Transcript National Disaster Management Commission (NDMC)

National Disaster Management
Commission (NDMC)
Composition, Objectives, & the Process of Making
Tariq Bhatti
National Disaster Management
Commission (NDMC)
• The commission has been set up through an
ordinance on December 20, 2006
• It is a national level body to ensure DRR at policy,
planning and implementation stages across the
country.
Disaster Management In Pakistan
Before the Establishment of NDMC
• In Pakistan there are various federal and provincial
bodies to respond to any emergency or disaster. They
were largely designed to do some relief work in the wake
of various natural disasters, floods being the most
recurrent of them.
• In 2003 UNDP Pakistan proposed the establishment of
National Disaster Management Agency and presented a
draft framework to the government. But that could not
see light of the day because of various reasons.
National Disaster Management
Framework (NDMF)
• After the October 2005 earthquake the creation
of a national level body to mange all kinds of
disasters came on the agenda of the
government again because of many internal and
external factors.
• UNDP again took the lead and facilitated the
government in formulating the framework for the
proposed authority.
Composition of the NDMC
D.G NDMA will be
the secretary to
the commission.
Prime Minister
Opposition Leader Senate
Opposition Leader N.A
Prime Minister AJK
Seven Federal Ministers
Chairman JCSC
Chief Ministers All Provinces
Governor NWFP For FATA
Civil Society Rep
Chief Executive Northern Area’s
Composition of the PDMC
D.G PDMC will be
the secretary to
the commission.
Chief Minister
Opposition Leader
A nominee
of the opposition leader
Other members to be appointed by C.M
Structure of the NDMC at
Provincial Level
• Other members to be appointed by C.M may
include stakeholders from provincial ministries
and departments, civil defence, police, fire
services, university faculty, research institutions,
civil society organizations, representatives from
commerce, industry and insurance sectors, and
other technical experts in the province.
District Disaster Management
Authority ( DDMA)
• District or Municipal Disaster Management
Authority will be established by the
Provincial government in hazard prone
areas on a priority basis, based upon
historical analysis of disaster trends and
patterns.
Composition of the District Disaster
Management Authority (DDMA)
District Nazim
DCO
DPO
EDO Health
Civil Society Representative
Other EDO’s may be appointed by Nazim
Process of the making of NDMC
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Government did consultations before finalizing
the framework for NDMC.
Following stake holders were consulted ,
though hurriedly
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Federal Ministries,
Donors
Few selected NGO’s
Provincial Governments
Some of the recommendations were
incorporated into the final document.
RDPI’s Input in the Process
• Critical Review of the draft framework of NDMC
• Feedback on the draft framework
• Participation in the consultation organized by the
Oxfam GB Pakistan and presided by DG NDMA
• Follow up on the consultation recommendations
• Incorporation and acknowledgement of the
feedback
Meetings with Actionaid Pakistan
• Meetings with Actionaid on Public
Consultation
• RDPI proposed public consultations on
Draft NDMC Framework at:
1) Provincial level
2) Community level
3) With affectees of the earthquake
Public Consultation on NDMC at
Lahore
• RDPI in collaboration with SPO organized a
public consultation at Lahore.
• DG Relief Punjab participated in the
consultation.
• Community representatives, lawyers, CSOs,
Media, Professors, students and human rights
activists participated in the consultation.
• Report of that consultation has been shared with
other local partners and the same has been
sent to NDMA for posting on their official
website.
RDPI In Electronic Media
• Resource person from RDPI participated in a
radio program that discussed the process of
establishment of NDMC.
• RDPI arranged a one hour live discussion on
radio on the roles and responsibilities of NDMC
from the civil society perspective.
RDPI’s advocacy input got
acknowledgement at policy level
• In the meeting with DG NDMA, organized by the Oxfam,
our input was officially acknowledged and responded to.
• RDPI’s specific comment on the mission statement was
accepted by the DG and the suggested change was
incorporated.
• The legal document that is NDMF framework also
records RDPI as an organization having significant work
in the area of disaster management.
• The official minutes of the meetings posted on the NDMA
website also mentions RDPI comment.
“Start by doing what is necessary,
then do what is possible, and
suddenly you are doing the
impossible."
(St. Francis of Assisi)
Thanks for your patience
The End