Mainstreaming DRR into Development Plan – Nepal Practice Som Lal Subedi (PhD) Secretary Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Nepal

Why mainstreaming DRR into Development Plans? All sectors (Health, WASH, education, infrastructures, agriculture, education, transport, social development, forest, etc) are affected by the disasters Risk Informed Planning is the best strategy to decide how to allocate the National Budget to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction into Annual Development Plans and periodic plan to minimize the adverse impacts of disasters in development

Outcomes from DRR mainstreaming Comprehensive plan 7 districts 51 VDCs and 1 Municipality 2,546,662 USD allocated

Process followed for DRR mainstreaming Awareness Structure/ Institutional framework Capacity Building Accountability Linked with Demand Side Strengthening WCF, CAC Planning

Process – Building Awareness Central Government Ministry of Home Affairs National Planning Commission Line Ministries Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development Multi-Stakeholders responsibility requires joint action plan Disaster Management is a joint responsibility of Government at all levels as concurrent list and shared responsibilities including private sector Multi level responsibility requires Top Down Encouragement, bottom up planning and awareness building at all levels. The Planning process is a joint responsibility of government stakeholders from Central Government to Ward level District Government District Administration Office District Development Committee Line Agencies Local Government Ward Citizen Forums Mucipalities/ VDCs

Process–Establishing the structures Central Government Central Natural Disaster Relief Committee Ministry of Home Affaires Ministry of Federal Affaires National Planning Commission Line Ministries Umbrella structures with dedicated responsibility is best when shared responsibility among different stakeholders District Government District Disaster Relief Committee/ District Disaster Management Committee District Administration Office District Development Office Line Agencies Local Government Ward Citizen Forums Municipalities/VDC Local Disaster Management Committee Municipalities

Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework Central Disaster Relief Committee District Disaster Relief Committee Local Disaster Fund (DDC, VDC, Municipality) as provisioned by Local Self-Governance Regulation (2000) Local Bodies, Resource Mobilisation & Management guidelines

Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework Local Self Governance Act 1999 Current 13th Plan (National Planning Commission) Minimum Condition and Performance Measuares Performance Contract between Ministry and Local Development Officer of District Development Committees /Executive Officer of Municipalities

Legal, Policy and Institutional Framework DRR related Indicators in MCPM DRR related Indicators in Performance Contract Between MoFALD and CEO Indicator No. Indicators Weightage 1o Implementation of Building Bye Laws and National Building Code 3 Indicator No. Indicators Weightage 5 Implementation of Building Code and Building Bye laws 2 6 Implementation of Retrofitting Program for existing unsafe Buildings

Process–Building the Capacity Central Government Ministry of Home Affaires Ministry of Federal Affaires National Planning Commission Line Ministries District Government District Administration Office District Development Office Line Agencies Local Government VDC Secretaries Ward Citizen Forums Central Natural Disaster Relief Committee District Disaster Relief Committee/ District Disaster Management Committee Local Disaster Management Committee Central Government National Master Trainers 75 Districts District Cascade Training/ Trickle Down Capacity Building on DRR planning, DRR Mainstreaming and community awareness Who will deliver these trainings? Integrate a Master Trainer Team in each dedicated structure How to deliver training to the all Government staff across the country? District Master Trainers 3276 VDCs and 191 Municipalities VDC Mun DRR planning and Mainstreaming

Process–Planning Central Government Local Government District Level Plans DRR Component Central Government Central Disaster Management Committee District Government/ Sectoral Planning Committee During regular planning process (14-steps), Planning officers consider DRR Plans Clear Directives prioritizing DRR during the Annual Planning Process District Disaster Relief Committee Local Government Local Level Plans DRR Component Local/ Community Disaster Management Committee

Process–Accountability Central Government Central Disaster Management Committee District Government District Government Each level monitors the level below and self Horizontal Sharing to promote demand District Disaster Relief Committee District Disaster Relief Committee Central to Direct Local?? Local Government Local Government Local Disaster Management Committee Local Disaster Management Committee

Enabling Environment Ministry of Federal Affair and Local Development District/ Local Disaster Risk Management Planning Guideline Involving the vulnerable/affected communities Building Code in Municipalities Enabled to integrate DRR into planning process at each level Bottom up planning process for annual plans

Enabling Environment National Planning Commission Line Ministries Mainstreaming DRR into their 5 years plans Line Ministries National Planning Commission MoFALD Localizing disaster risk reduction through local planning and preparedness

Conclusions Close Collaboration among Central and district government agencies : Umbrella Structure at each level DRR is part of development programme of sectors and local government DRR Planning and Annual Planning performed by same Government Stakeholders (VDC, DDC) Capacity building on DRR and Mainstreaming at each level Monitoring by each level above (VDC by District and District by Central) Central Level Reward for successful Mainstreaming (MCPM, performance contract) Clear roles and responsibilities will be needed under federal context

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