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Experts Meeting to Review the

Draft Africa Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Meeting Report

INTRODUCTION

1. The African Union Commission and the Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) held an Experts’ Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the 31 May to 1 June 2004. Participants included African and international experts and development partners in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The aim of the meeting was to review the draft AU/NEPAD Africa Strategy on DRR, which was developed by AU/NEPAD, with the support of the United Nations International Strategy on Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), and the African Development Bank. The World Bank, the Africa Development Bank, UN/ISDR and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided additional financial support.

Welcoming Remarks

2. Dr. Hesphina Rukato, NEPAD Secretariat Advisor on Environment and Tourism, welcomed participants (Annex II) to the meeting. She thanked all participants for being able to attend the meeting at such short notice, given the logistical constraints faced in organising the workshop. She wished the participants successful deliberations on reviewing the Draft Africa DRR Strategy, to a level where it would be presented to the 10th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) on 26-30th June 2004 in Tripoli, Libya.

3. Mr. Foday Bojang, Senior Policy Officer in the African Union Commission (AUC) brought welcoming greetings on behalf of the AUC. He noted that the development of the Africa DRR Strategy was a demonstration of the AUC/NEPAD Secretariat to address the need for a continent-wide strategy for DRR and its programme that will ensure mainstreaming of DRR into continental, sub-regional and national development frameworks.

Organizational Matters

4. The AU Commission Chaired the Meeting and the NEPAD Secretariat provided Secretariat Services.

Agenda

5. The Agenda of the meeting, which was adopted, is attached as Annex I.

Attendance

6. The Experts Meeting was attended by experts from over 15 African countries, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and specialised organisations working in the field of disaster reduction. The list of participants is attached in Annex II.

PROCEEDINGS

Briefing on Process in Developing the Draft Africa Strategy on DRR

7. Dr. Hesphina Rukato briefed the meeting on the process in the development of the Draft Africa Strategy on DRR. She informed the participants that DRR is one of the priority areas of the NEPAD Environment Action Plan, where there has been a need of for developing DRR strategies in Africa, to address the persistent issues of food security and disaster management.

8. The meeting was informed that this initiative began when a workshop, convened through World Bank funding, to discuss the development of a programme that would address issues of weather predictions, disaster management, climate change, and food security in Africa was held in Johannesburg on 23-24 April 2003. Based on the outcomes of that workshop, the participants were then briefed on the consultative meeting that was held on 25 June 2003 in Nairobi that decided the need for the development of an Africa Strategy on DRR in two phases, namely: a Baseline Study overview of the status of DRR in Africa, which was completed in February 2004; and development of a DRR Strategy, whose draft is now discussed at this experts meeting. Dr. Rukato noted that the first draft of the strategy was also discussed at the First/Preliminary meeting of Africa Working Meeting on DRR held in Johannesburg on 26-27 April 2004.

9. The meeting was informed that once the Strategy has been reviewed by African Experts, it will be presented of adoption by Environment Ministers during the 10th Session AMCEN in Libya, at the end of June 2004, on behalf of all the African ministries involved in DRR Session, before it can be taken to the African Union Summit of 6-8 July 2004, for endorsement.

10. In closing, Dr. Rukato also stated that following the endorsement of the draft DRR Africa Strategy by the AU, a programme of work will then be developed and that both the Strategy and its Programme will also feed into the Africa report for the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), due to be held in Kobe, Japan at the end of January 2005.

Discussions on Process in the Development of the Draft Strategy

11. The participants discussed at length, amongst related issues, the need for political commitment at the highest level to DRR, given that there is already much bye-in, particularly through mainly international agreements such as the WSSD Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The meeting maintained that the challenge now is for stakeholders leading the development of the strategy to assist national governments to ensure that there is national level political bye-in and translation of the strategy into actions at national level, co-ordinated sectorally through all relevant government systems.

12. The meeting was informed that AMCEN would not necessarily be the lead ministerial body for the implementation of the Africa Strategy but rather the representative ministerial body that would endorse the Strategy in time for its presentations at the AU Summit. Given time constraints between finalisation and translation of the Strategy before the AU Summit, the meeting agreed that there would not be sufficient time to convene other ministerial bodies for adoption of the draft Strategy. The meeting was informed that the DRR will subsequently be submitted to the HSIC which will in turn present it to the Assembly in July 2004. It was further proposed that the Strategy should also be disseminated by the AU (Commission) to all Africa foreign ministries, who could in turn brief all their respective ministries in charge of DRR. The meeting also agreed that it was equally the responsibility of the African Experts that have reviewed the Strategy to brief their relevant Ministers and associated ministries, including the Ministers of Environment.

