THE POLICIES OF DRRM #hilippine D$$% &aw $' ()(*( and !ts !mplementing $ules and $egulations !ts Beginnings The #hilippine #hilippine D$$% &aw was signed on %ay %ay *+, *)() !mplementing rules and regulations was signed on eptember *+, *)() took eecr ater (/ days 0ational Disaster $isk $eduction $eduction and %anagement "ramework "ramework was signed on 1une (2, *)(( 0ational D$$% #lan was approved by %ational 3ouncil on "ebruary +, *)(*
Creation of DRRMC & Salient Features of the DRRM Law %angaging the atermath o a disaster can overwhelm a state4s machinery. The creation o the 0D$$%3 was thus well received because it taps local government government units 5&67s8, 5&67s8, communiti communities, es, and civil society society partners partners.. The new law shited more responsibilities to local communities on disaster management. 9ith this, the new disaster body promises to be more responsive on disaster concerns. This and other changes are e:plicitly written in the new D$$% law4s Declaration #olicy, oremost oremost o which is the protection o the people4s constitutional rights to lie and property. T;< #;!&!##!0< D$$% D$$% =T<% The #hilippines #hilippines was >rst in 'sia to have enacted its own law on disaster risk reduction and management through $epublic 'ct 0o. ()(*( or the #hilippine $isk $eduction and %anagement 5D$$%8 'ct o *)(). This law provided #aradigm #aradigm hit rom Disaster $elei $elei and $esponse $esponse 5D$$8 toward Disaster $isk $eduction and %anagement 5D$$%8.
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DRRMC Organizational Structure an Functions 's the country4s highest policy-making body or disaster risk reduction and management, the 0D$$%3 advises the #resident regarding all phases o disasters, rom preparedness to rehabilitation. ?n the top o 0D$$%34s oraganiational pyramid is the ecretary o 0ational Deense as 3hairperson. The Department o 0ational Deense 5D0D8 is the agency mandated to guard againts e:ternal and internal threats to national peace and security in times o peace, war, and disaster. The ?@ce o 3ivil Deense 5?3D8 is the implementing arm o 0D$$%3 and has the primary mission o administering a comprehensive national civil deense and the D$$% program. ?3D4s main responsibility is ensuring the implementation and monitoring o the 0ational Disaster $isk $eduction and %anagement #lan 50D$$%#8. 0D$$%3 is empowered to do the ollowing unctionsA • • •
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Develop the 0D$$% ramework Develop o 0D$$% plan 'dvise the president on the status o D$$% in the country
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Develop ertical nd horiontal coordination mechanisms "ormulate a national institutional capability building program "ormulate a national agenda or $esearch and Technology Development o D$$% "ormulate and implement a ramework or 33' 53limate 3hange 'daptation8 and D$$% 3onstitute a technical %anagement 6roup Task ?3D to conduct periodic assessment and perormance monitring o the memeber agencies 3oordinate or oversee the implementation o the country4s obligation wuth disaster management treaties.
7nder the chairman are our ecretaries who act as ice-3hairmen o the our rontline agencies, namelyA the Department o cience and Technology 5D?T8 or prevention E mitigation, the Department o !nterior and &ocal 6overnment 5D!&68 or preparedness, the Department o ocial 9elare and Development 5D9D8 or response, and the 0ational
Role of L!"s 7nder the $' ()(*(, there shall be a D$$% 3ouncil or each region. &67s, rom provincial to barangay level, are also mandated to orm and operate D$$% 3ouncils. The councils and o@ces created andFor tasked to put into operation o the various responsibilities o the government based on the #hilippine Disaster $isk $eduction and %anagement 'ct.
