Disaster Risk Reduction - FCMN NIYA Project title: Support the strengthening of local capacities to prevent and Managing crises and disasters in two municipalities of Tillaberi
Duration: from 1 June 2013 to May 2014
Intervention area: 02 municipalities of Tillaberi region in Niger.
Directs beneficiaries: The direct beneficiaries are estimated at 619 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 FCMN Niya, 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 619 people with 50% women.It is population, agro pastoralists and fishermen of 02 municipalities project intervention.
The project aims to improve the functioning of community and communal vulnerability monitoring and emergency response system at 02 municipalities of Niger through capacity building of key stakeholders in a sustainability perspective.
The expected outcomes
Four (04) main outcomes are expected from the implementation of this project
Outcome1:  FCMN NIYA is able to support the community and communal tracking devices vulnerability in the prevention and management ofcrises 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 national early 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 coveredby the program in FCMN NIYA intervention area are able to manage crises and disasters

Activities that 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 anappropriate 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 integrates information of 4 SCAP-RU through02vulnerability 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 crises.