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SAARC Disaster Management Framework
On the aftermath of Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004, a Special Session of the SAARC Environment Ministers was held at Male
on 25 June 2005. The Ministers had concluded the meeting by adopting the Male Declaration, which decided inter alia that an
Expert Group of the member countries shall meet at Dhaka, Bangladesh to formulate a Comprehensive Framework on
Early Warning, Disaster Management
and Disaster Prevention, prior to the
Seventh Ministerial Meeting on Environment in Bangladesh.
The Expert Group met on 7-9 February, 2006 in Dhaka and developed a comprehensive framework on disaster management in South Asia.
The framework is aligned with the implementation of the
Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA) 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of
Nations and Communities to Disasters. The Framework was approved by the
SAARC Council of Ministers on 30 July 2006 and by the
Fourteenth SAARC Summit in New Delhi in 3-4 April 2007.
The Framework provides a platform for South Asian countries to:
- Establish and strengthen the regional disaster management system to reduce risks and to improve response and recovery management at all levels
- Identify and elaborate country and regional priorities for action
- Share best practices and lessons learnt from disaster risk reduction efforts at national levels
- Establish a regional system to develop and implement regional programmes and projects for early warning
- Establish a regional system of exchanging information on prevention, preparedness and management of natural disasters
- Create a regional response mechanism dedicated to disaster preparedness, emergency relief and rehabilitation to ensure immediate response
- Create a regional mechanism to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of achievements towards goals and strategies.
Full text of the SAARC Comprehensive Framework on Disaster Management
SAARC Disaster Management Centre
SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC) was set up in October 2006 at the premises
of National Institute of Disaster Management in New Delhi. The Centre has the mandate to serve eight Member Countries of
South Asia Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
- by providing policy advice and facilitating capacity building services including strategic learning, research, training,
system development and exchange of information for effective disaster risk reduction and management in South Asia.
The Centre is a sleek body of professionals working on various dimensions of disaster risk reduction and management in South Asia.
The Centre is networking through the National Focal Points of the Member Countries with the various Ministries,
Departments and Scientific, Technical, Research and Academic institutions within and outside the Government working on
various aspects of disaster risk reduction and management.
The Centre conducts studies and research, organizes workshops and training programmes, publishes its reports and documents
provide various policy advisory services to the Member Countries.
The Centre has the Vision to be recognized as a vibrant Centre of Excellence for knowledge, research and capacity building on
disaster management in South Asia and in the rest of the world.
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