RESILIENCE THROUGH MOBILITY DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONS & EMERGENCIES
RESILIENCE AND DRR • Reduce the impacts of natural hazards Activities • Enhance the people’s resilience Frameworks • Analyze root causes of disasters • Reduce hazard exposure & tools • Lessen vulnerability of people & livelihoods Goal • Sustainable development
MOBILITY AS A TRADITIONAL LIVELIHOOD STRATEGY Managing fragile ecosystems Adapting to environmental cycles Traditional, cross-border routes
MAIN CROSS-BORDER NOMADIC MOVEMENTS
CHALLENGES TO RESILIENCE Political borders Environmental change Changing land uses
MOBILITY AND LIVELIHOOD INSECURITY Change of traditional routes Conflict over resources Change of lifestyle (urbanization) Community & cultural disruption
POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY OF MIGRANTS Reduced local knowledge Legal status Reduced access to services/opportunities Language barriers Marginalization
ENHANCING RESILIENCE: OBJECTIVES Facilitating mobility as a livelihood strategy Prevent negative effects of moving Maximise the contribution of migration to resilience
THE SECURITY IN MOBILITY PROJECT IN THE HORN Regional mobility policies Sustainable ecosystem management Inter-communal dialogue Region-wide “strategy for resilience”
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