Ministry Of Disaster Management & Relief
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Human Resource Development and Training in DRR :Bangladesh Perspectives
By

Mohammad Manirul Islam
Senior Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Disaster Management & Relief
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh&ADRC Visiting Researcher FY2013B

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Government of the People’s Republic of BangladeshCountry: Bangladesh•Total population : 165 million•Total Geographic Area : 147,570 sqkm
•Population density in coastal areas :1000/sqkm•Flood plains: 80% of total areas•Located at fragile deltaic flood-plain•More than 300 rivers (57 Trans boundaryrivers)•High-risk country to recurrent naturaldisasters
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Disasters in Bangladesh Flood Tropical Cyclone
 Storm Surge Tornado
 River Bank Erosion
 Drought
 Earthquake Arsenic
 Fire LandslideYear19701988
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1997
1998
2004
2007
2007
2007
2009
2012
2012

Disaster
CycloneFlood
CycloneCycloneTornadoCyclone
Flood
Flood
Flood
Landslide
Cyclone(SIDR)
Cyclone (‘alia)
Landslide
Cyclone (Mahasen)

Death
300,000
2,373
5,704
138,868
545
550
918
747
1,071
129
3,406
190
119
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Key Factors of Vulnerability
Global Warming and Climate Change
Geographical location
Dominance of floodplains
Low elevation from the seaHigh population density
High level of poverty
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Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

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Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

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Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

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Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

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GoB Vision on Disaster Management

DM Paradigm Shift

To reduce the vulnerability of people, especiallythe poor, to the effects of natural, environmental
and human induced hazards to a manageable andacceptable humanitarian level.
Mission of The MoDMR
To bring a paradigm shift in disaster managementfrom conventional response and relief to a morecomprehensive risk reduction culture and topromote food security as an important factor inensuring the resilience of the community tohazards.

Response andRelief Centric

Mitigation,
Preparedness
and DMCentricHazard,VulnerabilityandEnvironment
Centric

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Human Resource Development: DM Context• Organizational/ Institutional
Development• Education & Research• Training• Public AwarenessTraining

Organizational
Development

HumanResource
Development

Research &Education

PublicAwareness

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DRR Institutions for HRD & Training•••••••••••••

Department of Disaster Management (DDM)
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP)
Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP)
Bangladesh Metrological Department (BMD)
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)
Armed Forces Division (AFD)
Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC)
Institute of Water Modelling (IWM)
Department of Environment (DOE)
Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD)
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services(CEGIS)

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Organizational/Institutional Development• Strengthening MoDMR and other 12 core ministries by CDMP
• Updating legal and Institutional framework, i.e. DM Act, NPDM, SOD etc.
• Strengthening of local disaster response mechanism – by Organizational
Development of Institutions like DDM• Capacity enhancing project for CPP• Strengthening of local government Institutions for DM• Identification of an DRR Institutes/ Organizations which will provide aplatform for maintaining the data base of vulnerability in their sector ofwork and also a co-ordination platform• Tapping on the resources under Corporate Social Responsibility• Tapping on the potential of religious Organizations and sensitizing theirHeads

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CDMP
CDMP supports to implementation of :
 Capacity building in Education, research, training activities and disasterdrills;
 Partnership development among the DRR stakeholders; Community development through public awareness and participation;
 Development of Urban Community Volunteerism- Trained 18000 urban
Volunteer.

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CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMME (CPP)
CPP covers the areas of 13
districts with 49215 unpaid
volunteers and maintaining ahigh level of efficiency.
Basic Training on
disaster management
First aid Training
Search & Rescue Training
Leadership Training
Warning and Signal
Dissemination
Sheltering.

