Afghanistan National Disaster Management Project (NDMP): first quarter project progress report 2010

This document reports on a project in line with Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) and and the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS), which seeks strengthen national and provincial capacities of the Afghanistan disaster management system to reduce risks and improve response and recovery management at all levels. It is intended for: i) communities and community based organisations in vulnerable districts; and ii) key national, provincial and district officials (including NGOs).

The report gives an overview of the context and implementation progress against two outputs: (i) National Institutional Disaster Management Capacity enhanced: and (ii) Provincial Disaster Management Capacity built. It then describes the challenges faced in terms of risks and issues, and builds future plans upon lessons learned.