National Disaster Management Framework

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National Disaster Management Framework
National Consultation Workshop
09 December 2006
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Presentation Outline

• Workshop Objectives
• National Disaster Management Framework
• Disaster Risks in Pakistan
• Gaps, Challenges and Opportunities
• Vision, Mission and Scope of Framework
• Priorities for Risk Reduction and Response
• Structure for Disaster Risk Reduction and
  Response
• Roles and Responsibilities of Key Stakeholders
• Questions and Plenary Discussion

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Workshop Objectives

• To inform stakeholders about the National DM
  Framework and get their feedback for
  incorporating changes into the Framework to
  finalize it
• To raise awareness of stakeholders about NDMC
  and NDMA formation and about the passing of
  National Disaster Management Ordinance
• To generate support from stakeholders for the
  implementation of National Framework

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Context of the National DM Framework

• The Framework has been developed in the context
  of recent priorities of the Government of
  Pakistan regarding enhancing disaster risk
  reduction capacities by setting up institutional
  arrangements and policies
• It provides guidelines for the work of multiple
  stakeholders over the next five years
• UNDP Pakistan has provided Technical Assistance
  in the drafting of the Framework

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1. Disaster Risks in Pakistan
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Seismic Vulnerability
1. 1. Hazards
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Drought
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Tsunami 1945
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Floods-Indus Basin
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Other hazards in Pakistan

• HUMAN INDUCED
• Transport accidents
• Nuclear accidents
• Oil spills
• Urban fires
• Civil conflicts
• Internal displacements
• CNR (chemical, Nuclear, Radiological accidents)

• NATURAL
• Landslides
• Cyclones/storms
• Glacial lake outbursts
• River erosion
• Pest Attacks

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1.2. Vulnerabilities

• Poor construction practices
• Poor human and animal health
• Poor transport communications
  infrastructure
• Physical isolation of settlements
• Fragile natural environment
• Poverty in hazard prone areas

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1.3. Dynamic Pressures

• Population size and speed of growth
• Degradation of environment
• Urbanization and industrialization
• Climate change

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1.4. Pakistan Future Disaster Trends

• More people living in and around hazard-prone
  areas
• New settlements would continue to spring-up in
  hazard prone areas
• Frequency, severity and intensity of certain
  hazards is on rise
• Disaster frequency and impact would be greater
  than before
• Previously un-exposed regions might experience
  disasters

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2. Challenges and Opportunities
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Challenges

• Risk Reduction, a relatively new concept for
  policy makers and development planners in
  Pakistan
• Lack of policy, institutional and legal
  arrangements to deal with issues of risk and
  vulnerability
• Lack of technical and operational capacities in
  risk analysis and risk reduction
• Lack of locally developed building codes for
  construction

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Opportunities

• Heightened awareness of highest level
  decision-makers about disaster risks and
  vulnerabilities
• Enhanced commitment of donors and UN to
  strengthen institutional arrangements for DRR
• Approval of DM Ordinance, and establishment of
  NDMC and NDMA
• Commitment of NDMA leadership to change

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3. Vision, Mission, Scope and Principles
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• Vision for a safer Pakistan
• To achieve sustainable social, economic and
  environmental development in Pakistan through
  reducing risks and vulnerabilities, particularly
  those of the poor and marginalized groups, and by
  effectively responding to and recovering from all
  types of disaster events.

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• Mission
• To manage complete spectrum of all types of
  disasters through a paradigm shift by moving away
  from response and relief oriented approaches and
  by adopting a disaster risk reduction perspective
  from local government level upwards.

