In November 2015, ASSAR’s southern Africa
researchers – from the University of Botswana,
University of Cape Town, University of Namibia and
Oxfam GB – conducted a two-day Vulnerability Risk
Assessment (VRA) workshop in Bobirwa, Botswana.
The workshop was attended by various government
officials, Village Development Committee members,
local community members, and representatives from
farmer committees, collectively known as the VRA
Knowledge Group.
The VRA process aims to develop a common
understanding among various stakeholders
(government officials, village committees and local
communities) of the main hazards and issues affecting
those living in a given social-ecological landscape. This
is done so as to design measures that reduce risk,
enhance wellbeing and promote resilience to hazards
in the landscape.
There are four steps that make up the VRA process,
including:
an initial vulnerability assessment,
an impact chain exercise,
an adaptive capacity analysis, and
the alignment of findings with opportunities.

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