Pakistan: National disaster risk management framework
This framework prepared with active participation of multiple stakeholders serves as a vision document for leading the way towards a safer Pakistan. The framework provides guidelines to coordinate activities of numerous stakeholders. It also sets out priorities for mobilization of resources from donors and development partners of Pakistan to implement strategic activities.
The principles established in the framework are:
i) promoting multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches, ii) reducing vulnerability of most vulnerable social groups, iii) strengthening community and local level risk reduction capacities, iv) combining scientific and people’s knowledge, v) developing culturally, socially, economically and environmentally relevant technologies, vi) strengthening sustainable livelihood practices, vii) acquiring specific capacities in view of the hazard-risk profile of the area and country, and viii) working with other countries, and the international community to promote disaster risk reduction.