Islas Resilientes: Report on community selection in the Dominican Republic, using the strategic targeting methodology and ecosystem based adaptation checklist : results and lessons learned

Abstract

The objective of the strategic prioritization tool (STM) is to favor the prioritization of interventions towards communities that are more vulnerable to disasters. The tool includes assessments of historical risk exposure, structural vulnerability, access to health and education, and disaster response management capabilities. The methodology that accompanies the tool is based on the collection of information, multisector participation, and consensus among knowledgeable actors of the communities studied. The STM is designed to provide a clear prioritization through a scoring, which must be taken into consideration along with other design / intervention specifications. It is designed to collect and organize existing secondary data on communities, to be subsequently validated and discussed with corresponding stakeholders in pursue of a prioritization scoring.