Promotion of Alliance for Disaster and Climate Resilience for resilience communities

Rajan Subedi, Youth Activist

Being the part of the development sector, it was realized that without the alliance of organizations working in the sector of climate change and disaster sector, it is difficult to work for the resilience communities. The resilience communities can be prepared if the alliance among the local NGOs working in the same sector lain for the advocacy of  the issue. The alliance was formed in districts of Karnali region i.e Kalikot, Humla and Mugu in 2014. 

As per the formation of the alliance, DRR and CCA advocacy plan was prepared in the district where as the Earthquake safety day was celebrated in each districts of Karnali region where Kalikot come up with fourteen point  commitment "Kalikot Karnali Kachahari Declaration" was agreed and signed by all participants. The major highlights of the declaration were the initiation to establish District Emergency Center,  prioritizing DRR during development planning, initiation to establish mountain suitable Early Warning System, ensuring earthquake safety infrastructures like house, schools, hospitals and offices through implementation of National Building Codes and  identification of Vulnerable zone for small scale mitigation etc.

The major learning after the formation are i) alliance and  mobilization with joint advocacy plan accelerates mainstreaming of DRR ii) Technical support and effective mobilization of alliance members helps to reinforce government capacity and support to make the government accountable. iii) A platform for dialogue for change is essential for the sharing of experiences with the stakeholders to bridge the gap among the policy makers and implementers at micro, macro and meso level in the issue  Dissemination of key learning/experiences through media help to aware the communities living in the dispersed areas with the limited resources. The major lacking was the experts groups to train them and link of with national level stakeholders.

To fulfill such gaps, a national level youth Network was formed in 2015 to link up with the district level network and provide the technical support to advocate on the issues of climate change and disaster. The national level youth Network "YADC Youth Alliance for Disaster and Climate Resilience"  initiated an idea  of youth march for climate justice with umbrella rally. More than 500 youth people participated in the program with an Umbrella.  Detail on: http://www.spotlightnepal.com/News/Article/KIRDAC-Youth-Rally-climate-change

The network was formed as the technical group to advocate on the issues of climate change through the evidence and provide technical expertise to district level groups. Alliance building is a idea of making change and advocating for the resilience community.
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