO, various UN agencies, and the national governments involved as partners in the TRIAMS programme. These activities have resulted in the development of recommended risk reduction indicators and supporting background notes targeted specifically as guidance for that programme although with broader relevance. The specific products for that programme were incorporated into a Working Paper on Risk Reduction Indicators:

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