13. In response to the presentation on the process towards the development of the DRR Strategy, the meeting called for:

1. The need for political commitment at the highest levels, particularly for the development of early warning systems at regional, sub-regional and especially national levels, so that decision makers can be able to mainstream DRR strategies into the national programmes and effectively implement them.

2. The need for the development of national legislation and policies on DRR. The meeting proposed that the South African Disaster Management Act could serve as a template for countries that do not yet have one.

3. A system of harmonisation and co-ordination of institutions working on disaster reduction, particularly at country level but also at sub-regional and continent level where networking and information sharing are particularly important.

4. The NEPAD Secretariat to maintain the same country and sub-regional focal persons used so far in this process to ensure continuity, accountability and ownership, particularly towards the development of the programme of work for the strategy.

5. The need to establish clearly accountability measures for DRR, particularly at country level where there is more than on ministry or institution leading with the various activities of disaster reduction.

6. The call for UN/ISDR and UNDP to work strongly in assisting with the establishment of national platforms for DRR and strengthen necessary institutions as has been initiated in Ghana.

Presentation and Main Discussion Points on the Baseline Study and the Draft DRR Strategy

14. The presentation on the Baseline Study and the Africa Strategy on DRR was made by the Lead Consultant, Mr. Seth Vordzorgbe, who informed the meeting that from the outset of his observations, there is very little knowledge on DRR and it management on the continent. He however noted the current confluence of several disaster reduction processes of many African institutions, who are also reviewing their activities with a view to mainstreaming disaster DRR methodologies into national development plans. Mr. Vordzorgbe hence emphasised the need for specific actions that would assist in developing country specific DRR programmes; as well as the necessary capacities.

15. Mr. Vordzorgbe informed the meeting that the main strategic directions highlighted in the Strategy were based on the findings of the Baseline Study, which primarily showed that the main gaps in disaster reduction should pointed to an increase in occurrence and impact of disasters in Africa due to increased vulnerability. He further informed the meeting that given the timeframes and ToR of the consultancy, the Baseline Study was based on case study visits of 12 countries over a period of 2 weeks, and a total representative sample of 28 countries. He further added that the Preliminary/First Meeting Africa Working Meeting on DRR held in Johannesburg on 26-27 April 2004 provided much guidance to the structure and content of the draft strategy.

16. The meeting agreed that the Strategy needs to first clearly articulate the reasons why Africa is increasingly vulnerable to disaster and why its performance in dealing with them has not improved, and that any programme of work to be implemented should focus on reversing the effects.

17. The meeting proposed that a commitment at AU level on national budgetary allocations for DRR should be made as was the case of the commitment to ten percent allocation of national budgets to agriculture at the Au Summit in Maputo in July 2003. The meeting further called on identifying ways in governments and the private sector can better work together to strengthen DRR capacities.

Discussion of the Draft Strategy: Content

18. The French-speaking countries and RECs expressed their poor concern over the poor translation of the draft strategy into French and that much work needs to be done to improve the document in this regard before it can be presented at any ministerial forum. ECCAS volunteered to submit translation corrections in writing. It was further noted that there is need for harmonisation and consistency of different terminologies throughout the document.

19. The meeting felt that “Risk Identification” should constitute a programme of its own instead of being subsumed under other programmes.

20. Table 1 below provides a summary of the min recommendations provided for inclusion into the draft Africa Strategy on DRR. The meeting agreed that the structure of the document was satisfactory as it is and that it should not be too specific in description otherwise it would be difficult to get endorsed and more importantly to be able to implement it effectively.

