ECB Whirlwind Tour Finishes in Indonesia
I have recently completed the March ECB World Tour, beginning with Lisbon, continuing to Jordan and finishing up in Indonesia for the Risk Reduction Learning Event. The event had a wide range of participants from IWG agencies, Caritas, local government officials, UN agencies, a local NGO, and a local community representative. Rich Balmadier, CRS Country Representative, opened the event with enthusiasm for collaborative efforts in the ECB project. The event progressed to a review of the whole project and progressed to the lessons learned from the risk reduction pilot in Indonesia.
A few of the lessons learned that were highlighted in the event are the following:
1) There was incredible insight from the IWG agencies to utilize the expertise of the whole and implement 1 project rather than many smaller projects.
2) It might have been easier to implement a project on Java rather than Sumatra as travel was difficult to have visits by IWG agencies
3) Communities in Sumatra are now much more aware of risks and how to handle them than before
4) Local communities wish to see this kind of project expand to other villages and schools.
5) ECB contributed to the recent joint collaboration to assess needs and damages in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Sumatra
There are a few other highlights that emerged from this learning event, but it seems these are a few of the major key points. The event finished with an exercise led by the facilitator, Dr. Puji, to solidify a few action points at various levels: local, national, and Headquarters. You will be able to view these in the event notes that will come out shortly. All in all, I believe it was successful in showing us the depth of the challenges and the opportunities that arose during the course of planning and implementation. I am certain that these lessons will be incorporated into Phase II; and I am hopeful that further work in Disaster Risk Reduction by ECB, and certainly by CRS, will be informed by the ECB experience in the 3 different countries.
A few of the lessons learned that were highlighted in the event are the following:
1) There was incredible insight from the IWG agencies to utilize the expertise of the whole and implement 1 project rather than many smaller projects.
2) It might have been easier to implement a project on Java rather than Sumatra as travel was difficult to have visits by IWG agencies
3) Communities in Sumatra are now much more aware of risks and how to handle them than before
4) Local communities wish to see this kind of project expand to other villages and schools.
5) ECB contributed to the recent joint collaboration to assess needs and damages in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Sumatra
There are a few other highlights that emerged from this learning event, but it seems these are a few of the major key points. The event finished with an exercise led by the facilitator, Dr. Puji, to solidify a few action points at various levels: local, national, and Headquarters. You will be able to view these in the event notes that will come out shortly. All in all, I believe it was successful in showing us the depth of the challenges and the opportunities that arose during the course of planning and implementation. I am certain that these lessons will be incorporated into Phase II; and I am hopeful that further work in Disaster Risk Reduction by ECB, and certainly by CRS, will be informed by the ECB experience in the 3 different countries.
Charlie Ehle
Emergency Response Specialist
Catholic Relief Services
posted by Emergency Capacity Building Project Team Blog at 3:55 PM
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