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LEAP* WorkshopLEAP* Workshop
Jan 21, 2008 Jan 21, 2008 Ulrich Hess, Chief of Business Risk PlanningUlrich Hess, Chief of Business Risk Planning
Early Warning component: LEAP Early Warning component: LEAP (Livelihoods – Early Assessment – Protection)(Livelihoods – Early Assessment – Protection)
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AGENDAAGENDA
• LEAP Index Principles
• LEAP Design
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Early Warning System
with reliable baseline and trigger points
IMPROVED INDEX – IMPROVED INDEX – PART OF RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKPART OF RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
I. IMPROVED INDEX: LEAP
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Early Protection against Livelihood Early Protection against Livelihood stress in contextstress in context
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LEAP PrinciplesLEAP Principles• LEAP is software: free, open source, simple• LEAP indices
– Project agricultural yields based on weather parameters – Estimates potential costs of intervening against acute (crop failure related)
livelihood stress• LEAP indices are
– Rainfall driven– Objective– Transparent– Real time
• LEAP indices are NOT– Food emergency need indicators – About other (Man-made) disasters – Price shock indicators (yet) – Flood risk indicators (yet)
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Livelihood protection cost index (LPCI)Livelihood protection cost index (LPCI)
provides a good proxy estimate of the costs of protecting transient food insecure peoples’ livelihoods at the time of shock;
is independent, objective, verifiable and replicable;
conveys information in near real-time to ensure timely and effective response to livelihood stress
Provides early warning of livelihood stress levels Signal amount of financial resources required
for early livelihood protection at regional levels
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LEAP also supportsLEAP also supports
• Crop and Pasture monitoring
• Irrigation needs assessments
• Agro-meteorological zoning
• Climate change adaptation needs assessments
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LLivelihoods + ivelihoods + EEarly arly AAssessment ssessment + + PProtection:rotection: LEAP INDICESLEAP INDICES
Costs (Livelihood Protection
Cost Index LPCI)
Livelihood Protection Beneficiaries
Water Requirement Satisfaction
Index (WRSI)
for Crops + Rangelands
Weather data Crop + soil coefficients
• Objective: capture livelihood protection funding needs at regional level
• Target group: vulnerable population