Table 1: Summary of Comments from Experts

on the Draft Africa Strategy on DRR

|SECTION OF THE DRAFT STRATEGY |COMMENTS FROM PATICIPANTS |

|‘Background’ Section |The meeting proposed the addition of the relationships between DRR and Sustainable Development should be |

| |highlighted. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of the linkages between the NEPAD Environment Action Plan (EAP), other NEPAD |

| |Strategies and this Africa Strategy on DRR. |

| |The meeting proposed the of the initiatives of the Leagues of Arab States on DR including the fact that although|

| |the Union Maghreb Arabe (UMA) has done work on disaster reduction, it has not yet developed a co-ordinated |

| |system for dealing with disasters. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of the perception of risk and level of risk acceptable to any given nation, |

| |as it is also closely linked to the levels of vulnerability, which differs from one country to another, |

| |partially due to the level of education. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of the limited level of participation of civil society, given that these |

| |groups are often least informed about disaster management issues. Therefore called for the addition of a |

| |paragraph on r a rights-based approach to DRR. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of the Association of Small Island Developing States’ (AOSIS) activities and |

| |in particular that of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Strategy that emanated from the 1994 Barbadors |

| |programme of Action (BAPoA), outcome of the 2003 3rd World Water Forum, the process leading to the World |

| |Conference on Disasters Reduction (WCDR) further to the 1994 Yokohama Declaration, as well as the relevant |

| |declarations related to the Least Developing States (LDCs) Strategy, as ongoing initiatives. |

|‘Context’ Section |The meeting proposed the inclusion of DRR in the African context before ongoing initiatives are highlighted - In|

| |this regard, proposed move of paragraph 5 of the executive summary form the opening paragraph of the context |

| |section. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of UNECA’s work on disaster reduction is worth mentioning in section 1.3. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of more information the initiatives of the various different RECs in Africa in|

| |section 1.4. |

|‘Scope’ Section |The meeting called for the establishment of a regional platform that can review progress on the strategy every 5|

| |years based on a common mechanism and criteria but noted that the formation of a platform at this early stage of|

| |the development of the strategy would probably not be advisable until the strategy’s programme of work has been |

| |developed. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of industrial chemicals as a main disaster risk and the current initiatives |

| |currently undertaken, particularly by UNEP, to reduce their risks. In addition, the inclusion of a |

| |classification the different type of disasters under section 1.3 was also proposed. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of the summary of ‘Living with Disasters’ article circulated during the |

| |meeting to be added in section 1.3. |

|‘The Disaster Problem in Africa’ Section |The meeting proposed the addition of the Linkages with HIV/AIDS. |

| |The meeting noted that under section 2.1, although more than 80% of natural disasters are hydro-meteorological |

| |in origin, it is necessary to ensure the clearly articulation of the two main components disasters - natural and|

| |human-made disasters. |

|‘Findings of the Baseline Study’ Section |The meeting proposed that paragraph 3 of section 2.2.1 be softened to highlighting the fact that not all African|

| |countries have developed ‘comprehensive’ DRR strategies. |

| |The meeting proposed that section 2.2.1, the ongoing work of specialised research institutions in Africa, such |

| |as the Drought Monitoring Centre (DMCs) and the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development |

| |(ACMAD), be highlighted. |

| |The meeting proposed that section 2.2.2 elaborate further the elements of full-range of risks linked to |

| |disasters. |

| |The meeting proposed that under section 2.2.3, the issue of capacity building be more clearly addressed. |

| |The meeting proposed that under section 2.2.5, the need for better transmission of information on weather, |

| |climate and water to the public and most especially other stakeholders and users at policy and community levels |

| |be highlighted, as well as the need for better elaboration of early warning systems as a key strategic |

| |intervention. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of ‘armed conflict’ and ‘bad governance’ as important prerequisites to |

| |causing natural disasters as well as human displacement and famine. The meeting noted that although the Strategy|

| |highlighted it as a component of the AU Conflict Management Centre, more emphasis still needs to be made on the |

| |linkages between conflict and disaster management. |

|‘Objectives’ Section |The meeting proposed that the ‘objectives and strategies’ section should form two separate sections rather than |

| |one. |

|‘Strategies’ Section |The meeting proposed that ‘and accountability’ be added after ‘political commitment’ under strategic direction 1|

| |of section 3.2.1. |

| |The meeting proposed that under strategy 3.2.2, strategic direction 5 and that ‘strengthen’ is replaced by |

| |‘develop’. In addition, the meeting noted the lack of inclusion of ‘schools’ as a driving force of this item. |

| |The meeting noted the need for the inclusion of a paragraph under section 3.2.2 on the rights-based approach to |

| |access to information (particularly towards civil society organisations); as well as lesson learning from bad |

| |practices. |

| |The meeting noted that youth issues, gender issues and those of vulnerable groups each be dealt with separately.|

