Institutionalizing Disaster Preparedness and Management Capacity of BPBDs in Indonesia through Technical Assistance and Training Teams

The program is designed to increase the disaster management capacity of BPBDs, with a focus on technical training, mentoring, and support, and organizational development. The program's goal is to have BPBDs in eight target provinces professionally coordinating disaster risk management activities before, during, and after natural disasters, and promoting disaster risk reduction best practices among their respective districts. To achieve this goal, the program is implemented through a consortium model with Mercy Corps providing sub-awards to five partners. During Year Three, the program delivered 88 technical trainings, 15 simulation events, and 253 mentoring and support activities. The program continued its successful strategy of hosting thematic technical trainings in different provinces and inviting participants from all eight TATTs target provinces. This included facilitating four study tours and other peer-learning events to build networks among the regions to exchange disaster risk reduction knowledge and practice. The program's focus has centered on delivering outcomes across seven strategic fronts, two nationally and five at the provincial level. These fronts include linking the national disaster risk management curriculum to the TATTs provincial support program, operationalizing a national disaster risk management facilitator database, and increasing services to district BPBDs through supporting and building the capacity of provincial disaster management pools of facilitators. The program has achieved six notable milestone accomplishments, including the establishment of the Network of University Disaster Risk Reduction Forums in all eight target provinces, the successful piloting of the Provincial Training Center in Papua to deliver basic disaster management training to civil servants, and the official launch of the Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction program by the Central Java BPBD. The program has also partnered with other OFDA-funded disaster risk management programs and initiatives at the provincial level. However, the program faced transitional issues due to the lengthy negotiation of the cost modification and subsequent delays in recruiting the Chief of Party. Despite these challenges, the program is expected to increase its pace of activity implementation and fund disbursement significantly with the approval of the cost modification and the recruitment of a new Chief of Party. The program has reached 8,690 people through training, simulation, and coaching/mentoring sessions from October 2016 to September 2017, representing a 217% increase over Year 2. The program has also trained 2,192 people, representing a 21% increase over Year 2, of which 1,435 attended multiple training sessions. The program has established a network of 336 provincial-level facilitators, with 285 male and 51 female facilitators recruited and trained. The program's achievements demonstrate its commitment to increasing the disaster management capacity of BPBDs in Indonesia and promoting disaster risk reduction best practices among their respective districts. The program's focus on delivering outcomes across seven strategic fronts and its partnership with other OFDA-funded disaster risk management programs and initiatives at the provincial level have contributed to its success.