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Presentation Outline
1. Mongolia : general Information
2. Natural Hazards
3. Disaster Management System
4 Disaster management Strategy
4.
Strategy, Policy & Plan
5. Budget Size on National Level
6. Progress of the Implementation of Hyogo
Framework for Action (HFA)
7. Recent major projects
8. Organization name & contact information•2

1. General Information
Flag of Mongolia•Latitudes 41° and 52°N
•Longitudes 87°
87 and 120°E
120 E•31-1 Geographical Data
• Mongolia
Mli isi a landlockedl dl k d country
t ini Central
C t l Asia,
A istrategically located between China and Russia. The
terrain is one of mountains and rolling plateaus,
plateaus witha high degree of relief. Overall, the land slopes fromthe high Altay Mountains of the west and the northto plains and depressions in the east and the south.
The western Mongolia on the Chinese border is thehighest point (4,374 metres). The lowest is 518
metres,, an otherwise undistinguishedgspot
p in theeastern Mongolian plain. The country has anaverage elevation of 1,580 metres.
•41-2. Climate information
Mongolia is high, cold, and dry. It has an extreme
continental climate with long,g, cold winters and shortsummers, during which most precipitation falls. The country
averages 257 cloudless days a year, and it is usually at thecentre of a region of high atmospheric pressure.
Precipitation is highest in the north, which averages 200 to350 millimetres (7.9(7 9 to 13.8
13 8 in) per year,year and lowest in thesouth, which receives 100 to 200 millimeters (3.9 to 7.9 in).
Average temperatures over most of the country are
below freezing from November through March and areabout freezing in April and October. January and February
averages of −20 °C (−4 °F) are common, with winternights of −40 °C (−40 °F) occurring most years. Summer
extremestreachh as highhi h as 38 °C
C (100.4(100 4 °F)F) ini thethsouthern Gobi region and 33 °C (91.4 °F) in Ulaanbaatar.
•51-3. Democraphic
pinformation•6Mongolia
M
li
i
is
di id d into
dividedi t
22 major
jadministrative units comprising of 21 aimags
andd theth capital
it l city
it off Ulaanbaatar.
Ulb t
All aregoverned by 'Khurals', or elected bodies. Aimag
populations
l ti
range between
b t
12 500 and12,500
d 122,000
122 000
people. They also vary in size with the largest
covering
i as muchh as 165.4
165 4 square kilometres
kilt
offterritory. An aimag consists of up to 27 'soums',
i l diincluding
th aimagtheicentre.
tSSoumsi turnint
arecomprised of 'baghs'. In Mongolia there are 331
soums andd 1550 baghs.
b hAl
Also
th capital
theit lcity,Ulaanbaatar, is subdivided into 121 districts
calledll d 'khoroos'.
'kh'•7•Political system: Parliamentary
Republic.
•Legislature: Parliament, Ikh Hural,with 76 seats, elected for four years.
•Head of the State: President electedfor four years.
•Government: Prime Minister
appointed by Ikh Hural for four years.

•8•Major industries: Copper, livestock, cashmere, wool
Major trading partners: Russia,Russia China
China, South Korea
Korea, JapanJapan,USUS•Major••9Ulaanbaatar city

•The capital city is located along theRiver Tuul trimmed by Bogd Khan
Mountain in the south and surrounded by •It is the home for the quarter of the nation’s
three other mountain ranges.
population.
•102.
2 Natural hazards in Mongolia•

Drought and Dzud

• Heavy snow and extreme cold
• Forest and steppe Fire• Diseases•Flood•EarthquakeE thk•Desertification•11

A natural disaster is a natural
phenomenon or phenomena occurred covering
relatively
l ti l large
lt it i andterritories
d leadingl di tot human
hcasualties or substantial damages to property
and causing thereby serious obstacles tosmooth operation of the society. That whether
this or that phenomenon is a natural disaster or
not depends upon not only its intensity but
much more upon its socio-economic andecological consequences. In view of this, theissue of natural disaster shall be considered inassociation with the social economic situation
at the level of a given country
country’ss development,
development
thepeople’slife
styles,infrastructuredevelopment,
dee op e t, etcetc.
•12

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Hazards in Mongolia /2012/
Have been 4040 time hazards occurred,237
3 humanu a dead, 10000 humanu a injured.
ju ed13017 animals dead, 94482.6 million
tugrugs damage.
damageRelief measures worked 33179 human,
6371 transport.
transport
Rescued 685 human, 25726.5 million
ttugrugs
I relief
Inli f measures tot spentt 758.19758 19
million tugrugs.

