Key determinants of a successful CBDRR programme: community based disaster risk reduction study

This report draws on the experience of the Tsunami Recovery Programme (TRP), Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) programmes and current literature in order to identify ‘the key determinants of a successful CBDRR project, including identification of the most effective interventions and services (also in terms of sustainability) in the context of these key determinants. It is intended that the key determinants developed through this research will be used in the design, monitoring and evaluation of future programmes. A first step towards this is the lessons learned report which provides a further output from this study.

This research report is structured as follows: (i) it provides an overview of the scope and methodology of the literature review and the fieldwork; (ii) it presents a summary of the findings from both desktop and field-based research; (iii) it summarises the analysis of the data obtained from the literature review and fieldwork from which we identified nine key determinants of a successful CBDRR programme, and considers the performance of CBDRR TRP programmes in this context; and (iv) it concludes with recommendations for future research and suggestions as to how the key determinants might inform future design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes.