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The NDMC has been constituted with the objective to promote an integrated and co-ordinated system of disaster management, with a special emphasis on prevention and mitigation, by national, provincial and municipal organs of state, statuary functionaries, other role players and communities.
- To prevent, reduce and analyse impacts of disasters
- To reduce community and property vulerabilities to hazards/disasters
- To improve disaster preparedness and response
-To promote a culture of risk avoidance among stakeholders by capacitating all role players through integrated process of education, training and public awareness supported by scientific research
- Disaster Management Act 2002
- National Disaster Management Framework 2005
- Volunteer regulations 2010
- Disaster management guidelines
- Integrated Development Planning guidelines for integrating
disaster management
-UNDRR
-Africa Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
-NEPAD
-SADC Disaster Management Steering Committee
-Disaster Management Act 2002
The National Disaster Management Centre's mandate is to be a continuous and intergrated multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary process of planning and implementation of measures aimed at:
(a) preventing or reducing the risk of disasters
(b) mitigating the severity or consequences of disasters
(c) emergency preparedness
(d) a rapid effective response to disasters
(e) post disaster recovery and rehabilitation
http://www.ndmc.gov.za
http://www.cogta.gov.za
http://www.undp.org
http://preventionweb.net
http://edu4drr.org/
http://weathersa.co.za
Disaster and risk management plans are developed for provinces, municipalities and sectors (public and private). The plans facilitate the integration of disaster and risk management plans within the programmes and projects of the affected disciplines. Disaster reduction and recovery issues are continually integrated into municipal integrated development plans (IDPs) in the country. This facilitates the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction and recovery within the delivery of services for the development of communities. Although the integration happens at municipal levels, it is informed by the sectoral plans developed for providing services at national level.
As mandated by the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002, Municipalities and Sectors have conducted Disaster Risk Assessments (DRA) for their functional areas. Disaster Management plans are in place to address the disaster risks identified by the DRA. DRAs are continually reviewed to counter the dynamic nature of disaster risks. A national indicative disaster risk profile for fires is generated seasonally. The NDMC is in the process of finalizing a national indicative risk profile for floods.
Early warning system for severe weather hazards is in place and warnings communicated accordingly.
The National/provincial/municipal disaster management centres, sector departments and government entities have set aside budgets for risk reduction measures through education, training, public awareness and research programmes.
The National/provincial/municipal disaster management centres, sector departments and government entities, NGOs and academic institutions continually embark on disaster risk reduction training, education advocacy and awareness programmes to educate communities and all stakeholders about the promotion of risk avoidance behaviours.
All disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation projects are monitored regularly to ensure their successful implementation. Project monitoring visits & evaluation meetings are held to take stock of progress with projects. This facilitates the build-back-better principle and the construction of specific hazard resilient infrastructure
The design of reconstruction and rehabilitation projects is approved by the affected municipalities and sectors to ensure that they meet technical and other related standards.
Disaster Management plans are in place to address the disaster risks identified by the DRA.
Sector departments also have various funding packages for disaster reduction, reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes.
Additional funds are occasionally sourced from the National coffers when the sector departments do not have enough to cover their costs of recovery programmes.
Through the NDMC, the centres also administer disaster relief funds following disaster incidents.
- Public awreness and Capacity building on DRR
- Conducting workshops to the public, schools, hospitals and parliamentarians
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is commemorated annually on the 13th October.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.