Community managed DRR: the essence, results and way forward - 10 years Cordaid

This review highlights the track record of Cordaid and its partners in community managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR) over the last ten years. Based on Cordaid’s experience and the outcomes of a partner survey conducted in 2013, this review offers recommendations to all relevant stakeholders for a constructive way forward.

It calls for a greater effort as consultations are underway for a new international disaster risk reduction (DRR) framework to be adopted in 2015. It argues that, in order to strengthen people’s resilience, DRR efforts at the local level need to be supported by government policies and programs that incorporate risk reduction and have appropriate implementing and financing mechanisms in place.