Survey questionnaire

There is a rise in the number, frequency and seri-ousness of disasters in Africa due to heightened risks, particularly of drought and floods. These risks can be expected to be exacerbated as a re-sult of climate change and may also lead to more frequent associated disasters in the region.

Disasters strongly affect patterns of development in the countries concerned through loss of human lives, damage to physical property and the natural and ecological heritage, losses of human and fi-nancial resources and the erosion of social capital and systems of governance. In 2008, 96 disasters

In Togo, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013, large-scale floods were recorded following heavy rainfall in July, August and September throughout the ter-ritory. Rockslides, landslides, pollution, bush fires, high winds and floods of marine origin marked by high tides and coastal erosion were also recorded.

They led to the destruction of housing, highway infrastructure, schools, the drinking water supply system, electricity and telephone networks, hospi-tals, markets, crops and livestock and a considera-ble impairment of the potential offered by natural resources and the environment.

Urgent responses, including concrete implemen-tation measures, are therefore needed to mini-mize huge economic losses, losses of human life and means of subsistence, along with shortfalls in development and other impacts deriving from natural disasters. Accordingly, effective risk reduc-tion measures must be formulated with due re-gard to crosscutting aspects, and put into effect in the context of national and local strategies and programmes. Since projections show dispropor-tionate effects of climate change in the region, cli-mate change adaptation needs to be integrated into risk reduction measures.

In this regional and national context, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), jointly with the

Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, has launched a project to strengthen the capacity of African decision-makers to integrate natural disaster risk reduction into na-tional and regional policies and strategies in Africa.

In order to allow Togo to form an accurate idea of the real situation, the main actors involved in disaster risk reduction in Togo are requested to answer the following questions.

Please be so good as to complete the question-naire below.

1. Data on the institution or individual

Name

2. Level of development and implementation of disaster reduction and management measures/tools in Togo

Please grade the following aspects in terms of national effort for DRR and post-disaster manage-ment. Grade estimates range from 0 to 3.

Aspect Baseline indicators Grade

estimate Grade assigned Political, strategic

and programmatic framework for DRR

Non-existence of a political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR 0 Existence of an inadequate political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR 1 Existence of an adequate political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR but not implemented

2 Existence of an adequate and implemented political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR

3

National legal framework for DRR

Non-existence of a political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR 0 Existence of an inadequate political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR

1 Existence of an adequate political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR but not implemented

2 Existence of an adequate and implemented political, strategic and programmatic framework for DRR

3

Aspect Baseline indicators Grade

estimate Grade assigned Institutional

framework for DRR

Non-existence of an institutional framework for DRR 0 Existence of an inadequate institutional framework for DRR 1 Existence of an adequate but non-operational institutional framework for DRR 2 Existence of an adequate operational framework for DRR 3 Information and

warning system

Non-existence of an information and warning system for DRR 0 Existence of an inadequate information and warning system for DRR 1 Existence of an adequate but non-operational information and warning system for DRR

2 Existence of an adequate operational information warning system for DRR 3 Stakeholder

participation mechanism

Non-existence of a DRR stakeholder participation mechanism 0 Existence of an inadequate DRR stakeholder participation mechanism 1 Existence of an adequate DRR stakeholder participation mechanism but not implemented

2 Existence of an adequate and implemented DRR stakeholder participation

mechanism

3

Post-disaster assistance mechanism

Non-existence of a DRR post-disaster assistance mechanism 0 Existence of an inadequate DRR post-disaster assistance mechanism 1 Existence of an adequate DRR post-disaster assistance mechanism but not implemented

2 Existence of an adequate and implemented DRR post-disaster assistance

mechanism

3

Disaster risk preparedness framework

Non-existence of a disaster risk preparedness framework 0 Existence of an inadequate disaster risk preparedness framework 1 Existence of an adequate but non-operational disaster risk preparedness

framework

2 Existence of an adequate operational disaster risk preparedness framework 3 IEC risk

management mechanism

Non-existence of an IEC risk management mechanism 0

Existence of an inadequate IEC risk management mechanism 1 Existence of an adequate but non-operational IEC risk management mechanism 2 Existence of an adequate operational IEC risk management mechanism 3 Institutional and

stakeholder capacity-building programme

Non-existence of a capacity-building programme for DRR institutions and actors 0 Existence of an inadequate capacity-building programme for DRR institutions and actors

1 Existence of an adequate capacity-building programme for DRR institutions and actors but not implemented

2 Existence of an adequate and implemented capacity-building programme for DRR institutions and actors

3

3. Identification of good practices

For the purposes of disaster risk reduction and post-disaster management, several measures and

courses of action are often initiated by various local, national and international actors. Some of these contribute to effective and sustainable risk

and crisis management. These measures or ac-tions are described as good practices when they meet the following conditions:

i) Stakeholder ownership of the practices/

measures/actions;

ii) Existence of relevant supporting statistics and information;

iii) Participation of all stakeholders concerned about risk reduction, including non-tradition-al interest groups;

iv) Effective institutional arrangements for risk reduction;

v) Incorporation of the social, economic and en-vironmental dimension;

vi) Translation of policies, strategies and plans into concrete results on the ground;

vii) Effectiveness and convincing nature of the risk-reduction and resilience-building practices;

viii) Reproducibility of the action/practice, where appropriate;

ix) Sustainability of the measure/practice proposed/adopted.

Please help us to identify good practices in your village, canton, prefecture or region, or even in your country, Togo.

No. Good practice in order of importance

4. Lessons learned at the local and national level

The years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and even 2013, were particularly marked by floods that had disastrous social and economic consequences in some parts of Togo. As disaster victims or active participants in disaster risk reduction and man-agement systems, what lessons did you learn dur-ing these painful events affectdur-ing communities?

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