| |The meeting therefore proposed that a paragraph on vulnerable groups be added in the preamble of section 3.2.3. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of a 5th strategic direction under section 3.2.3 to read ‘To strengthen the |

| |role of the youth in DRR’. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of ‘and youth’ after ‘gender’ under strategic direction 5 of section 3.2.4 |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of ‘and ownership’ after ‘public participation’ under strategic direction 4 of|

| |section 3.2.4. |

| |The meeting proposed that the role of AU/NEPAD should also be highlighted under paragraph 2 of the preamble of |

| |section 3.2.5 when listing internationally agreed development processes. |

| |The meeting proposed the addition of ‘at all levels’ at the end of strategic direction 1 of section 3.2.5. |

| |The meeting noted that ‘Risk Identification’ was included as a core finding but has not been identified as one |

| |of the main strategies but has been subsumed in strategy 3.2.5 on emergency response. The meeting hence proposed|

| |the use of the ‘risk identification strategic directions from the UN/ISDR document circulated by the |

| |participants. |

|‘Institutional Arrangements’ Section |The meeting proposed a more detailed inclusion of specialised institutions in section 4. |

| |The meeting proposed some strategic directions also for each level for institutional arrangement; this is |

| |particularly for strengthening of the RECs. |

| |The meeting proposed replacing the term ‘AU and NEPAD’ with ‘AU/NEPAD’. |

| |The meeting proposed a separate section on UN especially the specialised agencies working in the area of DRR and|

| |in particular focus on the role of the UN/ISDR. |

|‘Monitoring the Strategy’ Section |The meeting called for a section on ‘implementation’ before the ‘monitoring’ even though these have been briefly|

| |mentioned in the institutional arrangements. |

| |The meeting called for the addition of a mechanism in which development partners and regional organs are also |

| |monitored to ensure that they are also implementing DRR accordingly. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of ‘RECs’ before ‘government’ under bullet 2 of section 5.2. |

| |The meeting was concerned on how increased resources can be monitored/verified adequately under the last bullet |

| |of section 5.2 has not been clearly addressed, especially given that each country should develop monitoring |

| |indicators in line with the strategy. |

| |The meeting proposed that a paragraph should be added to clarify that sub-heading 5.3 means ‘the means of |

| |implementation of the strategy’. |

| |The meeting proposed the inclusion of ‘sub-regional, regional and international bodies’ after ‘national’ in |

| |section 5.3. |

Key Elements of the Programme of Work for the Africa Strategy on DRR

21. The meeting agreed that in order to assist identifying some key elements for the development of a programme of work of a strategy, the prioritization of the strategic directions is important. The meeting noted that although all strategic areas proposed in the strategy will need to be implemented co-ordinatively, there are certain prerequisite/immediate activities that need to be undertaken first, to set the pace towards sustainable mainstreaming of DRR into African development frameworks. Table 2 below is a summary of these prioritizations, as discussed in the meeting.

Way Forward

22. It was agreed that the Draft Strategy would be ready for wide distribution, particularly to Ministries of Environment who will endorse the document on behalf of the colleagial ministerial bodies, in both English and French on Tuesday 15 June 2004.

23. The meeting agreed that the development of the Programme of Work for the Strategy will commence once the Strategy has been approved by the AU.

Closing Remarks

24. Mr. Foday Bojang of the AUC thanked all participants on behalf of the AU for being able to attend this meeting at such notice and also noted with thanks of the frankness in which discussions were held on the draft Strategy. He further thanked the Mr. Vordzorgbe, the Consultant and Dr. Kan from UN/ISDR for their persistence in ensuring that the draft Strategy would be completed and assisting the NEPAD Secretariat in their preparations for this meeting.

25. A vote of thanks was provided by the representative from the Government of Kenya to thank AU/NEPAD and UN/ISDR and other partners as well as the consultant for their hard work and commitment to the development of the Strategy.

