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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

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1-1 Geographical Data
• MongoliaMli isi a landlockedl dl k d countryt in
i 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 to
350 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
extremest
reachh as highhi h as 38 °C
C (100.4(100 4 °F)
F) in
i the
th
southern Gobi region and 33 °C (91.4 °F) in Ulaanbaatar.
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1-3. Democraphicp
information•6

MongoliaMliiisdi id d into
dividedi t
22 majorjadministrative units comprising of 21 aimags
and
d the
th 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 and
12,500d 122,000
122 000
people. They also vary in size with the largest
covering
i as muchh as 165.4
165 4 square kilometres
kil
t
off
territory. An aimag consists of up to 27 'soums',
i l diincludingth aimagtheicentre.
tSSoums
i turnintarecomprised of 'baghs'. In Mongolia there are 331
soums andd 1550 baghs.
b h
Al
Also
th capitaltheit lcity,Ulaanbaatar, is subdivided into 121 districts
calledll d 'khoroos'.
'kh
'
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•Political system: Parliamentary
Republic.
•Legislature: Parliament, Ikh Hural,with 76 seats, elected for four years.
•Head of the State: President elected
for 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, Japan
Japan,USUS•Major••9

Ulaanbaatar 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•Earthquake
E thk•Desertification•11

A natural disaster is a natural
phenomenon or phenomena occurred covering
relatively
l ti l largelt it i andterritories
d leadingl di tot humanhcasualties 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’s
life
styles,infrastructuredevelopment,dee op e t, etc
etc.
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Hazards in Mongolia /2012/
Have been 4040 time hazards occurred,237
3 humanu a dead, 100
00 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 millionttugrugs
I relief
In
li f measures tot spentt 758.19
758 19million tugrugs.

1. Forest and steppe fire

AffectedYear

Numberof case

Aimag

Soum

Dead
peopleInjuredpeoplePerished
livestock

AblazeAblsquaresteppe andforest fire

2012

229

19

103

4

8

3135

5

Damage/mln MNT/

84019.4•15

2 Natural and Climatic Hazardous Phenomena
2.

Year
2012

Affected
Aimag
Soum
12
33

Dead
people1Perished
livestock7

Damage/mln MNT/
280.4

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3. Thunderstorms and flood

Year
2012

Affected

Numberof case

Aimag

53

27

Soum

Dead
peoplePerished
livestock

Damage/mln MNT/

53

17

8432

158.7

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4 A
4.
Animali l iinfectious
f tididiseaseAffectedYear

Numberof case

Aimag

2012

56

25

Soum

Dead
peoplePerished
livestock

Damage/mln MNT/

37

-

332

6.02

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5. Explosives

Year
2012

Detected
D
t t d
Aimag
Soum
6
11

Dead
D
d
people3IInjuredjdpeople7

DamageD/mln MNT/
4.8•19

2-1. Natural hazards likely to affect

•
•
•
•
•

The global warming and climate changes are possibly
g negativeg
influence:
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 increasing
in Mongolia. Natural hazards occurrence in Mongolia
duringg the last eleven yyears is shown on Figure
g
2

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• The Law on Disaster Protection was approved by the
Parliament 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 disasterprotectionipolicyli
andd legislation,l i l ias wellll as forfthehprofessional organization of nation wide activities.
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•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.
g
The disaster protection resources shall be
emergencygymanagementginstitution,,
disasterprotection state services, entities and enterprises
and specialized units and volunteers (from the Law
on 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•Rescue
SpecialUnit•StateReserve
Branches•Disaster
Research
Institute•Sport Club
“Rescuer”•25

Emergency resources
National emergency management
agencyg
y• Totally 3299 emergency personnel (rescuers andfi fi ht ) nationwide
firefighters)ti
id workingki
i a localinl lemergency management divisions or departments.
• On
O dutyd t Emergency
E
M t
Motor
D t where
Depot
h
th
the
emergency 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 the
Armed force in accordance with the mutual
agreements.
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•Technician
of electronic equipment•27•Senior officcer of software

All 20 staff•28•R
Rescue 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 and
AimagsA•Warehouse Service
e and Technollogical ControolDivisionD•Fire FightingD
Department
t
t

•Rese
erve Division•Sport C
Club “Rescueer”•Deputy Chief•Disaster R
Research Insttitute•P
Prevention an
nd Inspection Division•Fire Fig
ghting Divisio
on•Disaster Management
D
Departmenttt•Emergency manag
gement and E
Early warninggcenter•Trainning and Disa
aster Awarene
ess Division•Commmunication an
nd Information Technologyy
DivisionD•AdministrativeD
Departmenttt•Coorrdination of Policy Impleme
entation andEmergency M
EManagement D
Division•Public Re
elations Divission•Foreign R
Relations Division•Human R
Resource Division•Policy Planning and Monitorin
ng 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 to
public 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- "International
Fire
Forum"
organized in cooperation with
NEMA and FDMA, Japan in 2011
- "Incident Command System"
training organized by the USA
F
Forestt Service
S i ini 2012.
2012- NEMA and Forest Unit joint
training “Accident
Accident management
system” in Bulgan province in2013.
- "10th Meeting
M ti
on Regional
R il
Consultative
CommitteeonDisaster Management
Management" organizedin 2013 in cooperation with NEMA
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and ADPC

Foreign Relations and Cooperation-

Ministry of the Russian Federation for Affairs of Civil Defence,
Emergencygy 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 Mitigationyand 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 in
Disaster Risk Mitigation• Government adopted to reform Disaster protection national
13 services in 2012.
•33•ÎНЦГОЙ БАЙДЛЫН АЛБАDisastersaste Protection
otect o Se
ServiceceName of State Services

Leading State Administrative
Organization

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

7

Construction and urban development
servicei

Ministry of Health
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light
industry

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

Disaster Protection Service
8
8.

Professional inspection
serviceState General Professional
Inspection Agency

9
9.

Information andcommunication service

Information, Communications
Technology and Post Authority

10
10.

O d service
Order
i

G
Generall Police
P li A
Agency11
11.

Public awareness service

Chief of Government Press
Off
Office

12.

Mining service

Mining Agency

13.

Population and social
protection service

Population and Social Protection
Agency•35

5 B
5.
Budgetd
Si
Size in
i 2011 -2013
2013

Year
2011
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 in
the field of disaster management• Since no disaster is confined to the territory of
one 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
2006-2015hd withith theth Hyogo
H
F
Frameworkk forfAction 2005-2015.
2.NEMA of Mongoliagpays
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 it
was created.
t d According
A
di
t
to
th
the
resolution 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 the
Law on Disaster Protection. NEMA is implementing the
UNDP Projectj“Strengtheninggg the Disaster mitigationgandmanagement system in Mongolia” and in the framework of
the 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 Asia
IFCAA

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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