Country Office 505233 HUB, NIAMEY, NIGER Project title: Support the strengthening of local capacities to prevent and Managing crises and disasters in Dosso and Tillaberi
Duration: from 1 June 2013 to May 2014
Intervention area: 23 municipalities of Dosso and Tillaberi regions in Niger.
Directs beneficiaries: The direct beneficiaries are estimated at 7121 people with at least 50% of women are members of Vulnerability Monitoring Observatory (OSV) and community early warning system and response to crises (SCAP-RU), staff and board members of partner organizations FUGPN Mooriben members of sub  regional  committee for prevention and management of disasters and food crises (CSR / PGCCA), and populations of beneficiary villages micro projects.
Others beneficiaries: The indirect beneficiaries are 1,189,237 people with 606,511 women is 50%. it is population pastors, agro pastoralists and fishermen of 23 municipalities project intervention.
The project aims to improve the functioning of community and communal vulnerability monitoring and emergency response system at 23 municipalities of Niger through capacity building of key stakeholders in a sustainability perspective.
The expected outcomes
Five (05) main outcomes are expected from the implementation of this project
1. Outcome1:  NGO partners are able to support the community and communal tracking devices vulnerability in the prevention and management of crises and disasters.
This is to strengthen the capacity of humanitarianNGOs on the prevention and management of emergencies to provide qualitative support for OSV and SCAP / RU to play the role of international NGOs have always assured. The main activities to achieve this result are training staffs organizations on key issues related to emergencies such as humanitarian standards SPHERE, Livestock emergencies guidelines and standards (LEGS), Participatory analysis of capacity and vulnerability (APCV), logistics, finance and administration in emergency, etc.
2. Outcome 2: community early warning systems of 23 municipalities are operational, sustainable and integrated national early warning system.

Through this, the OSV and SCAP / UK trained, equipped and accompanied by the three partners and CSR / PGCCA which they belong ensure the collection, processing, analysis and storage / dissemination of data on vulnerability. These data should be used to alert beneficiaries and stakeholders in the development of different levels (local, regional, national) on the risks of crises and disasters and to enable them to act accordingly. key activities that will help achieve this result are (i) restructuring and / or revitalization of OSV / SCAP / RU, training and equipment and support, organization of exchange visits.
3. Outcome 3 : The 23 municipalities covered by the program are able to manage crisesand disasters

Project owners of local development, municipalities are increasingly facing and without preparation, or skill in the management of humanitarian situations.
Capacity of municipalities in the prevention and crisis preparedness and disaster enable them to make an analysis of disaster risk capacity and vulnerability of communities and therefore act with quality and accountability on the basis of a planning short, medium and long-term risk reduction . The participation of community stakeholdersin the development and implementation of a community micro pedagogical beyond responding to the needs expressed by the beneficiaries of these projects. Activities that support this outcome are (i) support the achievement of 8 APCV at municipal level; (ii) developcontingency plans that reflect the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and provide an appropriate response to them, (iii)  support to the implementation of five community micro projects to strengthen preparedness to crises and disasters.
4. Outcome 4: Thenational early warning system (SAP) accepts and integrates information of 46 SCAP-RU through 23 vulnerability monitoring observatories (OSV).
For data produced at the SCAP / U and OSV are taken into account by the national SAP and these dismemberments, advocacy work, communication and training will be conducted by Oxfam and partners.
The main activities of this result are (i) organize advocacy for active participation of SAP and its branches in the activities of OSV and SCAP / RU,(ii) support the operation of the AdvisoryCommittee, (iii) support the activities of management of CSR / PGCCA communal structures and community, (iv) support the productionof quarterly newsletters on the vulnerability at the departmental level, (v) trainmunicipal and departmental stakeholders on charter prevention and management of food crises.
5. Outcome 5: A study of capitalization is made on the added value of information on local warning and response to be able to influence both national and international actors.
An impact study on early warning informationand interventions to influence both national and international actors. An impact study on early warning information and interventions to affect Both national and international actors. main activities are conducting a study that will be funded on the internet, theproduction of periodic reports during the project (at least every 3 months during the project).