26. The meeting was closed at 17:30 on Tuesday 1 June 2004.

Table 2: Proposed Prioritization of Strategic Directions and Activities for the

Draft Programme of Work for the Africa Strategy on DRR

|STRATEGIC AREA OF FOCUS |PROPOSED ACTIVITES |

|Increased political commitment to disaster risk |Finalisation and endorsement of the draft Strategy on DRR by the AU Summit of July 2004 to ensure political |

|reduction |commitment to the Strategy at the highest level. |

| |Engagement with RECs at a consultative meeting to harmonize the Africa Strategy with exiting and ongoing |

| |sub-regional initiatives. |

| |Convening of national consultative workshops led by respective RECs. |

| |Advocacy, lobbying and sensitization of the Strategy to ensure commitment at the highest level to leverage for |

| |decision makers to proceed on awareness and programme implementation. |

|Risk Identification |Work with existing institutions and specialized organizations in the identification of detailed status of DRR |

| |capacities at REC level. |

| |Work with existing institutions and specialized organizations facilitate identification detailed status of DRR |

| |capacities at national level. |

| |Work with relevant to improve early warning capacities for natural and human made disasters. |

|Enhanced knowledge management for disaster risk |Development of a continental database of information on DRR that can be disseminated to all institutions. |

|reduction |Co-ordination of networking AND communicating best and bad practices case studies for wide dissemination |

| |Development and application of standardized guidelines and procedures for reinforcement at regional, |

| |sub-regional and national levels. |

|Increased public awareness of disaster risk |Simplified brochures of the Strategies in different languages to communities as well as academic institutions |

|reduction |and libraries should be made. Video tapes (for media dissemination) and CDs should also be made available. |

| |Use World Disaster Day to sensitize countries on DRR. |

| |Organize CSO groups to encourage pro-activity by civil society to develop their DRR association, national and |

| |local as well as for the academic community. |

|Improved governance of disaster risk reduction |Feed DRR process into APRM, even though only 19 countries have acceded. |

|institutions |Role of CSO to be enhanced particularly at sub-regional level through RECs. |

| |Strengthening sub-regional platforms. |

| |Information exchange and dissemination, including of best and bad practices. |

|Disaster risk reduction integrated in emergency |Work with existing institutions and specialized international organizations to in assist in co-ordination at |

|response management |continental level especially for intra-Africa relief. |

| |Work with existing institutions and specialized organizations to assist in building institutional capacities for|

| |documentation of recent beyond disaster events occurrences for lesson learning, future mitigation and policy |

| |making – particularly cost benefit studies of DRR to enable governments to integrate DRR into development |

| |planning. |

| |Work with existing institutions and specialized international organizations to assist in development of research|

| |capacity that could assist government in looking at disasters from a long-term perspective so as to ensure |

| |adequate policy actions and emergency response and |

| |Work with specialized international organizations and relevant arms of governments dealing with early warning in|

| |reinforcing the need for development partners to not only deal with and finance emergency response but also on |

| |financing long-term DRR strategies. |

| |Work with specialized international organizations and existing national institutions in development of |

| |appropriate strategies for effective risk identification with the aim of avoiding future occurrence of natural |

| |and human made disasters. |

Annex I: Agenda of the Meeting

Experts’ Workshop to Review a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategy for Africa

31 May-1 June 2004

Johannesburg, South Africa

Tentative Agenda

DRAFT

MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004 - Chair: F. Bojang, AU Commission

09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks AU Commission, NEPAD Secretariat

10:00 Presentation on DRR Process to Date H. Rukato, NEPAD Secretariat

10:15 Discussion on Process

10:30 Break

11:00 Presentation of Draft DRR Strategy S. Vordzorgbe, Consultant

11:45 Discussion on DRR Strategy

12:45 Lunch

14:00 Discussion on DRR Strategy: Content

17:00 End of Day 1

TUESDAY, 1 JUNE 2004 - Chair: F. Bojang, AU Commission

09:00 Discussion on DRR Strategy: content (continued)

10:00 Discussion on DRR Strategy: Structure

10:30 Break

11:00 Key elements of the Work Programme on DRR based on Strategy

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Way Forward for draft Strategy and development of Work Programme H. Rukato, NEPAD Secretariat

15:30 Closing Remarks

16:00 Close of Meeting

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Annex II: List of Participants

ALGERIA

Prof. Djillali Benouar

Director

University of Bab Ezzouar (USTHB)

USTHB/FGC, BP 32 El-Alia,

Bab Ezzouar, Alger 163111

Algeria

Tel: (+213) 21 247 914;

