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How to do a VCA 69■ Is the action linked to more fundamental social and/or structuraltransformation requiring a long-term strategy to belooked at in the future?As they work through the exercise, participants may also wish toconsider other criteria, bearing in mind that not all solutions areequally beneficial and that some are more difficult to achieve thanothers. These “supplementary” criteria could include, for example:power relations, gender concerns, culture, increased income,reduced risk, skills available, environmental themes, etc.The proposed solutions should then be recorded in a chart suchas that shown in Table 4, below. Participants will also need todecide whether the actions they have identified contribute to prevention,preparedness or mitigation 13 , and record them appropriatelyin the chart.The specific type of problem/issue/hazard is irrelevant – theprocess is more important at this stage whether the issue is floodingor health problems, such as HIV (see Annex 1, p. 85).Table 4Do actions contributeto prevention, preparednessor mitigation?ActionsPreventionCIT Preparedness CIT Mitigation CITProblem/issue/hazard 1:Vulnerability 1:Problem/issue/hazard 1:Vulnerability 2:13Note that it may be necessary to undertake additional exercises to help the communityunderstand the difference between these three terms. See VCA training guide.