1. ndma - PRE EVENTS SECOND MEETING OF NPDRR
Dr Pavan Kumar Singh
Senior Research Officer (Policy Plan)
National Disaster Management Authority

2. KEY EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF NPDRR
To sensitize the participants about important initiatives at global and national level on DRR, including AMCDRR 2016, the Asia Regional Plan 2016 and Prime Minister’s 10 point agenda on disaster risk reduction.
To facilitate the states/UTs for conducting Multi-hazard Risk Vulnerability Assessment within specific timeframe.
To explore risk transfer and insurance mechanisms.
To explore possible projects/schemes for reducing risks of earthquakes, floods and landslides.
To measure and monitor the performance of India on different priority areas/ targets of SFDRR.

3. 7 PRE EVENTS - NPDRR
National Workshop on preparation of Heat wave Action Plan - risk reduction through sharing of best practices
Conference on Capacity Building on Disaster Management
Hospital Disaster Resilience
Round Table on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
National Workshop on “Sharing of Best Practices & Lessons Learnt under National School Safety Programme (NSSP)”
Two Day Workshop on National Disaster Management Plan
Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction & Heritage Sites (Natural and Cultural)

4. National Workshop on preparation of Heat
National Workshop on preparation of Heat wave Action Plan - risk reduction through sharing of best practices

5. In 2016 NDMA formulated and released “National Guideline on Preparation of Action Plan – Prevention and Management of Heat-Wave.”
In collaboration with Government of Telangana organized a two day National Workshop at Hyderabad on February, 2017.
Goal of the workshop was to guide States in operationalizing heat action plans.
Participants from 10 States and various technical agencies attended the Workshop.

6. Five Technical Sessions organized during the Workshop:
Heat Wave Action Plan and Risk Reduction,
Experience Sharing of Heat prone States and Implementations of Mitigation Measures,
Early Warning and Forecasting of Heat Wave,
Effective Governance Tools for Increased Resilience to Heat Wave and Monitoring, and
Review & Updation of Heat Action Plan.

8. Outcome of the Workshop:
An Expert Group Constituted to review/update the National Guidelines.
Print & Electronic Media Campaign – Target Group.
Activated the Social Media – DO’s and DON’TS.
10 TVC uploaded on Youtube.
Video Conference with 17 Heat Wave Prone States.

9. Conference on Capacity Building on Disaster Management

10. On 3rd March, 2017 a Conference to review Capacity Building of various stakeholders was held at NDMA Bhawan.
The Conference was conducted with particular reference to Armed Forces, CAPFs, SDRF, NYKS, NCC and CD.
In order to improve upon and optimize their current capacity to train for disaster response, the training activities at various CAPFs training institutions were reviewed.
NDMA’s scheme of Financial assistance of INR one lakh for each District to run Mock Exercise on IRS model with due participation of all the first responders was also discussed.

11. The focus points of the Conference were as under
Review of training conducted during
Content and duration of training of first responders
Budget implications for training first responders.
Strengthening of Disaster Management Wings of CAPFs Training Institutes.
Feedback on integration of Armed Forces and CAPF in DDMPs / SDMPs and Mock Drills (where locally available).
Integration of training and deployment of Civil Defence Volunteers with Fire Services as first responders.
As a outcome of the Conference, the scope of ongoing trainings during has been enlarged.

12. Hospital Disaster Resilience

13. In collaboration with the ADPC conducted a Hospital Disaster Resilience Meeting on 29th March 2017.
The meeting was organized contextualizing the need for hospital safety as a national priority.
Structurally safe and energy efficient green hospitals.
Need to strengthen hospitals - regular capacity building exercises.
Existing training programmes reviewed and analyzed. A road map suggested for standardization.
Senior officials from NDMA, WHO, MoHFW, NIHFW, Hospital Boards of India, ICRC, IMA, NABH, AIIMS and Safdarjung hospital, attended the meeting.

14. Future Agenda:
To Streamline the efforts being undertaken by various agencies – list of organizations to be compiled and standardization of existing training programme needs to be done.
Based on NDMA’s Guidelines on Hospital Safety, Hospital Safety Modules to be prepared.

15. Round Table on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

16. Participants included representatives from:
A Round Table on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure was held in New Delhi on 1st April 2017.
The event was organized in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP).
Participants included representatives from:
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction,
Asian Development Bank,
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank,
New Development Bank
World Bank,
Private sector infrastructure lenders,
Infrastructure developers,
Insurance companies, academics working on the subject and
Government of India (GoI).

17. Round Table discussed the following four areas for collaboration:
Assessing Disaster Risk: To assess disaster risk, systems that capture and update comprehensive data on infrastructure and disasters need to be established.
Standards of design and implementation; good risk management practices in infrastructure projects: Standards, codes and management practices have to keep pace with the state-of-the-art engineering technologies.
Financing new infrastructure and mechanisms for covering risks: Some risks, especially that emanates from low-frequency, high impact events, has to be covered through mechanisms that diversify this risk.
Mechanisms for supporting recovery in infrastructure sectors after disasters: Predictable and reliable public finance mechanisms that support infrastructure recovery need to be in place.

18. National Workshop on “Sharing of Best Practices & Lessons Learnt under National School Safety Programme (NSSP)

19. The ‘National School Safety Programme (NSSP) has been successfully implemented by NDMA.
National Stakeholder Workshop was convened on “Sharing of Best Practices and Lessons Learnt under NSSP” on 7th April 2017 at NDMA Bhawan, New Delhi.
The objective of the said workshop was to get
an updated status of project implementation,
gather insights into good practices, challenges and lessons learnt from the Project States for planning any up-scaling of school safety programme in future in the country.

21. Outcome of the Workshop:
Based on the inputs received from the various Project States, an inventory of the best practices on NSSP will be synthesized.
The States were requested to send School DM plans formulated for some of the schools.
The States were requested to share details of the process of Rapid Visual Screening(RVS) and Retrofitting undertaken for the designated schools.
            

22. Two Day Workshop on National Disaster Management Plan

23. Organized a Two Day Workshop on National Disaster Management Plan on 12-13 April 2017.
The objective of the workshop was to seek views and suggestions of all stakeholders on National Disaster Management Plan for improvization.
During the Workshop several States, Ministries/Departments of GoI, Central Agencies, Academic Institutions, Civil Society, Former Members and Members Advisory Committee, NDMA, provided valuable suggestions.
The Plan provides a framework for Disaster Management in the entire country.
Execution involves all levels of Government right up to Panchayat and Urban Local Body level as well as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), civil society and vulnerable communities.
Based on the deliberations of the Workshop and Suggestions received in writing, the NDMP is being reviewed and updated.

25. Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction & Heritage Sites (Natural and Cultural)

26. Vide extensive consultation, National Guidelines on Disaster Risk Management for Museums and Cultural Heritage Sites is under preparation.
To build upon these initiatives, the event was organised during 14-19th April, 2017 in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Wildlife Institute of India
The course was delivered to a small but focused group of participants from diverse backgrounds.
The Natural Heritage theme was described through case examples of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India, an introduction to the eco-systems approach towards disaster risk reduction, exploitation of natural resources etc.
Training was imparted through small exercises in groups.

28. Outcome of the Workshop:
Finalized National Disaster Management Guidelines on Museums.
To explore the possibility of institutionalizing this training course with the help of NIM and NIDM.

29. Thanks!