FALAK NAWAZ

Network of Disaster Management Practitioners (NDMP)

Islamabad PAKISTAN

falak@pakndmp.com

National DRR platform

Experience from Pakistan

Shift in paradigm after devastating 2005 earthquake

Government efforts led by NDMA

• Establishment of National Working Group

• Establishment of Ministerial Working Group

• Establishment of Technical Working Group

Civil society efforts

• Pakistan DRR Forum

• National Humanitarian Network (NHN)

• Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF)

National Working Group1. NDMA as Chairing the session2. Planning Commission3. Ministry of Water and Power 4. Ministry of Housing and Works5. Ministry of Industries and

Production6. Ministry of Defense7. Ministry of Communication8. Ministry of Education9. Ministry of Health10. Ministry of Environment11. Ministry of Agriculture and Food12. Ministry of Railways13. National University of Science

and Technology

14. Ministry of Information and Broadcast

15. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources

16. National Center of Excellence in geology, University of Peshawar

17. Capital Administration and Development Division

18. PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council)19. PCATP (Pakistan Council of

Architects and Town Planners) 20. DGs – PDMAs / SDMA / FDMA (07

Members)21. Chairs of PWGs (04 Members)

After the devolution, most of the ministries become

part of provincial government

Role of National Working Group

1. Mainstreaming DRR into different development programmes

2. Mainstreaming DRR in 10 ministries

3. Strengthening of the ministries through technical support

4. Implementation of DRR checklist in future development project

5. Developed Ministerial Working Group

Inclusion of scientific & academic institutions (Technical working group)

• National Disaster Management Authority• Provincial Disaster Management Authorities• National Institute of Disaster Management• Geological Survey of Pakistan• Survey of Pakistan• Pakistan Meteorological Department• Federal Flood Commission• National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK)• Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)• National University of Science and Technology• National Center of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar

Role of Technical Working Group To provide strategic guidance;

To coordinate all activities related to MHVRA in the country;

To ensure the consistency in methodologies employed for disaster risk assessments;

Uniformity in data format during collection process;

Coordinating in disaster risk assessments efforts;

To ensure no gaps exist;

To avoid overlapping of efforts.

Developed web portal National platform for data sharing

www.disasterinfo.gov.pkhttp://203.124.43.252/

Developed web portal (National platform)

• With funding support of World Bank, NDMA established National Platform of Technical working group;

• Develop web portal using Geo-node for scientific & technical organization to share data and make analysis;

• For quick dissemination of information for effective emergency response;

• Disaster risk reduction planning;

• Enhance decision making;

• Web portal is further maintaining now by NDMA under WFP funding support to further enhance the information,

Data Sharing Platform• Geospatial Content Management System

• Web-based application platform for

Sharing of geospatial data

Developing geospatial data

Deployment of Spatial data infrastructures

Data Catalogue

Decision Support System (DSS) • A Geographic Information System based tool to

facilitate informed decision making in an emergency situation;

• Basic map visualization (pan, zoom, address search, geo-location, print map);

• Information popups, statistical graphs & pie charts;

• Data querying capability based on attributes and geography;

• Comparison maps;

• Visualization and analysis of hazard exposure and risk scenarios.

Challenges

Group of Users

• Each member of the National Working Group is a user of the plate form.

• There are four group each representing TWG sub group.

Flood

Earthquake

Vulnerability and Exposure

Risk Assessment

Challenges to maintain the platform• Activation and deactivation of platform time to time;

• Lack of coordination between scientific & technical organizations & non-government stakeholders especially for data sharing;

• Hesitation to share the data especially among government stakeholders;

• Ownership of platform;

• Operationalization of National Institute of Disaster Management;

• Ensuring sustainability, regular liaison and coordination;

• Agreeing on one points especially in case of MHVRA;

• Less participation from academic and research organizations;

Conclusion• Advocacy especially at scientific and technical organization

level responsible for emergency response management and development practices;

• Need to develop guidelines for ensuring sustainability of platform and data sharing;

• Develop long term strategy to ensure capacity enhancement of DRR practitioners on use of scientific and technical data;

• More close coordination and regular liaison among technical organizations;

• Lead role of National and Provincial DM authorities;

• Aggressive involvement of scientific & research organization;

• More aggressive role of NIDM