Lessons learned: disaster management legal reform

The Indonesian experience:

The insights of the experiences outlined in this brochure are intended to inspire disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners to map a path towards the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) compliance.

The reform of the Disaster Management (DM) Law in Indonesia provides DRR practitioners and development professionals with insight into the intrinsic linkages between the legal frameworks for DM, the place of DRR, and broader development objectives such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Practitioners working on DRR, either at national or at the sub-national level, can glean successful approaches from the process in Indonesia from 2005-2009. Both at the national and the sub-national level, lessons from Indonesia regarding coordination and multi-stakeholder participation in legal reform are valuable.