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Scope

• To manage complete spectrum of any kind of
  disaster at national level
• To provide direction and guidelines to all key
  national, provincial and local stakeholders.
• Address vulnerability reduction and capacity
  building of key institutions and communities to
  address disaster risks.
• To implement disaster risk reduction policies

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Guiding Principles

• Focus upon most vulnerable social groups and
  promote sustainable livelihood practices
• Promote community and local level preparedness
• Follow multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral
  approaches
• Integrate a risk-lens into development policy,
  planning and implementation
• Develop cultural, social, economical and
  environmental relevant technologies
• Establish and strengthen multi-sectoral
  partnerships

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4. Institutional Structure for Disaster Risk
Reduction
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National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC)

• Membership
• Prime Minister
• Opposition Leader in Senate and Assembly
• Ministers for Defense, health, Foreign Affairs,
  Social
• Welfare and Special Education,
  Communications, Finance,
• Interior
• Provincial Chief Ministers
• Prime Minister AJ K
• Governor NWFP (for FATA)
• Chief Executive Northern Areas
• Chairman JCSC
• Civil Society representatives
• DG NDMA
• Any others opted by the Chairman

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National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC)

• Functions
• Lay down policies
• Approve the National DM Framework and Plan
• Approve plans prepared by ministries, divisions
• and provincial DM authorities
• Ensure all ministries, division/authorities
  strictly
• follow the framework
• Ensure integrated national response in case of a
  
• calamity

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National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Functions

• Act as secretariat to the NDMC
• Manage complete spectrum of DRM
• Develop national framework for disaster
  management
• Ensure implementation of national disaster
  management
• framework
• Map all hazards in the country and vulnerability
  analysis on
• a regular basis
• Organize training and awareness raising
  activities

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National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

• Serve as the lead agency for GoP in
  international
• cooperation
• Serve as the lead agency to coordinate with
  civil society
• Create the requisite environment in which media
  will participate
• in disaster risk management activities
• Perform any other function as may be required by
  the National
• Disaster Management Commission

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Provincial Disaster Management Commission (PDMC)

• Membership
• Chief Minister
• Leader of opposition
• A nominee of leader of opposition
• Others appointed by CM, may include following
• line ministry reps
• Civil defense, police, fire services,
  university faculty
• Research institutions, commerce reps , industry
  and insurance reps.

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Provincial Disaster Management Commission (PDMC)

• Functions
• Lay down policies
• Develop plans
• Approve ministerial/departmental plans
• Review implementation of plans

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Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA)

• Manage complete spectrum of disasters in the
• province
• Coordinate and monitor implementation of DRR plan
• Monitor hazards, vulnerabilities, risk situation
• Develop strategies for risk reduction
• Lay down guidelines on DRR plans for
  stakeholders
• Evaluate preparedness levels of provincial
  government at all
• levels

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District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)

• Composition
• Nazim
• District Coordination Officer
• District Police Officer
• Executive District Officer Health
• Others may include EDO education, Agriculture,
  fire
• services, reps. Of civil society, NGOs

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District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)

• Functions
• Formulate district/municipal disaster risk
  reduction and preparedness plans and ensure
  implementation
• Continuously monitor hazards, risks, disaster
  threats and the conditions of vulnerabilities
  within the district or municipality
• Conduct education, training and public awareness
  programmes
• Set up and maintain district level early warning
  and communication systems
• In the event of a disaster take operational
  control of the situation to deliver support
  promptly to affected communities
• Review development plans of government
  departments and provide guidance on mainstreaming
  disaster risk reduction measures.

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5. Roles and Responsibilities of Key Stakeholders

• Institutions covered
• - All federal and provincial ministries
• Technical departments
• Research institutions
• Media, Banks, Private sector
• UN agencies
• Civil Society Organizations

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5. Roles and Responsibilities of Key Stakeholders

• Responsibilities
• Conduct assessment of disaster risks related to
  the
• sector/ministry/department
• Develop technical and physical capacities of the
  
• department, ministry/section on DRR and
  preparedness
• (human and equipment)
• Integrate risk reduction into planning and
  implementation
• of sectoral programmes
• Prepare a disaster risk reduction/response plan
  for the
• sector/ministry/department

