PM4THEWORLD
Dead in the Water
Saurabh Bhandari
-Why do Programme’s Fail? How do some succeed..

Malaria Control
Stopping the Dengue Vector

Guppy :1 Malaria : 0

Creating Successful Outcomes
4 Pillars to Success..
Familiarity
with the
event
Institutional
capacity
Funding &
governance
Maintaining
momentum

Relevance of Post-disaster rebuilds
Its in your backyard
• Global recession
happening every
other year
• 2 million people
impacted every week
• Global phenomenon

Your Perspectives
How would you define a Disaster?

Earthquakes
Disaster Events
Bridge Collapse Pandemics Leadership
Forest Fires Flooding Severe Weather Landslides
They come in various forms

A serious disruption of the functioning of a
community involving widespread impacts, which
exceeds the ability of the community to cope
using its own resource
Extract from Definition of a Disaster
UNISDR

You can make a difference.
Haiti Earthquake – 5 years later
Lack of timely action causes destitution
Space for PMs to make a ‘real’ difference
Opportunity for ‘thriving’ innovation that sticks
£Multi Bn’s of Projects that need management

Cumbria Infrastructure Recovery and Rebuild
Storm Desmond

UNFAMILIARITY - The Mission Statement
It wasn’t about Rebuilding Infrastructure

"Access to information is most critical to
successful disaster risk management."
UNISDR,
United Nations Special Representative of
the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk
Reduction

The Execution
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What did we achieve

Familiarity - Its about making the important
stuff happen; in a logical, empathetic and
democratic manner.
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In a parallel world..
Understanding the Context…
Disaster
Event
Infrastructure
Damage
Community
Severance
Economic
Impacts
Sociological
impacts
Mega Crisis

Charter - The Mission Statement
It wasn’t just about re-building infrastructure
Preventing crisis
Connecting the
community
Resilient
interventions
Safeguarding the
Fragile
Tourism economy
Safety: Ensuring safety is not compromised in the
recovery/ rebuilld of assets.
Efficiency urgent restoration of assets within the cost and
time budget,
Value: implementing solutions which enhance the
benefit to the community.
Local Economy: support local economy and using every
opportunity to inject spending locally, and
delivery reflects the needs of the community.
Legacy: creating and developing local skills - human
resource capacity and systems;

Creating a ‘fair’ Plan
Democratic Planning - Socio Economic scheduling

Institutional Capacity
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Institutional Capacity - Technology, Transparency, Trust
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Raising Productivity, Collaboratively
Creating capacity by sharing
Combining decision information
Data rich identification of assets
Understanding the county wide
issues
Leveraging solutions through issue
visualisation
Unambiguous visibility of asset data
Making smarter resource decisions
1690 assets to 40 work
packages in 6 weeks

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Governance & Funding
Project Enabler NOT a Barrier

Fairness and Scrutiny
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Post Disaster Rebuild - Challenges of Governance
Funders
• require
effectiveness
and
efficiency
Governance
• affordable
plan and
democratic
execution
Supply chain
• visibility to
prepare for
delivery
Stakeholders
• participation
to support
delivery
Community
• assurance
and
proactivity
Maintaining momentum during vast ‘uncertainties’
Trust is Fragile and rapidly degrading.
Collaboration
Trust
Transparency
Technology

Creating Space to Deliver
Creating Stability from Chaos – Leveraging Technology
Creating Space to :
• Fail
• Change strategy
• Innovate
• Create legacy
• Learn and Plan better

Driving Decision Velocity
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Building Trust, Momentum
Winterisation Interventions

Building Trust, Creating Momentum
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Leveraging Technology

Communicate to be understood
Creating Momentum and Breaking Down Barriers

IDENTITY - Refocusing the Role
Framework for Success
1
Understand the
difference
Its about understanding
the why and our role to
the common purpose.
2
Build Institutional
Capacity
Invest in your supply
chain, stakeholders to
build alignment. Train
together in new ways of
working. Invest in
technology to build
productivity
3
Leverage Funding
and Governance
Create governance
environment for achieving
the project outcomes -
not the other way around.
4
Build Momentum
Create trust through
transparency in
communication.
Communicate – like your life depends on it..

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Questions…

Your Questions and
Comments are important -
We will use the Q&A section
to capture your input
GO AHEAD -
ASK US ANYTHING

Thank
you!