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Africa Regional
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698-022USAID MISSION: Africa Regional
PROGRAM TITLE: Crisis Prevention, Mitigation and Recovery (Pillars: Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance; and Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improve Policies, Strategies, and Programs for Preventing, Mitigating, and Transiting Out of Crisis, 698-022 STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $9,762,000 DA; $200,000 CSH; $138,020 Prior Year DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $32,225,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999; ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: USAID's program strengthens national and sub-regional capacities to prevent or mitigate the impact of natural disasters, epidemic diseases and man-made crises via the following components:
- supporting famine and flood early warning networks to cope with the threat of food shortages caused by disaster;
- promoting health and human security during and after conflict-related crises and complex emergencies by helping different sectors work together in programming international aid;
- developing and applying tools and research to help prevent deadly conflict from occurring; and
- conducting Integrated Pest Management and preparedness training to prevent and confront outbreaks of pests, along with eliminating risks caused by obsolete pesticides.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will undertake the following activities: (1) in the area of food security, improve famine prevention through drought and flood preparedness and adoption of response plans (DA and CSH funds); (2) in the area of crisis transition and complex emergencies, provide technical assistance and develop and disseminate planning tools to mitigate national and regional crises (DA funds); (3) in the area of conflict, strengthen capacity of African organizations in conflict prevention and resolution, and support field missions' efforts to prevent, mitigate and recover from conflict (DA funds); and (4) in the area of pest management, improve the capacity of governments and regional implementers to (a) manage outbreaks of locusts and other pests through prevention and preparedness; and (b) conduct research to adapt new technologies for improved locust management practices and elimination of obsolete pesticides (DA funds).
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID will continue previous efforts with some additions. In the food security area, heightened focus will be placed on developing African capacity to prepare for and manage floods and droughts. The famine prevention program will carry out two pilot activities that will look at the linkage between food/water/land insecurity and potential deadly conflict. The conflict prevention programs will engage multiple public and private actors at the local, country, sub-regional and Africa-wide levels. Working in countries and sub-regions where USAID can best contribute to initiatives will enable Africans to take the lead in resolving African conflicts. Illustrative activities include supporting regional peace dialogue efforts, addressing cross-border conflicts, and creating quick, flexible funding mechanisms by working through media, inter-faith initiatives, local problem-solving methods, women-led programs, human rights education, psychological healing and reconciliation, and reintegration of ex-combatants. In the pest management area, USAID will work with the Food and Agriculture Organization to augment ongoing regional pest outbreak preparedness and prevention activities. Crop protection staff of agriculture ministries and regional organizations will be trained in the facets of outbreak prevention and control as well as safe pesticide management and use.
Performance and Results: Crisis prevention and response in Africa is multi-faceted. The USAID regional program deals with preventing and mitigating the effects of pestilence, conflict, disease and famine. USAID attempts to link relief interventions to long-term development programs. By developing the capacity of African organizations to manage crises, USAID hopes to more effectively mitigate and avert major crises. USAID alone can have only a limited impact. However, working in concert with its counterparts, USAID hopes to achieve the following results:
- The Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) continued to provide decision-makers in 17 drought- and flood-risk African countries with information to quickly and effectively respond to unfolding food security crises. FEWS NET is assisting national governments, the World Food Program, USAID missions and other donors in planning responses to the complex food security situation in the Horn of Africa caused by civil conflicts, drought, flood, and environmental degradation that cause poor harvests. FEWS NET also helps to pinpoint countries that are at risk, a measure that improves relief targeting and lowers the costs of food aid. To fill a major safety gap, FEWS NET helped the Southern African Development Community develop flood and drought hazard networks. In the Sahel region of West Africa, FEWS NET provided governments with monthly monitoring assessments with maps showing critically low vegetation cover, as well as the areas that had seen severe flooding. In East Africa, FEWS NET has been instrumental in strengthening early warning and flood security networks.
With USAID help, the Southern Africa Development Community is developing badly needed emergency procedures and communications systems to alert member states of impending natural disasters. - USAID has assisted Africans in resolving outstanding conflicts and mitigating the negative effects of violent conflict by supporting training, capacity building, small grants programs, regional early warning and response systems, and technical assistance. For example, in FY 2000, working through ACCORD, an indigenous organization, USAID participated in mediation and conflict resolution in five countries (including high-level efforts in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo) and trained 3,585 people (47% women) in conflict resolution. In FY 2001, USAID encouraged dialogue among African conflict resolution organizations through two major workshops on demobilization and on links between HIV/AIDS and conflict. USAID has also carried out various analyses for practical application to program efforts.
- In the area of crisis transition, the Complex Emergency Response and Transition Initiative (CERTI) analyzed the causes of complex emergencies and provided strategic frameworks, best practices, impact indicators, and transition planning tools to enable donors, African civil society, regional organizations and governments to manage crisis transitions. CERTI also supported the development of a framework and tools for mitigating HIV/AIDS during demobilization, disarmament, reintegration and reconciliation programs and the refinement of conflict vulnerability assessment (CVA) tools. Fifteen CVAs have been conducted in Africa to date to help USAID missions apply an effective crisis-prevention lens in designing strategies and programs. USAID also gave technical assistance to its missions to develop strategic plans and results frameworks that apply best practices in moving from crisis management to an emphasis on longer-term development.
- Capacity-building efforts were among the primary foci of the Africa Emergency Locust and Grasshopper Assistance (AELGA) project. Namibian, Tanzanian and Burkinabe crop protection officers and field development agents received training in areas such as pest outbreak prevention, preparedness and management, including monitoring and survey techniques; environmental protection, and pesticide safety; and integrated pest management. AELGA also conducted a high-level regional training course on biological control of locusts and grasshoppers for researchers and senior crop protection technicians from West Africa. Training and monitoring activities helped prevent major pest outbreaks in all parts of Africa during the past year. Over 1,700 metric tons of dangerous, leaking, obsolete pesticides were eliminated from 157 locations in Ethiopia, and an updated system to eliminate obsolete pesticide inventory in Mali is underway.
Principal Contractors, Grantees or Agencies: Our partners are the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; multilateral organizations, including the UN Food and Agricultural Organization; U.S. and African private voluntary organizations and non-governmental organizations, such as ACCORD; U.S. universities such as Tulane and Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and Chemonics (a prime contractor).
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
698-022 Improved policies, strategies and programs for preventing, mitigating, and transiting out of crises CSD CSH DA DFA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 6,540 0 51,781 33,829 Expenditures 5,240 0 42,971 33,486 Unliquidated 1,300 0 8,810 343 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 200 0 7,636 285 Expenditures 1,300 0 9,628 343 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 6,740 0 59,417 34,114 Expenditures 6,540 0 52,599 33,829 Unliquidated 200 0 6,818 285 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 138 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 200 9,762 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 200 9,900 0 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 32,225 0 Future Obligations 0 0 0 0 Est. Total Cost 6,740 200 101,542 34,114
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