Enhancing Capacities for Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Towards Adaptive and Shock-Responsive Social Protection Amid COVID-19 - TCP/PHI/3807
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A significant proportion of the population of the Philippines lives in and out of poverty due to climate-related disasters, which represent one of the main threats to ensuring economic growth and poverty reduction in the country. Vulnerable households and communities are often most affected by disasters as they usually have fewer resources to build resilience. In the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is the primary government agency mandated to implement social protection programmes. The DSWD also plays a lead role in the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) landscape acting as the vice chair for Disaster Response of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. However, the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the landscape of DRRM, pushing the government’s operational plan and the private sector to the limit and causing high mortality rates. The pandemic compounded the negative impacts of climate-related hazards that are frequently experienced in the country. To respond to this emerging challenge, this project was designed to provide technical assistance to the DSWD in implementing DRRM initiatives through high-end information technologies (IT) and infrastructure. The project aimed to strengthen institutional capacities to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as an essential tool that would allow the enhancement of predictive analytics for humanitarian response (PAHR), map potential resources and capacities and track the displaced population affected by natural crises. Therefore, by implementing GIS, the project sought to create strategies with real-time data to mitigate future impacts for vulnerable communities.