National Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for Disaster Reduction
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1st Regional Consultative Meeting National Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia for Disaster Reduction Dushanbe, 14-16 November 2007. I. Monitoring, natural hazards, vulnerability and disaster risk assessment II. Early-Warning and Communication Systems National Strategy III. Engineering – technical and other mitigation of the Republic of Tajikistan activities Support to capacity building of the for Disaster Reduction governmental agencies and bodies IV. Education, training, simulation exercises V. Strategic planning VI. Coordination Committee on ES and CD VII. DRR legislation under the Government of Tajikistan I.Monitoring, natural hazards, I.Monitoring, natural hazards, vulnerability and disaster risk assessment vulnerability and disaster risk assessment. а) Monitoring of the threatening processes b) Hazard, vulnerability and disaster risk assessment ¾ Revival of hazardous processes monitoring service under the Activities on: Main Geological Department; ¾detailed revisory assessment of the most hazardous areas of ¾ Restoration and equipping of main hydrometeorological points the threatening processes, including preliminary assessment of the Hydrometeorology Agency (especially along the main at community level; rivers of Tajikistan; ¾hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment of the natural ¾ Streamline activities of the Republican Service of Supervision and technogenic processes, threatening the territory of and Laboratory Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Tajikistan, their mapping using latest GIS techniques and Nature Protection; remote sensing (also at the community level); ¾ Streamline activities of the Republican Centre of Sanitarian ¾hazard assessment of the radioactive, biological, chemical Epidemiologic Supervision of the Ministry of Health and its and other dangerous waste disposal areas. regional branches. II. Early-Warning and Communication II. Early-Warning and Communication Systems Systems (continuation) а) Communication Systems b) Early Warning System (continuation) ¾ Involvement of different organizations and institutions of the Republic of Tajikistan into electronic message system; ¾Development of radio communication and involvement of the ¾ Need to develop phone, electronic and radio communication cellular communication into the early warning system; and Internet in all regions of Tajikistan; ¾ Integration of the modern communication means to ensure ¾Revival of the local radio centres in the settlements, which used permanent communication between the regions (especially to successfully exist during the soviet time. between most vulnerable ones). ¾Application of the central radio communication network in b) Early Warning System population alert system in case of natural disasters’ threat ¾ Establishment of the early warning system in the most vulnerable regions; ¾Provision of the required equipment and usage of the regional ¾ Continuation of early warning system establishment along the communication network if the ministries and institutions to rivers Panj and Amudarya to ensure awareness of the ensure communication and early warning in case of disasters population of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan; 1 III. Engineering – technical and other III. Engineering – technical and other mitigation activities mitigation activities (continuation) а) Implementation of the mitigation projects and micro-projects on: а) Implementation of the mitigation projects and micro-projects on (continuation): ¾ Identification of the mitigation needs and their prioritisation in Tajikistan (considering limited funding); ¾ Prophylactic measures to prevent infectious diseases of humans, ¾ Construction of dams, spurs, bank reinforcement, mudflow animals and agricultural plants; flumes, mudflow redirection structures, mudflow sedimentation etc, cleaning and widening of mudflow channels (paths); ¾ Protective measures in areas of the radioactive, biological, chemical and other dangerous waste disposal; ¾ Forestation, trees and bushes planting on mountainous slopes etc. ¾ Cleaning of collectors and drainage networks and restoration of ¾ Construction and reconstruction of the houses, buildings and pump stations in the regions vulnerable to underground water structures, destroyed by disasters, according to disaster increase; resistance norms; III. Engineering – technical and other IV. Support to capacity building of the mitigation activities (continuation) governmental agencies and bodies b) Monitoring of the achieved results/ Impact assessment ¾ Establishment and equipping of the information management (collection, analysis, storing and exchange of information) and processing centres; ¾ Results indicators’ standardisation for the implemented projects and their specification to disaster risk reduction; ¾ Establishment and equipping of the Crisis Management Centre in the Committee of ES and CD; ¾ Development of the standardized methodology for the Impact ¾ Establishment of emergency response funds and reserves; Assessment. ¾ Establishment of the groups and units for emergency recovery and rescue and provision them with the special equipment and communication; ¾ Support to material and technical base of the respective departments of the Committee of ES and CD and other state agencies, active in disaster preparedness and disaster risk mitigation; IV. Support to capacity building of the governmental agencies and bodies (cont-n) V. Education, training, simulation exercises ¾ Establishment of the secondary special and higher education а) Disaster management: institutions to prepare personnel for disaster management and civil defence, or establishment of the respective cathedrals and departments in the existing educational institutions; ¾ Development and review of Emergency Preparedness, Response and Liquidation training programs for the senior staff, workers and officers of organizations and enterprises, secondary schools, ¾ Provision of special machinery, equipment and transport to the technical and high education institutions, other population; departments of the Committee of ES and CD to ensure timely disaster response; ¾ Training of trainers on disaster management and preparedness; ¾ Inventory and passportization of buildings and structures in the main cities of the Republic of Tajikistan to assess their condition. ¾ Training of the rescue teams, non militarized formations in rural areas with further introduction into the system of CoES and provision of better sustainability. 2 V. Education, training, simulation exercises V. Education, training, simulation exercises (continuation) (continuation) b) Skills development: c) Awareness building: ¾ Constant update of knowledge on population awareness; ¾ Preparedness to various disasters: earthquakes, mud flows, ¾ Organization of special TV and radio programs, mobile screening of floods etc. (on various levels and different population groups); the movies and clips etc. ¾ Publishing of books, regulations, brochures; ¾ Construction of seismic resistant buildings; ¾ Support to CoES official media organ ¾ Installation of information billboards, flyers etc. ¾ Behavior before, after and during the emergency situations; ¾ Support to CoES web-site (www.khf.tj) ¾ Conduction of emergency recovery and rescue operations. d) Non structural mitigation ¾ Training of the staff of the organizations and institutions, and local population on the methods of non structural mitigation work. V. Education, training, simulation exercises VI. Strategic planning (continuation) e) Training, simulation exercises a) General planning Disaster management simulation exercises and training on ¾ Development of National Disaster Risk Management Strategy developed scenarios with participation of: of Tajikistan 2008 – 2015; • CoES divisions; ¾ Development of the National Disaster Preparedness and • local authorities; Response Plan 2008-2010 (implementing tool for the Strategy); • CD services; • non-militarized formations; ¾ Establishment pf the Working Groups on national and regional • teachers, schoolchildren of secondary and primary schools; levels through the REACT groups for elaboration of strategic • local population directions and priorities; ¾ Application/use of the recommendations and suggestions of the national and regional meetings, conferences and workshops in development of the DRR strategic documents. VI. Strategic planning (continuation) VII. Coordination b) Disaster preparedness а) Improvement of REACT group activities on the national and regional (local) levels: ¾ Development of National Disaster Preparedness Plan in main sectors: public health, education, water supply and hygiene, ¾ Creation of the Rapid Response Team out of potentially trained food, non-food items, logistical items, protection of public order members of REACT group; etc; ¾ Development of new ToRs of REACT and its approval by the Government; ¾ Highlight the main shortages and gaps in the preparedness plans; ¾ Development of standardized Damage and Needs assessment forms in all sectors; ¾ Elaboration of inter agency disaster preparedness plans for each regional REACT group. ¾ Cooperation between REACT and non-military formations at all levels; ¾ Elaboration and signature of the memorandum of cooperation between CoES and international organisations (One general and specific for each project). 3 VIII. Legislation in Disaster Risk Reduction National Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan sector for Disaster Reduction а) Review and addition of some provisions of the Tajik legislation