Kingdom of Cambodia

National Committee for Disaster Management

DM & DRR Capacity Buildingin Cambodia
By Leng Heng An
ADRC Visiting Researcher & Assistant to Secretary General
National Committee for Disaster Management,
Royal Government of Cambodia
Tokyo, JapanMarch 2014

Geography & Climate
Bordered with:Thailand o the west;
Lao PDR to the north;
Viet Nam to the east& Gulf of Thailand to the south
Lat: 10°- 15°N; Long: 102° - 108°E

Topography:
deep and plain at the middle,
surrounded by mountain and plateaus &in the southwest lies the coastal area.
Climate: dominated by monsoon; tropical humid climate;
2 seasons: rainy season from May to October & dry season from November to AprilMekong River: world’s 10th longest river; total length: 4,500 km; drainage area:
795,000 sq km; ave. annual runoff: 475,000 mil cubic m; 500 km of Mekong Riverbisects Cambodia; about 80% of Cambodia’s land is in lower Mekong basinTonle Sap: 100 km long Tonle Sap channel connected to Mekong River,
Water surface: 3.000 Sq Km to 10.000 sq Km, depending on the seasons4General Information
Country Name : Kingdom of Cambodia
Constitutional Monarchy & Parliamentary Representative Democracy
Population : 15 Million (UN, 2010)Urban : 19.5% Rural : 80.5%
Capital: Phnom Penh

Area: 181,035 Sq Km

Administrative Division: Provincial Level:24 provinces & 1 capital city;
District Level: 159 districts, 8 Khans & 26 cities, and 1621 communes
Major Language: Khmer

Major Religion: Buddhism:Currency Cambodian Riel ( ៛ )Economy: Agriculture, Tourism & Services, Textile & Construction

Disasters in Cambodia• Flood• Drought• TropicalStorm/Typhoon• Epidemic/Pandemic• Fire• Lightening• Others

April 4, 20146

Flood Situation in Leav Em district, Kandal province in October 2011

Flood Situation in Kang Meas District, Kampong Cham Province in October 2011

National Committee for Disaster Management

National Committee for Disaster Management

National Committee for Disaster Management

Source: NCDM

Source: NCDM

Source: NCDM

Following the adoption of Hyogo Framework of Action, Cambodia developed
the National Action Plan and Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction 2008-2013
to deepen its efforts to reduce disaster risks. The following diagram presents
the country’s disaster management policy development:

Source: NCDM

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM)
President.

1st Vice President
2st Vice PresidentInterior Ministry

Vice President

National Defense Min

Members
22 Ministries, Cambodian
Armed Forces, and Civil
Aviation Authority andCambodian Red Cross

National Committee for Disaster Management

DM Structure from the national level to the sub-national levels

NCDM Secretariat General Organizational Chart
Secretariat General

Department of
Administration andFinance

Department ofInformation andRelations

Department ofEmergency Responseand Rehabilitation

Department of
Preparedness andTraining

Department of
Search and Rescue

Administration
BureauInformation andPrediction Bureau

Emergency Bureau

Training Bureau

Searching
Coordination Bureau

Accounting Bureau

InternationalRelations Bureau

Rehabilitation Bureau

Planning Bureau

Rescue Coordination
BureauLogistic Bureau

Newsletter andPublishing Bureau

Operation Bureau

Program Bureau

National Committee for Disaster Management

DPT Roles:•To prepare equipment, materials and supplies for emergency response•To formulate plans and programs for training human resources who servedisaster management functions at the national and sub-national levels•To select candidates to participate in training courses in and out of the country•To educate and disseminate Disaster Preparedness to local communities andaffected communities•To publish information, education and communication materials (IEC) related
to disaster preparedness and mitigation.

DPT in collaboration with International & local NGOs, funded byDIPECHO and other donors, has conducted training courses forstaff members of PCDM, DCDM, CCDM and VDMG in selected,
targeted areas on:- Disaster Management & Disaster Risk Reduction- Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)- Integration of DRR into Commune Development Plan &Commune Investment Program- PVA (Participatory Vulnerability Analysis)- HVCA (Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment)Training- First Aid- Mainstreaming DRR into school curriculumI/LNGOs in partnership with NCDM
ADPC, MRC, ActionAid, Caritas, LWF, CWF, Concern
Worldwide, Care International, World Vision, ZOA, CRC,Oxfam GB, Oxfam America, Oxfam Australia, DCA,
Save the Earth and other local NGOs etc... The partner
agencies are funded by funding agencies, including
ECHO, GTZ, World Bank, ADB, AusAID, USAID, OFDAand others.

Trainings and Skills needed- Advanced Disaster Management Studies and Research on-Disasters
Policy formation and coordination capacity and disastermanagement and information system for key DM officials
Emergency Response
Urban Disaster Preparedness PlanningComprehensive Risk Assessment
Early Warnings
Remote Sensing and GIS
Climate Change
Disaster Management Concepts for media persons

Challenges- Insufficient institutional capacity at national and subnational levels- At sub-national levels, DRR is still an add-on
responsibility of the provincial and district officials.

- The NCDM is still partly integrated into thegovernment’s national administrative and budgetary
structure: There is no regular budget allocation for
the implementation of training and preparednessactivities.

Opportunities
After the enactment of the National Disaster Management
Law,- dedicated budget will be allocated to the NCDM Secretariat(Preparedness and Training Department) to play its active andactual role in designing, planning and providing DM/DRR
trainings to the DM sub-national levels.
- dedicated budget to the DM sub-national levels will beallocated to play their active and actual roles, especially inbuilding capacity of DM grass-root levels.

Opportunities
NCDM may seek technical and financial support
from key donors such as DIPECHO, ADB & WorldBank to set up disaster management training
centers and academic & research institutions fordisaster reduction.

Opportunities
DM officials may receive DM trainings
overseasthroughinter-government

bilateral

cooperation

andandinternational

cooperation assistance/scholarships.

THANK YOU for
your attention!