Overview : The Pacific Risk Resilience Programme (PRRP) is a 5 year Australian Government funded Programme which is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme in partnership with an INGO partner (Live and Learn) in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Programme will focus on strengthening governance mechanisms for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) at the sub-national and local levels in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. The programme will be centred on three outcome areas that will be implemented under one coordinated and integrated programme: 1) Risk governance planning and delivery mechanisms of local governments and communities are inclusive, coordinated, mutually reinforcing and integrated into national processes (vertical integration); 2) Risk governance is integrated across Government policies, plans and budgets at all levels in response to community priorities (horizontal integration); and 3) Effective engagement and exchange of information is shared within countries and across the region (knowledge management). Under outcomes 1 and 2 the programme will require Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) experts to integrate climate change and disaster risk into policies, planning, budgeting and decision-making processes across development sectors (horizontally) as well as at the sub-national and community level (vertically). |