Making Cities Resilient Report 2012

CHAPTER 2 | How the Campaign is enabling cities to boost disaster risk reduction
Photo: Jaime Valdes
Telica, Nicaragua is working with neighbouring municipalities to improve their resilience and technical
capacities, and to prepare a strategic development plan to protect the region
Box 2.3 : What has the HFA Local Government Self-Assessment Tool brought
to cities
Cities that have used the Self-Assessment Tool have outlined a number of positive outcomes from
participating in this process:
Makati- The multi-stakeholder dialogue approach that is part of the self-assessment process encouraged
discussions on new disaster risk reduction projects.
In various cities in Pakistan which are at the early stages of resilience building, the use of the tool helped to
reveal weaknesses and identify priority areas for action. Many cities have recognised that the role of local
government must be strengthened to improve disaster risk reduction. Some plans and capacities do exist at
district, but not city level. Multi-stakeholder meetings in cities, tied to the self-assessment, have been useful
in identifying challenges to overcome and capacities to enhance (62).
Makassar– the self-assessment identified the low capacity of local authorities (30). The Makassar Government
has committed to integrating the self-assessment tool into the disaster management agency’s strategic
programmes for 2011-14. The results will be used to prepare the Makassar State of the Environment Report
and in plans for land use and economic development 2011-2031 (20).
The Philippines welcomed the use of a standardised assessment tool to raise awareness of existing capacities
at national level. The archipelago has linked this tool to existing national HFA monitoring (2).
In Johannesburg, South Africa, the self-assessment process has inspired multi-stakeholder consultations
with community councillors and leaders, staff from different municipal departments, businesses, NGOs, and
research institutions.
In Cape Town, the self-assessment process encouraged departments to work more closely together and led
to more collaborative projects (8).
In Santa Fe, Argentina, the self-assessment process is enhancing dialogue between the local and national
government. The government also believes it could be a useful tool for monitoring progress in the future (54).
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