Strengthening Emergency Response Abilities (SERA) Project is a collaboration in Ethiopia between the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the regional state governments of Tigray, Amhara, Oromia and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR).
It was intended to be a four-year project at a cost of $3.7 million, beginning in September 1997.
SERA staff have prepared vulnerability profiles of selected woredas in each region.
These diagnostic studies have helped woreda-level decision-makers, regional officials and federal analysts define actions that can contribute to the reduction of risks in these villages.
into the "Emergency Preparedness Strengthening Program" (EPSP) which will help support the development of a national baseline to assist DPPC in its Early Warning activities.