Risk, stresses and systems resilience (OECD approach)

Resilience workshop

Terminology: Hazard, risk and Disaster

Hazard Risk Shock/crisis/ disaster

Source : CADRI

Stresses

Seasonal shocks/ risksRecurring shocks/ risks

Resilience : shifting the focus from the risk to the system affected by risks, stresses and uncertainty

Stability Flexibility Change

Absorptive/ coping

capacity

Adaptive capacity

Transformative capacity

Intensity of change / transaction costs

Three capacities to boost resilience

Source : OECD

Resilience road map: Actors should combine their efforts at different levels of society

Absorptive Capacity

Adaptive Capacity

Transformative Capacity

Actor 1Actor 3

Actor 1Actor 2Actor 3

Actor 2

.

Actor 3 Actor 1Actor 3

Actor 2 Actor 5

Actor 6 Actor 5 Actor 5

RegionalLevel

National Level

Community

Level

Sharing a view of the risk landscape in the region Exercise

On the wall/ groups per table Duration

• Review the list of risks written on the wall and discuss with your group if some additional important risks affecting the region are missing: take several cards, write on each one additional risk down and stick the suggestions to the wall.

• stick them to select the risks which according to you most affect households livelihoods systems in your geographical area of work.

10’

10’

Livelihood assets : generic overview

Natu

ralPhysical

Social

Fina

ncia

l Human PoliticalCapital

• Political parties• Local government• Security institutions• Policy framework• Legal framework and Justice system• National governance structure• Customary law• Land tenure• Participation to local governance structure• Information• Elders• Religious leaders

• Community committees /formal and informal local governance mechanisms)

• Values, History, Hospitality• Acceptance of Refugees and IDPs by

Host Communities• Youth groups/ networks• Family structures• Diaspora ( Remittances & skills)• Traditional Conflict resolution

mechanisms

•Income through Formal employment•Income through Self employment•Income through Petty trade/ Business•Income through Casual work •Asset holding (livestock/ cultivated area)•Additional production for sale •Remittances ( direct or redistributed)•Credit•Markets•Savings•Social safety nets•Tax revenues•Remittances

• Education • Protection• Health • Nutrition• Health promotion and

hygiene• Life skills• Livelihood skills• Traditional knowledge• Household composition

• Sea• Water sources, Dams, earth pan, shallow

wells, boreholes• Rivers• Rain• Forest Flora and Fauna• Biomass resources• Coast / fish• Land for agriculture/ livestock• Livestock • Oil/ minerals• Biodiversity of the environment

•Telecommunication•Shelter •Commodities•Food •Health infrastructure•Sanitation facilities/ latrines•Transport•Road •Energy•Market infrastructure•Local private or public sector services•Schools

Livelihoods assets and risks in the regionExercise

Per country (regional and HQ colleagues supporting countries )

Duration

• Review the generic list of asset and add or remove to have a representative picture of assets per capital group in your country

• Report on a flip chart the 5 main risks which have been prioritized before and write in front of each the 3 assets which according to your are most affected by each of these risks.

10’

20’

Different stakeholders erode or boost households livelihoods systems

Large Power

SmallPower

Positive influence on well-

being

Negative influence on well-

being

Limit and mitigate this

actor’s influence

Monitor this stakeholder or ignore

Collaborate with this actor

Bring this actor on board and strengthen its capacities

Coffee break !