National Conference on Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

• 26 Feb 2020

Why in News

Recently, the first ‘National Conference on Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (CDRR&R) – 2020’ was held in New Delhi.

• The one-day conference was organised by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM).

Key Takeaways

• Enhancement of human capacity in terms of a better understanding of coastal disaster risks and effective collaborative actions.
• Dissemination of information related to national and local strategies for coastal disaster risk reduction and resilience as well as to develop a network mode roadmap for addressing the gaps by engaging with the institutions, researchers and experts.
• Implementation of the Prime Minister’s 10-point agenda and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

The Prime Minister’s 10-point Agenda

• The Prime Minister had listed the agenda during his inaugural speech at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) 2016, held in New Delhi.
• It includes the following elements namely.
  
  • All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management.
  • Work towards risk coverage for all-starting from poor households to SMEs to multinational corporations to nation-states.
  • Encourage greater involvement and leadership of women in disaster risk management.
  • Invest in risk mapping globally. For mapping risks related to hazards like earthquakes, we have accepted standards and parameters.
  • Leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of our disaster risk management efforts.
  • Develop a network of universities to work on disaster issues.
  • Utilise the opportunities provided by social media and mobile technologies.
  • Build on local capacity and initiative.
  • Opportunity to learn from a disaster must not be wasted. After every disaster there are papers on lessons that are rarely applied.
  • Bring about greater cohesion in the international response to disasters.

Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction 2015-30

• It was adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held from March 14 to 18, 2015 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
• It aims to guide the multi-hazard management of disaster risk in development at all levels as well as within and across all sectors.
• It is the successor instrument to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters.

National Institute of Disaster Management

• The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) was constituted underDisaster Management Act 2005 with a vision to play the role of a premier institute for capacity development in India and the region.
• It has been assigned nodal responsibilities for human resource development, capacity building, training, research, documentation and policy advocacy in the field of disaster management.

Source: PIB