The Moving Urban Poor Communities toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project, in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government – Local Government Academy (DILG-LGA), and through RILHUB, conducted a two-part webinar entitled Good Practices in Resilience Building: A Two-Part L!STONG UGNAYAN Session from Dec. 2 and 3, from 1:30-4:00 PM via Zoom.
These sessions were tailored to fit to serve as a good introductory activity on ATS Systems and Anticipatory Action. The second of two sessions, this event provided an introduction to anticipatory action with resource speakers from Start Network, Oxfam Pilipinas, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Philippines, and the Municipality of Salcedo, Eastern Samar.
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MOVE UP – Mindanao is funded by the EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid – ECHO (ECHO) and is implemented by a consortium of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which include CARE Philippines, ACCORD Incorporated, Plan International Philippines, and Action Against Hunger Philippines.
Held last 21st December, the Gabi ng Pasasalamat 2021 is a partner appreciation awards night by the Local Government Academy where the Moving Urban Poor Communities toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Mindanao Project, among other distinguished organizations, received a Partner Appreciation Certificate under the NextGen CapDev Accelerator Award at the Manila Hotel.
In recent months, the DILG-Local Government Academy capacity development initiatives such as webinar executive sessions for newly elected officials (NEO WES) and L!stong Ugnayan Sessions have served as avenues for the MOVE UP Mindanao Project, in collaboration with the Resilience and Innovation Learning Hub, to build capacities and advocate tested urban resilience strategies among local governments and other stakeholders.
This video was created as a part of the event’s virtual tour available to online attendees.
Given the context of continuously rising COVID-19 cases in the country and the immediate need to address hospitals’ surge capacity, the Moving Urban Poor Communities Toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project, with its success in piloting and replicating alternative temporary shelter (ATS) systems as an urban resilience strategy, will build a 40-bed Community Quarantine Facility (CQF) in Malabon City from late May to mid-June. The CQF will help augment and increase the capacity of hospitals and other medical infrastructures in the area by servicing suspected cases and those with mild COVID-19 symptoms. The ATS System, originally intended to address the lack of dignified space and shelters for internally displaced families affected by disasters, can serve as base model for designing CQFs. MOVE UP, together with its technical partner for shelter United Architects of the Philippines – Emergency Architects (UAP-EA), intends to present replicable models built on practical design criteria (robustness, affordability, scalability, range of application, and speed of construction) for local government units (LGUs) and communities that need facilities for isolation and quarantine.
This video is the recording of the first-ever session of the Resilience Knowledge Exchange Series or RKES.
Start Network started piloting disaster risk financing (DRF) approaches to move from reacting to crises, to proactively managing risks, so that we can ensure faster, more efficient, and more effective locally-led humanitarian action. Disaster risk financing as defined by START Network (2021) integrates the elements of science-based risk modeling, contingency planning, and pre-agreed financing to prompt humanitarian funding in situations that meet the threshold. This session was conducted with the aim of achieving the following objectives:
Introduce the DRF system build work for the Philippines;
Share the outputs of completed DRF research studies to a public audience; and
Ensure that START Network members, local CSO partners, and other stakeholders have a common understanding of the current baseline for the build-up of the DRF system in the Philippine context.
Background of the Sessions during the Webinar
Start Network supports inclusive locally-led structures to own, develop and implement financing strategies and systems in their contexts. In the Philippines, Start Network conducted studies to collect baseline information needed to establish a DRF system that is appropriate for the Philippine context. In this meeting, the outputs of three research studies on disaster risk management (DRM) financial flows, impact, vulnerability analysis, and gender mainstreaming will be shared to Start Network Members and local CSO partners in the Philippines.
Financing Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines: A Three-Year Snapshot, 2018-2020 This study by a research team from the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute mapped the flow of funding for DRM in the Philippines from 2018 to 2020 to determine the gaps that can be addressed by developing a DRF mechanism. This study identified financing gaps geographically and hazards-wise and explored the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on DRM funding. Tracking the sources of annual financing to deal with disaster risks, both ex-ante and ex-post, allows for a better understanding of the scope of actionable DRM strategies by both government and non-government actors, especially for anticipatory action.
