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FALAK NAWAZ Network of Disaster Management Practitioners (NDMP) Islamabad PAKISTAN falak@pakndmp.com

National DRR platform Experience from Pakistan

Shift in paradigm after devastating 2005 earthquake

Government efforts led by NDMA

• Establishment of National Working Group
• Establishment of Ministerial Working Group
• Establishment of Technical Working Group

Civil society efforts

• Pakistan DRR Forum
• National Humanitarian Network (NHN)
• Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF)

National Working Group

• 1. NDMA as Chairing the session
• 2. Planning Commission
• 3. Ministry of Water and Power
• 4. Ministry of Housing and Works
• 5. Ministry of Industries and

Production

• 6. Ministry of Defense
• 7. Ministry of Communication
• 8. Ministry of Education
• 9. Ministry of Health
• 10. Ministry of Environment
• 11. Ministry of Agriculture and Food
• 12. Ministry of Railways
• 13. National University of Science

and Technology

• 14. Ministry of Information and

Broadcast

• 15. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural

Resources

• 16. National Center of Excellence in

geology, University of Peshawar

• 17. Capital Administration and

Development Division

• 18. PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council)
• 19. PCATP (Pakistan Council of

Architects and Town Planners)

• 20. DGs – PDMAs / SDMA / FDMA (07

Members)

• 21. Chairs of PWGs (04 Members)

After the devolution, most of the ministries become part of provincial government

Role of National Working Group

• 1. Mainstreaming DRR into different

development programmes

• 2. Mainstreaming DRR in 10 ministries
• 3. Strengthening of the ministries through

technical support

• 4. Implementation of DRR checklist in future

development project

• 5. Developed Ministerial Working Group

Inclusion of scientific & academic institutions (Technical working group)

• National Disaster Management Authority
• Provincial Disaster Management Authorities
• National Institute of Disaster Management
• Geological Survey of Pakistan
• Survey of Pakistan
• Pakistan Meteorological Department
• Federal Flood Commission
• National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK)
• Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
• National University of Science and Technology
• National Center of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar

Role of Technical Working Group

• To provide strategic guidance;
• To coordinate all activities related to MHVRA in

the country;

• To ensure the consistency in methodologies

employed for disaster risk assessments;

• Uniformity in data format during collection

process;

• Coordinating in disaster risk assessments efforts;
• To ensure no gaps exist;
• To avoid overlapping of efforts.

Developed web portal National platform for data sharing

www.disasterinfo.gov.pk

http://203.124.43.252/

Developed web portal (National platform)

• With funding support of World Bank, NDMA established

National Platform of Technical working group;

• Develop web portal using Geo-node for scientific &

technical organization to share data and make analysis;

• For quick dissemination of information for effective

emergency response;

• Disaster risk reduction planning;
• Enhance decision making;
• Web portal is further maintaining now by NDMA under

WFP funding support to further enhance the information,

Data Sharing Platform

• Geospatial Content Management System
• Web-based application platform for
• Sharing of geospatial data
• Developing geospatial data
• Deployment of Spatial data infrastructures
• Data Catalogue

Decision Support System (DSS)

• A Geographic Information System based tool to

facilitate informed decision making in an emergency situation;

• Basic map visualization (pan, zoom, address

search, geo-location, print map);

• Information popups, statistical graphs & pie

charts;

• Data querying capability based on attributes and

geography;

• Comparison maps;
• Visualization and analysis of hazard exposure

and risk scenarios.

Challenges

Group of Users

• Each member of the National Working Group is a

user of the plate form.

• There are four group each representing TWG sub

group.

 Flood  Earthquake  Vulnerability and Exposure  Risk Assessment

Challenges to maintain the platform

• Activation and deactivation of platform time to time;
• Lack of coordination between scientific & technical
• rganizations & non-government stakeholders especially for

data sharing;

• Hesitation to share the data especially among government

stakeholders;

• Ownership of platform;
• Operationalization of National Institute of Disaster

Management;

• Ensuring sustainability, regular liaison and coordination;
• Agreeing on one points especially in case of MHVRA;
• Less participation from academic and research organizations;

Conclusion

• Advocacy especially at scientific and technical organization

level responsible for emergency response management and development practices;

• Need to develop guidelines for ensuring sustainability of

platform and data sharing;

• Develop long term strategy to ensure capacity enhancement
• f DRR practitioners on use of scientific and technical data;
• More close coordination and regular liaison among technical
• rganizations;
• Lead role of National and Provincial DM authorities;
• Aggressive involvement of scientific & research organization;
• More aggressive role of NIDM