DISASTER RISK

REDUCTION (DRR) AND

COMMUNITY BASED
DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION
MANAGEMENT
(CBDRRM)
DRR
 REFERS TO HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT
PROTECTION.
 MEANS REDUCING THE LOSS OF LIFE , PROPERTY
AND OTHER ASSETS THROUGH HAZARD
MITKIGATION AND VULNERABILITY REDUCTION.
 RISK REDUCTION IS THE FOUNDATION OF
COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER MANAGEMENT.
 LOCAL COMMUNITIES SHALL BE TAKEN INTO
PRIMARY CONSIDERATION AND BECOME THE
FOCUS OF SUPPORT AND ATTENTION SINCE THEY
ARE THE MOST AFFECTED AND ARE IN THE
FRONTLINE IN TIMES OF DISASTER.
DEVELOPMENT
 PROCESS THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE
INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY FOR
PRODUCING THINGS THEY NEED AND FOR
MANAGING THEIR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
LIVES AS THEY DESIRE AND AT THE SAME
TIME REDUCE THEIR IMMEDIATE AND
LONG TERM VULNERABILITIES TO
EVENTS WHICH THREATEN THEIR
ECONOMIC AND SOCIOPOLITICAL
EXISTENCE
CBDRRM
 PROCESS IN WHICH AT RISK COMMUNITIES ARE
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE IDENTIFICATION,
ANALYSIS, TREATMENT, MONITORING AND
EVALUATION OF DISASTER RISK IN ORDER TO
REDUCE THEIR VULNERBILITIES AND ENHANCE
THEIR CAPACITIES
 THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF
DECISION MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
 THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MOST VULNERABLE
SOCIAL GROUPS IS SIGNIFICANT, WHEREAS THE
CONTRIBUTION OF THE LEAST VULNERABLE
GROUPS IS ESSENTIAL FOR THEEFFECTIVE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS APPROACH.
ELEMENTS AND FEATURES OF COMMUNITY BASED
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT
(CBDRRM)
 PEOPLES PARTICIPATION PROVIDING AND
ALLOWING MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO THE INITIATIVES IN LOOKINFG FOR
POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO MANE PROBLEMS.
 PRIORITY SECTORS INCLUDES THE MOST
VULNERABLE SECTORS
 MEASURES APPLIED IN RISK REDUCTION ARE
COMMUNITY SPECIFIC AND DEFINED BASED ON
THE COMMUNITY’S DISASTER RISK ANALYSIS.
 EXISTING COPING MECHANISM AND CAPACITIES
ARE ACKNOWLEDGED.
ELEMENTS AND FEATURES OF COMMUNITY BASED
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT
(CBDRRM)
 THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE VULNERABILITIES
AND BUILD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
 ADDRESSING THE ROOTS OF PEOPLE’S
VULNERABILITIES AND CONTRIBUTES IN
TRANSFORMING AND ELIMINATING
STRUCTURES THAT BREED INEQUITY AND
UNDERDEVELOPMENT.
 NGO AND GO HAVE ROLE TO PLAY, NGO’S ROLE
IS TEMPORARY WHILE GOVERNMENT ROLE IS
INTEGRAL IN THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF
CBDM PROCESS.
PRINCIPLES OF CBDM
 PARTICIPATORY PROCESS AND CONTENT
 RESPONSIVE

 INTEGRATED

 PROACTIVE

 COMPREHENSIVE

 MULTISECTORAL AND MULTI

DISCIPLINARY
 EMPOWERING

 DEVELOPMENTAL
ESSENTIAL REQUISITES OF CBDRRM
 CAPABILITY BUILDING IN DISASTER MGT-
SUSTAINED EDUCATION AND TRAINING
ACTIVITIES , SUSTAINED PUBLIC AWARENESS
USING LOCAL LANGUAGE AND CULTURE.
 COMMUNITY DISASTER RESPONSE
ORGANIZATION-DISASTER MGT TEAMS,
DISASTER RESPONSE COMMITTEES, DISASTER
MGT COMMITTEE, DISASTER MGT FRAMEWORK
 COUNTER DISASTER PLAN-EMERGENCY
CONTINGENCY PLAN COUNTER DISASTER
PLAN, PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION PLAN,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
ESSENTIAL REQUISITES OF CBDRRM
 DISATER RISK REUCTIONDEVELOPMENT
CONTINUUM-LINKING VULNERABILITY
REDUCTIONAND CAPACITY BUILDING TO
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE PEOPLE CENTERED
DEVELOPMENT.
 PARTNERSHIPS IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION-
PARTNERSHIPS OF MOST VULNERABLE
SECTORS WITH LESS VULNERBLE SECTORS,
PARTNERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY WITH
LOCAL GOVT, NGO’S AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES.
 WHAT IS THE BASIS OF DRRM
ACT?
 DRRM ACT ADOPTS AND ADHERES TO
PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES CONSISTENT
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SET BY
THE HYOGO FRAME WORK FOR ACTION. ( A
COMPREHENSIVE ACTION ORIENTED RESPONSE
TO INTERNATIONAL CONCERN ABOUT THE
GROWING IMPACTS OF DISASTER ON
INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
HYOGO FRAME WORK
 ENSURE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AS A
NATIONAL AND LOCAL PRIORITY WITH A STRONG
INSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
 IDENTIFY, ASSESS AND MONITOR DISASTER RISK
AND ENHANCE EARLY WARNING.
 USE KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION TO
BUILD A CULTURE OF SAFETY AND RESILIENCE AT
ALL LEVELS.
 REDUCE THE UNDRLYING RISK FACTORS.

 STRENGTHEN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR

EFFECTIVE RESPONSE AT ALL LEVELS.
RA 10121
 AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DRR AND
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE
NATIONAL DRRM FRAMEWORK AND
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DRR AND
MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
 COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH, TO STRENGTHEN
THE COMMUNITY AND ENABLE THEM TO
UNERTAKE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS.
 MANY STAKEHOLDERS ARE NEEDED TO BE
INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WITH THE END GOAL
OF ACHIEVING CAPACITIES.
THE STATE AS A DUTY BEARER
 THE STATE AS A DUTY BEARER REFERS TO THE
STATE AS PRIMARY RESPONSIBLE TO PROTECT ITS
PEOPLE THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS.
 THE STATES DUTY IS TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS
BEARER WHICH IS THE PEOPLE , THEIR RIGHTS
INCLUDING PROTECTION FROM DISASTER
INJURIES.
 THE STATE IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE AS IT
HAS THE OBLIGATION TO AVERT LOSS OF LIVES
AND LIVELIHOODS AND TO STOP HARM TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAND SOCIAL RESOURCES.
STAGES OF DISATER RISK
REDUCTION PROCESS
 SELECTING THE COMMUNITY – LGU CONDUCTS
THOROUGH RISK ASSESSMENT
 RAPPORT BUILDING – BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

 PARTICIPATORY DISATER RISK ASSESSMENT – RISK,

HAZARD, CAPACITY, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
 COMMUNITY BASED DISATER RISK MGT PLANNING –
FURTHER ANALYSIS OF DISASTER RISKS AND
RESOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THEM
 COMMUNITY MANAGED IMPLEMENTATION –
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN THROUGH THE
ORGANIZATION AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL
 PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY MONITORING AND
EVALUATION