I am working on an action research project with thrust on empowerment of Local Governments and Youth Organisations in disaster Preparedness and risk reduction in certain disaster-prone parts of India. And would be happy to know whether any specific policy on disaster preparedness and risk reduction has been brought out anywhere in the world? If so, in the process of formulation and subsequent stages, whether adequate thrust on Decentralisation has been given ? Whether the process of policy formulation was genuinely participatory involving all major stakeholders?
Hello Dr Krishnapisharoti
I wonder if anything here is of relevance:
The Republic of Uganda: The National Policy for Disaster Preparedness and Management (2110)
http://www.ifrc.org/docs/IDRL/Disaster%20Policy%20for%20Uganda.pdf
WHO: Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness (2007)
http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/preparedness/emergency_preparedness_eng.pdf
World Food Programme) WFP Policy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management:
Building Food Security and Resilience (2011)
http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/newsroom/wfp247914.pdf
European Commission: Disaster Risk Reduction Increasing resilience by reducing disaster risk in humanitarian action. Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (2013)
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/files/policies/prevention_preparedness/DRR_thematic_policy_doc.pdf
Department for International Development: Disaster risk reduction (2005)
http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100423085705/http:/dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications/disaster-risk-reduction.pdf
Very best wishes
Mary
Dear Prof. Mary Wilson,
Greetings from Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, India.
Thank you very much for sharing certain valuable documents on disaster preparedness and risk reduction. I am really surprised to know that Uganda has brought out a national Policy document on disaster preparedness and management, when most of the other countries have not even started thinking about it.
All the documents shared by you are quite valuable to me and I will be able to make use of them during my efforts of policy initiative on disaster preparedness and risk reduction in different States of India.
Once again, my deep sense of gratitude to you.
Regards,
Dr. K Gireesan
I suggest to you to get in touch with Danielle Maltais, from l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Québe. Canada. She is an expert in the desaster domain.
Rajiv, I think also your persepctive on empowerment is important-indicated through your suggestion of stakeholder participation.I was involved in donor evaluation following the Gujarat earthquake and found the response to be quite top-down from both bilateral and NGO donors. Your review of this approach will also be important.
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