United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Programme

Scaling up the National Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Maldives

—The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed the project “Scaling up the National Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Maldives” on 17^th February 2016. The new project duration is from February 2016 to January 2018. This Project is funded to the Amount of US $ 380,000.

Objective:

• —  Build-upon the achievements of the Government on disaster management

• —  Scale up, ensure continuity and enhancement of the current policies and programs

• —Enhancement of community capacity for disaster response 

• —Strengthening the Early Warning Systems

• —Enhancement of capacity in disaster statistics 

Enhance National Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Maldives

The UNDP country programme document for Maldives for 2011-2015 supports sustainable human development goals and is fully aligned with the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2011-2015 and national development priorities articulated in the Government’s Strategic Action Plan, 2009- 2013.

The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a project to address disaster risk management in the Maldives on 28th July 2013. The "Enhance National Capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Maldives”, project will be funded to the tune of US $ 400,000 by the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR).

The project will support in;

• The establishment of the institutional and legal systems for disaster risk reduction and effective disaster risk reduction organizations/ institutions.

• Strengthening of the end-to-end early warning systems and implementation of public awareness campaigns and knowledge building on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

• Increasing community capacities for disaster preparedness for effective response. (CBDRM)

• Flood response mechanism

• Involving multi-stakeholder engagement, and

• Assessing and strengthening the capacities of the NDMC as the lead national institution on disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management and coordination.