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5. Roles and Responsibilities of Key Stakeholders

• Responsibilities
• Conduct post disaster assessments of the damage
  and
• losses to the sector
• Organize emergency response as per the mandate
  of the
• department
• Organize recovery and rehabilitation as per the
• mandate

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6. NDMA Priorities for Risk Reduction and Response
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Immediate

• 6.1. Establishment and Strengthening of NDMA
• Development of rules, regulations and SOPs
• Hiring of personnel and equipment
• Training
• Information management system for the NDMA
• Nomination of ministerial/departmental focal
  points
• 6.2. Provincial and District Authorities
  Development
• Support to establishing Provincial Disaster
• Management Commissions and Authorities
• Establishing District Disaster Management
  Authorities in
• 20 high risk districts/cities
• Technical and Coordination Committees on Early
• Warning Systems

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Immediate

• 6.3. Hazard and vulnerability assessment
• - Vulnerability Atlas of Pakistan
• - Disaster Inventory of 60 years
• 6.4. Training, education and awareness raising
• Curriculum for civil servants, armed forces
• - Provincial Media Orientation workshops (20
  events)
• - Stakeholder Orientation on Early Warning and
  their
• roles
• - Awareness materials for policy/decision
  makers

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Immediate

• 6.5. Promoting DRR and preparedness planning
• - National Emergency Response Plan
• Planning by Provincial (4) Regional (3) DM
• authorities
• District and municipal plans for 20 high risk
  districts
• 6.6.DRR programming in 20 high risk
  districts/cities - Strengthen local institutions
  
• - Training awareness raising of communities
  and
• local stakeholders
• - Small scale mitigation (vulnerability
  reduction)
• schemes (infrastructure)
• - School preparedness programmes

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Immediate

• 6.7. Emergency response System
• National, Provincial Emergency Operations
  Centers
• (equipment)
• Emergency Operation Centers in 20 high risk
  districts
• (equipment)
• Four Search and Rescue Teams (equipment)
• Mobile Disaster Management Teams
• Specific equipment and capacities to manage
  chemical
• industrial disasters
• Fire Services in Major cities (Karachi, Lahore,
  Gujranwala,
• Sialkot, Quetta, Peshawar)
• Ambulance services for Baluchistan and NWFP

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Immediate

• 6.8. Mainstreaming DRR into development
• Guidelines on mainstreaming
• Orientation of selected line ministries on
  mainstreaming
• DRR
• Case studies on previous experience of line
  ministries /
• departments

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Medium

• 6.1. Multi-hazard early warning system
• - Cyclone Forecasting and Warning
• - NWFP Flood Forecasting system
• - Fire monitoring capacity building
• 6.2. DRR and preparedness planning
• Plans of federal and provincial ministries
• Plans by other departments and private sector
• Plans for all hazard prone districts

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Medium

• 6.3. Education and Training
• Training for municipal and district authorities
  in other
• districts
• Integrating DRR curriculum in educational
  syllabus of
• universities and colleges
• 6.4. Mainstreaming DRR into development
• Implementation of mainstreaming initiatives

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Medium

• 6.5. Emergency response capacity
• Establishment of database on resources for
  disaster response
• National Disaster Management Revolving Fund
• Emergency Operations Centers in other districts
• Helicopters for emergency response
• 6.6. Post disaster recovery capacity
• Recovery needs assessment system and methodology
  
• Capacity analysis of various agencies
• Documentation on lessons learnt from earthquake
  recovery
• Training curriculum for recovery programme
  managers

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Cost Estimates

• Cost estimates for immediate priorities - US
  25 M
• Cost estimate for medium term priorities - US
  20 M

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Recommendations to donors and UN agencies

• To provide technical and financial support for
  the implementation of Framework in a coordinated
  manner as per national priorities
• To encourage their development partners in the
  country to integrate DRR considerations into all
  development planning and programming