Activity A.1 Agenda Item 16 UNEP-APELL presentation 4-5 Paris, 6-8 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Activity A.1

Agenda Item 16

UNEP-APELL presentation

4-5 Paris, 6-8 Karlstad

What is APELL?

• APELL stands for Awareness and Preparedness for

Emergencies at Local Level

• It was launched in 1988 by UNEP to raise awareness
• f local communities that live close to industrial

activities on how to react if an accident happens.

• It is a multi-stakeholder dialogue tool that establishes

adequate coordination and communication in situations where the public might be affected by accidents and disasters.

APELL in practice

• Inform the community about the risks they

are exposed to

• Educate the community on how to react to

accidents/disasters

• Promote the coordination between

representatives from the industry, the local level institutions and the public

• Prepare an integrated community

preparedness plan

Hazard prone area Community exposed to risks

The APELL Process

APELL Process

Integrated Emergency Preparedness Plan Community Local level institutions Private Sector

Co-ordinating Group

• Is the key part of the implementation of the APELL process
• Provides a mechanism for interaction and cooperation between

the many players (APELL partners) involved in preventing or responding to emergencies - management, local authorities, community leaders.

• Provides a means to achieve a coordinated approach to

emergency response planning and to communications within the community

• The Co-ordinating Group does not have a direct operational role

during an emergency. It has a key role in building and maintaining motivation, communication, commitment, cooperation and momentum during the project.

Co-ordinating Group

More specifically, the Group's roles include:

• ensuring open lines of communication between all parties
• identifying key people and organizations to involve
• setting objectives and a timeline for the process
• verseeing development of the coordinated emergency action

plan (10 Steps)

• identifying available expertise
• establishing working groups for specific tasks
• ensuring clear risk communication occurs to vulnerable

communities

• preparing the various parties involved to know their tasks should

an accident occur

• remaining as a central forum for dialogue and review after the

planning process is complete

APELL for Tourism Destinations

Public and Tourists Authorities and Responders Tourism Industry

APELL PROCESS Integrated Emergency Plan Community Trained Tourists and local public Aware

Co-ordinating Group

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# Communication is the key to efficient disaster management

IDENTIFY PARTICIPANTS AND DEFINE THEIR ROLES IDENTIFY PARTICIPANTS AND DEFINE THEIR ROLES EVALUATE AND REDUCE RISKS EVALUATE AND REDUCE RISKS REVIEW EXISTING PLANS AND IDENTIFY WEAKNESSES REVIEW EXISTING PLANS AND IDENTIFY WEAKNESSES TASK IDENTIFICATION TASK IDENTIFICATION MATCH TASKS AND RESOURCES MATCH TASKS AND RESOURCES INTEGRATE INDIVIDUAL PLANS INTO OVERALL PLAN AND REACH AGREEMENT INTEGRATE INDIVIDUAL PLANS INTO OVERALL PLAN AND REACH AGREEMENT DRAFT FINAL PLAN AND OBTAIN ENDORSEMENT DRAFT FINAL PLAN AND OBTAIN ENDORSEMENT

COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING

COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION

TESTING, REVIEWING AND UPDATING TESTING, REVIEWING AND UPDATING

APELL – Key Features

• AWARENESS raising

– Focus on the community exposure

• Preparedness of all involved agencies
• Stakeholder involvement

– Community, Industry, Media, Local Government

• Emergency response planning
• Coordination of emergency response capabilities (industry, fire brigade, civil

defence)

• Preparedness covering all risk types

– Assessment of all hazards the community is exposed to – Profile the hazards, assess vulnerability and include synergies – Include governance actions – disaster reduction must be part of the community-city development plan

• First Workshop – Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Mapping
• Second Workshop – Emergency Planning and Drills
• Vulnerability Mapping mission + Shelter Assessment mission + Drills

Preparation mission

• Clear definition of command lines
• Regular update of the plan
• Exercises involving stakeholders

The role of Local Level Institutions

• Raise public awareness, mobilise public

support

• Identify local hazards
• Co-ordinate emergency service and public

group participation

• Train emergency responders
• Acquire and provide/mobilise resources
• Approve the emergency response plan

developed in the APELL process, implement and communicate it to the public

Results

• Local community is aware of potential risks

and impacts and prepared to respond correctly in the event of an accident, and

• Emergency services become coordinated and

prepared to respond to any disasters and are able to provide coordination and information systems

APELL in different sectors

• Industrial Accidents
• TransAPELL
• APELL for Port Areas
• APELL for Mining
• New training kit on

APELL for multi-hazards

• APELL for tourism destinations

APELL promotion

APELL Worldwide

Peru Bahrain Malaysia Korea Ecuador Brazil Argentina Chile Colombia Venezuela Thailand China Russia

Canada

Mexico Costa Rica Tunisia Sweden Poland Hungary Czech Australia Indonesia Philippines

USA

South Africa Trinidad & Tobago Oman UAE Jordan Qatar India India Croatia

APELL Worldwide

• Capacity Building in more than 30

Countries

– India, Russia, Baltics, Czech Republic, Thailand, China, France, Qatar, Tunisia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Equator, Venezuela, Chile, Morocco

• Industrial Parks/Zones: Thailand, China,

Argentina, Sri Lanka

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México,

• Publication APELL manual N12 in

Spanish in collaboration with University of Guadalajara.

• Coordination with Government of

Tlaxcala to implement APELL in the State. Honduras,

• APELL has been

incorporated to the National Plan for Mining Argentina,

• Implementation APELL Bahia

Blanca

• Implementation APELL Rio Tercero
• APELL for Mining Conference in

San Juan

• Workshop APELL Dock Sud

Dominican Republic,

• APELL for Mining workshop and

Development of an APELL's diploma course Chile,

• APELL's workshop with CYTED
• 1st International Congress on

Technological Emergencies

• GEF Proposal APELL mining

Peru,

• Establishment of a national

APELL programme

• Implementation of TransAPELL
• Proposal for the establishment
• f a center 'beyond mining'

Bolivia,

• Training course on APELL

in mining with CYTED and AECI Colombia

• Coordination of APELL’s regional network

and capacity building workshops with the Colombian Council of Security.

• Implementation APELL Barranquilla
• Implemetation APELL and APELL for

Port Areas in Cartagena

• Implementation APELL in gasducts.

Trinidad & Tobago,

• APELL workshop and technical

assistance for the establishment

• f an APELL's program

Brazil,

• Support to the establishment of
• A network of APELL Centres
• An MoU was signed with the

government to support the P2R2 policy

• Publication APELL for Mining manual

with CYTED

• Publication of the book ‘Problemas

Emergenciales for small Industry sector ‘with CYTED and others.

• Implementation APELL San Sebastian

REGIONAL

• Coordination Regional Network of APELL experts.
• Editing and printing of APELL in mining

manual in Spanish and Portuguese

• APELL UNEP-ROLAC web page
• Initial steps to develop an APELL diploma course

In several universities in the region.

SÃO PAULO PORT AREAS

How APELL operates? APELL is the process that will help to

• rganize and empower the local people

to act together and to overcome barriers to successful community action.

– National level workshops – Local capacity building (training) – Demonstrations

UNEP’s role

• APELL strategy and co-ordination
• catalytic role, not intervention
• information support - documents, internet
• initiates demonstration projects at local level
• assists in national training

seminars/workshops

• supports creation of national APELL centres
• maintain a regional/international APELL

network