Title: Disaster Risk Reduction and Governance.
1Disaster Risk Reduction and Governance. Ron
Cadribo.
2 OUTLINEOVERVIEW
- Disaster Risk and Development
- Development-Disaster Relationship.
- Factoring Disaster Risk into Development.
- GOVERNANCE.
- Definition
- Good governance
- FACTORING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION.
- Governance and Disaster Risk Reduction.
- Governance at Central Level
- Governance at Local Level
- Governance at Community Level
- Regional and Global Partnership Roles
3- SUMMARY
- Disaster Risk Reduction an Development
- Disaster risk as an unresolved problem of
development - Development processes and experiences
- Human activities and decisions
- Climatic change
- Globalisation
4Factoring Disaster Risk into Development
- disaster risk can be managed
- development gains can be protect against the
effects of natural hazards - The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)Â
- MDG 1 Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
- MDG 2Achieving universal primary education
- MDG 3 Promoting gender equality and empowering
women - MDG 4 Reducing child mortality
- MDG 5 Improving maternal health
- MDG 6Combating HIV/ AIDS, malaria and other
diseases - MDG 7Ensuring environmental sustainability
- MDG 8 Developing global partnership for
development - Governance the missing link
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5- Key Elements of Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy
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- Vulnerability and risk assessment
- Effective early warning systems
- Public awareness to understand, vulnerability,
risk and risk reduction - Public and political commitment to risk reduction
- Creation of multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral
partnerships, including the expansion of disaster
risk management networks - Improved scientific knowledge about the causes of
natural disasters as well as the effects of
natural hazards and related technological and
environmental factors have on society. - Continued international cooperation
- Strengthening of disaster reduction capabilities
and coordinating structures for policy and
strategy development and the development of early
warning
6- The primary steps in disaster risk reduction can
be reduced into three - Â Political Will
- Determining and understanding the nature of the
disaster risk - Identifying and developing policies and
strategies that reduce disaster risk - Mobilising the political will and defining this
institutional and structural mechanism that can
generate disaster risk reduction policies and
strategies
7- GOVERNANCE.Â
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- Definition
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- Governance refers generally to the set of
instruments through which people living in a
state, believing in common core values, govern
themselves by the means of laws, rules and
regulations enforced by the state apparatus. It
denotes a system of values, polices, institution
by which society manages its economic, political
and social affairs through interaction among the
state, civil society and the private sector. - The three components economic, political and
administrative. - Economic governance
- Political Governance
- Administrative governance
8- Good Governance
- Institutions that of democratic pluralism that
facilitate - Public participation,
- Equity and rule of law
- Responsiveness effective and efficiency
- The legitimacy of political processes
- Accountability
- Strategic vision and.
- Values of equality, empathy and tolerance.
9- Central level
- Political will and commitment to sharing
decision-making power - Â Effective policy,
- Â States ability to use available state and
non-state capacities to make and implement them. - Local Government Level
- Â Decentralised Local governance structures
- Citizen Participation
- Partnership
10- Community level
- Favourable political environment that supports
and promotes participatory practices, and
specific opportunities for women to be involved
in decision-making and implementation of
development programmes. - Leadership roles
- Empowerment,and ownership,
11- Governance Role at Central Level
- Policy and Planning.
- Coordination and Institutional Framework
- Legislation
- Governance Local LevelÂ
- Decentralised structures, which provide
opportunities for participation, and involvement
of all segments of society. Disaster risk
management at local level as key element in any
viable national disaster risk reduction strategy,
- effective municipal and local government
institutions.
12FACTORING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. Political
Commitment Need for greater participation and
involvement of broad range of stakeholders in
decision-making. disaster risk and coordinating
structures Decentralisation of planning and
decision making powers and responsibilities
13- Governance at Community Level
- community participation, and ownership in all
aspects of disaster risk reduction.
14Regional Level and International roles and
Responsibilities
- Regional Level,
- Defining and shaping common regional level
strategy - Development of national Capacities
- Knowledge, information and documentation,
- Addressing trans-boarder issues
- Framework for scientific, technical and
professional interface with Government and
Non-governmental structures. - International level,
- Advocacy and galvanising support and assistance
- Building of capacity
- Facilitating technology development technology
acquisition and technology transfer to promote
industrial development and manufacturing. - Providing development and technical assistance
- Promotion of regional cooperation and integration
issues - Provide finance for programmes dealing with
poverty alleviation
15- Appropriate governance for disaster risk
management is a fundamental requirement if risk
considerations are to be factored into
development planning and if existing risks are to
be successfully mitigated. (UNDP, 200489)
16Summary The critical importance of good
governance is that it creates the favourable
environment at international regional, national
and local levels that permit the generation of
appropriate development plans and strategies that
contribute the achievement of MDGs and disaster
risk reduction.Good governance should achieve
increase coordination at all levels, the
development of multi-sectoral disaster risk
management policies and strategies based on
broad involvement of all individuals, government,
private sector and civil society institutions,
allocation of appropriate resources at local,
national and international levels, effective
partnerships