Assessment report on mainstreaming and implementing disaster risk reduction in Mozambique Assessment report on mainstreaming and implementing disaster risk reduction in Mozambique Ordering information To order copies of Assessment report on mainstreaming and implementing disaster risk reduction in Mozambique by the Economic Commission for Africa, please contact: Publications Economic Commission for Africa P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 544-9900 Fax: +251 11 551-4416 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: www.uneca.org © United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2015 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia All rights reserved First printing October, 2015 Language: Original- French ISBN: 978-99944-61-65-3 eISBN: 978-99944-62-65-0 Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted. Acknowledgement is requested, together with a copy of the publication. Designed and printed by the ECA Publishing and Distribution Unit. ISO 14001:2004 certified. Layout: Godfrey Munanga - UNON, Publishing Services Section, Nairobi, ISO 14001:2004-Certified. Assessment report on mainstreaming and implementing disaster risk reduction in Mozambique Table of contents Acronyms and abbreviations v Acknowledgements vii Executive summary viii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Conceptual framework and methodology 2 1.3 Report outline 4 2. Review of national disaster risks 5 2.1 Overview of main hazards in Mozambique 5 2.2 Key socioeconomic and environmental disaster impacts 10 3. Review of main past and ongoing DRR interventions 12 3.1 Establishment of institutional and strategic DRR frameworks 12 3.2 DRR programmes and projects 16 4. Mainstreaming and implementation of DRR within national plans and strategies 20 4.1 Overview of key mainstreaming frameworks 20 4.2 Mainstreaming of DRR in different frameworks 21 4.3 DRR implementation strategy and stakeholders 24 5.