Caribbean Development Bank Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund

Community Disaster Risk Reduction (CDRR) Fund

Concept Note

Communities throughout the Caribbean are affected by extreme weather (storms, hurricanes, heavy rains or too little rain). The resulting landslides, floods, droughts, storm surges, and wind storms destroy property, damage and destroy crops and livestock, and injury and kill people. Every-day life in communities is infrastructure is damaged, and jobs and livelihoods are put at risk.

This Concept Note is a quick way for you to let us know how natural hazards and extreme weather events have affected your community and what you plan to do to reduce disaster risk in your community.

Tell us about your organization and about the natural hazard or climate problem that is affecting your community. We would also like to know:

­“… about your community?”

­“… do you have experience managing projects?Have these projects involved the natural environment or disaster risk reduction?”

­“ .. do you need assistance preparing the project proposal?”

  • “We are not only looking for communities to implement disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation projects, we are looking for partners to work with these communities”
  • “If your community needs help to developing a project proposal or managing We will match you with a regional or national partner who will implement the project WITH you, not FOR you”
  • “Your organization might be small but you won’t be alone in developing proposals”
  • “...we have a lot of support to help you with your DRR/CCA idea”
  • “...we can help you find the partner you need”

Basic Project Information:

1)The name of your community or organization:

2)Mailing Address:

3)Contact Person(s)

4)Telephone number and email address:

­Telephone:

­Cell:

­Email:

5)The name of the district, village, parish, or special-needs group that will benefit from yourproject:

6)Project name:

7)Describe the disaster or climate change problem that is affecting your community.

Tell us in your own words how disasters affect your community. We would like to know:

  • What type of disaster or climate hazard is affecting your community?
  • How often is your community affected?
  • Who are the people in your community that are affected? Does the same disaster or climate hazard affect different groups in your community in different way? (e.g. mean, women, the elderly, children, girls, boys, the disabled)
  • What types of damage, loss, injury, or dislocation have the members of the community experienced in the past?

8)Describe your project and tell us how it will reduce the damage caused by natural hazards and/or extreme weather.

9)What is the overall goal of your project:

10)What is the most important change that your project will bring to your community when it is completed?

11)PROJECT PREPARATION: What will you do to gather the necessary information to design and manage this project? What will you do to involve the members of your community in the design and planning of the project?

12)PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: List the main activities that your project willcomplete in the order that they will be started.

13)What types of help or training will your organisation need to design your project or prepare the project proposal?

14)Will members of the community need training or new skills to manage or participate in the proposed project?

15)Comments: is there anything that you would like us to know that hasn’t been covered in your answers above?

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Leslie Walling Project Manager – CDRR Fund. Caribbean Development Bank,P.O. Box 408,Wildey, St. Michael,Barbados, BB11000. Email: ; ||PBX: (246) 431-1600||Direct: (246) 431-1821|| Fax: (246) 426-7269|| Website: