The CADRI Partnership Initiated a Capacity Diagnosis Mission in the Kyrgyz Republic

CADRI (the Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative) is an UN-led global partnership that helps countries reduce disaster and climate risks through providing access to a unique pool of multidisciplinary expertise in various socio-economic sectors to achieve the 2030 Agenda and leave no one behind.

The government called upon the CADRI Partnership in 2019 and CADRI Partners, FAO, UNDP, UNDRR and UNICEF, led a scoping process in June 2021 to identify the main requirements for the capacity diagnosis process and the socio-economic sectors most vulnerable to disaster and climate risk.

The CADRI capacity diagnosis mission was launched during the virtual meeting with the UN Resident Coordinator (UNRC), Ozonnia Ojielo, that took place on Monday, February 21st. During the meeting, Mr. Ojielo highlighted the importance of the capacity diagnosis to enhance country systems in the context of multi-dimensional risk and emphasized that the UN Country Team fully supports the process for the benefit of the people of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The two-week capacity diagnosis is supported by a multi-disciplinary team of 11 international experts from UNDP, UNICEF, FAO, UNFPA, UNDAC and the CADRI Secretariat, who will work together with the 15 UN Country Team experts, including FAO, OCHA, UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, UNFPA, WHO. 12 representatives from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MoES) have been deployed to lead the comprehensive diagnosis. This participatory diagnosis involves key stakeholders from public, private and non-government sectors, as well as development partners. The CADRI team will consider various dimensions of capacities such as risk governance, implementation skills, financing, risk knowledge, and access to technology related to disaster risk management.

The diagnosis covers six sectors prioritized by the government: Agriculture and food security, Environment (with the focus on natural resource management, solid/hazardous waste and industrial accidents), Health, Social protection, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Education and Infrastructure such as transport and telecommunications. The team of experts will assess the national and local level situation, and conduct field visits to Osh, Issyk-Kul and Alamudun districts.

The capacity diagnosis will provide a comprehensive overview of the strengths and gaps in the disaster risk management system in the six sectors and help identify actionable recommendations that will be integrated into the national policy documents and development frameworks.

Today, on 22 February, the mission members met the First Deputy Minister of Emergency, Mr. Mambetov. In his opening speech, Mr. Mambetov highlighted the importance of the mission, stating that

“The mission is very important for the country, aspects of the disaster risk management are highly on the governmental agenda. The finding of the mission will be very important to the Ministry of Emergency and to the whole country. This mission will help to identify strong and weak points of the existing system of disaster risk management, and also integrate the climate aspects, that will be a baseline for planning the efforts to be taken by the Government and UN country team and other donors in the coming five years in this direction.”

Mr. Mambetov also confirmed the commitment of the Ministry of Emergency to lead the process of the capacity diagnosis and their further efforts to implement the recommendations that will be identified during the capacity diagnosis.