Mr. Phonethavy THAMMAVONGSO

Technical Staff of Disaster Prevention and Risk Reduction Division

Presented by:

Workshop on Strengthening Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems and Early Actions in Southeast Asia

18-20 February, Bangkok, Thailand

Ministry of Labour and Social WelfareSocial Welfare DepartmentSecretaries of National Disaster Prevention and Control Committee (NDPCC)

Disaster Risk Management in Lao PDR

Outline of the Presentation

•Country overview

•Hazard and Disaster in Lao PDR

•Disaster Event in 2019

•NDMO on Early Warning System

•Current Progress Disaster Management in Laos

•Conclusion

Country overview➢ Landlocked country

➢ Three geographical regions: Northern, Central and Southern

➢ Population of est 6,400,000 (2015)

➢ Area of 236,800 square Km; 70% mountainous areas 30% lowland (Population concentrated & economically active areas)

- Elevation of meteorological stations: 73->1000m msl.

➢ 80% of population depends on the subsistence farming

➢ MEKONG River Length:1.865 km ( flow through Laos southwards)

➢ There are 13 major tributaries

Hazards and Disaster in Lao PDR• Flood• Drought• Storm

• Earthquake

• Epidemic• UXO• Landslide

Drought

FloodUXO

Earthquake

Storm

Fire (Forest and Urban)

Flood Event 2019• 7 provinces were affected by floods

(Khammouane, Savannakhet, Champasak, Saravane, Sekong, Attapeu and LuangPrabang), 45 districts, 1,534 villages, 154,359 families, 767,771 people (53,415 women) affected, 1 missing, 19 dead.

• Evacuated to a safe village of 270 villages with 39,779 families (194,778 people),

• Initial damage cost around 1,458 billion Kip.

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EWS – Risk Communication by NDMO

Get information From DMHCompare with DISASTER MONITORING AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (DMRS)

Sending to Provincial Disaster Committee

Notice Letter SMS Calling

Sending to District Disaster Committee

Notice Letter SMS Calling

Sending to Village Disaster Committee

Notice Letter SMS Calling

Sending to People in the Village

SMS

Calling

Speaker

Coordinating with AHA Centre and AMS by Web EOC and SASOP

Contents:- Typhoon data.- Disaster reporting and.

requesting assistance.- Video Conference by using.

Skype.- Using SASOP Form.

Key DRR Plan for the next NSEDP {9th NSEDP}

Building capacity of National, Provincial, District and Village Disaster Management Centres in the area of preparedness and response and recovery,

Enhancing early warning systems to ensure link to communities and come up with the appropriate recommendation actions,

Mainstreaming DRR into development planning, Socio-economic development plan,

Enhancing social – community awareness and training –simulation exercise at all levels,

Using innovation technology into Disaster Management sector such as – Communication, Satellite imagery for the DRM Planning and emergency response plan.

Current Progress of DRM

in Lao PDR

Legal and policy framework

Risk assessment and Risk profile

Storm and Flood Hazard Maps and Risk Profiles- Attapeu

Strengthening the Early Warning System• National Strategy on Early Warning (EW)• Standard Operating Procedures on Flood Early Warning (SOP) • Community Based Flood Early Warning System (CBEWS)

National EW Strategy SOP on Flood EW

Staff gauge installed at the site along Sedon River

CBEWS

• Provincial DRM Action Plans (PDAPs)

Draft PDAP of Saravanh Draft PDAP of SekongDraft PDAP of Attapeu

Development of Flood Preparedness Programs

• Development and Implementation of Provincial and District Flood PreparednessPlans (FPP)

Xebangfai Nhommalath Xaybouly

Khammouane Province

Nongbok

Training on Flood Preparedness Programs Development

National Training of Trainers (ToT) Manual on FloodPreparedness and Emergency Management

Public Awareness and Education

Organizing activities in ASEAN Day on DM and International Day on DRR on

second week of October

▪ Meetings and marathon for health

▪ Printing T-shirt

▪ Fire drill exercise

▪ Banner sticking along the main road

▪ Advertising through media means (TV, Radio, Newspaper)

▪ Publish CD on disaster management

▪ Drawing competition in the school

Building Capacity Through Trainings

Training Courses:

❖ Basic Concept on Disaster Risk Management

❖ Community Based on Disaster Management

❖ Flood Preparedness Planning

❖ DRM Planning

❖ Training for Media, Police, Army, Teachers, etc..

❖ Search and Rescue Training

Community Involvement in Disaster Risk Management

DRR Planning Process

Identified disaster risk and draw community risk map

CBDRM Training

Involvement and Ownership in Disaster Mitigation Activities

Community Activites

developed by VDPC to reduce

disaster impact (e.g. small and

medium scale infrastructure-

water supply and irrigation

system and set up early warning

system and notice board for

exchange of information), and to

improve community livelihoods

(small and medium scale

infrastructure-irrigation system-,

micro finance system and

vocational trainings)

Conclusion

• Preparedness for emergency response and risk reduction activities are the priority and need to be strengthened

• Early warning and community resilience to disaster are a priority and need to be strengthened

• Continuing the enhancement of international coordination and cooperation in Disaster Risk Management

khop chai lai lai !!!

Thank you

Champa Flower