1. Forest and steppe fire

AffectedYear

Numberof case

Aimag

Soum

Deadpeople

InjuredpeoplePerished
livestock

AblazeAblsquare
steppe andforest fire

2012

229

19103483135

5Damage/mln MNT/

84019.4•15

2 Natural and Climatic Hazardous Phenomena
2.

Year
2012

Affected
Aimag
Soum
1233

Deadpeople
1Perished
livestock7

Damage/mln MNT/
280.4

•16

3. Thunderstorms and flood

Year
2012

Affected

Numberof case

Aimag

5327

Soum

Deadpeople

Perished
livestock

Damage/mln MNT/

53

178432158.7•174 A
4.
Animali l iinfectious
f ti
didisease

AffectedYear

Numberof case

Aimag

2012

5625

Soum

Deadpeople

Perishedlivestock

Damage/mln MNT/37-332

6.02

•18

5. Explosives

Year2012

Detected
Dt t d
Aimag
Soum
611

DeadDdpeople
3

IInjured
jdpeople
7

DamageD/mln MNT/
4.8•192-1. Natural hazards likely to affect•••••

The global warming and climate changes are possibly
g negative
ginfluence:
to become the following
Decrease the rainfall and increase the air temperature
Summer rainfall types(cloudburst, gentle and continuous
rain etc.) changes slowly
g the summer season
The overheat will be occur during
land degradation, increase of water evaporation
Glaciersmelts could cause and increase the sudden floods
dangerMongolian most populated provinces that situatednearthe bigger river blanks and also the nomads that movefrequently around the 4 seasons, especially in fall ands mmer season on the mountsummermo nt gap,
gap dry
dr pebbles,
pebbles valley,alle
nearby river are causing and increasing in the flood risk. •20The natural hazard occurrence has been increasingin Mongolia. Natural hazards occurrence in Mongolia
duringg the last eleven yyears is shown on Figureg2•21• The Law on Disaster Protection was approved by theParliament of Mongolia on 20 June, 2003.
• Following the Law on Disaster Protection, Mongolian
Government

establishedtheNationalgyEmergency

Management Agency (NEMA) on 7 January, 2004.
Protection NEMA is• According to the Law on Disaster Protection,
responsible for implementation of the State disasterprotectionipolicyliandd legislation,l i l ias wellll as forftheh
professional organization of nation wide activities.
•22

•23

•OНЦГОЙ БАЙДЛЫН АЛБА

3-1.
1 Ad
Administrative
i i t ti systemt
The state administrative organization in chargeof disaster p
protection is the organizationg
responsiblepfor the implementation of the state disasterprotection policy and the legislation on disasterprotection and the organization of nation-wide
disaster protection activities and provision withprofessional management.
gThe disaster protection resources shall be
emergency
gymanagement
ginstitution,,
disasterprotection state services, entities and enterprises
and specialized units and volunteers (from the Lawon Disaster Protection).
Protection)•24•24

Structure of Emergency Management Service•The Government of Mongolia•Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia•The National Emergency Management Agency•Emergency Management
Department of thepCityyCapital•Emergency Management
Divisions of Districts•Emergency
Management
Departments
and Divisionsof Aimags•RescueSpecialUnit•StateReserveBranches•DisasterResearchInstitute•Sport Club
“Rescuer”•25

