Disaster Risk ReductionIssues for Capacity Building,

Institutions and Policies

Dr. Anil K GuptaHead, Division of Policy Planning and Environment

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT(Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India)

New Delhi

DRR – Capacity Needs False sense of security? (structural mitigation) Looking to external rescue & relief? – poor self-

reliance Un-even understanding of their (citizen/ families/

farmers) own risk of flooding and impacts Climate change (an escape route? Or saving clause) Un-even level of (properly) planned development /

disaster management organization and preparedness at local level

Lack of skills for (i) understanding hazard risks, (ii) assessing vulnerabilities, (iii) developing plans and (iv) skills of preparedness.

Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management

Training Course on Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable and Resilient DevelopmentPEDRR

DM Paradigm Shifts

• Response Centric • Relief Centric

Mitigation centricPreparedness centricDisaster Centric

Hazard CentricVulnerability CentricEnvironment Centric

Adaptation

1st

Paradigm shift

2nd

Paradigm shift

Approaches Previously …….Response & Relief Centric

Capacity DevelopmentKey challenges: Auditing the efforts and outcomes (of training &

capacity building) Auditing of mitigation (Mitigation Analysis) – finding

DRR value/impact of developmental programmes /schemes – (Bundelkhand experience)

Clear objectives and enabling parameters? Local level capacity – Need to move from

externality Orientation of Parliamentarians/elective members

on recent advances on DRR & CCA

Certain experiences Village level DMPs (AdaptCAP-NIDM-GIZ) Family DM Plans (Sikkim) Gorakhpur (Shared learning with District Deptts.) –

Climate resilient DDMP Capacity Building of DDMA & LDMAs (U.P.

experience – initiative)District/Local DRR Expert (permanent staff)

24 hourly operational DEOCs

Capacity development package for districts/local authorities

Various Committees at district level – integration among them and mainstreaming CCA-DRR (initiative)

IssuesImportant aspects for flood risk mitigation: Knowledge of knowledge (who should know, what should

be known, how?) Resilient housing – location, design/material Livelihood – including crops/cropping, fisheries, livestock,

etc Water/sanitation/disease prevention (environmental-health)

Documentation of best practices: Success stories Failures Traditional & local knowledge Innovations/technological interventions

Planning and Decisions

Uttarakhand experience Power Vs. Irrigation Vs. Livelihoods Vs.

Flood control – Risk transfer? (Kosi Basin) Decisions and Planning (fine tuning / value

addition for DRR)Top level (like EIA, financial allocations, Risk

analysis, other Plans, etc.)Local level (like LUPs, allocating lands, site

clearance, etc.)

ECO DRR UN-PEDRR (Partneship for Environment and

DRR) has been collaborating with NIDM since 2010 (through UNEP Geneva)

NIDM participated in the PEDRR-organized International Workshop on Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction in Bonn, Germany in September 2010,

collaborated in delivering the first pilot PEDRR Training Course in Sri Lanka in May2011.

Following these initiatives, NIDM and PEDRR organized national / regional training in India.

Interdiciplinary Coordination

National HR Plan for DRM2012

Institutional mapping for education, training and research in DM

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MHA MHRD

NDMA

NIDM

NCDC

NDRFA

Planning Commission

MoEF

DoPT

IIPA LBSNAA AICTE

UGC

IITs / IISc

IIMs IISERs

NCERT

ICSSR

IEG

MoST

DBT

TIFAC

CSIR

EPTRI

IGNFA

ICFRE

DMI-B GBPI HED

MoES

DST NIOT

ICAR

ICME

GSI

IARI

PSSIVE

IIRS

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NIRD

State level institutional framework for DMRR HR and capacity development

District level institutional network for DM related capacity development

DM & RR Committee

NGO

NGC

Paryavaran

Vahini

Univ./ College

KVK

Industry Association

ULB

DRDA

DDMA

District DRMO

Education School education Basic college education Higher education (educational training) Non-formal education

Higher Education: Optional Course on DM at UG level (in all streams) DM Specialization/elective at PG level in (1) environmental

studies, and (2) social work (not MA/MSc in DM) Safety/reliability engineering as elective course in Engineering Emergency Medicine and Preventive-health in Medical

Institutions DRR law and policy – as elective/specialization in Law courses

CSR and Issues for Corporate Sector

CSR – CCA and DRR Integrating Industrial/Chemical DM – with

District DM Plan○ Off-site EP Plan and DDMP○ Integrating CCA-DRR-Env. Management-Urban

Industrial Management = sustainability

Opportunities : Networking NSC, ASSOCHAM, NIDM, NDMA and

IIMs…

anil.nidm@nic.in

envirosafe2007@gmail.com

THANK YOU