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Title:
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy : implementation plan
Creator:
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID)
Disaster Risk Reduction Program, Florida International University (DRR/FIU)
Publisher:
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID)
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2006
Language:
English

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Subjects / Keywords:
Risk management ( lcshac )
Disaster response and recovery ( lcshac )
Genre:
non-fiction ( marcgt )

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Summary:
This document presents the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development’s (DFID) Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Policy Implementation Plan for 2006-2009 outlining a number of policy objectives that it sought to carry out over the period. A major component of DFID’s plan was the integration of DRR into its international development projects and their objectives. The department sought to accomplish this by training its staff to incorporate DRR into DFID programmes, placing DRR at the forefront of its development operations in countries most vulnerable to disaster, and by helping governments of these countries increase their capacity to implement the DRR recommendations of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). DFID also set the goal of committing ten percent of the funding it received for humanitarian response to disasters towards preparing for and mitigating against future disasters. DFID also wanted to increase its collaboration with major aid agencies, international financial institutions, international governing bodies, and non-governmental organizations in the merging of various forms of international and bilateral assistance with DRR. It sought to work with the World Bank and other major donors to combine poverty reduction strategies with DRR in developing countries; to work in partnership with the United Nations, UNDP, and ISDR to promote DRR in the international arena; and with the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent (IFRC) and other NGOs to build community-level DRR capacity. The last component of DFID’s implementation plan focused on DRR research. One area of attention was developing an understanding of the economic impact of disasters on developing societies, and the costs and benefits of DRR. There was also support by DFID for research on the private sector’s potential role in DRR. The understanding that underlies the component parts of this plan is that sustainable development is not possible in societies whose development gains are constantly facing the specter of disaster. With this document, DFID asserts that the international community and the institutions with the greatest capacity to affect the direction of development across the globe, must understand the concept of development in terms of reducing risks and vulnerabilities of various kinds, particularly those that increase the likelihood of disaster.
Subject:
General Risk Reduction
Citation/Reference:
(2006). Disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy: implementation plan (summary). The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID).

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Florida International University
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FI13042663

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