Stakeholders of disaster management

• The Government
• NGOs
• International agencies
• Experts and trainers in different fields
• Disaster managers
• Community/Religious/Charitable organizations
• Individual/community leaders
• Donors
Stakeholders of disaster management
• The government- Central, state and local administration
• Develop policy for disaster management and provide a legal framework for
that
• Set-up an organizational structure for disaster management
• Provide funds for disaster management through budgetary allocation
• Involve experts from various relevant fields to make plans
• Provide training to the people who are involved in disaster management
• Non-Government Organizations
• Why NGOs?- they are well aware of the local people , they have excellent
rapport with local people, they know the local ethos
Role of NGOs in various phases of disaster
management: ref(“Role of NGOs in disaster
management” by NDMA)
• Mitigation and preparedness Phase
• Advocate the appropriate forums for disaster mitigation
• Promote disaster mitigation awareness and capacity-building activities at
various levels
• Develop operational sustainable livelihood models
• Assist risk assessments and action plans
• Construct shelters, public buildings and other critical infrastructure safe from
disasters
• Improve water and sanitation systems
• Promote regular disaster preparedness exercises in coordination with
government stake holders
Role of NGOs in various phases of disaster management:
ref(“Role of NGOs in disaster management” by NDMA)
• Response phase
• NGOs can help
• the communities for evacuation
• search and rescue operations
• Deploying teams for immediate, sector-specific and periodic in-depth assessments
• Involve in relief assistance
• Share their committed plan of actions for relief and other assistance with
district admin
• Provide assistance in different sectors such as water, sanitation, food, shelter,
security etc.
• It will be help to design response programme to identify and address specific
needs of vulnerable groups such as children, pregnant women, people with
disabilities etc.
Role of NGOs in various phases of disaster
management: ref(“Role of NGOs in disaster
management” by NDMA)
• Recovery phase: Can assist govt agencies in speedy recovery
operations by
• Identifying beneficiaries and their specific needs
• Monitoring health care efforts
• Identify special needs
• Collecting data about progress of recovery
• Proper distribution of compensation and material relief
Stakeholders of disaster management
• International agencies
• UN
• International NGOs
• World bank
• WHO
• UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
• Experts and trainers from different fields
• Disaster managers
• Community/Religious/Charitable organizations
• Individual/community leaders
• Donors
Role of media
• Spread information
• Early warning
• Reach global community and facilitate international help
• Draw attention of authorities to the area where help is needed and
point out the shortcoming in rescue and relief effort
• Ensure equitable distribution of relief and aid
• Recognize donations and inspire people
• Monitor and report the progress of relief and reconstruction
Media-classification
• Print-news papers, magazines
• Non-print
• Radio
• Television
• Mobile services
• internet
Technological Tools
• Communication tools
• Remote sensing
• GPS
• GIS
• Electromagnetic spectrum
Remote sensing
• Remote sensing: sensing something from a distance or a remote
location
• Basic concepts of remote sensing
• Basic process: acquisition of data and analysis of data
• Interaction of EM with surface
Components of remote sensing