Peru: Authorities launch the national plan for disaster risk management for 2014-2021

The Government of Peru, through the Ministry of Disaster Risk Management of the Council of Ministers Presidency and representatives from the National Center for Risk Prevention and Disaster Risk Reduction (CENEPRED); from the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) and the National Center for Strategic Planning (CEPLAN), introduced on September 18th, 2014 the National Plan for Disaster Risk Management – PLANAGERD 2014-2021, which aims to reduce the vulnerability of the population and their livelihood against risk of disasters.

PLANAGERD was presented to international community Representatives- European Union, the United Nations Programme for Development (UNPD), the World Food Programme (WFP), to mention some of them – who supported the project and expressed their satisfaction with the result of 15 years of effort designed to develop the capacity of emergency responses from local to national level, and the challenges that still exist regarding risk management.

The WFP contributed to the revision of the document as a member of the technical working group on disaster management. With the support of his partner DIPECHO, the WFP achieved its goal of ensuring that PLANAGERD is aligned with its focus on assuring food security for the most vulnerable populations in emergencies and disasters.