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• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted by UN member states at the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in March 2015 in Japan
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.
• DRRM


  Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
• RA 10121is about?


  The Philippine DRRM Law provides a comprehensive, all-hazard, multi-sectoral, inter-agency, and community-based approach to disaster risk management through the formulation of the National Disaster Risk Management Framework.
• Global Policy Frameworks


  • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
  • Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
  • ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response
• The Philippine government's policies and programs for disaster risk reduction and management were anchored to the global policy frameworks
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030


  Aims to achieve the substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries
• Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015

  A comprehensive, action-oriented response to international concern about the growing impacts of disasters on individuals, communities & national development
• ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER)


  Focuses on the region's policy backbone on disaster management by giving priority to disaster risk reduction, thus enabling a more proactive regional framework for cooperation, coordination, technical assistance, and resource mobilization in all aspects of disaster management
• DRRM Act


  The Philippine DRRM Act of 2010 or Republic Act No. 10121, provides the basic policies and coordination mechanism for DRRM through the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (DRRMC) at the national, regional, and local levels
• Salient Features of the DRRM Act

  • Coherence with international framework
  • Adherence to universal norms, principles, and standards of humanitarian assistance
  • Good governance through transparency and accountability
  • Strengthened institutional mechanism for DRRM
  • Integrated, coordinated, multi‐sectoral, inter‐agency, and community‐based approach to disaster risk reduction
  • Empowerment of local government units (LGUs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) as key partners in disaster risk reduction
  • Integration of the DRRM into the educational system
  • Establishment of the DRRM Fund (DRRMF) at the national and local levels
  • Providing for provisions on the declaration of a state of calamity, remedial measures, prohibited acts and penalties