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This report was compiled by an ADRC visiting researcher (VR) from ADRC
member countries.
The views expressed in the report do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe ADRC. The boundaries and names shown and the designations usedon the maps in the report also do not imply official endorsement or
acceptance by the ADRC.

Kingdom of Cambodia

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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
middle,surrounded by mountain and plateaus &in the southwest lies the coastal areaarea.
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 River
bisects Cambodia; about 80% of Cambodia’s land is in lower Mekong basinTonle Sap: 100 km long Tonle Sap channel connected to Mekong,
Water surface: 3.000 Sq Km to 10.000 sg Km, depending on the seasons

3General Information
CCountryt Name
N: Kingdom
Ki doff Cambodia
C b diConstitutional Monarchy & Parliamentary Representative Democracy
Population : 15 Million (UN, 2010)Urban : 19.5% Rural : 80.5%
Capital: Phnom Penh

AArea

: 181,035
181 035 Sq
S KmK

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

Major Religion: Buddhism:Currency
Currency Cambodian Riel ( ៛ )Economy: Agriculture, Tourism & Services, Textile & ConstructionDM Legal Framework
NCDM Mechanism structure has been established from national down
to the commune levels in conformity with:
Sub-decree No. 30 ANKR.BK, dated April 09, 2002 on theOrganization and Functioning of the National and Sub-NationalC
Committees
itt
f Disasterfor
Di t Management.
Mt
Sub-decree No. 61 ANKR.BK, dated June 29, 2006 on theestablishmentt bli ht off thethCCommuneCCommittee
ittfforDisasterDitManagement (CCDM).
Direction No. 315 NCDM, dated July 21, 2010 on the establishmentof the Village Disaster Management Team (VDMT) for theimplementation of CBDRM.
Law on Disaster Management (draft)

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Disaster Management Policy
NSDP National Strategy Development Plan 2009-2013;
SNAP-DRR Strategic National Action Plan for DRR 2008-2013;
National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction 2014-2018 (Draft)
N ti
Nationall ComprehensiveC
h i Avian
A iandd Human
H
I flInfluenza
PlPlan(M lti(MultiSectoral Pandemic Preparedness and Response Plan);
CBDRM Community Based Disaster Risk Management Plan;
National Contingency Plan for Flood and Drought (updating andimproving);National Committee for Disaster Management

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM)
President
1st Vice President
2st Vice President
MOINTVice President

MONDMembers• COM• MOEF• MOFAIC• MOE• MOWRAM• MOAFF• MOC• MOH• MORD• MOIME• MOSWVY• MOPW• MOEYS• MOWA• RCAF HQs• CRC• SSOCA
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NCDM Mechanism Structure
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Secretariat
GeneralProvincial Committee forDisaster Management (PCDM)
District Committee forDisaster Management (DCDM)
Commune Committee forDisaster Management (CCDM)
Village Disaster Management
Group (VDMG)

CabinetPCDM
Secretariat
DCDM
Secretariat
CCDM
Secretariat
VDMG
Secretariat
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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

International
Relations Bureau

Rehabilitation Bureau

Planning Bureau

Rescue Coordination
BureauLogistic Bureau

Newsletter andPublishing Bureau

Operation Bureau

Program Bureau

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Disasters in Cambodia
The disasters have caused great economic loss, loss of human lives,affected
ffd livelihoods
l l h d andd rice production
dandd damaged
dd sociall
infrastructures.
Over the decades,
decades Cambodia has been affected by recurrent floods andwidespread agricultural droughts;
The country was hit by Typhoon Ketsana hit on 29 September 2009. 14
out of 25 provinces were hit by he typhoon, and it affected 180,000
households and killed 43 people and injured 67 people.
The worst flood (flash flood & Mekong flood) occurred from August toNovember 2011.

Flood, Drought, Tropical Storm/Typhoon,
Epidemic, Fire,/Lightning, Riverbank Collapse and Traffic Accident.

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

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

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Damage/loss caused by flood in 2011
350,000 families (over 1.5 million people) were affected, and 52,000
families evacuated;
18 out of 24 provinces in Cambodia were affected, 4 provinces alongMekong River and Tonle Sap were badly hit;
250 people died and 23 people were injured as result of the flood.
431,000 ha of transplanted rice fields were affected within 267,000 ha wasdamaged (9.3%(9 3% of cultivated area damaged);damaged.
925 km of national, provincial and urban roads were affected and another360 km experiencing varying degrees of damage;The 2011 floods caused an estimated loss at 630 million USD.
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Flood

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Drought
A drought is considered a period of abnormal dry weather thatcauses serious hydrological imbalance in the area;
In a yyear when a dryy p
period is extended too long,g, an agriculturalg
drought could occur in addition to the late rain and early end ofrainy season;
A drought has destroyed rice and subsidiary crops without
irrigation.

DroughtYear
2011

2012

Impacted Element

Affected

Destroyed

Transplanted Rice

3,659 ha

53 ha

Rice Seedling

145 ha0Total

3,804 ha

53 ha

Transplanted Rice

132,477 ha

17,120 ha

Rice Seedling

14,190 ha

3,151 haTotal244 667 ha
244,667

20 271 ha
20,271✼ MAFF/NCDM-CAM: 2011 - 2012

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Strategic Goal for Disaster Management in Cambodia
TTo achieve
hith strategic
thet t i goall forf disasterdi t managementt ini
Cambodia, NCDM has set the priority for actions as follows:
Ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and a local
priority;Strengthen sub
sub-national
national and community
community-based
based disaster risk
management;
Identify, assess and monitor hazard risks and enhance earlywarning;
Use knowledge
g innovation and education to build a cultureof safety and resilience;
Mainstreaming DRR into policies and programs of relevant
government ministries-institutions;i i i i i iStrengthen disaster preparedness for effective response atall levels.
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Challenges
NCDM s capacity is limited in dissemination of disaster
NCDM’sinformation across all levels, due to the insufficient funding,
dated communication systems, lack of equipment and hightechnology applications;
The forecasting and early warning information from national
level could only reached the provincial, but not the communelevel;
The terminology in risk assessment and criteria for identifying
the affected areas were carried out by individual ministryinstitution and organization partners;
subThe issues of coordination and data sharing between subnational levels, ministry-institution, Cambodian Red Cross,organization partners, UN System and ASEAN member states
was improved
id att some extent;t t
The a disaster preparedness plan and multi-hazards map havenot entirely developed in the country.
country It
It’ss remained theobstacle to response to the needs of affected people.
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Proposed Research at ADRC
Research Subject: Collaboration between the National Committee for Disaster
Management (NCDM) and non-government organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR)/Disaster Management (DM) work
Specific Aims:-To explore the nature of the collaboration between the governmental DM agency at
the national level & its sub-national levels in Cambodia (NCDM) and in othercountries and non-government organizations (NGOs) in DRR/DM work.
-To suggest possible pathways for enhancing the collaboration.
Expected Results:
The outcomes of the research will:-increase knowledge about the collaboration in DRR/DM work between thegovernmental DM agency and NGOs.
- Suggest
St innovative
iti allianceslliandd collaborationll b ti iin DRR/DM workk iin C
Cambodiab diamong them.

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