Country Presentation

Presented by:

The Delegation of Lao.PDR at the 10th ASEAN & Japan High

Level Official Meeting on Caring Society.

Major Disasters in Lao PDR Great Impacts on Sustainable Development

Fire (Forest and Urban) Flood

Drought Storm Earthquake

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2. Disaster Management Policy and System and policy in Lao PDR

Deputy Prime Minister

National Disaster Prevention and Control Committee (Prime Minister Decree No. 373/PM, 21 Oct. 2011)

Chair by Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Defense,

Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Ministry

First Vice Chair, Standing Committee

Minister of Public Work and Transport Ministry Third Vice Chair

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Second Vice Chair

Vice Minister, Ministry of Public Health

Member

Vice Minister, Ministry of Public Security

Member

Deputy Secretary General of Lao People Revolutionary

Youth Union, Member

Deputy Director of General Staff Department, Ministry of National Defense, Member

Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Planning and Investment

Member

Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Education and Sport

Member

Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affaires

Member

Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Finance Member

President of Lao Red Cross Member

Chief of Cabinet, Min. of Natural Resource and Environment

Member

Director General, Mass Media Department, Min. of Information, Culture and Tourism

Member

Role of the Ministry of Health

• Elaborate disaster plan

• Set up medical team for mass casualty, one team for pre-hospital activities and one team for hospital activities.

• Cary out epidemiological surveillance

• Water supply and sanitation

• Providing temporally settlement.

Strategy Guideline Revision of Urban Law Law

Mainstreaming DRR into the Sectors

MDRD Guideline for MPI

Development of Disaster Information System and Establishment of National Information System(EDIS)

• Disaster Information System (DesInventar) • Training of National, Provincial and District Officials on DesInventar • Collection of Nation-wide disaster data • Development of Incident Reporting

Crop damage in Ha by all disasters in Sayaboury Province

Note: Generated from DesInventar

using preliminary data

Impacts of Multi-hazards in Sayaboury Province

• Annual disaster preparedness and response plan – Roles and responsibility identified – Stockpiling and equipment

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response

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