Cell: (+213) 71 842 428

Fax (+213) 21 247 914

Email: dbenouar@; benouar@ictp.trieste.it

ANGOLA

Mr. Jose Antonio Martins

Conseiller Principal du Ministre

Ministère pour l’Assistance et la Réinsertion Sociale

Avenue Hoji Ya Henda 117,

B.P. 5537

Luanda, Angola

Tel: (+244) 2 44 82 65

Fax: (+244) 2 44 82 65

Email: PRSPC@

Mr. Eugeni Laborinho

Disaster Management Unit

Government of Angola

Angola

Tel: (+244) 2 44 82 65

Fax: (+244) 2 44 82 65

Email: PRSPC@

Mme. Theresa Dos Santos

Disaster Management Unit

Government of Angola

Angola

Tel: (+244) 2 44 82 65

Fax: (+244) 2 44 82 65

Email: PRSPC@

BOTSWANA

Ms. Joyce Mosweu

Director

National Disaster Management Office

Office of the President

Private Bag 001

Gaborone, Botswana

Tel: (+267) 395 0808

Fax: (+267) 3181421

Email: jmosweu@gov.bw

Gibo Pitso

First Secretary

Botswana Mission Geneva

Tel: (+41) 22 906 1060

Fax: (+41) 22 906 1061

Email: gpitso@

Mr. David Lesolle

Meteorologist

P.O. Box 10100

Gaborone, Botswana

Tel: (+267) 395 6281 / 395 6112

Fax: (+267) 395 6282

Email: dlesolle@gov.bw

BURUNDI

Ms. Evelyne Ndayizeye

Conseillère au Cabinet

Ministry of Public Security

BP 1910

Bujumbura, Burundi

Tel: (+250) 249271

Cell: (+250) 829608

Fax: (+250) 249266

Email: ndayieve@yahoo.fr

CAPE VERDE

Mr. Alberto Carlos Fernandes

Director

Ministry of Defence

B.P. 222 Priaia, Cape Verde

Av. Andrade Corvo 32, Praia

Cape Verde

Tel: (+238) 612 194

Fax: (+238) 616455

Email: acbfernandes@

Barbosa Fernandes

Director

National Civil Protection

Av. Andrade Corvo, 32

202 Cabo Verde

Praia, Cape Verde

Cell: (+238) 917336

Fax: (+238) 616575

COMOROS ISLANDS

Mr. Ben Cheikh

Director

Civil Protection Unit

Email: mirex@snpt.km

Mr Hamid Soule

Responsible

Centre d'Observatoire de Khartala

Tel: (+260) 73 03 86

Fax: (+260) 73 17 24

Email: hamidsoule@; mirex@snpt.km

REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Mr. Edmond Makimouha

Chef de service

Ministère de l'Economie Forestière et de l'Environnement

40, Rue Lague, Plateau des 15 ans

B. P. 98

Brazzaville, Congo

Tel: (+242) 689 331 / 587485

Email: mak_edmond@yahoo.fr

DJIBOUTI

Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Madar

National Focal Point for Disaster

Ministry of Interior

Tel: (+253) 352542

Cell: (+253) 838978

Fax: (+253) 354862

Email: ammadar65@yahoo.fr

GABON

Mr. Mintsa Ndong

Directeur Général

Ministère des Affaires Sociales

B.P. 5684

Libreville

Gabon

Tel : (+241) 60 11 3059 / 3057

Fax: (+241) 241 11 04

Email: aparfaite@yahoo.fr

GHANA

Brig. (Rtd) J. Odei

National Co-ordinator

National Dis. Mgmt. Organization (NADMO)

PO Box CT 3994, Cantonments

Accra, Ghana

Tel: (+233) 21 78 02 21 / 76 25 93

Fax: (+233) 21 781 941

Email: nadmo@.gh

KENYA

Mr. Mahboob Maalim

National Programme Co-ordinator

Arid Lands Resource Management Programme (ALRMP)

KICC 13th Floor

P.O. Box 53547

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 227411

Fax: (+254) 20 227 987

Email: alrmphq@africaonline.co.ke

LESOTHO

Ms. Matseliso Mojaki

Chief Economic Planner

Disaster Management Authority

Red Cross Building

Corner Nightingale and Hilton Road Maseru

P/B A453

Maseru, Lesotho

Tel: (+266) 22 31 21 83

Fax: (+266) 22 31 01 08

Email: dma@

MADAGASCAR

Col. Jean Rakotomalala

CNS

Permanent Secretary

Tel: (+262) 20 22 59450/1

Fax: (+262) 20 22 59451

Email: cnsmira@wanadoo.mg

MALAWI

Mr. Lucius Chikuni

Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs

Commissioner for Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Rehabilitation

