National policies and plans

The Ordinance provides for the National early- warning disaster system to foster continuous relationship for exchanging information and action coordination within the executive power and a component of the rescue system.

This contingency plan covers the 2009-2010 rainy season with the likely scenario of having floods as a hazard. This scenario is based on the 2009-2010 rainfall forecast for the country obtained from the Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD). It

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Rapport de la deuxième phase

Le groupe de travail interministériel sur l’évaluation des impacts du changement climatique, du coût des dommages et des mesures d’adaptation, piloté par l’Observatoire National sur les Effets du Réchauffement

The primary responsibility for disaster risk management in Namibia rests with the government. The first Principle of State Policy, Article 95 of the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia, requires the state to actively promote the welfare of its people.

The overall objective of the policy is to build safe and resilient communities by enhancing the use of and access to knowledge and information in disaster prevention and management at all levels of society.

The main objective of the strategy is to provide a pathway for the implementation of the national disaster bill and policy. It coherently provides the logical steps and actions required to bring about efficient and effective disaster management in the

This policy provides the framework for the full integration of disaster risk reduction into Australia’s aid program. The policy supports the significant efforts of partner governments, UN agencies, civil society and others to implement the Hyogo Framework

This report presents the commitments made by the government of the United Kingdom on international development.
Though not explicitly addressed, disaster risk reduction, an emerging crosscutting issue in development, is taken into consideration by