ANGOLA DISASTER RISK PROFILE
Policy Recommendations From 16 to 18 December 2019, at the Hotel Trópico in Luanda, a National Workshop took place to present the updated flood and drought risk profiles, organized by the National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC), the United Nations Regional Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and CIMA Research Foundation - International Centre for Environmental Monitoring (Italy). The opening session was led by His Excellency the Chief Commissioner Salvador José Rodrigues, the Interior Secretary of State for Technical Assurance, representing the Minister of the Interior, who was flanked by the Ambassador of the European Union, Mr. Tomas Ulicny, by Mr. Abubakar Sutan Rcai, representing the UN Resident Coordinator in Angola, by the representative of the CIMA Research Foundation, Mr. Lauro Rossi and the representative of the United Nations Regional Office for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa, Mr. Roberto Schiano Lomoriello. THE WORKSHOP HAD THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: • To present and evaluate the results of the updated flood and drought risk profile, the data sources used, and the new risk metrics applied to affected people and in different sectors. • To improve the interpretation of the basic key risk metrics, including Average Annual Loss (AAL), Probable Maximum Loss (PML) and Loss Exceedance Curve (LEC) for floods and droughts; • To promote the nationwide adoption of the risk profile, including developing policy recommendations based on the results of the risk profile and on the local knowledge and experience. • To increase the national capacity to incorporate disaster risk reduction into investment planning and public economic development systems, in accordance with the Sendai Framework and the 2030 Agenda. • To understand the budget level for national disaster risk reduction investments and to discuss methodologies to identify public investments and spending in those areas, as well as to understand the direct and indirect economic benefits of investment in Disaster Risk Reduction. Following working discussions over three days of activities, the workshop’s participants proposed the following National Disaster Risk Reduction Policies: INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK 1. Having realised the importance of a scientific approach for effective risk management, the participants proposed incorporating the academic sector’s studies and research of climate change phenomena into the design processes for national disaster risk reduction projects and programmes. 2. Considering future projections regarding flood and drought risk, participants proposed that the Angolan Executive consider the risk profile results in budget forecasts and strategic investments, so that the expected impacts can be anticipated and minimized. 3. Similarly, participants proposed the drawing up of a strategic document on the National Policy on Civil Protection and Integral Risk Management, which would result in creating new regulations and procedures.
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