Governance of Disasters

United Nations Development Programme

Disaster Management Cluster

Disaster: A governance issue

how you view disaster determines how you manage
Government has the:
duty to ensure safety of the citizens
capacity and resources to undertake large scale initiatives
mandate to direct and coordinate work of others
responsibility to create the policy and legislative framework
Centuries of experience in living with disasters
Amazing capability to internalize disaster impact
Sensitize policy community
Vibrant civil society
Proactive development practitioners
Effective partnership
Policy and legislative framework
Institutional arrangement
Managing disasters:
What Bangladesh offers
Institutional Arrangement
National Disaster
Management Council
Inter Ministerial
Disaster Management
Coordination
Committee (IMDMCC)
National Disaster
Management Advisory
Council (NDMAC)
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
Directorate of Relief
and Rehabilitation
Disaster Management
Bureau
District Disaster
Management Committee
Upazila Disaster Management Committee
City Corporation
Disaster Management
Committee
Municipal Disaster
Management Committee
Union Disaster Management Committee
Directorate of Food
Cyclone Preparedness
Programme
Implementation Board
Zone / Upazila
Union
Village
Policy and Legislative Framework
Programming for Implementation
Guideline
Templates
Local Plans
Hazard Plans
Sectoral Plans Sectoral Policies
(DRR Incorporated)
SOD National Plan for DM DM Policy
Disaster
Management Act
(DRR Incorporated)
Policy and Legislative Framework
Standing Orders on Disaster
Management - 2008
National Plan for Disaster Management
- 2008-2015 (Final draft)
Ministry of Food and Disaster
Management
Corporate Plan 2005-2009
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy
and Action Plan 2009 (draft)
A paradigm shift
From:
Disaster response to comprehensive disaster risk management
Responsive to proactive
Curative to preventive
Tornado Incidents
Some of the devastating norwesters and tornadoes:
14 April 1969 Demra (Dhaka)
17 April 1973 Manikganj (Dhaka)
10 April 1974 Faridpur
11 April 1974 Bogra
9 May 1976 Narayanganj
1 April 1977 Faridpur
26 April 1989 Saturia (Manikganj)
14 May 1993 Southern Bangladesh
13 May 1996 Tangail
4 May 2003 Brahmanbaria
21 March 2005 Gaibandha
Source: Bangladesh: State of the Environment 2001 and National Plan for Disaster Management (draft)
Perception of Tornado in Bangladesh
Viewed as localized disaster
Perceived as an isolated incident
Lacks real time data base
Inadequate research and attention
Implications are not factored into development
Dealt from traditional response approach
Vulnerability Perception of Tornado
When:
Livelihood options are limited yet fragile
Access to life saving services is restricted
Institutional preparedness is low
Tornado is:
Add-on factor
Set back for disaster preparedness
Cumulatively significant
A localized disaster but a national concern
GoB Mission:
To achieve a paradigm shift
in national disaster
management strategies from
conventional response and
recovery to a more
comprehensive risk reduction
culture, and to promote food
security as an important
factor in ensuring the
resilience of communities to
hazards
Source: MoFDMCorporate
Plan 2005-2009
Tornado pose challenge to:
Paradigm shift
Comprehensiveness of our Disaster
Risk Management Initiative
Poverty reduction
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