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Your partner in service delivery and development

Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Provincial & Local Government National Disaster Management Centre Mr Lance Williams 19 ~ 20 February 2008. Your partner in service delivery and development. dplg 19~20 February 2008 2. OVERVIEW. Purpose of the NDMC

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Your partner in service delivery and development

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  1. Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Provincial & Local Government National Disaster Management CentreMr Lance Williams19 ~ 20 February 2008 Your partner in service delivery and development

  2. dplg 19~20 February 2008 2 OVERVIEW • Purpose of the NDMC • Functional areas and strategic objectives of the NDMC • High level reflection on the performance of the NDMC • Issues raised by the Committee in the previous session in 2007 • Strategic priorities for 2008/09

  3. dplg 19~20 February 2008 3 1. Purpose of the Branch

  4. dplg 19~20 February 2008 4 1.1 Purpose of the NDMC The purpose of the NDMC is to • Promote the implementation of the Disaster Management Act (Act 57 of 2002) through the establishment of an integrated and co-ordinated system of disaster management, with special emphasis on risk reduction, which includes • disaster prevention, • preparedness and • mitigation by • national, provincial and municipal organs of state, • statutory functionaries, • national government line departments, • and other role-players involved in disaster management, • as well as communities. • Aligned to dplg Strategic Objective 3: To build and strengthen the capability and accountability of Provinces and Municipalities to implement their constitutional mandate. • Strategy 3.8: Support implementation capacity for Disaster Management in Provincial and Local Government • Through this strategic objective, we aim to contribute to the overall resilience of communities and infrastructure to disaster risk, to strengthen the capacity of provinces and municipalities in pre-empting and responding to disasters, as well as ensuring cross-functional disaster management in all spheres of Government.

  5. dplg 19~20 February 2008 5 2. Functional areas of the Branch

  6. dplg 19~20 February 2008 6 2.1 Functional areas and strategic objectives • DISASTER POLICY AND MANAGEMENT • Manage the development and implementation of the National Disaster Management Policy. • Monitoring of the development of DM strategies, plans, frameworks and establishment of centres. • To administer the Fire Brigade Services Act (monitor compliance). • To provide support to the Chairperson of the Fire Brigade Board. • Manage Urban Search and Research Capability. • DISASTER INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT • Co-ordinate and support disaster stricken areas in emergency situations. • Provide advice on Disaster Intervention and Support. • Manage the development of contingency plans for various scenarios. • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Gather disaster management information and disseminate to vulnerable communities. • Establish Early Warning Systems as well as GIS capability. • Maintain a database of institutional role-players. • CAPACITY BUILDING, PUBLIC AWARENESS AND RESEARCH • Co-ordinate the development of comprehensive disaster management training, capacity building and community awareness strategies. • Promote disaster management capacity building, training and education. • Promote the recruitment, training and participation of volunteers in disaster management • Increase the capacity of communities and households to minimize the risk and impact of disaster that may occur.

  7. dplg 19~20 February 2008 7 3. High level reflection on the performance of the NDMC

  8. dplg 19~20 February 2008 8 3.1 High level reflection on the performance of the NDMC

  9. dplg 19~20 February 2008 9 3.1 High level reflection on the performance (continued)

  10. dplg 19~20 February 2008 10 3.1 High level reflection on the performance (continued)

  11. dplg 19~20 February 2008 11 3.1 High level reflection on the performance (continued)

  12. dplg 19~20 February 2008 12 3.1 High level reflection on the performance (continued)

  13. dplg 19~20 February 2008 13 4. Issues raised by the Committee in the previous session in 2007

  14. dplg 19~20 February 2008 14 4.1 Issues raised in 2007 • The Committee to arrange a joint meeting with the dplg and National Treasury on adequate start-up grants and resourcing of disaster management centres at all spheres of government – planned 2008/9; • The dplg must formulate and conduct capacity building/awareness workshops across all spheres of government for political support for disaster management – planned 2008/9; • Request the dplg to develop an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to gauge disaster management preparedness across all spheres - complete. • Disaster Management to be afforded a higher priority at all spheres of government and be reflected in Municipal IDPs as required by law – planned 2008/9.

  15. dplg 19~20 February 2008 15 5. Strategic priorities for 2008/09

  16. dplg 19~20 February 2008 16 5.1 2008/09 Strategic Priorities • 2010 Activities • Detailed Host City Disaster Management Compliance Audit • Conduct Risk and Hazard Analysis for Host Cities • Hazardous Material Training for Fire Technicians (dplg, SAMHS, SASOL) • Coordination of all disaster management stakeholders. • Enhancement of the Disaster Management Information System • Flash-flood Guidance system developed with the South African Weather Service • Establishment of the NDMC as Regional Support Office for UN SPIDER (United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response - UN-SPIDER) • Re-establishment of SADC Disaster Management Task Team • Community awareness programmes in relation to disasters (including the political and administrative leadership at Provincial and Municipal level) • Introduce mechanisms for implementing the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) focus e.g incorporation of DRR into Municipal IDP’s • Continue to facilitate the incorporation of Climate Change into all Disaster Management activities; • Continue with establishing MOU’s with all relevant DM stakeholders • DM Annual report published.

  17. dplg 19~20 February 2008 17 5.1 2008/09 Strategic Priorities • Conduct Risk and vulnerability assessments in all three spheres of government. • Continued development of disaster management guidelines. • Status of provincial and municipal organs of state on development of Disaster Management frameworks, plans and centres established. • Monitored Training programme of disaster management executive champions developed. • Learnership programme for disaster management developed. • Review of Fire Services Bill finalised for inclusion in 2009 legislative schedule. • Fire-Brigade Services Norms and Standards published. • Capacity Building and Awareness workshops to ensure Political Support for Disaster Management • Disaster Management IDP Audit • Official Launch of ICDM (Inter Governmental Committee on Disaster Management) and NDMAF (National Disaster Management Advisory Forum)

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