Disaster Risk Reduction  - Oxfam GB Project title: Support the strengthening of local capacities to prevent and Managing crises and disasters in 09 municipalities of Tillaberi A-02444-03-OGB
Duration: from 1 June 2013 to May 2014
Intervention area: 09 municipalities of Tillaberi region in Niger.
Directs beneficiaries: The direct beneficiaries are estimated at 2 786 people with at least 50% of women are members of Vulnerability Monitoring Observatories (OSV) and community early warning system and response to crises (SCAP-RU), staff and board members of ONG, 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 2 786 people with 50% women. It is population, agro pastoralists and pastoralists of 09 municipalities project intervention.
The project aims to improve the functioning of community and communal vulnerability monitoring and emergency response system at 09 municipalities of Niger through capacity building of key stakeholders in a sustainability perspective.
The expected outcomes
Four (05) main outcomes are expected from the implementationof this project.
Outcome1:  ONG KARKARA, partner of OGB is able to support thecommunity and communal tracking devices vulnerabilityin the prevention and management of crises and disasters.
This is to strengthen the capacity of FCMN NIYA 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 of FCMN NIYA on key issues related to emergencies such as humanitarian standards SPHERE, Live stock emergencies guidelines and standards (LEGS), Participatory analysis of capacity and vulnerability(APCV), logistics, finance and administration in emergency, etc.
Outcome 2: community early warning systems of 02 municipalities are operational, sustainable and integrated nationalearly warning system.

Main 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.
Outcome 3 : The 02 municipalities coveredbythe program in FCMN NIYA intervention area are able to manage crises and disasters

Activitiesthat support this outcome are (i) support the achievement of APCV at municipal level; (ii) develop contingency plans that reflect the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and provide an appropriate response to them, (iii) support to the implementation of community micro projects to strengthen preparedness to crises and disasters.
Outcome 4: The national early warning system (SAP) accepts and integratesinformation of 4 SCAP-RU through 02 vulnerability monitoring observatories (OSV).
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 Advisory Committee, (iii) support the activities of management of CSR / PGCCA communal structures and community, (iv) support the production of quarterly newsletters on the vulnerability at the departmental level, (v) train municipal and departmental stakeholders on charter prevention and management of food crisis.