Project Coordination Committee Meeting

Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme Phase II

Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief

13 May 2013

1st Quarter Highlight

Overall Key Results

Post-2015 DRR Framework completed through national

consultation
National textbooks with DRR & CCA content for the primary
and Secondary schools were launched
Continued LDRRF through direct implementation
agreement with local DMCs
Interactive Voice Response is launched
Climate change parameter studies completed
Management:
A senior programme adviser deployed

Clarified Logframe, RRF, MYP

Filling up remaining vacancies
Joint planning and coupling with DDM

Outcome -1: 1st Quarter Highlight

Professionalising DM System
Bangladesh participation in international forums:

Asian Advisory Group of Parliamentarians for DRR (AAGPDRR), Incheon, Korea

RCC Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
4th GPDRR 2013 (preparation), Geneva
International Conference on Local Government: Mainstreaming DRR & CCA in urban
local governance

National Disaster Preparedness Day 2013

Nationwide school safety drill, national seminar, booklet for schools, newspaper article

and supplements

Completion of Post 2015 HFA DRR agenda

Development of Community Radio (C.R.) Listeners Group

Launch of Masters programmes with BUP

Outcome -2: 1st Quarter Highlights

Rural Risk Reduction

LDRRF:
FTRA/RRAP at 29 Unions in 10 Upazilas in 6 districts.
Implemented: 92 schemes; at USD 2.98 millions,

benefitting 0.2 million people.

Disbursed USD 2.15 millions

Plans for Training of local DMCs are revisited

Outcome 3: 1st Quarter Highlight

Urban Risk Reduction

Seismic fault mapping completed, leading to:
Urban Contingency Planning : bldg inventory 45 Wards , risk profile 18 wards
City planning for Mymensignh with UDD
Retrofitting assessment initiated - commissioned the
seismic retrofitting assessments of three major buildings to ADPC

1st batch of Safer City training with UN-ISDR / MAB

Training of construction workers 240 masons and bar binders
in this quarter, total 1540

Urban LDRRF interventions:

with city governments of Sylhet, Mymensingh, Chittagong
With communities at Chittagong

Outcome 4: 1st Quarter Highlight

Preparedness
Official Launch of the IVR by 6 mobile operators
DMIC dissemination 16 Sitreps
Safer school programme
30 secondary school teachers identified as Master Trainers
nation-wide safe school drills during NDPD,
school drill model in Shahin School

Outcome 5: 1st Quarter Highlight

Mainstreaming DRR across sectors

National Curricula Textbook Board (NCTB):
Textbooks disseminated

Supplementary learning materials and ToT manual for engineers

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD):

Meteorologists are trained on computerised weather date processing
Others received training on GIS and remote sensing software

Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC):

Main Meteorological Office computer is updated

42 professionals received training

Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB):

Seismic assessment for 6 cities ongoing, active fault mapping

Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE):

Rabi/2013 demonstration is completed

Technology dissemination: Dry Seedbed; Mushroom planitng, demo plots

Department of Fisheries (DoF

Climate impact assessment and CCA mainstreaming guideline developed

Outcome 5: 1st Quarter Highlight

Mainstreaming DRR across sectors

Department of Livestock Services (DLS):
draft action plan on disaster and climate risk management in livestock sector

Department of Environment (DoE):

DRR&CCA integration in Fisheries and Livestock Sectors,
Publications for the Climate Change Knowledge Network

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS):

Guidelines for: post-earthquake action plan; Non-structural vulnerability asmnt
A National Health Crisis Management and Archive Centre established.

Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD):

1,500 urban volunteers in 38 batches bringing up 16,373

100 professioals trained in 2 batches bringing up to 1,415

Department of Women Affairs (DWA):

DRR Action Plan was submitted for approval to ministry.

Outcome 6: 1st Quarters Highlight

Community Level CCA

Publication of Climate Change Studies: 4 reports finalised

Internal Displacement study: Consulted to national expert

Translation to adaptation techniques: Findings of studies
are shared with potential users and partner agencies

Capacity building: capacity building consulted with government

departments, training/academic institutes, I/NGOs.

Summary of Financial Progress for 1st Quarter 2013

Reporting Period: January -Mach 2013
Outcome

Outcome 1
Outcome 2-

Figures in USD

AWP for
Progress of Q1
Planned for Q1 Exp. for Q1
% Against
2013
Q1
(version-A) (Jan-Mar'13) (Jan-Mar'13)
A
C
D
E
454,215
110,924
142,654
129%
13,409,240
2,768,606
2,200,358
79%

F
142,654
2,200,358

G
31%
16%

842,884
149,040
77,691

21%
5%
0%
12%

Outcome 3
Outcome 4
Outcome 5
Outcome 6-

4,092,942
3,032,915
3,010,744
661,260

588,534
632,500
2,900
99,500

77,691.25

143%
24%
0%
78%

Outcome 7

1,721,872

331,202

336,090

101%

336,090

20%

26,383,187

4,534,165

3,748,718

83%

3,748,718

14%

TOTAL

842,884
149,040

Total Exp. Up % against

to March 2013
AWP

M&E
M&E data collection plan for 2013 and 2014
100-Unions Survey ongoing
Disaster Management Committee functionality assessment
CPP functionality assessment,
Community and household level disaster preparedness
LDRRF intervention results survey
School safety preparedness assessment

Baseline production: MoU with BBS for Baseline for Assessment &
Union Vuln./Resilience Index

Assessments
Completed: Urban Volunteers; DMIC users and beneficiaries
Pipeline: Landslide volunteers & Resilient Habitat Approaches

Way forward
Challenges:

High delivery targets vs. political instability

Capacity constraints of DMCs / NGOs gravitate to conventional interventions
Urban LDRRF projects require intensive supervision

Lessons:

Broader academic opportunities

Urban projects boosted LDRRF gaining momentum
More confident partner department

Priorities for Q2:

Business continuity plan to work during hartals

Fewer LDRRF projects with larger nominal values
Intensive capacity building of DMCs, officials and planning cadres