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The $egional D$$% 3ouncil is 0D$$%34s regional arm. !t maintains an operating acility on a *-hour basis, known as the $egional Disaster $isk $eduction and %anagement ?perations 3enter 5$D$$%?38. The country4s (+ $D$$%3s coordinate, integrate, supervise, and monitor, and evaluate $egional 3ouncil %ember 'gencies and the &D$$%3s. These ensure the integration o disaster risk reduction into local development plans, programs, and budgets, as a strategy in sustainable development and poverty reduction. Depending on the scope or sie o disaster, the !mplementing $ules and $egulations 5!$$8 o the new D$$% law de>nes when the dierent national and local Disaster $isk $eduction and %anagement 3ouncils will be activatedA
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#rior to the new D$$% law, &67s had the power to allocate only >ve percent o their annual !nternal $evenue 'llotment 5!$'8 or works or services in connection with calamities. This was known as the calamaity und. The /G ceiling had been scrapped by $epublic 'ct ()(*(. 3learly, the implementation o community-based disaster risk management proHects and activities involves both the structures o government at all levels and commitment o the members o the community. &67s are the bridges between national government and the residents which they represent. &67s provide the support to sustain community-based D$%% initiatives. $' ()(*( reers to &67s as the rontliners when a disaster strikes.
Recognition of Ci%il Societ Organization 'CSOs( 3ivil ociety ?rganiation 53?s8 are non-state actors whose aim are neither to generate pro>t nor to seek governing power. 3?s unite people to advance shared goals and interests. 3?s include 06?s, proeessional associations, oundations, independent research institutes, 3B?s, aith-based orgniations, people4s organiations, social movement, and labor unions. The inclusion o our 3ivil ociety ?rganiations in the organiational structure o 0D$%%3 makes D$$% a more community-based undertaking. The 3?s in the disaster management structure include civic organiation, 06?s 5nongovernment organiation8, people4s organiation, and other volunteer entities.
I#FORM)TIO# )#D RESO"RCES FROM THE !O*ER#ME#T 'Pro+ects an Progra,s(
The #DRRM Plan '#DRRMP( an -nowlege Transfer The D$$% law guarantees that concerned agencies will deliver inormation and make these accesible reely to public. ' number o priority programs and proHects that has been ormulated in the 0D$$% #lan are devoted to the delivery and acess to inormation and resources reagrding haards. The plan also includes provision or the establishment o D$$% training institutions to train communities, team, and managers on disaster preparedness and reponse. T;< 0'T!?0'& D$%% #&'0 *)((-*)*I #riority #rograms and #roHects
(. Development o plans J 1oint work plan or D$$% and 33', &ocal D$$% plans, 0ational Disaster $esponse #lan 5to include a system or earch, $escue and $etrieval $$K scenario-based preparedness and response plan5s8, $isk >nancing *. Development o understandable and consisten !<3 and advocacy materials on $' ()(*(, D$$% and 33' L. Development o guidelines J 3ommunications and inormation protocol beore during and ater disastersK 3reation o D$$% teamsK 3riteriaFstandards or local food early warning systemsK cationsK %anual o operatioms o disaster operation centers . Development o tools J D$$% and 33' mainstreaming in the national and locallevel planning, D'0' and post-D'0'K #sychosocial concerns /.
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Pri,ar Source of Infor,ation an Resources Department o cience and Technology 5D?T8 !ts mandate is to Mprovide central direction, ledership and coorination o scienti>c and technological eorts and ensure that the results thererom are geared and utilied in reas o ma:imum ecnomic and social bene>ts or the peopleN. Two o the lead agencies or the maHor natural haards 5#;!?&3 E #'6''8 are under its wing, the D?T is the agenc2y responsible in implementing the #revention and %itigation aspects o 0D$$%#. D?Ts speci>c obHectives also include reduction o vulnerability and e:posure o communities to all haards and enhancing capacities o communities to reduce own risks and cope with the impacs o all haards. Department o !nterior and &ocal 6overnment 5D!&68 !t is the agency tasked primarily or the preparedness aspect o disaster reduction. This inludes the development and implementation o a comprehensive national and local preparedness and response policies, plans, and systems. D!&6 is e:pected to ensure operational aand sel reliant local D$%% councils and ully unctioning local D$%% o@ces. "or the whole D$%% eort to be more eective, D!&6 is also reOuired to strengthen partnership and coordination with all those involved D$%%. 0ational
