Key determinants of a successful CBDRR programme

Publication language
English
Pages
147pp
Date published
01 Sep 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Disaster preparedness, Disaster risk reduction, Community-led, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Organisations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

 

The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), as the ‘world’s largest
humanitarian and development network’ is committed to building safety and
resilience through its Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR)
programmes1. As a movement the Red Cross-Red Crescent (RCRC) has
significant knowledge and experience of implementing CBDRR programmes.
However, defining the aims and objectives of such programmes and the critical
factors that influence their impact remains a challenge. This is particularly acute
when comparing outcomes and approaches between communities, countries and
regions.
CBDRR programmes were carried out in over 700 communities as part of the
Tsunami Recovery Programme (TRP) alone. The IFRC has identified this as an
opportunity to ‘identify and document lessons learned in implementing at scale
CBDRR2 projects to strengthen community safety and resilience….also [to] use
its large evidence base to research new ideas and contribute to the wider efforts in
improving CBDRR work within the IFRC’ (IFRC, 2010: 2).
This research report on the Key determinants of a successful CBDRR
Programme has been prepared by Arup’s International Development team (Arup
ID)3 on behalf of the IFRC as part of a wider CBDRR Study of the TRP.
Specifically, this report draws on the experience of the TRP CBDRR programmes
and current literature in order to identify ‘the key determinants of a successful
CBDRR project; including identification of the most effective interventions and
services (also in terms of sustainability) in the context of these key determinants’
(IFRC, 2010: 3).
It is intended that the key determinants developed through this research will be
used in the design, monitoring and evaluation of future programmes. A first step
towards this is the lessons learned report which provides a further output from this
study. Other outputs of the study include a “who, what, where” database of
RCRC CBDRR projects; a research report identifying the characteristics of a safe
and resilient community.