4A
Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
- Commit to reinforce national and local leadership and capacities in managing disaster and climate-related risks through strengthened preparedness and predictable response and recovery arrangements.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
- Commit to increase investment in building community resilience as a critical first line of response, with the full and effective participation of women.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
- Commit to ensure regional and global humanitarian assistance for natural disasters complements national and local efforts.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
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What led your organization to make the commitment?
The Buenos Aires City Legislature intends to work in parallel to major regulatory reforms and urban renewal projects as specific bills to solve urgent problems.
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Achievements at a glance
Achievements include:
- Approved Fire Information Database Act.
- Approved Act of Adhesion of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to the United Nations campaign of Resilient Cities.
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Cross cutting issues
☑Disaster Risk Reduction ☑ Urban
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Specific initiatives
☑Global Alliance for Urban Crises
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Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations
☑4B - Anticipate, do not wait, for crises
4B
Anticipate, do not wait, for crises
Individual Commitment
- Commitment
- Commitment Type
- Core Responsibility
- Buenos Aires City Legislature commits to legislative projects for the city involving reducing risk and vulnerability and building resilience and disaster risks management.
- Operational
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
- Commit to accelerate the reduction of disaster and climate-related risks through the coherent implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as other relevant strategies and programs of action, including the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
- Commit to improve the understanding, anticipation and preparedness for disaster and climate-related risks by investing in data, analysis and early warning, and developing evidence-based decision-making processes that result in early action.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
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What led your organization to make the commitment?
Buenos Aires City Legislature has a legislation that was imposed during dictatorship times and has not been changed since.
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Achievements at a glance
A bill was presented by Mr. Fuks to the Buenos Aires City Legislature to create a comprehensive disaster risk management system. It is currently being reviewed by the Security Commission. As the national legislation for Disaster Risk Management and Civil Protection System has passed, another bill has been presented by Mr. Fuks to adhere the Buenos Aires City Legislature to the new law.
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Challenges faced in implementation
The challenges depend on the times and political priorities that are developed.
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Cross cutting issues
☑Disaster Risk Reduction ☑ Urban
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Specific initiatives
☑Risk and Vulnerability Data Platform
4C
Deliver collective outcomes: transcend humanitarian-development divides
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
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What led your organization to make the commitment?
The City of Buenos Aires has illegal and irregular settlements in informal neighborhoods without the minimum conditions of habitability or security. The approval of the regularization of this situation must be a law of the legislature.
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Achievements at a glance
Legislation was approved for the urbanization of four emergency slums, in which people are also relocating and building decent housing. The four informal neighborhoods are: Rodrigo Bueno, Fraga, Villa 31 and Villa 20.
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Cross cutting issues
☑Social protection ☑ Urban
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Specific initiatives
☑Risk and Vulnerability Data Platform
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Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations
☑5B - Invest according to risk
5B
Invest according to risk
Core Commitment
- Commitment
- Core Responsibility
- Commit to accelerate the reduction of disaster and climate-related risks through the coherent implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as other relevant strategies and programs of action, including the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.
- Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
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What led your organization to make the commitment?
Informal neighborhoods called emergency villas are the most vulnerable to the risk of natural disasters and those with the worst living conditions and conditions of education and health.
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Achievements at a glance
Buenos Aires City Legislature was chosen to approve urbanization bills in four emergency villas to invest local economic resources to improve the lives of the most needy population. Work has begun in the four emergency areas.
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Cross cutting issues
☑Social protection ☑ Urban
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Specific initiatives
☑Global Alliance for Urban Crises
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Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations
☑4B - Anticipate, do not wait, for crises