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Education and Research• Inclusion of DRR into the curriculum in primary and secondary schools
since 2004.
• 39 text books and 10 new supplementary books for teaching to enhancechildren’s understanding of disaster preparedness.
• Teaching disaster preparedness by rhymes and stories.
• Graduate disaster management programme since 2009
• In the Education Policy, 2010, Disaster preparedness is cited as a core area.
• In 2012, 1,500 master’s degrees in disaster management were awarded.
• Earthquake drills at 70,000 primary and secondary schools twice a year.
• Providing more than 1,500 copies of DRR and CCA reference textbooks.
• Informal Education by NGO• Grants for DRR centric Research initiatives• Policy for accreditation of all disaster management/DRR related technicalcourses being organized at DDM, CDMP, CPP & outside.

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Earthquake Drills

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Training• Training for the members of Disaster Management Committees at nationaland local levels• Arrange training Govt. officials along with NGO officials, publicrepresentatives, local leaders, teachers and religious leaders.
• Compulsory to keep 02 hours sessions on disaster management in thetraining curriculum of all types of Training Institutes.
• Mainstreaming DRR training into other sectors (prioritised sectors Health,Revenue, Rural Development, Education, PRI/ Local Bodies• 6,000 students received DRR training.
• Rolling out trainings for civil defense, CPP volunteers and Urban volunteers• Exposure Visits –National/ International• Centre of Excellence for each sector• Quality & Accreditation of DM trainings (short term) being imparted.

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Trainings Activities•••••••••••••••National level workshop
Divisional level workshop
District level workshop
Thana level workshop/orientation course
Course for DCs, ADCs and DRROs
Union level orientation course/workshop
Orientation course for UP Chairman
TOT course
Workshop for Representatives of Mass MediaTeam Building Workshop
Seminar on Earthquake
Training course for Union Parisad Secretaries
Orientation course for Fishermen Community
Orientation on early dissemination of signal
Workshop for TNOs, PIOs & others
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Public Awareness
Carrying out the media campaign/interventions
ToT module for journalist’s for disaster reporting
Design and launch the National Mass Media Campaign
Promoting research on use of electronic media for mainstreaming DRR
Functionality of an operational desk in all nodal departments at all levels
for authentic flow of information from Government to Media• Strategy to standardize IEC multi-media material’s at all levels national,
state and district• Focus on Social networking sites• Sound and Drama relevant to disaster.
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Public Awareness Activities
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Awareness through volunteers’ Contact
Cyclone and Earthquake drills and demonstrations
Film/video shows
Publicity campaign
Posters/leaflets/booklets
Folk song on cyclonic storm
Public & volunteers Rally
Training / Seminar/Workshop for Volunteers, Government, NonGovernment officials / Community Peoples

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Public Awareness Posters/Leaflets

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Community Risk Assessment (CRA) Process

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Government of the People’s Republic of BangladeshInternational Partners & NGO efforts to Develop HRD• UNDP• JICA• ADRC
• ADPC• AusAID• UK Aid• DFID• WFP• RED CROSS• Red Cresent• ProshiKa• Action AID• CARE• Karitas• NARRI
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Human Resource Mobilization System
MoDMR
Department Of
DisasterManagement

DC Offices

UNO Offices andUnion Parishad
FIELD
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What Made the Difference Improvement of disaster risk reduction
measures including early warning systemthrough CBS & IVR and E-learning Training on active leadership role in the fieldlevel Disaster Management Committees
 Building Community awareness to use theCyclone and Flood shelters
 Training for 18000 Urban Volunteers.
 Training for Cyclone Preparedness
Programme (CPP) 49,000 volunteers.
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Bangladesh: The Good Practices• Celebration of IDDR in the all levels• Professionalizing the DM system – inclusion of disaster education
curriculum at primary, secondary and tertiary levels• Budget for Training in development project• Institutional and Community based campaign, drills & training• Community based mapping and contingency planning• Information sharing through DMIC network from central tocommunity level• Unpaid volunteerism both in urban and rural communities• Mass media campaign and advertising• NGO participation to arrange seminar, workshop and symposiums.

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Human Development Challenges
Dissemination of Early warning and forecasting
Earthquake preparedness and and post-Earthquake response.
Expansion of disaster management information network
Strengthening linkage with regional and internationalorganizations involved in DRR in line with HFA.
• Technological up-gradation to development process••••

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Thank You

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