WCDR Thematic WCDR Thematic PanelPanel

Governance: Institutional Governance: Institutional and Policy Frameworks for and Policy Frameworks for

Risk ReductionRisk ReductionAnnotated OutlineAnnotated Outline

UNDP – UNV – ProVention UNDP – UNV – ProVention Consortium – UN-HabitatConsortium – UN-Habitat

IntroductionIntroduction

Purpose of the discussion paperPurpose of the discussion paper Nature of the themeNature of the theme

Concepts of Governance and Risk Concepts of Governance and Risk ReductionReduction

Governance in the context of disaster Governance in the context of disaster risk managementrisk management

Governance theme in the WCDR Governance theme in the WCDR and linkages to other major and linkages to other major themesthemes

Yokohama Review Yokohama Review FindingsFindings

Political commitment & policy Political commitment & policy frameworksframeworks

Legal and regulatory frameworksLegal and regulatory frameworks Institutional frameworksInstitutional frameworks Multi-stakeholder participationMulti-stakeholder participation Capacities for disaster risk reductionCapacities for disaster risk reduction Resources for disaster risk reductionResources for disaster risk reduction

Effective practices, lessons learned, and new initiativesEffective practices, lessons learned, and new initiatives

Guidance for Future ActionGuidance for Future Action

Political commitment & policy Political commitment & policy frameworksframeworks Demonstrate importance of risk reduction for Demonstrate importance of risk reduction for

achieving the MDGsachieving the MDGs Demonstrate cost-effectiveness of risk Demonstrate cost-effectiveness of risk

reduction through cost-benefit & socio-reduction through cost-benefit & socio-economic impact analysiseconomic impact analysis

Incorporate disaster reduction into Incorporate disaster reduction into development and sector policies and plans development and sector policies and plans (mainstreaming) (mainstreaming)

Carry out risk assessments during Carry out risk assessments during development planningdevelopment planning

Recommendations, methods and approachesRecommendations, methods and approaches

Legal and regulatory frameworksLegal and regulatory frameworks Key for creating the enabling environmentKey for creating the enabling environment Designate responsibility for oversight and Designate responsibility for oversight and

implementation to senior ministerial implementation to senior ministerial authorityauthority

Address conflicting legislation and Address conflicting legislation and regulationsregulations

Strengthen links and collaboration Strengthen links and collaboration between legislators and implementing between legislators and implementing authoritiesauthorities

Institutional frameworksInstitutional frameworks Facilitate vertical & horizontal coordination and Facilitate vertical & horizontal coordination and

information exchange information exchange Comprise multi stakeholders, -sectors and –Comprise multi stakeholders, -sectors and –

disciplines disciplines Ensure awareness of roles & responsibilities and Ensure awareness of roles & responsibilities and

skills are in place to carry out assigned functionsskills are in place to carry out assigned functions Integrate disaster reduction into decentralized local Integrate disaster reduction into decentralized local

governance systems (comprising functions, decision-governance systems (comprising functions, decision-making power and budgetary allocations)making power and budgetary allocations)

Foster linkages and exchange between local, Foster linkages and exchange between local, intermediary, national, regional and international intermediary, national, regional and international levellevel

Multi-stakeholder participationMulti-stakeholder participation Empower community level organizations and Empower community level organizations and

civil society to participate in decision-making, civil society to participate in decision-making, policy setting, planning and implementationpolicy setting, planning and implementation

Improve access to information on disaster risk Improve access to information on disaster risk and risk reduction measuresand risk reduction measures

Encourage private sector participation in risk Encourage private sector participation in risk reduction and strengthen public-private sector reduction and strengthen public-private sector partnerships in policy dialoguepartnerships in policy dialogue

Strengthen strategic partnership and alliance Strengthen strategic partnership and alliance building across sectors and disciplines at all building across sectors and disciplines at all levels. levels.

Capacities for disaster risk reductionCapacities for disaster risk reduction Ensure long-term, on-going capacity building Ensure long-term, on-going capacity building

support which follows a process approach support which follows a process approach Address capacity building in a comprehensive Address capacity building in a comprehensive

manner, which comprises technical, planning manner, which comprises technical, planning and management skillsand management skills

Improve learning from experiences in disaster Improve learning from experiences in disaster reduction through broad-scale exchange of reduction through broad-scale exchange of good practices and lessons learnedgood practices and lessons learned

Integrate local/traditional and technological/ Integrate local/traditional and technological/ scientific knowledge for disaster reductionscientific knowledge for disaster reduction

Resources for disaster risk reduction Resources for disaster risk reduction Increase focus on disaster reduction as central Increase focus on disaster reduction as central

element of development funding and element of development funding and programmingprogramming

Allocate resources for disaster risk management Allocate resources for disaster risk management in all relevant sectors of the national as well as in all relevant sectors of the national as well as local administrative budgetslocal administrative budgets

Prioritize disaster risk reduction in the Prioritize disaster risk reduction in the development policies and processes of development policies and processes of international financial institutionsinternational financial institutions

Develop financial strategies for managing Develop financial strategies for managing disaster riskdisaster risk

ConclusionsConclusions

This section will emphasize those This section will emphasize those areas areas

which require more attention in the which require more attention in the futurefuture