Enhance Disaster Governance at National, Sub-national, Local level in Nepal
Provincial Government of Province 1, Nepal is going to formulate key policy documents as Disaster Resilient Policy, Strategic Action Plan, Disaster Response Framework, and Disaster Impact Assessment Guideline in the year 2019.
Description
ECO-Nepal, the NGO working on disaster management since 2000, provides technical support for developing DM guidelines and mapping the area, process and methods of DRR into development planning to the concern agencies in Nepal. ECO-Nepal would like to explore the best option of disaster governance through the development of policy, strategic action plan, disaster impact assessment guideline, disaster and climate resilient plan (LDCRP) for mainstreaming DRR into regular development planning and implementation process for safer future of the country previously based on HFA and now incorporating the SFDRR. Nepal is facing multi-disciplinary impact of large scale disasters such as flood, landslide, drought, earthquake, fire and wild fire, wild animal attack (especially monkey around the country), thunderbolt, hailstorm and glacier lake outburst flood in a regular basis. Though the entire country is highly prone to Earthquake, its catastrophe has not been given proper attention. Earthquakes observed in 1935, 1988, 1993 and Gorkha earthquake 2015 stood as the most devastating. Province 1 of Nepal lies in the eastern part of Nepal which is suffering all of the above natural hazards and disaster. In this connection, the Government of Nepal (GoN) has endorsed the new Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act, 2017 with provision of establishment of National DRR and M Authority. Similarly, GoN formulated the National DRR Policy and Strategic Action Plan (2018-2030) based on the SFDRR. Provincial Government of Province 1, Nepal is going to formulate key policy documents as Disaster Resilient Policy, Strategic Action Plan, Disaster Response Framework, and Disaster Impact Assessment Guideline in the year 2019. ECO-Nepal is working as a technical partner and secretariat in the formulation of these documents in partnership with UN agencies, donor and INGOs working in Nepal. Similarly, ECO-Nepal is supporting the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the Provincial Emergency Operation Center (PEOC) and Disaster Response Center (DRC). The Province government is establishing a PEOC and 3 DRC in the partnership of local government and development partners.
Did the Sendai Framework change or contribute to changes in your activities/organization? If so, how?
Yes, the Sendai Frame contributed to change our previous activities on disaster and climate resilient development plan and humanitarian support in the emergency. For example, the shift in the focus from managing disasters to preventing risk facilitates the work on enhancing disaster risk governance. The emphasis in the activities of our organization has also changed accordingly.
What led you to make this commitment/initiative?
What was your position before making this Voluntary Commitment / prior to the Sendai Framework?
ECO-Nepal appointed for technical support and secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affair and Law of Province 1 in this programme. Similarly, ECO-Nepal is targeting to capacitate 137 local level entities on LDCRP formulation and implementation.
