First CREWS SIEWAP Project Steering Committee Meeting and EW4All Peer Exchange

Pacific EW4All National Leads sharing of reflection based on the following guiding questions:

• What is included in the roadmap and action plan?
  • Alignment with the four EW4All pillars (1 – disaster risk knowledge; 2 – detection, observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting; 3 – warning dissemination and communication; 4 - preparedness and response capabilities).
  • Multi-hazard and multi-sector integration (including hydrological and geophysical hazards and other environmental and possibly man-made hazards).
  • Governance arrangements and institutional roles (cross-cutting “Pillar 5”).
  • Costing, prioritization, financing strategies, funding sources, and sustainability aspects.
  • Inclusion of groups with specific vulnerabilities, including persons with disabilities.
  • Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting mechanisms, including potential updates to the roadmaps/action plans.
• What has been the process?
  • Lead coordinating agency and cross-government engagement.
  • Identification of focal points for each Pillar.
  • National coordinators helping with coordination and drafting.
  • Gap assessments (both new ones specific to the EW4All process and leveraging existing ones).
  • Stakeholder consultations (national, subnational, community level).
  • Engagement with regional organizations, United Nations Resident Coordinator Offices and Country Teams, development partners, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), etc.
  • Integration of Anticipatory Action/co-development of early action protocols.
  • Political endorsement and integration into national development, disaster risk reduction, or climate (adaptation) plans/strategies.
• What has worked?
  • High-level political leadership and clear mandates, national ownership.
  • Strong collaboration between NMHSs, NDMOs, National Telecommunication Regulators and Operators, and National Red Cross Societies, as well as the global EW4All Pillar Leads (UNDRR – Pillar 1, WMO – Pillar 2, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – Pillar 3, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)) – Pillar 4) and their national and international partners.
  • Integration with existing national adaptation plans and disaster risk management frameworks and alignment with regional strategies and mechanisms, such as the Weather Ready Pacific (WRP) Programme.
  • Leveraging regional technical support and pooled procurement or services.
• Gaps and learnings
  • Limited sustainable financing for technical infrastructure and maintenance.
  • Data-sharing constraints across agencies.
  • Capacity gaps at national, subnational, and community level.
  • Challenges in sustaining momentum and inclusive engagement and communicating the nature, benefits, and timeline of EW4All.
  • Lessons on sequencing, prioritization, and realistic timelines and budgets.
  • Use of the roadmaps/action plans by governments, national red cross societies, national partners, and especially international donors and regional organizations.
  • Support to countries starting to develop their national EW4All roadmaps/ MHEWS action plans while acknowledging their past and ongoing efforts in strengthening their MHEWS.

Fiji

Kiribati

Tonga

Samoa

Solomon Islands

*10 min per Country