Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR
Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR
Preventive Resettlement of Populations at Risk of Disaster - GFDRR
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Table 5.6 Continu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Activities Entity in Charge Supporting Entities<br />
Linking to educ<strong>at</strong>ional services<br />
Arranging for household-based productive projects<br />
Consolid<strong>at</strong>ing social networks<br />
Supporting cultural, ecological and productive particip<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
initi<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
Source: Secretaría Distrital del Habit<strong>at</strong>, 2007.<br />
District Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Secretari<strong>at</strong><br />
District Economic Development Secretari<strong>at</strong><br />
District Environment Secretari<strong>at</strong>, District Social Integr<strong>at</strong>ion Secretari<strong>at</strong>,<br />
District Institute <strong>of</strong> Particip<strong>at</strong>ion and Community Action, Economic<br />
Development Secretari<strong>at</strong><br />
To coordin<strong>at</strong>e the actions <strong>of</strong> the different institutions<br />
involved in Nueva Esperanza, a technical-social roundtable<br />
was formed, meeting monthly. It was chaired by<br />
the CVP and DPAE, and <strong>at</strong>tended by all the entities performing<br />
tasks, along with leaders elected by the community<br />
and oversight bodies.<br />
Accountability mechanisms were devised to ensure th<strong>at</strong><br />
progress with the resettlement and other programs in<br />
the rehabilit<strong>at</strong>ion was properly reported.<br />
6. Eligibility Criteria and<br />
Principles Governing the<br />
<strong>Resettlement</strong> Process<br />
Based on the regul<strong>at</strong>ions for resettling high-risk households,<br />
the CPV applied the following eligibility criteria:<br />
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The lot and house were identified by DPAE as<br />
being high-risk;<br />
The household was living in the high risk area;<br />
The household did not possess any other habitable<br />
property inside or outside the city;<br />
The household had not been resettled in any other<br />
project in the city;<br />
The household was “in possession” <strong>of</strong> the property,<br />
according to the land tenure study.<br />
7. Stages in the <strong>Resettlement</strong><br />
Process<br />
A comprehensive three-stage methodology was developed<br />
to support the resettlement process. This included:<br />
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Community engagement and awareness-raising<br />
Support with prepar<strong>at</strong>ions for move<br />
Monitoring and follow-up (after the resettlement)<br />
7.1 Community Engagement and<br />
Awareness-raising<br />
The first stage, starting in December 2004, involved getting<br />
to know the households and community in order<br />
to determine their socio-economic characteristics and<br />
raise their awareness about the risks to which they were<br />
exposed. This was done by visiting households, conducting<br />
semi-structured interviews, sensitizing households<br />
to the high risks, supervising their moves, handling<br />
their temporary reloc<strong>at</strong>ion (where necessary), and<br />
monitoring the signing <strong>of</strong> shared responsibility pacts<br />
between households and the CVP.<br />
Based on these criteria, 1,074 <strong>of</strong> the 1,099 households<br />
surveyed were included in the resettlement program;<br />
the rest were ineligible because 10 families had other<br />
habitable houses, six were renters, and nine refused to<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>e (CVP, 2010b). This last group was referred<br />
to a government agency to find a solution.<br />
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