Contingency planning and monitoring tool

Within the project "Developing Risk Management Approaches for Climate Risks" the Strategic Partnership between the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Allianz Reinsurance prepared the ground for introducing flood risk transfer solutions for public assets within an Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM) approach for three municipalities in Ghana. This flyer elaborates on the preparation of a contingency plan and associated monitoring tool as an important preparedness measure within this IDRM approach.

Contingency planning aims at minimising the potential direct and indirect impact of a disaster and involves measures and strategies on how a municipality ultimately can resume normal daily life as soon as possible after a disaster, as well as evaluate and learn from the event to avoid same mistakes in the management of future catastrophes. They also determine the needs and abilities through various stakeholders to become active in Disaster Risk Management.

City authorities have a constitutional responsibility to recover from disasters in the minimum amount of time, with minimum disruption and at minimum cost. The ability of city authorities to adequately meet such unexpected challenges requires careful preparation and planning. To this end, the project supported three MMDAs in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana, in building capacity to develop contingency plans and an associated monitoring tool. This flyer outlines the relevant process of preparing and monitoring a contingency plan.