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[P-18] Non-structural approach to volcanic disaster risk reduction through BOSAI project phase2 in Guatemala: activities for capacity development of communities, municipalities and national institution.

Shusuke IRABU¹, Nishikawa Tomoyuki², Yoshitaka Yamazaki³, Jun Onodera⁴, Noritoshi Maehara⁵, Abraham Marroquin⁶, Edy Mardonado⁶, Mario Ovalle⁶, José Giron⁶, *Yeison Carrera⁶, Sergio Cabañas⁶ (1. Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2. Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Japan, 3. OYO international corporation, Japan, 4. Earth Science System, Japan, 5. IDEA consultants, Japan, 6. Executive secretary of National Coordination for Disaster Risk Reduction (SE-CONRED), Guatemala)

Keywords:volcanic disaster risk reduction, volcanic disaster risk reduction council, BOSAI map, community disaster risk reduction committee

Areas around two active volcanoes in Guatemala, Pacaya and Santiaguito volcanos, are considered by national disaster risk reduction agency in Guatemala, SE-CONRED, to be the area where needs proactive intervention to communities and local governments to reduce volcanic disaster risk. In June of 2015, SE-CONRED started working with Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, to implement a project “Capacity development for disaster risk reduction in Central America, BOSAI phase 2”. The project has worked with seven municipalities and 27 communities in the above mentioned volcanic areas and has developed various activities in volcanic disaster risk reduction focusing on the following four results to expect, (1) promotion of access to volcanic disaster risk information for better understanding of it, (2) development of institutional capacity including an inter-institution coordination, (3) human resource capacity development on disaster risk management through practical exercise methods, (4) building basic capacity of communities on activities for volcanic disaster risk reduction.

As a result of the project, the following progress has been observed for examples; two volcanic disaster risk reduction councils with multi-local governments have been established in the two volcanic areas, a guide for municipalities on office of disaster risk reduction has been elaborated and published, BOSAI map has been elaborated and published, and 27 community disaster risk reduction committee have been organized with capacity of volcanic activity monitoring.