Emergency resources
National emergency management
agencygy• Totally 3299 emergency personnel (rescuers andfi fi ht ) nationwidefirefighters)
tiid working
kii a localinl lemergency management divisions or departments.
• OnO duty
d t Emergency
EM tMotor
D t whereDepothththeemergency trucks are dispatched and repaired.
• RescueR
S i l Unit
Special
U it (SAR team’st’ andd Firefighters)
Fi fi ht )• Firefighting stations in each area
• Additional resources possibly mobilized by theArmed force in accordance with the mutualagreements.
t•26

•Senior officcer
Charge of radio communicationand early warning system•Chief•Technicianof radio communication•Engineer of network andguidance system•Engineer charge of technicalpreparedness•Technician of network•Coordinatorof emergency mangement•Engineerof electronic equipment•Operator
charge of early warning system•Technicianof electronic equipment•27•Senior officcer of software

All 20 staff•28•RRescue Special Unit and S
Sub-Units•EMDeepartments and Divisions of Capital Citty
d provinces
and•Transpo
ortation Sectioon•P
Procurement and Service Division•State Reserve andRecovery Department•Financial and Eco
onomic Plann
ning Division•Chief•State Reserve Bra
anches of Cap
pital City andAimagsA•Warehouse Servicee and Technollogical ControolDivisionD•Fire FightingDDepartment
tt•Reseerve Division•Sport C
Club “Rescueer”•Deputy Chief•Disaster R
Research Insttitute•PPrevention an
nd Inspection Division•Fire Fig
ghting Divisioon•Disaster Management
DDepartmenttt•Emergency manag
gement and E
Early warning
gcenter•Trainning and Disa
aster Awarene
ess Division•Commmunication an
nd Information TechnologyyDivision
D•Administrative
DDepartment
tt•Coorrdination of Policy Impleme
entation andEmergency M
EManagement DDivision•Public Re
elations Divission•Foreign R
Relations Division•Human R
Resource Division•Policy Planning and Monitorinng Division

The Structure of NEMA
•Office of State Emergency
Commission•Deputy Chief•Finance andService Department

1. Gatheringg hazard’s information in national level.
2. Receive weather, earthquake’s information from
Meteorologicalgand Observatory.
y
3. Forecast dissemination to public TV, radio, mobile.
4. For real time information quick dissemination topublic TV, radio, mobile, loudspeaker, alarm.

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Trainings•Disaster protection complex
training•Disaster protection command
staff training•Disasterprotection
preparedness inspection•30

Joint Training and Exercises- "InternationalFireForum"
organized in cooperation withNEMA and FDMA, Japan in 2011
- "Incident Command System"
training organized by the USA
FForestt Service
S i ini 2012.
2012- NEMA and Forest Unit joint
training “Accident
Accident managementsystem” in Bulgan province in2013.
- "10th Meeting
M ti
on Regional
R il
Consultative
CommitteeonDisaster Management
Management" organizedin 2013 in cooperation with NEMA
•31and ADPC

Foreign Relations and Cooperation-Ministry of the Russian Federation for Affairs of Civil Defence,
Emergency
gy and Disaster Relief
Relief;; The Federation Reserve Agency,
gyRussian Federation-Ministry of Civil Affairs, the People’s Republic of China-Disaster Management Agency, Republic of Hungary-

National Emergency Management Agency, Republic of Korea---Alaska National Guard, Center of Excellence for Disaster Managementand Humanitarian Assistance, APCSS, USA
Ministry of Emergency, Republic of Kazakhstan
Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the Federal
Republic of Germany
Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Japan
Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre, the United
Kingdom and the Northern Ireland•32

4.Disaster management strategy,
policy and plan
• Government adopted resolution about Disaster protection
strategy, policy and plan /in 2012-2020/.
• This plan included 5 groups:
1. Community Participation in Disaster Risk Mitigation
yand disaster risk mitigationg
2. Risk assessment,, analysis
3. Legal system upgrade
4. Early warning system upgrade
5. Disaster protection capacity strengthen• National second plan for Community Participation inDisaster Risk Mitigation• Government adopted to reform Disaster protection national
13 services in 2012.
•33•ÎНЦГОЙ БАЙДЛЫН АЛБАDisastersaste Protection
otect o Se
Servicece
Name of State Services

Leading State AdministrativeOrganization

1.

