The resilience of the population to natural disasters and climate change is the central objective of the resilience programme. In line with the country’s needs, UNDP focuses its interventions on building the resilience capacities of the Government at different levels, by coordinating, preparing, managing and responding effectively to disasters. All three outputs of the resilience programme are relevant to the country context. The sustainable management of Haiti’s natural resources faces multiple and often conflicting problems such as environmental protection and biodiversity conservation, and the immediate needs of the users. Environmental protection must also lead to improved living conditions and wealth and jobs creation. UNDP programme interventions aim to support the efforts of the Government to improve absorption and adaptation capacities to respond to natural and hydrometeorological disasters. By raising awareness among state institutions and populations, and by providing training, tools and equipment, the programme aims to strengthen the performance of civil protection structures to prevent and limit
the negative impacts of disasters. This is done in a manner consistent with the policies and instruments for disaster risk management (DRM) put forward at the international level. The resilience component comprises 27 projects of varying sizes for a total envelope of nearly $36 million (see list of projects in Annex 6) mobilized through UNDP core resources and those of other partners including the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Green Climate Fund (GCF), the European Union, and the country’s bilateral partners including the United States, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, and Norway. The projects touch on themes as diverse as DRM (including capacities of national and decentralized institutions as well as other key actors for the preparation, prevention and reduction of the impact of natural disasters, governance and coordination, culture of DRM and preparedness, monitoring and assessment of natural risks), adaptation to climate change, biodiversity conservation and watershed management, rural access to energy, and solid waste management. The findings below are also organized around these themes.
FIGURE 4. Evolution of expenditure and budget in the area of resilience, 2017-2020 (million US$) Budget
Expenditure
$12 $10 $8 $6
$8.0
$8.0
$7.0 $5.4
$4 $2 $0
2017
2018
2019
2020
Source: Atlas Project data, Power Bi, September 2020
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