Dreamis

Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Information System

www.dreamis.info

Mar 2009
Content

Overview of Dreamis
Year 1 Achievements
Past & Potential uses of Dreamis
Content

Overview of Dreamis
Year 1 Achievements
Past & Potential uses of Dreamis
Dreamis is an information system that supports post-crisis
recovery and disaster risk reduction financial management

Dreamis uses.. ..in order to …by supporting.. ..for better financial

increase… management of
• improved planning
• Data from past • Post-crisis
reconstruction • Transparency • improved policy- reconstruction and
programmes making
• Disaster Risk
• Accountability and • and improved Reduction planning
• Data from past management of
DRR activities funds
• Effectiveness
…In the use of
• Data from on-going
funds…
reconstruction
programmes
Dreamis is a repository of information related to financial
management of post-crisis reconstruction and disaster risk
reduction Users
• Gov Agencies
• Dev Agencies
Input • Academic institutions
Info from
complementary Objective
information DREAMIS
systems •Improved financial
Global hub for sharing planning and
Methodologies knowledge on pre- disaster policy
and post-crisis financial
• Increased
Data & info of information
transparency and
past disasters accountability

Managed by Dreamis Team, WB Jakarta

Supported by GFDRR
Dreamis is made up of three components
What is this? How does it help?

•Info from past disasters •Allows analysis and

1 •Data sets relating to pre-
Data Tools disaster and disaster recovery
financing
•Presented in a public database,
parameters can be set by user
comparison of situation against
past scenarios
•Facilitates resource
mobilization
•Supports policy development

•Lessons Learned and

2 Research
Methodologies •Provides information for
•Related to recon and risk conducting Damage & Loss
Packages and Needs Assessments
reduction financial
management
•Increases transparency and
3 Expenditure
•Support in tracking pre-disaster
accountability in the use of
Tracking funds
and post-disaster expenditures
Support •Improves aid coordination
Content

Overview of Dreamis
Year 1 Achievements
Past & Potential uses of Dreamis
The team and the database are established and operational

• Core team hired

Operations • Mitigation expert hired & initial research conducted

• Presentation at IDRC, Davos Aug 08 Using Data to Improve

Reconstruction
Coms & • Publication: Aceh Reconstruction Tracking Aug 08
Partnership
• Advisory group convened and operational
• Working relationship established with key partners

• D&L data gathered and inputted

System • Needs & Expenditure data collated
• Database prototype running
Dreamis has been connected to related activities in the
sector through its Advisory Group

Agency Expert Location

CRED / Em-Dat Deberati Guha Sapir Brussels
ProVention Consortium Margaret Arnold Geneva
UNISDR Craig Duncan Geneva
ECLAC Roberto Jovel LAC / DC
FTS / UNOCHA Esther Kuisch Geneva
Munich Re Angelika Wirtz Munich
Government Suprayoga Hadi Indonesia
The website is operational and the number of hits is
increasing

Homepage
•Database access
•Research Package
access
•News feed
•Links to partner sites
The database prototype is operational

Database user interface

Analysis by;
•Country
•Disaster type
•Sector
Generates Excel files
and graphs
Content

Overview of Dreamis
Year 1 Achievements
Past & Potential uses of Dreamis
In post-tsunami Aceh the aid tracking exercise increased the transparency,
accountability and effectiveness of the use of funds
Analysis of expenditures was done by;

• Donors and government

were able to track
Source of funds expenditures by donors,
NGOs and government

• Donors and government

Sectoral were able to see in who was
allocations disbursing in each sector

• Under funded sectors

where tracked throughout the
Needs & Gaps reconstruction programme
The reconstruction programme in Palestine is an example of a potential
use for Dreamis Expenditure Tracking Support
occupied Palestinian territory 2009
Table B: Total Humanitarian Assistance per Donor (Appeal plus other*)(carry over not included)
as of 15-March-2009
http://www.reliefweb.int/fts (Table ref: R24)
Overview of current
Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organizations.
pledges
Donor Funding % of Grand Total Uncommitted
United States USD pledges
USD
Private (individuals & organisations)
United States Kuwait 44,700,000 13.1 % 800,000

Private (individuals & organisations) 36,723,656 10.8 % 0

Tracked by;
Carry-over (donors not specified)
Kuwait 34,000,000 10.0 % 0
Qatar
Carry-over (donors not specified) 33,764,726 9.9 % 0

Qatar

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Netherlands
29,600,000

24,756,688
8.7 %

7.3 % 15,282,437
0
•Source type
Saudi Arabia

Spain
Spain
Japan
16,882,088

11,865,233
4.9 %

3.5 %
16,473,200

0 •Pledge, commitment,
disbursement
Japan 11,022,762 3.2 % 0
Saudi Arabia
France 9,445,084 2.8 % 0
Norway
Norway 8,590,750 2.5 % 0

Switzerland
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
Switzerland
8,034,331

7,405,842
2.4 %

2.2 % 494,998
0
•Sector
Germany

Finland
Finland

Australia
7,155,064

7,106,142
2.1 %

2.1 %
0

0
•Needs/gaps
Australia France 6,883,354 2.0 % 0

Denmark 5,470,784 1.6 % 0

Germany

Can be tracked on a
European Commission (ECHO) 4,892,419 1.4 % 75,984,632
Denmark
Italy 4,789,067 1.4 % 0
European Commis sion (ECHO)
Netherlands 4,055,287 1.2 % 0

Austria

Canada
Italy

Austria
3,674,541

3,281,379
1.1 %

1.0 %
0

0
monthly, bimonthly or
Russian Federation

United Arab Emirates

Canada
Russian Federation
2,660,000

2,452,480
0.8 %

0.7 %
0

0
quarterly basis
Sweden 2,393,735 0.7 % 0
United Arab Emirates
Others 9,680,234 2.8 % 2,524,934
Sweden
Grand Total: 341,285,646 100 % 111,560,201
0M 10M 20M 30M 40M 50M 60M 70M 80M 90M

Value USD Top 15 donors represent almost 90% of

currently pledged funds*

*Source: OCHA FTS March 15 2009