[{"bbox": [135, 155, 234, 178], "category": "List-item", "text": "* CIMA"}, {"bbox": [135, 183, 449, 207], "category": "List-item", "text": "* EuroConsult Mott Mc Donald"}, {"bbox": [135, 212, 446, 235], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Affected/At risk communities"}, {"bbox": [96, 263, 1163, 397], "category": "Text", "text": "Many organisations including the ministries, development partners and bureaus are investing substantial amount in the broad areas of water resource development and management. The problem, however, is that their initiatives are fragmented, and at times overlap, and lessons from earlier interventions are not guiding new initiatives. The level of harmonization and coordination among stakeholders at federal, basin and regional level, as well as with national/international organisation and development partners, remains weak."}, {"bbox": [96, 423, 378, 449], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2. Disaster Risk Management"}, {"bbox": [96, 450, 1163, 582], "category": "Text", "text": "The primary participants on this action are the local administrations and people living in areas affected by climate extremes, conflict and other shocks, including displaced populations, and in particular women and youth. This action will be implemented as part of the ongoing EU DDRM programme, and main stakeholders are the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC), the regional states and woreda DRM institutions; in particular, the Gender Directorate of the NDRM and gender focal points at regional and woreda DRM institutions."}, {"bbox": [96, 607, 1163, 661], "category": "Text", "text": "Ethiopia's DRM landscape is composed by a large number of programs and initiatives pertinent to various phases of the DRM cycle: prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation."}, {"bbox": [96, 687, 1163, 927], "category": "Text", "text": "The management of DRM actions in Ethiopia is guided by the National DRM Policy, which provides the legal framework for the establishment of a decentralized/regional operational management under the coordination of the EDRMC. The role of the EDRMC is essential to guide the DRM investments, and ensure that existing early warning, preparedness and response systems are harmonised between Regional states and Federal government, and between Government and Donor's funded system operated by non-governmental organisation and other actors. Other Federal line ministries having a role in DRM including the obligation to mainstream DRM in their respective sector are: Ministry of Agriculture, Health, Education, Irrigation and Lowland Areas, Peace, Women & Social Affairs. At regional level, the DRM commissions/bureaus and the Woreda DRM coordination offices are responsible for the planning and implementation of the DRM actions."}, {"bbox": [96, 952, 1163, 1083], "category": "Text", "text": "Other key stakeholders are: EU Member States (i.e. Spain, France), the World Bank, UN agencies (FAO and UNDP, UNDRR and WMO), Ethiopian Meteorological Agency and the private sector. The African Centre for DRM (ACDRM) hosted at the Addis Ababa University, and other research institutes are contributing in developing local capacities, provide training. Civil society organisations are also contributing to the implementation of DRM at regional and Woreda levels."}, {"bbox": [86, 1114, 603, 1146], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [86, 1178, 507, 1210], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [96, 1226, 1163, 1280], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is to improve drought resilience, reduce vulnerability to climate shocks and dependency on humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia."}, {"bbox": [96, 1306, 657, 1332], "category": "Text", "text": "The Specific(s) Objective(s) (Outcomes) of this action are to:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1332, 1009, 1358], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Improve the Integrated Water Resources Management institutional set-up and coordination."}, {"bbox": [135, 1358, 1163, 1411], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. Operationalise the Basin Resource Master Plans and launch the implementation of priority and high impact IWRM projects from target basins,"}, {"bbox": [135, 1411, 746, 1438], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. Increase the resilience of local population in the target regions."}, {"bbox": [96, 1464, 1127, 1491], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives (Outcomes) are:"}, {"bbox": [96, 1517, 1163, 1569], "category": "Text", "text": "**Contributing to Specific Objective 1, the IWRM capacity of MoWE, Basin Coordination Office and Decentralised Basin Offices (DBOS) is enhanced:**"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 9 of 27"}]