UNDP in India

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UNDP Support for Vulnerability Reduction in India
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FROM RELIEF SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY TO MANAGING
DISASTERS

• Strengthening Disaster management in India for
  more than a decade
• 1993 Maharashtra Earthquake Rehabilitation
  Programme (DM plans for all the districts-first
  in the country- , awareness about earthquake
  resistant construction techniques)
• 1996 National Capacity Building Project in
  Disaster Management (exposure visits,
  institution building- resulted in holistic
  approach to DM)
• 1999 Orissa Cyclone - Recovery projects
  (community-based disaster preparedness, Shelter-
  resulted in conceptualization of DRM)
• 2001 Gujarat earthquake - Relief to Recovery
  (local capacity building to avoid risk
  creation-conceptualization of DRM)
• 2003-2007 Disaster Risk Management
• 2004 Tsunami Recovery framework (shelter,
  ICT, DRM)

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DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

• Capacity building to institutionalize the systems
  for DRM in the Government
• Creating an enabling environment for disaster
  prevention, prparedness and mitigation- education
  programmes, awareness creation, capacity
  building, legislative frameworks, manuals,
  standard operating procedures, etc.
• Multi-hazard preparedness and mitigation plans
  for DRM at State, district, block, village and
  ward levels in 169 districts of 17 selected most
  hazard prone states of India and
• Knowledge Networking on effective approaches,
  methods and tools for disaster risk management
  facilitate sharing of knowledge and best
  practices
• DRM is the platform to launch GOI initiatives
  foreseen under the National Disaster Management
  Framework

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PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

• Prog Mgmt Board chaired by Union Home
  Secretary-Overall Guidance and Mainstreaming
• National Steering Committee chaired by Joint
  Secretary (DM), MHA- Review Progress
• State Steering Committee headed by Chief
  Secretary-Programme workplan review and
  interdepartmental linkages, etc
• District DM Committees/Block DM Committees/GP DM
  Committees (responsible for developing DM Plans
  and mainstreaming sub-district level activities)
• DM Committees in all villages (responsible for
  developing DM Plans)

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DRM - IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

• At national level MHA is the Executing Agency
  with UNDP Country Office Support for
  implementation in all programme states
• At state level, State Nodal Agency identified by
  the State Government
• UNDP is providing
• 1 State Project Officer to be associated with
  State Nodal Agency
• 1 District Project Officer in each programme
  districts
• Subject Specialists
• At the District/Block/village level, District
  authorities with the help of other stakeholders
  would carry out the activities.

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STRATEGIES FOR URBAN EARTHQUAKE VULNERABILITY
REDUCTION

• Awareness generation
• Development of Earthquake preparedness plans
  (Ward, Sectoral, etc)
• Development of a techno-legal framework
• Training and Capacity building

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INDIA DISASTER MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE PORTAL

• A common platform for disaster management
  practitioners to share experiences and tools to
  solve problems (stakeholders - government,
  research/ academic institutions, non-government
  organizations, private sector, etc)
• Create, learn, organize, share and reuse
  knowledge pertaining to preparedness, response
  and mitigation planning.
• Immediate access to documented and published
  information

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DRM RESULTS AREAS
District Level
State level
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DRM RESULTS AREAS
Block level
Gram Panchayat Level
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DRM RESULTS AREAS
Village level
Note Progress indicators ending 30th November
2005 indicate less achievement at GP, Village and
ULB level
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PARTNERSHIP

• Multi Donor Resource Framework
• Partners
• UNDP (core resources)
• Australian Agency for Intl Development (AusAid)
• Department for Intl Development (DFID)
• European Union
• European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office
  (ECHO)
• Govt. of Japan through UN Trust Fund
• United States Agency for Intl Development (USAID)

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PARTNERSHIP

• Corporate Sector
• Strengthening Public-Private-Partnership on DM
  in line with India Development Partnership Forum
• MHA-Industry Association-UNDP joint work plan
  evolved
• awareness generation
• on-site and off-site DM Plans linked to
  District DM Plans
• nation-wide sensitization programmes
• resource inventory of industries builders on
  India Disaster Resource Network (IDRN)
• training of industrial Builder personnel
  (disaster preparedness, response and mock-drills)

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PARTNERSHIP

• Technical Institutes/Agencies
• Incorporation of building codes in the building
  byelaws
• Formulation of model building bye-laws and
  development control regulations
• Communication network enhancement and hosting of
  IDRN
• Training of masons, architects and engineers
• Inclusion of EQ Engineering for UG Engg. and
  architect Courses
• Curriculum for emergency health management in
  MBBS
• Training module for in-service Health Managers in
  Emergency Health Management

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PARTNERSHIP

• Education Boards/Councils/Departments
• Disaster management introduced in Council of
  Board of School Education (CBSE) school
  curriculum for Std VIII 2003, IX 2004, X
  2005, XI 2006
• 2000 Teachers trained for teaching the new
  curriculum
• Orientation programme for 1000 principals held-
  more in pipeline
• Facilitating inclusion of disaster management in
  public education in all 39 School Boards in India
  
• Preparation of school safety plans in
  schools-more than 1200 schools already prepared
  non structural plans

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PARTNERSHIP

• UN Volunteers
• Largest DRM Programme of UNDP engaging maximum
  National UN Volunteers
• Promoting volunteerism at the community levels
  sector specific task forces (early warning,
  search rescue, first-aid, relief coordination,
  evacuation, water sanitation, damage
  assessment, shelter)
• Act as resource persons to support Government
  functionaries at various levels to facilitate
  programme implementation
• Sectoral experts for specific inputs

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Road Ahead

• Expansion of the DRM
• Tamil Nadu (7 more districts) JK (include
  districts)
• Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Himachal
  Pradesh
• Evaluation of the Programme
• Knowledge management- UN system Community of
  Practice
• Promote South-South Cooperation