Panel III: "Appropriateness of Resiliency as a National Strategy" Joao Ribeiro, General Director of the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC), Maputo, Mozambique

1. Republica de Moçambique
Ministério de Administração Estatal
Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades
Appropriateness of Resiliency as a
National Strategy
Eng. João Ribeiro, INGC General DirectorEng. João Ribeiro, INGC General Director
Davos, 29Davos, 29thth
August 2013August 2013

2. North Africa
West Africa
East
Africa
Mozambique is
located in one of the
3 African regions
more expose to
disasters risks

3. Geographic ProfileGeographic Profile
• Inter tropical Convergence Zone
• Arid and Semi-Arid Zones
• Rift Valle
• 22 Millions Inhabitants
– 80% Are depending of
subsistence agriculture;
– 34% Chronic food insecurity;
• The country is highly prone to
natural disasters.

4. CyclonesCyclones
Main DisastersMain Disasters
FloodsFloods
DroughtsDroughts
EarthquakeEarthquake
60% of60% of
populationpopulation
40% of40% of
populationpopulation
1.200.0001.200.000
peoplepeople

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2
4
6
8
10
12
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Decade
NumberofEvents
Drought Flood Tropical Cyclone Epidemic
Historical tendency of natural disasters in
Mozambique (1956 -2008)

6. INGC MandateINGC Mandate
• Coordination authority of emergency
actions;
• Coordination authority for development of
arid and semiarid zones;
• Coordination authority of prevention and
mitigation of natural disasters;
• Coordination authority of reconstruction
actions after emergences.

7. National Strategy of CommunityNational Strategy of Community
Resilience on InfrastructuresResilience on Infrastructures
The Mozambique national strategy of community
resilience on infrastructures is based on the country
experiences of 2000 floods and, has tree (3)
approaches :
1. A approach of Resettlement to reduce risk of
vulnerable communities from floods and the so
called human wildlife conflict;
2. A approach of community resilience of arid and
semiarid zones;
3. The approach o on introduction of risk reduction of
infrastructures in the Government Department
Plans.

8. The impact of floods in the Country
• During the 200/1, 2006/7 and
2012/13 rain seasons, the
floods affected about 500,000
pelople.

9. Resettlement of vulnerable communities
on floods
• To create the
resilience on the
affected people,
the Government
decided to
implement a
resettlement
program which is
to transfer the
families that
were living in the
floods prone
zones in to new
secure areas.

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where the beneficiaries are
involved in the process (as
promotion of self-esteem)
through producing material
construction (breaks) and assist
the constructers. The
Government supply to the
affected people with
conventional construction
material as well as pay the
transportation of material and the
builders. 25.000 families were
Resettlement to reduce risk of
vulnerable communities from floods
This approach is based
on the house
construction that is
being assisted by the
Government and

11. Partitial view of communities resettlement from
so called human and wildlife conflict

12. Partial view of the floods communities
resettlement

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Development of Arid and Semi-arid
Zones
• The strategy is to
explore the potential
floret which is non
woods to produce
liquors, jam, oils,
artesian, etc., as
income generating
activities;
• Technique of low cost
in conservative
agriculture;
• Construction of small
dams and tanks;
• Building of water
supplies in the rural
areas.

14. The main ChallengesThe main Challenges
• Resettlement of 39.000 families affected by floods and
were living in the risk areas;
•Implementation of the “Safe School Program” which is
to adopt the norms of resistant construction to cyclone,
floods in all public buildings;
•Implementation on the Program on the Climate
Change Adaptation Program, especially focusing on
the Structural Reforms side.

15. The main resultsThe main results
• Reducing of the number of dead and vulnerability (in 2000 it were
4.5 millions people affected and in 2008 in were 102 affected
people; in 2010 there were 7.000 people affected).
• Creation of 99 new villages in secure areas along the Zambezi
and Save basins as result of resettlement program;
• Produced scientific studies and very detailed on the impact of
Climate Changes on the disasters risk in Mozambique;
• The establishment of the Early Warning System for Floods which is
based on the community level;
• Reducing of the number of the victims from the so called human
and wildlife conflict.

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Disable people involved in the resilience

17. Muito Obrigado!