Conference on Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience(CDRR&R)

News:Union Minister of State for Home Affairs has presided over the session of the 1st ‘National Conference on Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience – 2020’.

Facts:

About the conference:

• Organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management(NIDM).
• Aim:To explore and debate the most recent advances in the discipline, to enhance the understanding of the issues and solutions on various facets for coastal disaster risk reduction and resilience.
• It also focussed on enhancing human capacity about coastal disaster risks and effective collaborative actions by implementing Prime Minister’s 10-point agenda and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Additional information:

Prime minister 10 Point agenda on Disaster reduction:It was outlined at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016:

• All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management. 
• Work towards risk coverage for all – starting from poor households to SMEs to multinational corporations to nation states. 
• Encourage greater involvement and leadership of women in disaster risk management. 
• Invest in risk mapping globally. 
• Leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of disaster risk management efforts.
• Develop a network of universities to work on disaster issues as they have social responsibilities too. 
• Utilise the opportunities provided by social media and mobile technologies and recognise the potential of social media and develop applications for all aspects of disaster risk management.
• Build on local capacity and initiative.  
• Ensure that the opportunity to learn from a disaster must not be wasted. 
• Bring about greater cohesion in international response to disasters.

About Sendai Framework:

• Adopted in 2015 at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
• It is a 15-year voluntary, non-binding agreement on disaster risk reduction.

About NIDM:

• NIDM is a premier institute of the Government of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs.It was constituted under the Disaster Management Act 2005.
• It has the responsibility for human resource development, capacity building, training, research, documentation and policy advocacy in the field of disaster management.