Final Report for Australian Department for Foreign Aairs and Trade January 2010 - December 2014 European Union Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme II (CDMP II) Acknowledgements 01 Executive Summary 01 A Note on Project Duration 02 Risk & Vulnerability Context 03 CONTENT Summary of Top Results 05 Major Achievements in Information & Communication Outcome Areas 07 Technology 68 Professionalizing DM System in Bangladesh 07 Chalenges, Lesson Learned Rural Risk Reduction 18 73 Urban Risk Reduction 26 Preparedness & Response 34 Financial Progress Mainstreaming DRR & CCA into 78 Sectoral Policies and Planning 41 Community Level Climate Change Adaptation 59 Way Forward 81 Monitoring and Evaluation 63 Technical Support to the Ministry 63 Monitoring Tools and Assessments 63 Impact Evaluation by Eminence 64 LDRRF Independent Monitoring 65 Value for Money Estimates 66 Message from Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Minister Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief On behalf of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, I would like to Message from the express my sincere thanks to the Government and the people of Australia for their valuable suppport to the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), Phase II. The National Project Director programme has helped my Ministry a lot in the past ve years through its support to our legal framework for disaster management. It is my great pleasure to present Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme-CDMP’s, Final Report (January 2010 – December 2014), which gives an overview of our achievements and challenges over the ve years. The Programme would not have been possible without the continuous support of our government, donors, stakeholders, our partners through whom we implemented the project and of course the dedication of our sta. On behalf of CDMP, I thank you all for your kind support to make a better Bangladesh. Message from Md. Shah Kamal, Secretary Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Mohammad Abdul Qayyum National Project Director, CDMP II Additional Secretary Bangladesh has made a paradigm shift from relief to risk reduction culture. The Ministry of Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Disaster Management and Relief has achieved its goal in this regard to a certain extent through its Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP), Phase II. It is worth mentioning that our students are now learning about disaster risks and climate change issues throughout their student life which will have a positive, lasting eect in disaster management. Dierent ministries/agencies of our government are now putting into practice many of the initiatives taken by CDMP II which will benet especially the most vulnerable section of people in coming years. The lessons learnt, capacities developed under CDMP project are praiseworthy. There are still areas/dimensions where there is scope for further development. I hope that our development partners would come forward to work with the Government of Bangladesh for making Bangladesh a disaster resilient country. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Acknowledgements The overall goal of CDMP II was to further reduce the country's vulnerability to adverse natural undergo mandatory training on disaster management, for the rst time, as part of their and anthropogenic events – including cyclones, oods, tidal surges, earthquakes, climate basic training at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and this has been CDMP wishes to thank the change and variability – through technical assistance in risk reduction and comprehensive augmented for many hundreds more through a wide variety of refresher, on the job and Government of Australia, disaster management activities. The approach of CDMP II was to channel support through overseas training. Today the level of skill and knowledge within the public sector has Department for Foreign Aairs and government and development partners, civil society and NGOs into a people-oriented disaster never been higher. Trade, for their support to the management and risk reduction partnership. That partnership has promoted cooperation, provided coordination, ranked priority programmes and projects, and allocated resources to The Local Disaster Risk Reduction Fund has markedly reduced the vulnerability to programme, alongside the disaster management activities, risk reduction activities and climate change adaptation millions of the poorest Bangladeshis in 40 districts and provided them the means to Governments of Norway, Sweden activities in Bangladesh. protect their lives and livelihoods. Our work on improving the knowledge base has been and the United Kingdom, along with extremely successful with the publication and wide dissemination of hundreds of the European Commission. When one summarizes the many achievements and activities of the programme it is sometimes unique pieces of research across a broad thematic spectrum. This knowledge is now dicult to capture what all the activity adds up to in terms of the big picture. In 2004 the rst easily accessible in a Department of Disaster Management e-library available at no cost phase of the Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme set out to help the Government globally. of Bangladesh develop and implement its emerging policy aspirations at the eld level and to Credits achieve a paradigm shift from a predominantly relief and response focus to a risk reduction CDMP I and II were implemented during the same time period as the Hyogo Framework Peter Medway based approach. for Action. Indeed the CDMP model slightly preceded and anticipated the HFA. Bangladesh was, then, an early adopter and made a strong commitment to the Goran Jonsson After 10 years it is clear that this paradigm shift has been achieved in terms of awareness, implementation of the HFA and, with the support of CDMP has achieved most of the Md. Abu Sumon knowledge and ambition of key institutions and, as a result, some fundamental and sustainable expectations embodied in the ve key pillars. As 2015 approached CDMP II has played a Md Abdul Quayyum changes have been catalysed in the country’s way of working and its disaster management signicant role supporting the Government in the formulation of its position for the priorities. Sendai Framework for Action and the new Sustainable Development Goals. CDMP II has provided nancing and technical assistance to a large number of ministries and No large programme is without its problems and challenges and CDMP II is not an departments that has built new human resource and institutional capacity to manage disaster exception. With the benet of hindsight a number of things would no doubt have been risks in a sustainable manner. Signicant changes in governmental processes, for example the done dierently. However, the project has generated some useful learning from things requirement that all new development programmes must be appraised with climate and that did not work as well as from those that did and this will be applied in future eorts disaster risk assessments in order to receive approval for implementation, is changing to reduce disaster and climate vulnerability both in Bangladesh and worldwide. At the permanently the way that Bangladesh makes choices. CDMP II has also undertaken time of writing a high level delegation from the Government of Sudan is in Dhaka to fundamental work on mapping the risk environment, for example extending its seismic learn from this experience in order to implement a comprehensive disaster vulnerability atlas to incorporate an additional six major cities. Many of these initiatives are management approach in their country. being sustained through nancing through the government machinery or through new development programmes. UNDP has also taken the initiative to mainstream some of its main As the Government of Bangladesh and its partner UNDP reect on the achievements of learning and methodologies in its biggest development programmes country wide. CDMP II and thanks the people and Government of Australia for its steadfast support to the most vulnerable Bangladeshis, we can be sure of one thing. Future work to support The project has utilized a people centred approach that has proven to be high impact. Its work and strengthen the resilience of Bangladesh to its disaster and climate risks will build on to professionalize the disaster management system has resulted in the creation of hundreds of the very strong foundations and the many promising, highly cost eective approaches new graduates with a professional qualication to start their careers. All new civil servants now that CDMP II has implemented. 01 A Note on Project Duration It was clear by the end of 2013 that CDMP II was not going to achieve full implementation by its The overall goal of CDMP II was to further reduce the country's vulnerability to adverse natural undergo mandatory training on disaster management, for the rst time, as part of their intended end date of 31/12/2014. In January and anthropogenic events – including cyclones, oods, tidal surges, earthquakes, climate basic training at the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and this has been UNDP began discussions with the MoDMR and change and variability – through technical assistance in risk reduction and comprehensive augmented for many hundreds more through a wide variety of refresher, on the job and development partners to extend the project disaster management activities. The approach of CDMP II was to channel support through overseas training. Today the level of skill and knowledge within