Venezuela: Analysis of the Institutional and Legal Framework for Disaster Risk Management and International Humanitarian Assistance

Client
UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) contracted by Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Duration
October 2019 - September 2020

Our project team
Victoria Bannon
Hannah Irving
Alejandro Linayo
Rosanna Drew

Type of work
Legal and regulatory frameworks
Research and analysis
Reports and editing

Key themes
Civil society
Climate
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Humanitarian assistance
Institutions
International aid
Legislative frameworks

About this project

This report is an analysis of the legal, institutional and political framework that supports the humanitarian response mechanisms and of action for the reduction of disasters in Venezuela in 2019. The aim of the study and its recommendations is to strengthen the institutional capacities of for humanitarian response mechanisms and actions against disasters.

It provides Venezuelan institutions and civil society with an evaluation of the existing legislative frameworks and institutional structures that were responsible for dealing with the crisis scenarios the country was experiencing, creating the potential for reform and/or adaptation processes to promote a greater institutional capacity to lead, coordinate, and support international humanitarian aid operations that the Venezuelan population may demand.