COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE AND DISASTER RISK IN SOLOMON ISLANDS PROJECT

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The development objective of the Community Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risk Project for Solomon Islands (CRISP) is to increase the capacity of selected rural communities to manage natural hazards and climate change risks. The project has four components. The first component, integration of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in government policies and operations objective is to support policy development, capacity building, and institutional strengthening aimed at integrating governance and operational processes for CCA and DRR. It comprises of following two sub-components: (a) development of a national integrated CCA and a disaster risk management (DRM) framework; and (b) strengthening capacity for mainstreaming CCA and DRM in sector planning and investments. The second component, strengthening of climate and disaster risk information and early warning systems objective is to establish an early warning network for volcanic and seismic hazards and start the establishment of a national risk information platform. It comprises of following two sub-components: (a) establishing a volcanic-seismic monitoring network (the need for which was identified by global facility for disaster risk and recovery (GFDRR) in 2009 in the Solomon Islands country assessment); and (b) establishing the foundations of a national risk information capability to improve risk management, that can be applied under CRISP to assess disaster and climate change effects for sectors and investment planning. The third component, CCA and DRR investments will support both structural and non-structural disaster risk and adaptation investments at the community and provincial level. It comprises of following three sub-components: (a) risk analysis, design, advisory, and supervision services of rural infrastructure investments and disaster and climate risk management plans; (b) development and implementation of community-led rural investment projects through the provision of community grants; and (c) development and implementation of provincial-led rural investment projects in participating provinces. The fourth component, project management and monitoring and evaluation will provide efficient and effective management support for the implementation of the project. It has following two sub-components: (i) project coordination and management; and (ii) project monitoring and evaluation.