WCDR Thematic Panel

Governance: Institutional and Policy Frameworks for Risk Reduction

Annotated Outline

UNDP – UNV – ProVention Consortium – UN-Habitat

Introduction

 Purpose of the discussion paper  Nature of the theme  Concepts of Governance and Risk Reduction  Governance in the context of disaster risk management  Governance theme in the WCDR and linkages to other major themes

Yokohama Review Findings

Effective practices, lessons learned, and new initiatives

 Political commitment & policy frameworks  Legal and regulatory frameworks  Institutional frameworks  Multi-stakeholder participation  Capacities for disaster risk reduction  Resources for disaster risk reduction

Guidance for Future Action

Recommendations, methods and approaches

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Political commitment & policy frameworks

 Demonstrate importance of risk reduction for achieving the MDGs    Demonstrate cost-effectiveness of risk reduction through cost-benefit & socio-economic impact analysis Incorporate disaster reduction into development and sector policies and plans (mainstreaming) Carry out risk assessments during development planning

 Legal and regulatory frameworks  Key for creating the enabling environment  Designate responsibility for oversight and implementation to senior ministerial authority  Address conflicting legislation and regulations  Strengthen links and collaboration between legislators and implementing authorities

 Institutional frameworks      Facilitate vertical & horizontal coordination and information exchange Comprise multi stakeholders, -sectors and –disciplines Ensure awareness of roles & responsibilities and skills are in place to carry out assigned functions Integrate disaster reduction into decentralized local governance systems (comprising functions, decision-making power and budgetary allocations) Foster linkages and exchange between local, intermediary, national, regional and international level

 Multi-stakeholder participation     Empower community level organizations and civil society to participate in decision-making, policy setting, planning and implementation Improve access to information on disaster risk and risk reduction measures Encourage private sector participation in risk reduction and strengthen public-private sector partnerships in policy dialogue Strengthen strategic partnership and alliance building across sectors and disciplines at all levels.

 Capacities for disaster risk reduction     Ensure long-term, on-going capacity building support which follows a process approach Address capacity building in a comprehensive manner, which comprises technical, planning and management skills Improve learning from experiences in disaster reduction through broad-scale exchange of good practices and lessons learned Integrate local/traditional and technological/ scientific knowledge for disaster reduction

 Resources for disaster risk reduction     Increase focus on disaster reduction as central element of development funding and programming Allocate resources for disaster risk management in all relevant sectors of the national as well as local administrative budgets Prioritize disaster risk reduction in the development policies and processes of international financial institutions Develop financial strategies for managing disaster risk

Conclusions

This section will emphasize those areas which require more attention in the future