Private Bag 3

Lilongwe, Malawi

Tel: (+265) 1 78 86 83

Fax: (+265) 1 78 87 62

MAURITANIA

Col. Alassane Sogho

Director

Civil Protection Unit

BP 998

Nouakchott, Mauritania

Tel: (+222) 525 2253

Fax: (+222) 525 36 61

Email: dpc-mipt@mauritania.mr

MAURITIUS

Mr. Moosuddee Cader

Office of the Prime Minister

Email: amoosuddee@.mu

NAMIBIA

Mr. G.K. Kangowa

Deputy Director

EMU, Office of the Prime Minister

P.O. Box 11479

Windhoek, Namibia

Tel: (+264) 61 27355

Cell: (+264) 811247497

Fax: (+264) 61 226867

Email: gkangowa@.na; emu@.na

Ms. Anastasia Amunyela

Monitoring and evaluation

Disaster Management Unit

Abraham Mashego& Caesar Str Katutura

P.O. Box 11479 Klein

Windhoek

Namibia

Tel: (+264) 61 273 550

Fax: (+264) 61 226 867

Email: asamunyela@.na

SENEGAL

Mr. David Njiki

Advisor

Ministry of Environment

106 Rue Carnot

BP 6557

Dakar Etoile, Sénégal

Tel: (+221) 842 7311

Cell: (+221) 576 9507

Fax: (+221) 842 7311

Email: njikinjiki@

SOMALIA

Mr. Ali Nagheye

National Disaster Risk Management Unit

Somalia

Tel: (+252) 59 33132

Fax (+252 1) 65 6461

Email: nagheye2002@

SOUTH AFRICA

Mr. George Kilian

Director: Disaster Management

Department of Provincial and Local Government

South Africa

Tel: (+27) 082 454 3747

Fax: (+27) 12 334 0810

Kevin Brennan

Disaster Management Unit

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Government Avenue

Private Bag X152

Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Tel: (+27) 12 351 1460

Fax: +27 12 351 1609

Email: brennank@.za

Mr. Eugene Poolman

Forecasting and research

South African Weather Services

442 Rigel Ave South Erasmasrand

Private Bag X097

Pretoria, South Africa

Tel: (+27) 12 367 6002

Fax: (+27) 12 367 6189

Email: suzette@weathersa.co.za

Mme. Laura Joyce

First Secretary

South African Mission in Geneva

65 rue du Rhone,

1204 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: (+41) 22 849 5429

Fax: (+41) 22 849 5432

Email: laura.joyce@ties.itu.int

Ron Cadribo

Consultant

64 Loop Street

P.O Box 601

Ladybrand 9745, South Africa

Cell: (+27) 824030359

Fax: (+27) 51 924 2553

Email: roncadribo@

Dewald van Niekerk

Director: African Centre for Disaster Studies

North-West University

South Africa

Tel: (+27) 18 299 1634

Fax: (+27) 18 293 5266

Email: pwsdvn@puk.ac.za

Rowena Hay

Consultant

UMVOTO

South Africa

Tel: (+27) 21 788 8031

Fax (+27) 21 788 6742

Email: amanzi@

UGANDA

Mr. Martin Owor

Assistant Commissioner

Dept of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees

Office of the Prime Minister

P.O. Box 341

Kampala, Uganda

Tel: (+256) 77 647632

Fax: (+256)41 341139/2504 38/41 233 176

Email: mowor@opm.go.ug

ZAMBIA

Mr. D. Mulenga

National Co-ordinator / Director

Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit

Office of the Vice President

P.O. Box 38963

Lusaka, Zambia

Tel: (+260) 1 252692

Fax: (+260) 1 255725

Email: dmmu@zamtel.zm

ZIMBABWE

Mr. M. S. Pawadyira

Director

Dept. of Civil Protection

14th Floor, Karigamombe Centre

Private Bag 7753

Harare, Zimbabwe

Tel: (+263) 4 727906

Fax: (+263) 4 703715 / 792098

Email: eprzim@africaonline.co.zw

International and Regional Organisations

AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION

Mr. Foday Bojang

Senior Policy Officer

African Union

P.O Box 3243

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel: (+251) 1 51 7484

Fax: (+251) 1 517844

Email: fodaybojang@

COMESA

