Disaster Management Community

What is the Solution Exchange for the Disaster Management Community?

The Disaster Management Community is a group of professionals from a wide range of organizations and disciplines concerned with preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and rehabilitation issues with respect to disasters (natural and human induced).

Solution Exchange connects members of this Community and increases the effectiveness of their individual efforts, helping them share and apply each other’s knowledge and experience. Through Solution Exchange, colleagues can turn to their peers across India for solutions to the day-to-day challenges they face.

What are some of the issues covered by this Community?

·         Hazards: droughts, earthquakes, floods, fires, tsunamis, cyclones, landslides, avalanches, accidents (road, railroad, and air), extreme climate, dam failures, urban disasters, and nuclear, biological, chemical  and industrial disasters

·         Phases

o    Before: preparedness, mitigation, prevention, early warning, awareness, etc

o    During: emergency response, relief and rescue

o    After: response, rehabilitation/reconstruction and recovery

·         Techniques and Tools: damage and vulnerability assessment formats, disaster resistant construction techniques and designs, retrofitting techniques and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), etc.

·         Institutional and Policy Issues: governance in disaster management, role of coordination among various actors and mainstreaming disaster management into development work

·         Addressing the concerns of vulnerable groups

Who should become a member of the Disaster Management Community?

• Officials from Government or semi-government organizations dealing with various aspects of disaster management (preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and long-term sustainable rehabilitation)
• Field workers from Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organizations
• Local administrators from district and local panchayats and urban local bodies
• Representatives of multilateral and bilateral donor agencies supporting projects and programmes pertaining to disaster management
• Academics, researchers and other professionals involved in disaster management capacity-building, training and research
• Corporate and other private sector professionals in the disaster management-related fields, including risk management and the insurance sector

Who are the leaders of this Community?

The Community is guided by a “Resource Group” of individuals representing key organizations and agencies working on disaster management in India:

• Government of India and state governments
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
• The National Institute of Disaster Management
• State Institutes of Public Administration
• Donor agencies
• Engineering, architect and town planning institutes
• Disaster management experts
• UN agencies

The Community is facilitated by UNDP.  

For further information about the Disaster Management Community email se-drm@solutionexchange-un.net.in

or contact the Resource Team:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

55, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003 India

Solution Exchange is an initiative of the United Nations Agencies in India
www.solutionexchange-un.net.in

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