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Presented at the Christian Aid Regional Consultation on Resilience South Asia 06-08 Feb 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal
For Oxfam, resilience is the desired outcome, rather than a particular type of programme. The key is to start by considering the risks that a community faces, and work to reduce them.
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What is Resilience?
Oxfam defines resilience as the ability of women, men and children to realize their rights and improve their wellbeing despite shocks, stresses and uncertainty. Thus resilience:
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Resilience ..
Addresses shocks (e.g. disasters, conflict, food price volatility) and stresses (climate change, ecosystem decline, insecurity), and uncertainty
Is not just about coping which is often about selling assets, nor is it about bouncing back. . People must be able to jump beyond and to feel confident in their capacity to provide support for their families regardless of shocks and stresses
Is not just about early warning systems, and drought resistant seeds), - resilience requires changes to the structural causes of vulnerability and thus involves challenging the status quo.
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Thirdly, it requires challenging power imbalances which keep people poor, marginalised and therefore vulnerable. More powerful groups are able to capture more government services, control markets and exercise privileged influence over the structure of society Fourthly, it will entail leveraging resources to fund this. Greater resources need to be directed towards areas where there is a greater need for them
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Access to resources and rights is governed by institutions. Institutions reflect power structures within society and are not always the most democratic, nor always provide rights and resources according to need.
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Aid funding streams not fit for resilience work Resilience-building requires long-term (in the range six to ten years) flexible funding, often capable of addressing immediate and longer-term needs simultaneously
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Disaster
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Within Oxfam EFSL Economic Justice DRR Long term Development planning
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Measuring Resilience
Still developing....
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Thank You
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