P4_ Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Mainstreaming (2).pptx

Disaster Risk Management Mainstreaming

1. Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission Multi-Hazard Multi-Sectoral Impact-based Early Warning Early Action System (MH-MS-IB-EW-EAS) Training March 2025 Dambal View Adama

2. Overview of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Mainstreaming in Ethiopia

3. Outline Definitions and Concepts of Mainstreaming DRM Mainstreaming in Ethiopia Outcome

4. 1. Definitions and Concepts of Mainstreaming To mainstream (v): “To bring something into the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional; to bring into the dominant trend in opinion”

5. What do we mean by ‘Mainstreaming’? Integration? Institutionalization? Mainstreaming is a ‘process’… to make it a ‘normal process’ Not an one-off exercise… but rather continuous from short to long term It is not an end in itself… rather a strategic approach

6. Defining DRM Mainstreaming DRM mainstreaming means, “ To consider and address risks emanating from natural and anthropogenic hazards in medium-term strategic development frameworks, legislation and institutional structures, sectoral strategies and policies, budgetary processes, the design and implementation of individual projects and monitoring and evaluating all of the above” (Benson, 2009; Benson and Twigg, 2007, p 5).

7. Mainstreaming of DRM can also be defined as any actions, processes and practices that take into consideration and integrate risk factors and the possible effects of disasters, and that identify and promote DRM as a key social, economic, environmental, and developmental agenda priority. Mainstreaming of DRM includes both risk assessment and risk treatment elements. Cont.……

8. 2. DRM Mainstreaming in Ethiopia Mainstreaming DRM into sectoral institutions is one of the key policy directions and strategies of the Ethiopia’s DRM Policy and Strategy. DRM is a cross cutting issue and the responsibility of multiple sectoral institutions and thus concerned bodies must implement it by integrating it into their regular development activities.

9. DRM-SPIF identifies sectoral risk assessment as the key to successful DRM mainstreaming into key sectors/sub-sectors such as Agriculture & Natural Resources, Livestock and Fisheries, Water supply, Irrigation & Electricity, Health and Nutrition, Education and Training, Environment, Forestry and Climate Change, Pastoral Development, Urban Development and Housing Transport Cont.……

10. DRM mainstreaming programme (Source: SPIF) Objectives: To ensure key DRM elements are integrated across all sectors and development activities Interventions: Assess key sector areas of the country . Sectoral assessments of successful DRM mainstreaming in public construction, urban land use planning, water management and irrigation, including an analysis of climate change, where relevant. Produce and implement operational guidance on DRM mainstreaming. Integration of DRM into the development policies legislation or mandatory guidance Cont.……

11. Integration of DRM in school curriculum Networking and influencing development organizations/institutions . This includes the dissemination of operational guidance document/s to all relevant development actors, ensuring relevant task forces conduct trainings for members on the operational guidance documents, and ensuring that risk analysis and implementation of the operational guidance document is established as criteria for all new funded projects Cont.……

12. Government staff at all levels aware of the need to consider disaster risk in policy, strategy, programs, and plans Communities in disaster prone areas aware of the need to reduce disaster risk and their responsibility to creating disaster resilient communities Guidance and legislation on DRR implemented in key sectors DRM is integrated in the school curricula at elementary, secondary, tertiary levels 3. Outcomes

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