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UNISDR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL LGSAT 1. PURPOSE OF THIS TOOL
A very important part of developing resilience to climate change is to set up systems to deal with climate related disasters. ICLEI works in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster
Risk Reduction UNISDR to offer the My city is Getting Ready Campaign.
This campaign was launched in 2010 and there are now more than 1500 cities around the world participating. The Campaign provides support for cities to become more disaster ready, including
a Local Government Self Assessment Tool LGSAT. This tool can be used as part of the ICLEI- ACCCRN scoping process in Phase 1, or as an action in your Resilience Strategy.
2. ABOUT THE TOOL
Following is some information taken from Preventionweb.net about the LGSAT and how to register to use the tool:
Description
The ‘Local HFA: Local Government Self-Assessment Tool’ is an online tool developed by UNISDR and its partners to assist local governments to assess their progress in building resilience to
disaster. It is part of a series of tools for measuring the progress of nations and communities towards meeting the objectives of the Hyogo Framework for Action HFA, which is the world’s
universally-accepted guide for reducing disaster risk.
The Local HFA is an important element of UNISDR’s work with local governments. In 2010, UNISDR and its partner organizations launched the global campaign Making Cities Resilient –
“My City is Getting Ready” The objectives of the campaign are to increase understanding and encourage commitment by local and national governments to make disaster risk reduction and
resilience a policy priority and to bring the global Hyogo Framework closer to local needs. At the end of each assessment, local governments will have enough information to:
• Map and understand existing gaps and challenges in disaster risk reduction in their locality. • Enhance understanding among stakeholders in the local community on disaster risk reduction.
• Set a baseline and develop a status report on their progress in fulfilling the Ten Essentials for making cities disaster resilient, in the context of the Making Cities Resilient campaign.
• Benefit from interactions with their national government in cases where the national government has undergone a similar review using the National HFA Monitor.
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How to sign up to the campaign
The campaign aims to encourage cities and local governments in all countries to sign up to the ten essentials and identify activities and plans to improve the city resilience. It first targets
Mayors Governors Commissioners and City Councils in the first instance, whilst also addressing technical staff and national authorities responsible for local and urban development
planning and disaster risk management and reduction.
The term ‘city’ refers to urban areas in general, and the term ‘local government’ includes both urban and rural communities of different scales i.e. regional, provincial, metropolitan, cities,
towns, municipalities, districts and villages.
3. FURTHER REFERENCES, LINKS
