Nepal a country vulnerable to the earthquake, landslide and flood at the present context. In 2011, the Government of Nepal launched the Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction Consortium (NRRC).  NRRC is a unique arrangement that unites humanitarian development and financial partners with the government of Nepal in order to reduce vulnerability to natural disaster. So based on the Hyogo Framework five priorities of action and Nepal?s National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management ,the NCCR has identified 5 flagship priorities for sustainable disaster risk management.

a) Flagship 1: School and Hospital Safety.

Flagship 1 aims to build the earth resilience of school and hospital through retrofitting , rebuilding , training , awareness raising and safety measures that ensure these buildings are operational after major disaster led under Ministry of Education, Asian Development Bank, Ministry of health and Population. A study of school earthquake safety in 2003 revealed that of the 1,100 buildings in 643 public schools in Kathmandu Valley, over 60% were at risk of collapse during a major earthquake. These efforts will protect the most vulnerable disaster while ensuring critical school and hospital service remain.

b) Flagship 2: Emergency Preparedness and Response.

Flagship 2, led by Red Cross and the Ministry of Home Affairs, seeks to enhance the Government of Nepal's preparedness and response capabilities at the national, regional and local level .Current assessments suggest that a major earthquake in Kathmandu will result in the deaths of 100,000 people, hundreds of thousands injured and close to 1 million displaced. This involves developing the Government?s ability to respond in a coordinated manner with all in-country resources including the armed forces as well as integrating incoming international humanitarian and military assistance.

c) Flagship 3: Flood Risk management in the Koshi River Basin.

The Koshi River is the largest Basin in Nepal. In 2008 a major flood in the Koshi basin displaced nearly 60,000 families in Nepal as well as Bihar, India and caused massive loss in livelihoods. Under Flagship 3, led by the World Bank and the Ministry of Irrigation, the initiatives focus on both the short term goal of strengthening institutional capacities while improving flood management and mitigation in the long term with the aim of protecting Nepal from flood related disasters and sustaining development.

d) Flagship 4: Community based Disaster Risk Reduction

Flagship 4 is coordination and advocacy mechanism for community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) in Nepal. Communities are the first responders to natural disasters and require the skills and resources to effectively mitigate prepare and respond to disasters. It aim to build common understanding and approach among many organization contributing to CBDRR activities to track progress against national targets and encourage greater investment for scaling up CBDRR across country. Led by the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, Flagship 4 has the ambitious aim of making 1000 Village Development Committees (VDCs) disaster resilient by using an agreed upon set of characteristics for disaster resilience.

e) Flagship 5 : Policy/ Institutional Strengthening

Sustainable disaster risk management in Nepal requires strengthened policies and legislation institutions with technical and functional capacity. The United Nations Development Programme and the Ministry of Home Affairs lead Flagship 5 with the aim of enhancing the Government of Nepal's disaster risk management capacity centrally and at the municipal and local level. This important task includes strengthening building codes and land use planning, and improving national institutions for disaster risk management.

Source: Academic Syllabus of SchEMS

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