NDMA’s Contributions for South Asian Disaster

Knowledge Network (SADKN)

NDMA+SDMC Partnership1

• Pakistan’s Disaster Context

• Disaster Management System in Pakistan

• Contribution for SADKN

• Way forward for SADKN

Sequence

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Disaster Context

IndiaIran

Afghanistan

China

Disputed Territory

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GLOF

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Land Slides

FloodsEarthquake

Tsunami

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DroughtIndustrial Accidents & Oil Spills

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Avalanche

Disaster Management

System in Pakistan

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Earthquake - 2005 proved a wake up call

• HUMAN LOSS - 73,338

• INJURED - 1,28,309

• FAMILIES AFFECTED - 500,000

• HOUSES - 7,87,583

• EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES - 1,1456

• HEALTH INSTITUTES - 782

• ROADS - 1,1963 KMs

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§ Absence of hazard and risk assessment for informed planning

§ Absence of hazard resilient Infrastructure (particularly schools

and housing)

§ Development insensitive to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

§ Inadequacies of specialized search and rescue capacity (USAR)

§ Limited awareness and capacity among communities

§ Absence of information Management/Information Sharing

Therefore a comprehensive & proactive

Disaster Management System was established through an

Act of Parliament

We Realized

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Federal Level Provincial Level

PDMAs

NDRF

NDMC

DDMAs

NDMA

PDMCs

Stake Holders

NIDM

Corps ofVolunteers

Climate ChangeDivision

Disaster Management Structure

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NDMA is lead Implementation, coordination

and monitoring body for the whole spectrum

of disaster management at national level

§ Prevention

§ Mitigation

§ Preparedness

§ Response

§ Recovery and Rehabilitation

§ Reconstruction

Pre Disaster

Post Disaster

Source: NDM ACT 2010, Section 2c

NDMA’s Role

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• Implementation, coordination and monitoring of the

whole spectrum of disaster management

• Policy formulation, standard setting and knowledge

management

• Training/ capacity building

• Inter-provincial coordination for DM

• Inter-ministerial coordination for DM

• Liaison with international countries/agencies

• Facilitating and coordinating response

• Stockpiling of stores and supplies

NDMA’s Functions

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Coordination Mechanism

Line Ministries/Division

UN/ DonorsHumanitarian

Media

Implementation Partners (UN)

Local Representatives

GHQDMC (MO Dte)

JSHQ

AHQDMC (DCAS)

NHQERC (ACNS)

Command DMC

Corps DMC

Command ERC

BDMC

Div DMC

ERULine Deptts

DDMA

NDMA

PDMA/ FDMASDMA/GBDMA

NDMC

SAARC Disaster

Knowledge Network

(SADKN)

• NDMA entered in to agreement with SDMC on 28th

April 2012

• Overall Objectives of SADKN:

– “To develop a world class Disaster Management network for SAARC countries, to provide a common platform for information sharing and develop acknowledge base to reduce the disaster risk and minimize the impact of disasters in South Asia.”

• Specific objective of Agreement was to open Pakistan Chapter on SADKN Portal

Collaboration with SDMC on SADKN

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Pakistan joined SADKN to meet following key objectives:

•Knowledge sharing and analysis with the participation of relevant regional and sub-regional organizations

•Strengthening policies and informed decision-making on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

•Promoting comprehensive disaster preparedness planning by learning from best practices across SAARC region

•Promoting regional cooperative mechanisms and regional resource-sharing arrangements, including on information, communications and space technologies, to improve disaster preparedness and response in the region

•Integrating disaster risk reduction into Regional , national, sub-national and sectoral development planning

•Promoting comprehensive preparedness planning to mitigate the impacts of disasters

•Promoting resource-sharing and resource mobilization arrangements in the region

Key Objectives

• Developed Country profile of Pakistan for SADKN Country Page

• Prepared Directory of departments/organization and institutions working in Disaster Management in Pakistan to complement Regional Directory for SAARC Nations

• Collected disaster related material in soft and hard copies to be uploaded to the SADKN Portal

• Attended a training on SADKN organized by SDMC for all SAARC Member countries in India in 2012

Contribution for SADKN

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• A training of Partners organizations to be organized in Pakistan on SADKN

• To work on the development of regional standards of Emergency Relief Management in South Asia

• A link to be placed on SADKN Portal of the Risk Assessment Shared Platform being developed in Pakistan

• SADKN model should be replicated to other regional cooperation fora such as ECO, OIC, ASEAN, etc to develop regional/global linkages

Way Forward for SADKN

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Thank You

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