Community Risk Programme | Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management
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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management
Aims to broaden currently disaster risk management activities, which currently tend to be limited to single government departments or regional organisations. In many instances national disaster risk reduction efforts are uncoordinated and in such cases duplication of efforts is common and planning gaps exist.
Strengthening disaster risk reduction governance by advocating for the adoption by national governments of an integrated whole of country approach using the Comprehensive Hazard And Risk Management (CHARM) process that will enhance the sustainability of national development planning processes and encourage a more coordinated and integrated regional approach to disaster risk reduction.
The priorities for the successful implementation of CHARM are to ensure that national planners are able to apply it as a disaster risk management decision-making tool and to provide appropriate training and awareness through broad stakeholder consultation workshops involving both national and regional stakeholders.
CHARM will assist member countries to achieve one of the fundamental priorities of the ISDR strategy, which is to proceed from protection against hazards to the management of risks through the integration of disaster risk reduction into sustainable development.
Potential beneficiaries of CHARM will include all key stakeholders involved in disaster risk reduction including; government planning departments, NDMOs, NGOs, community groups, private sector, donors, and regional partners.
The application of economic and environmental analysis tools should also be a core focus of good governance.
Underlying risks created by changing social, economic and environmental conditions should be taken into account when determining national disaster risk reduction strategies. Critical public infrastructure, including housing should be strengthened through risk assessment, codes of practice and design standards.
For more information, contact:
1. Mosese Sikivou
Manager Community Risk Programme
2. Noud Leenders
Advisor - Community Risk Management |
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