Natural and chemical danger assessment
and information service

Ministry of Nature and Tourism

2.

Health protection service

3.

Food and agriculture service

4.

Fuel and power service

Ministry of Fuel and Power

5.

Radiation protection service

Nuclear Energy Agency

66.

Road and transportation service

Ministry of Road, Transportation,
Construction and Urban Development

7Construction and urban development
servicei

Ministry of Health
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Lightindustry

Ministry of Road,Transportation, Construction
and Urban Development•34

Disaster Protection Service88.

Professional inspection
serviceState General Professional
Inspection Agency

99.

Information andcommunication service

Information, Communications
Technology and Post Authority

1010.

O d service
OrderiGGenerall Police
P li A
Agency1111.

Public awareness service

Chief of Government Press
OffOffice12.

Mining service

Mining Agency

13.

Population and social
protection service

Population and Social Protection
Agency•35

5 B
5.
BudgetdSi
Size ini 2011 -20132013

Year2011
2012
2013

MNT
/million/3 304
3.304
4.630
5.223

USD
/million/
5 144 328
5.144.328
7.208.910
8.132.211

JPN/million/
59 47259.472
83.34094.014As of 22 Aug 2013 in Mongolia: 1 USD = 1557 MNT 1 JPN = 16 MNT•36Further international cooperation inthe field of disaster management• Since no disaster is confined to the territory ofone state,state it is important to cooperateregionally and share experiences andresearch materials.
• International disaster relief is essential fordisaster affected communities, but more
attention to be paid for disaster preparedness
and prevention.
• The high priority should be given to promoting
cooperation in the field of disaster prevention,preparedness and warning•37

6. Implementation of Hyogo
Framework for Action
1.NEMA of Mongolia developed National Platform forStrengthening Disaster Protection Capacity of Mongolia
2006 2015 cohered
2006-2015
hd withith theth Hyogo
HF
Framework
k forfAction 2005-2015.
2.NEMA of Mongolia
gpays
py attention to define and assess
disaster risk, monitor and improve early warning system.
Besides, we developed Procedure on Disaster
assessment and approved it by the Government ofMongolia.
3.Legislative environment of the coordination forcapacity
itactivityti itwas created.
t d AccordingA
dittoththeresolution of the Government of Mongolia, ministries
and agencies, which have main roles using theprofessions and support in the possible disaster period
or disaster period, were appointed.

Implementation of Hyogo
Framework for Action
4. Some amendments were included in the Disaster
Preparedness Plan in order to make disaster response
immediately. All levels of the local preparedness plans
were renovated and they have revision plans.
plans
5. We take into account increasing community
participation in the disaster protection activity. The
understanding of the word “Volunteer” was defined in theLaw on Disaster Protection. NEMA is implementing theUNDP Projectj“Strengtheninggg the Disaster mitigation
gandmanagement system in Mongolia” and in the framework ofthe project, the commencement of the developing disastermanagement on the base of local community forsupporting community initiative was made.
6. We carry the policy to be included risk into theinsurance We have begun developing the draft of the Law
insurance.
on Disaster Insurance with the Insurance organization.

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7 Major projects
7.
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UN specialized agencies-

International Civil Defence Organization ICDO-

Asian Disaster Reduction Center ADRC-

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC-International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA-

International Fire Chiefs
Chiefs’ Association of AsiaIFCAA-The International Association of Fire Chiefs-KOICA, JICA, TICA, SDC-Korea Telecom
Telecom” company project “Earthquake
Earthquake“Koreaearly warning system”•40•Thank you for your attention!!

•Arigatogggozaimasu!!!

•Address:•NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTAGENCY OF MONGOLIA•
Patrizan street, Sukhbaatar district•
Ulaanbaatar-210644, Mongolia
Tel: 976
976-11-262416
11 262416 ; 976-11-263567
976 11 263567••
Fax: 976-11-322307•E-mail: nema_mongolia@yahoo.com• Web: www.nema.gov.mn•41