DRRR BOOK

• The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) 2020 – 2030 is the country's blueprint for implementing a proactive disaster risk reduction and management and preparedness system

  
• The NDRRMP 2020 – 2030 further strengthened the four thematic pillars of disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM)
• The NDRRMP 2020 – 2030 harmonizes national and global frameworks and commitments towards achieving the vision of a more inclusive and progressive Philippines
• NDRRMC Vice Chairs


  • Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for Disaster Prevention/Mitigation
  • Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for Disaster Preparedness
  • Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for Disaster Response and Early Recovery
  • National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery
• Government Agencies involved in the development of the NDRRMP 2020 - 2030

  • Department of National Defense – Office of Civil Defense (DND-OCD)
  • Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
  • Philippine, Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
  • Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
  • Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
  • Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
  • National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
  • Office of the Executive Secretary (ES)
  • Department of Health (DOH)
  • Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
  • Department of Agriculture (DA)
  • Department of Education (DepEd)
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Department of Finance (DOF)
  • Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
  • Department of Transportation (DOTr)
  • Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
  • Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
  • Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
  • Department of Justice (DOJ)
  • Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
  • Department of Tourism (DOT)
  • Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)
  • Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
  • Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)
  • Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD)
  • Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
  • Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)
  • National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)
  • Climate Change Commission (CCC)
  • Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
  • Philippine National Police (PNP)
  • Philippine Red Cross (PRC)
  • Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
  • Social Security System (SSS)
  • Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)
  • Union of Local Authorities in the Philippines (ULAP)
  • Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)
  • National Mapping and Resource Information Agency (NAMRIA)
  • National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA)
  • Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
  • Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
  • Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
• Local Government Units involved in the development of the NDRRMP 2020 - 2030

  • PDRRMOs of Albay, Batangas, Bohol, Bulacan, Cagayan, Catanduanes, Capiz, Cebu, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Masbate, Occidental Mindoro, Ormoc, Palawan, Quirino, Samar, Sorsogon, and Surigao del Sur
  • LDRRMOs of Alaminos, Apayao Baguio City, Borongan, Calapan, Dumaguete City, Kalinga, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Quezon City, Santiago, Tabuk, Tuguegarao City, and Vigan
• Civil Society Organizations involved in the development of the NDRRMP 2020 - 2030

  • Aksyon sa Kahandaan sa Kalamidad at Klima (AKKMA)
  • Assistance and Cooperation for Community Resilience and Development, Inc. (ACCORD)
  • Ateneo de Manila University - Ateneo School of Government (ADMU-ASoG)
  • CARE Philippines
  • Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD)
  • Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP)
  • Citizen Disaster Response Center (CDRC)
  • Disaster Risk Reduction Network - Philippines (DRRNet-Phils)
  • Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB)
  • Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative (EMI)
  • Life Haven
  • Manila Observatory
  • Mindanao State University – Marawi
  • MOVE UP Consortium
  • National Resilience Council (NRC)
  • People's Disaster Risk Reduction Network, Inc. (PDRRN)
  • Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)
  • Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
  • Plan International
  • The Asia Foundation (TAF)
  • University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI)
  • University of the Philippines – Visayas
  • Wetlands International
  • Partners for Resilience (PfR)
  • World Vision Development Foundation, Inc. (WV)
• Development Partners involved in the development of the NDRRMP 2020 - 2030


  • UNDP
  • United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
  • UN-Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Embassy
  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • World Food Programme (WFP)
• The NDRRMP 2020 – 2030 aims to provide strategic guidance to national government agencies (NGAs), local government units (LGUs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and development partners on disaster and climate-resilience actions
• The Philippines is amongst the world's most vulnerable when it comes to natural hazards with regular occurrences of typhoons, floods, drought, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions – all of which are further exacerbated by the adverse impacts of climate change
• As a response, the Philippines recognizes the need and further emphasis for more responsive disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) policies and measures
• The publication of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (NDRRMP) 2020- 2030 ensures the relevance and responsiveness of the plan to the evolving risks the country continuously faces
• The updating of the NDRRM Framework provides with a better conceptual framework as to how we should approach our work in strengthening our country's disaster resilience
• The NDRRMP 2020-2030 highlights the revised outcomes, key activities, and agencies' responsibilities across all of the thematic areas


  • Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Disaster Response and Early Recovery
  • Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery
• The plan also better aligns the Government's DRRM and CCA priorities with global, regional and national policy frameworks and agreements
• The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), as well as partners from the CSOs, NGOs, Private Sector, Academe, and development partners including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have provided unwavering support in making this initiative possible
• The UNION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE PHILIPPINES (ULAP) expresses its support and commitment to the Updated National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRM) Plan 2020-2030
• LGUs play a vital part in the successful implementation of the NDRRM Plan 2020-2030
• ULAP and the LGU leagues are support member-organizations in all the Thematic Pillars of the NDRRM Plan
• The President and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) have provided unfaltering, ready support and apposite guidance to LGUs, especially during difficult situations such as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and the onslaught of destructive typhoons, earthquakes and other natural calamities
• There is no challenge so big that we cannot overcome if we converge and work together in the spirit of "Bayanihan"
• Basic Sectors


  • Migrant workers
  • Workers in the informal sector
  • Indigenous peoples and cultural communities
  • Women
  • Persons with disability
  • Senior citizens
  • Victims of calamities/natural and human-induced disasters
  • Youth and students
  • Children
  • Urban poor
  • Members of cooperatives
• Capacity


  Combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or organization that can reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster. Includes infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management.
• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)


  Non-state actors whose aims are neither to generate profits nor to seek governing power. They unite people to advance shared goals and interests, have a presence in public life, and are based on ethical, cultural, scientific, religious or philanthropic considerations. Includes NGOs, professional associations, foundations, independent research institutes, CBOs, faith-based organizations, people's organizations, social movements, and labor unions.
• Climate Change


  A change in climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period typically decades or longer, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.
• Climate Risk


  The product of climate and related hazards working over the vulnerability of human and natural ecosystems.
• Climate Variability


  The variations in the average state and in other statistics of the climate on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of individual weather events.
• Command and Control


  Exercise of authority and direction by the Incident Commander over resources checked-in to accomplish the objectives.
• Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management


  A process in which at-risk communities are actively engaged in the identification, analysis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of disaster risks in order to reduce their vulnerabilities and enhance their capacities, with the people at the heart of decision making and implementation.
• Complex Emergency


  A form of human-induced emergency in which the cause of the emergency as well as the assistance to the afflicted is complicated by intense level of political considerations.
• Contingency Planning


  A management process that analyzes specific potential events or emerging situations that might threaten society or the environment and establishes arrangements in advance to enable timely, effective and appropriate responses to such events and situations.
• Crisis Management


  Plans and institutional arrangement to engage and guide the efforts of government, non-government, voluntary and private agencies in comprehensive and coordinated ways to respond to the entire spectrum of crisis needs.
• Critical Infrastructure


  Assets or systems, whether physical or virtual, so essential to the maintenance of vital societal functions or to the delivery of essential public services that the incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact. Includes telecommunications, water and energy supply, emergency services, food security, fuel supply, banking and finance, transportation, radio and television, information systems and technology, chemical and nuclear sectors.
• Development Partners


  Regional organizations, multilateral organizations, and donor agencies.
• Disaster


  A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Includes loss of life, injury, disease and other negative effects on human, physical, mental and social well-being, together with damage to property, destruction of assets, loss of services, social and economic disruption and environmental degradation.
• Disaster Mitigation


  The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters. Encompasses engineering techniques, hazard-resistant construction, improved environmental policies and public awareness.
• Disaster Preparedness


  The knowledge and capacities developed by governments, professional response and recovery organizations, communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard events or conditions. Includes contingency planning, stockpiling, coordination arrangements, evacuation, training and exercises.
• Disaster Prevention


  The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters through action taken in advance such as construction of dams or embankments, land-use regulations, and seismic engineering designs.
• Disaster Response


  The provision of emergency services and public assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
• Disaster Risk


  The potential disaster losses in lives, health status, livelihood, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period.