Lessons Learned Workshop - 13th May 2015
On 13 March 2015, category 5 Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu severely affecting over 200,000 people and destroying and damaging agricultural livelihoods, infrastructure and food resources across the sectors of agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry and biosecurity. The Risk and Resilience Unit (RRU) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity (MALFFB) activated its long-existing Food Security & Agriculture Cluster (FSAC) to coordinate the relief and recovery response.
On 13 May 2015, a workshop was held to identify how, based on the wide array of experiences and lessons from Cyclone Pam, the RRU/FSAC is able to perform better in future disaster contexts. Summarised here are 10 key lessons and recommendations gathered from over thirty participants representing Government of Vanuatu, local and international NGOs, development partners and the private sector.