Direct beneficiaries:

(i) Subnational government entities responsible for DRM in Peru and Ecuador:

• Peru: the region of Cusco and Lambayeque (Cusco: the regional/local governments of Chiclayo in Espinar, Chumbivilcas, La Convención and Cusco; Lambayeque: the regional/local governments of Chiclayo, Ferreñafe and Lambayeque)
• Ecuador: selected regional/local governments in the three provinces of Pichincha, Guayas and Sucumbíos

(ii) Government entities and stakeholders from Peru and Ecuador like PCM, INDECI, MEF, SGR; and government entities and stakeholders from Bolivia and Colombia participating in the Community of Practice.

Indirect beneficiaries: The population within the above project system boundaries:

• Peru: approx. 2.1 million people
• Ecuador: to be defined once the exact sites in the three provinces have been selected

Outcome 1: Institutional capacities for applying public, public-private and multilateral financial instruments for DRM are strengthened in Peru.

Outcome 2: Processes of knowledge transfer on access to and use of public and public-private financial mechanisms for DRM are led by the Andean countries through a regional Community of Practice.

Outcome 3: Ecuador incorporates advances and strategies for the application of innovative financial mechanisms in DRM based on key learning processes in the country and the region.

Principaux résultats attendus:  

• Elaboration of comprehensive DRM projects by subnational governments in Peru and Ecuador including accessing funding at the national level
• Diagnostic studies on financial mechanisms per country (starting with Peru and Ecuador followed by Bolivia and Colombia)
• Participation of four Andean countries in a Community of Practice to exchange, share and improve access to financial mechanisms for DRM in the region
• Launch discussions with key authorities at the national level how to improve, simplify and diversify existing financial mechanism and share innovative mechanism from the region and worldwide

Principaux résultats antérieurs:   The Regional DRR & RR Programme in Lima implemented the project SINAGERD (7F-10207.02) in Peru (2020-2023) aiming at strengthening risk governance with the objective of reinforcing the National Disaster Risk Management System (SINAGERD) and integrating DRR into territorial planning. The experience has served as orientation for the development of this new initiative. 

Stakeholders: Ministries of Defense, Finance and Social Protection in the four countries (Peru: PCM, INDECI, MEF, MIDIS, MINAGRI; Ecuador: SGR, MEF; Colombia: UNGRD, MHCP; Bolivia: VIDECI, MPD; MEFP).

Platforms: Comité Andino Ad Hoc de Prevención de Desastres (CAPRADE), Alianza del Pacifico.

Projects: Strengthening the capacities of disaster risk preparedness and response of national institutions (WFP) led by the DRR & RR Programme; SECO projects: Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (World Bank) and Support to the National Public Finance Management Reform (Basel Institute on Governance).