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What is APELL? • APELL stands for Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level • It was launched in 1988 by UNEP to raise awareness of 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 Hazard prone area Community exposed to risks • 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
The APELL Process Integrated Emergency Preparedness Plan APELL Private Process Sector Local level institutions Community
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 • overseeing 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 Integrated Authorities and Responders Emergency Plan Community APELL Trained PROCESS Tourism Industry Tourists and local public Co-ordinating Aware Group Public and Tourists
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����������������������� 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 INTEGRATE INDIVIDUAL PLANS INTO OVERALL PLAN AND REACH AGREEMENT AGREEMENT DRAFT FINAL PLAN AND OBTAIN ENDORSEMENT DRAFT FINAL PLAN AND OBTAIN ENDORSEMENT COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING TESTING, REVIEWING AND COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING TESTING, REVIEWING AND UPDATING UPDATING COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION
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 Sweden Russia Canada Czech Poland Croatia USA Hungary Korea Tunisia China Jordan India India Mexico Trinidad & Tobago Bahrain Costa Rica Oman Thailand Philippines Venezuela Qatar Colombia UAE Malaysia Ecuador Indonesia Brazil Peru Australia Chile South Africa Argentina
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
$%&���$��������� ���������� $%&���$��������� ���������� México, •Publication APELL manual N12 in Spanish in collaboration with University of Guadalajara. Dominican Republic, •Coordination with Government of •APELL for Mining workshop and Honduras, Tlaxcala to implement APELL Development of an •APELL has been Colombia Trinidad & Tobago, in the State. APELL's diploma course incorporated to the •Coordination of APELL’s regional network •APELL workshop and technical National Plan for Mining and capacity building workshops with the assistance for the establishment Colombian Council of Security. of an APELL's program •Implementation APELL Barranquilla •Implemetation APELL and APELL for REGIONAL Brazil, Peru, Port Areas in Cartagena •Support to the establishment of •Coordination Regional Network of APELL experts. •Establishment of a national •Implementation APELL in gasducts. •A network of APELL Centres APELL programme •Editing and printing of APELL in mining •An MoU was signed with the manual in Spanish and Portuguese •Implementation of TransAPELL government to support the P2R2 •Proposal for the establishment •APELL UNEP-ROLAC web page policy of a center 'beyond mining' •Initial steps to develop an APELL diploma course Bolivia, •Publication APELL for Mining manual In several universities in the region. •Training course on APELL with CYTED in mining with CYTED and AECI •Publication of the book ‘Problemas Emergenciales for small Industry Argentina, sector ‘with CYTED and others. Chile, •Implementation APELL Bahia •Implementation APELL San Sebastian Blanca •APELL's workshop with CYTED •Implementation APELL Rio Tercero •1st International Congress on •APELL for Mining Conference in Technological Emergencies San Juan •GEF Proposal APELL mining •Workshop APELL Dock Sud
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How APELL operates? APELL is the process that will help to organize and empower the local people to act together and to overcome barriers to successful community action. – National level workshops – Local capacity building (training) – Demonstrations
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