Disaster risk reduction national coordinating mechanisms in Nicaragua (2008)

This presentation was given at the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. This NP presentation includes information regarding: Context of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Legal Framework for DRR and DRR National Plan, DRR in Sectoral Policies, National Preventive Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanism, National Crisis Management Mechanisms, Institutional Actors and Stakeholders, DRR Institutional Relation to Climate Change, Regional Coordination of DRR and South-South Collaboration, and more.