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Governance of Disasters

United Nations Development Programme

Disaster Management Cluster

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Disaster: A governance issuehow you view disaster determines how you manage

Government has the:

duty to ensure safety of the citizens

capacity and resources to undertake large scale initiatives

mandate to direct and coordinate work of others

responsibility to create the policy and legislative framework

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Centuries of experience in living with disasters

Amazing capability to internalize disaster impact Sensitize policy community

Vibrant civil society

Proactive development practitioners

Effective partnership

Policy and legislative framework

Institutional arrangement

Managing disasters:What Bangladesh offers

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Institutional Arrangement

National DisasterManagement Council

Inter MinisterialDisaster ManagementCoordination

Committee (IMDMCC)

National DisasterManagement AdvisoryCouncil (NDMAC)

Ministry of Food and Disaster Management

Directorate of Reliefand Rehabilitation

Disaster ManagementBureau

District DisasterManagement Committee

Upazila Disaster Management Committee

City CorporationDisaster Management

Committee

Municipal DisasterManagement Committee

Union Disaster Management Committee

Directorate of FoodCyclone Preparedness

ProgrammeImplementation Board

Zone / Upazila

Union

Village

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Policy and Legislative Framework

Programming for Implementation

Guideline

Templates

Local Plans

Hazard Plans

Sectoral PlansSectoral Policies

(DRR Incorporated)

SODNational Plan for DMDM Policy

DisasterManagement Act

(DRR Incorporated)

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Policy and Legislative Framework

Standing Orders on Disaster

Management - 2008

National Plan for Disaster Management- 2008-2015 (Final draft)

Ministry of Food and Disaster

Management

Corporate Plan 2005-2009

Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy

and Action Plan 2009 (draft)

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A paradigm shift

From:Disaster response to comprehensive disaster risk management

Responsive to proactive

Curative to preventive

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Tornado Incidents

Some of the devastating norwesters and tornadoes:

14 April 1969 Demra (Dhaka)

17 April 1973 Manikganj (Dhaka)10 April 1974 Faridpur

11 April 1974 Bogra

9 May 1976 Narayanganj

1 April 1977 Faridpur

26 April 1989 Saturia (Manikganj)

14 May 1993 Southern Bangladesh

13 May 1996 Tangail4 May 2003 Brahmanbaria

21 March 2005 Gaibandha

Source: Bangladesh: State of the Environment 2001 and National Plan for Disaster Management (draft)

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Perception of Tornado in Bangladesh

Viewed as localized disasterPerceived as an isolated incident

Lacks real time data base

Inadequate research and attentionImplications are not factored into development

Dealt from traditional response approach

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Vulnerability Perception of Tornado

When:

Livelihood options are limited yet fragile

Access to life saving services is restrictedInstitutional preparedness is low

Tornado is:

Add-on factor

Set back for disaster preparedness Cumulatively significant

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A localized disaster but a national concern

GoB Mission:To achieve a paradigm shift

in national disaster

management strategies from

conventional response and

recovery to a morecomprehensive risk reduction

culture, and to promote food

security as an important

factor in ensuring the

resilience of communities tohazards

Source: MoFDM Corporate

Plan 2005-2009

Tornado pose challenge to:

Paradigm shift

Comprehensiveness of our Disaster

Risk Management Initiative

Poverty reduction

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