1. Preparedness and Response to Disasters and Crisis Building Resilience XII XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience

2. Index 3. Resilience to social crises 1. IFRC Resilience approach 2. Resilience to disasters and climate change 4. “One Billion Coalition for Resilience” 0. Introduction 5. An initiative to build resilience: the Livelihoods Resource Centre XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience

3. Severe humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean: conflicts, migrants catastrophe, social crises. In a year of intensive UN dialogue on development: III World Conf. on Disasters Risk Reduction, Sendai, March 2015 Summit to adopt the post-2015 Development Programme, New York September 2015 XXI Inter. Conference on Climate Change, Paris, December 2015 World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, May 2016 0. Introduction

4. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been always involved in:  Responding to conflicts and disasters  Contributing to recovery and development Resilience is the bridge between response and development

5. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience RESILIENCE: The ability of individuals, communities, organisations, or countries exposed to: disasters and crises and underlying vulnerabilities to: anticipate, reduce the impact of, cope with, and recover from the effects of adversity without compromising their long-term prospects 1. The Federation Resilience Approach

6. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience Resilience implies: Integrated approach: –Preparedness, response, rehabilitation (overlapping) –Holistic concept of humanitarian “continuum” –Bridging to development Focused on people –Resilience is built by individuals and communities –RCRC helps and facilitates –Community volunteers play outstanding role

7. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience Long term vision: –Towards sustainable development –“Build Back Better”, using opportunities provided by the crisis Partnership: Working with local groups, NGOs, civil society, authorities… Humanitarian diplomacy: Influencing governments and opinion makers, complementing public action. Advocacy: –In communities and at local level –Through education and mass media

8. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience Figures from Sendai : In the last ten years, 700.000 lost their lives, more than1.4 million injured. Overall more than 1.5 billion affected. Almost 90% are climate-based disasters The majority are small-scale and slow-onset disasters Focus on underlying vulnerabilities: Climate change, increasing the capacity to get adapted to a changing environment Poverty and inequality as the most vulnerable are disproportionally affected by disasters 2. Resilience to disasters and climate change

9. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience Inequality makes harder resilience President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: “Vulnerability to climate change, natural hazards, and insecurity is higher in countries with greater income inequality”. “Rich countries fuel climate change, but poor countries suffer the consequences.” RCRC strategies: Integrate climate change in all programmes: health, DDR, etc. Focus on the communities more vulnerable to the effects of climate changes, trying to increase their empowerment Intensify humanitarian diplomacy, partnerships and advocacy.

10. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience “ More people are getting poor, the poor are getting poorer and the “social distance” to climb back to mainstream society has become farther” (“Think differently”, Europe Zone, 2013) The effects of the crisis continue: still a high number of unemployed, particularly among young people, many employs become more precarious. New vulnerable groups are joining the traditional ones. Migrants are suffering hard living conditions, remittances have diminished. Resources for social protection are more scared. Solidarity networks are weakening. The crisis has become chronic, with increasing risks of exclusion. 3. Resilience to crisis

11. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience RCRC strategy to cope with crisis Social emergency aid : Enlarging social programmes to support the survival of those most in need (food, health care, clothing…) Not perpetuating dependency. Social promotion: Supporting individuals and communities empowerment and capacity to maintain their livelihoods: increase their employability, psychological support, training and education. The question is not only survive, but prosper. Active humanitarian diplomacy: Lobbying with governments to maintain support to those most in need, ensuring that their rights are respected.

12. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience “By 2025 this new initiative aims to engage at least one person in every household around the world in active steps towards enhancing community resilience.” Presented by President Konoe in Sendai1, 15 March 2015 as the IFRC voluntary commitment. To be launched officially at the International Conference of RC and RC. The Coalition will involve: The RCRC: 189 NNSS, 17 million volunteers. Individuals, homes and local communities as the key drivers Public authorities at local, regional and national level Civil society, private sector, education and health sector, etc. With the collaboration of other campaigns and coalitions. The IFRC as the catalyst to articulate other initiatives. 4. “One Billion Coalition for Resilience”

13. Agreement signing in 2010 and official launch in 2011 The establishment of the Centre was officially signed in a IFRC-SRC Agreement on 25th November. It was officially presented in a side event in the 2011 Federation General Assembly. The web side started. www.livelihoodscentre.orgwww.livelihoodscentre.org www.mediosdevida.orgwww.mediosdevida.org XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience 5. An initiative to build resilience: The Livelihoods Resource Centre

14. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience Livelihoods is most simply understood as “the means of making a living”, how households meet their needs and requirements of their daily lives Households have sustainable livelihoods when they can cope with and recover from shocks and economics stress, and can maintain their capabilities and assets Sustainable livelihoods increase the RESILIENCE of people and communities, reducing their vulnerability to disasters, food insecurity and poverty while contributing to their empowerment, personal dignity and safer and more resilient communities Livelihoods and Resilience

15. LRC Working Areas To create, capture and share Knowledge through the Web Projects Database E-Library Multimedia LRC Newsletter To raise awareness and Promote Federation Policy Input in LH to IFRC docs. Awareness on Lvelihoods Creation of Practical Tools and Training Staff Training: Classroom, On line. Tool box (Best practices, Innovative interventions evaluations, etc) To Support the LH Programming Technical advisory Group Expert Network Community of practice(Under development) XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience

16. Training of RC/RC staff and volunteers both, in personal and on-line formats Open access to all Centre’s resources to evaluate effectiveness of livelihoods programming and guide and improve future interventions. To be part of a community of practice focused on livelihoods Promote and facilitate contacts with potential donors. XII Mediterranean Conference: Building Resilience What can National Societies expect from the LRC

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