Philippines USAID-Manila

Description

The Disaster Resilience in the Compact Nations(RESILIENCE) is a five-year USAID activity that aims to improve the localcapacity to prepare for, respond to, and reconstruct after natural disasters.The activity will expedite delivery of emergency and reconstruction assistancein the event of natural disasters in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)and Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI). In meeting this objective, USAID willwork closely with the Department of Environment, Climate Change, and EmergencyManagement (DECCEM) in FSM, and the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)in RMI. The activity has three components. Component One is centered onincreasing the disaster preparedness and management capacity of local communities and host governments, particularly DECCEM and NDMO.Component Two is centered on maintaining pre-positioned assets and operationalreadiness to provide multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance. Finally, ComponentThree is focused on organizing a package of culturally-appropriatereconstruction assistance in the event of declared disasters.

Who can apply

• Unrestricted

Contact

Sandra Jansen <br/>Agreement Officer
manila-roaa-rfa@usaid.gov