Scoping for community-based disaster risk management for flood risk management in Nepal

Client
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Duration
October 2018 - December 2018

Our project team
Victoria Bannon

Type of work
Research and analysis
Reports and editing

Key themes
Community participation
Gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI)
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Early warning systems (EWS)
Local level
Policy and governance
Terai region

About this project

This work involved undertaking a scoping of the Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) component of the project Priority River Basin Flood Risk Management Project in Nepal. The wider project aimed to access resources from the ASEAN Develop Fund Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Funding to support the Government of Nepal to strengthen flood control hydraulic structures, early warning systems and flood risk management, including at the community level.

Victoria Bannon worked closely with the consulting firm engaged for project preparation to develop a description of the national policy framework to support CBDRM at local level and key lessons learned from implementation of CBDRM in the Terai region. Recommendations and broad costings for implementation for CBDRM related activities were made.