‘What suits one may not suit the other’: A Vulnerability and Impact Analysis on flooding and severe winds caused by tropical cyclones START Network members in the Philippines have identified severe winds and flooding caused by tropical cyclones as the most impactful hazards that have hit the country. This Vulnerability and Impact Analysis by a team from the Research Institute for Mindanao Culture identified the following: (1) the geographic and socio-economic extent of impacts of severe winds and flooding due to tropical cyclones in the Philippines; (2) the vulnerability factors and cross-sectoral issues related to tropical cyclones and (3) the existing community-based coping mechanisms that the humanitarian sector can leverage on. Through their analysis, three vulnerable areas (one each in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) were selected as focus study areas where the DRF Project can potentially be piloted.
Mainstreaming Gender and DRF: Experiences of Marginalized Gender Identities in Disasters in Rural/Urban Communities in the Philippines
In developing DRF models, it is important to highlight the need to mainstream gender and other intersectional identities in the planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluation process. Ensuring gender equality in DRF requires looking into its gendered dimensions with respect to intersectional identities. This research report by Practical Action Consulting on mainstreaming gender and disaster risk financing (DRF) documents the lived experiences of women, men, and other gender identities on disasters and their intersectional impact on their access to information, preparedness, and early action. It delves deep into their marginalized status and how the existing disaster risk reduction measures reach them and how these could provide opportunities for disaster risk financing. In these gendered dimensions of disaster risk financing, the study identified entry points on opportunities where gender can be effectively mainstreamed.
Start Ready Start Ready is a new financial infrastructure recently launched by Start Network that will house a range of innovative crisis financing mechanisms, enabling faster, more efficient, and more effective global humanitarian action. Through risk pooling, it can provide predictable triggered funding at scale for foreseeable crises using innovative risk analysis, collective planning, scientific modeling, and pre-positioned financing.
Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents, ranging from large international organizations to national NGOs. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localization. Through the START Network, members and partners can quickly access funding for projects to save lives before a disaster strikes.
Before capping of 2021, the Moving Urban Poor Communities toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project, funded by the EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid – ECHO, was been nominated under the NextGen CapDev Accelerator Award by the Local Government Academy for its partnership and efforts in contributing to capacity development activities, the co-development of knowledge products, and the enhancement of preparedness manuals and plans.
Held both onsite and virtually at the Manila Hotel last December 21, 2021, Gabi ng Pasasalamat 2021 is a partner appreciation awards night by the Local Government Academy. It was during this event that the Moving Urban Poor Communities toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Mindanao Project, among other distinguished organizations, received a Partner Appreciation Certificate under the NextGen CapDev Accelerator Award.
In recent months, the DILG-Local Government Academy capacity development initiatives such as webinar executive sessions for newly elected officials (NEO WES) and L!stong Ugnayan Sessions have served as avenues for the MOVE UP Mindanao Project, in collaboration with the Resilience and Innovation Learning Hub, to build capacities and advocate tested urban resilience strategies among local governments and other stakeholders.
Representatives from Cagayan De Oro City, the Province of Bukidnon, Iligan City, and the Province of Misamis Oriental shared their experiences, learnings, and impacts related to participating and collaborating in the implementation of the Moving Urban Poor Communities toward Resilience (MOVE UP) Project.
Activities included in the community visit held last De3cember 10, 2021 included a community visit, story sharing from members of Community Savings Groups (CSGs) from Barangay Consolacion and Carmen in Cagayan De Oro City, and a discussion on resilient livelihood practices during the pandemic.
MOVE UP advocates and integrates shock-responsive social protection, resilient livelihood, alternative temporary shelter, rapid response mechanism, and national advocacy as key urban resilience strategies.
On October 25th, the INCREASE Project, in collaboration with RILHUB, has officially held the last session of the Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-Building (CLPRB) from 9:00 AM to 12:45 PM.
Starting last July, the project had already previously already implemented three iterations covering topics such as navigating the Local Climate Change Adaptation Plan (LCCAP) for LGUs, conducting remote mock tabletop exercises, and gender mainstreaming in community resilience. CLPRB serves as the INCREASE Project’s commitment to cross-learning and knowledge sharing.
Following a workshop-consultation format, the session was attended by representatives and partners from project areas around the Philippines including the provinces of Cagayan, Surigao del Sur, Northern Samar, and Mountain Province. The activity gave a refresher on the project’s expected outcomes and an overview of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. It also elicited the insights of key partners on the actual process of how the project can be sustained. Moreover, the program highlighted both key messages and exit strategies as the project is closing this year.
INCREASE is currently conducting its last set of activities in coordination with partners such as ACCORD Incorporated, the Agri-Aqua Development Coalition-Mindanao, the Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services, and the Leyte Center for Development, Inv.
INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance
On September 22 and 24, theINCREASE Project, in collaboration with RILHUB and its community partners, held the third installation of the Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-building (CLPRB) via Zoom.
The first part was a capacity-building session Gender Mainstreaming in Community Resilience on September 22 while the partner-level learning exchange on September 24 provided an avenue for partners to reflect and share best practices on the meaningful participation and decision-making of women in resilient livelihoods.
This session focuses on INCREASE’s learnings and experiences in increasing women’s participation and decision making in resilience building, as well as in ensuring that gender is mainstreamed in longer-term development plans. In support of integrated risk management principles focused on inclusion and participation, this session highlights how women-led activities in livelihoods and in preparedness activities not only build community resilience but also their individual and collective confidence, and more cohesive relations among peers and within formal and informal groups and actors in the community.
CLPRB is the manifestation of the project’s commitment to holding four (4) learning exchanges engaging local implementing partners and partner communities across provinces to share DRR-CCA and/or IRM good practices, ideas for sustainability and upscaling, innovations, and evidence from which these are based. Similarly, the project has also committed to producing four (4) research briefs or communication materials, or case stories, from DRR-CCA / IRM good practices and innovations that have been documented; these are to be published and disseminated through RILHUB.
The final installation of the INCREASE Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-Building will be held in October 2021.
INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance
In celebration of #WorldHumanitarianDay (WHD) last August 19th, the INCREASE project held another virtual iteration of the Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-Building (CLPRB) today. This is the second overall CLPRB, following the first session on remote tabletop exercises last June.
This session focused on the capacity-building of INCREASE partners and relevant municipal local government staff in navigating the Local Climate Change Action Plan or LCCAP and its updating. By the end of the event, participants shared how their learnings and reflections include the importance of advocacy and CDRA, the process of the LCCAP, and that tools and templates are available for utilization.
This was followed by a Partner-Level Learning Exchange on Incorporating DRR and CCA in Sustainable Livelihoods provided an opportunity for INCREASE partners to share updates, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from their respective approaches in implementing sustainable livelihood initiatives. You may view the presentation deck used during the partner-level learning session by clicking here.
This year’s WHD is focused on highlighting and emphasizing the urgency and gravity of the climate crisis. Many organizations and projects, including RILHUB and its partners, echo the call for commitment to climate adaptation and mitigation in line with keeping the global warming threshold at 1.5 °C. In addition to this call, INCREASE and RILHUB aim to continue providing avenues for cross-learning and capacity building on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and ecosystem management and restoration.
CLPRB is the manifestation of the project’s commitment to holding four (4) learning exchanges engaging local implementing partners and partner communities across provinces to share DRR-CCA and/or IRM good practices, ideas for sustainability and upscaling, innovations, and evidence from which these are based. Similarly, the project has also committed to producing four (4) research briefs or communication materials, or case stories, from DRR-CCA / IRM good practices and innovations that have been documented; these are to be published and disseminated through RILHUB.
INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance.
The INCREASE Project has committed to holding four (4) learning exchanges engaging local implementing partners and partner communities across provinces to share DRR CCA / IRM good practices, ideas for sustainability and upscaling, innovations, and evidence from which these are based.
Similarly, the project has also committed to producing four (4) research briefs/communication materials, or case stories, from DRR CCA / IRM good practices and innovations documented to be published through RILHUB.
This partner-level learning exchange is the second part of the INCREASE Cross-Learning Platform for Resilience-Building Session 2. The learning questions raised to partners are the following:
What risk reduction and climate change adaptation measures have the FHH/farmers adopted during the project period?
What are the indigenous and modern farming practices that you have adopted throughout the years, and which among these do you plan to continue?
How does livelihood diversification help individuals and communities reduce risks and reduce negative coping mechanisms?
What factors drive women and men farmers’ and fishers’ adoption of climate-informed practice, and resilient livelihood strategies?
What encourages incentivises them to be flexible to change, and become more open to becoming part of forward-looking assessments?
To access a soft copy of this presentation deck, please click here.
INCREASE or “Philippines – Increasing Resilience to Natural Hazards” aims to aims to increase the resilience of 45,00 women and men small scale farmers and fishers, including 720 extremely poor female-headed households, to natural hazards and the effect of climate change. The project will run from 2019-2021 in different parts of the Philippines, namely 36 barangays across 8 municipalities in the provinces of Cagayan, Mt. Province, Northern Samar, and Surigao del Sur. Its project components and activities include early warning systems, alternative livelihood, and climate and disaster governance.