Mr. Mupelwa Sichilima

COMESA Secretariat

Ben Bella Road

PO Box 30051

LUSAKA 1010, Zambia

Tel: (+260) 1 229 725

Fax: (+260) 1 225 107

Mobile: (+260) 95 438 745

E-mail: msichilima@comesa.int

ECCAS

Mr. Joel Beassem

Sécurité Alimentaire et Environnent

ECCAS

B.P. 2112

Libreville, Gabon

Tel : (+241) 44 4731

Fax : (+241) 44 4732

Email: joel_beassem@yahoo.fr; ceeac@org.inet.ga

ICPAC

Prof. L. Ogallo

Coordinator

ICPAC

Tel: (+254) 20 57 8340

Fax: (+254) 20 57 8343

Email: dmcnbi@africaonline.co.ke

NEPAD SECRETARIAT

Dr. Hesphina Rukato

Advisor: Environment and Tourism

NEPAD Secretariat

Ground Floor, DBSA Building, Midrand

P.O Box 1234, Halfway House, 1685

South Africa

Tel: (+27) 11 313 3461

Fax: (+27)11 313 3450

Email: hesphinaR@

Ms. Elizabeth Byaruhanga

Researcher

NEPAD Secretariat

Ground Floor, DBSA Building, Midrand

P.O Box 1234, Halfway House, 1685

South Africa

Tel: (+27) 11 313 3836

Fax: (+27)11 313 3450

Email: elizabethB@

UNDP

Andrew Maskrey

UNDP/BCPR

Head of Disaster Reduction

Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

UNDP

8214 Ave de La Paix

1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: (+41) 22 917 8229

Fax: (+41) 22 917 8060

E-mail: Andrew.maskrey@

Margaret.kuku@

Mr. Kenneth Westgate

UNDP/BCPR

Regional Disaster Reduction Adviser for Africa

United Nations Office in Nairobi

PO Box 30218

NAIROBI, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 624656

Fax: (+254) 20 62 4491

Email: kenneth.westgate@

UNEP

James Kamara

Programme Officer

UNEP/DEPI

P.O. Box 30552

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 624 288

Fax: (+254) 20 623 794

Email: james.kamara@

UN-HABITAT

Daniel Lewis

Head of Disaster and Post conflict

UN-HABITAT

P.O. Box 30030

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 623826

Fax: (+254) 20 624263

Email: dan.lewis@

Mr. Alain Valency

Advisor

UN/ISDR Africa

PO Box 47074

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 720 969235

Email: alain.valency@mon.bbc.co.uk

UN/ISDR

Feng Min Kan

Senior Regional Officer

UN/ISDR Africa

PO Box 47074

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 624119

Fax: (+254) 20 624726

Email: fengmin.kan@

Mme. Helena Molin Valdes

Senior Policy Officer

UN/ISDR

Palais des Nations

CH-1211

Geneva 10, Switzerland

Tel : (+41) 22 917 2776

Fax : (+41) 22 917 0563

Email : molinvaldes@

Mr. Mohamed Abchir

Programme Officer

UN/ISDR

Palais des Nations

CH-1211

Geneva 10, Switzerland

Tel: (+41) 22 917 2784

Fax: (+41) 22 917 0563

Email: abchir@

Noroarisoa Rakotondrandria

Programme Officer

UN/ISDR Africa

PO Box 47074

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 624568

Fax: (+254) 20 624726

Email: noroarisoa.rakotondrandria@

Pamela Mubuta

UN/ISDR Africa

Administrative Assistant

PO Box 47074

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 20 62 4101

Fax: (+254) 20 624726

Email: pamela.mubuta@

Seth Doe Vordzorgbe

UN/ISDR Africa

Consultant

Tel: (+233) 244 663705

Email: sethov@

UNOPS

Luke Wambua

UNOPS

Administrative Assistant

Tel: (+254) 20 3754153

Fax: (+254) 20 3754157

Email: lukeW@

WMO

Dr. Yinka R. ADEBAYO

Senior Strategic Planning Officer

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

7 bis, Avenue de la Paix

Case Postale No. 2300

CH-1211 Geneva 2

Switzerland

Tel: (+41) 22 730 8156

Fax: (+41) 22 730 8181

Email: YAdebayo@wmo.int

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