Disaster Preparedness - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 57 p.): PART ONE : PLANNING FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: 15. Statement on institutional framework

Disaster Preparedness - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 57 p.)

PART ONE : PLANNING FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

		5. Question on activities already undertaken
		6. Vulnerability assessments
		7. Categories of information
		8. Objectives of assessing vulnerability
		9. Requirements of a plan
		10. Typical structure of a disaster plan
		11. Types of disaster
		12. The planners
		13. Question on entities involved in planning
		14. Status of the plan
		15. Statement on institutional framework
		16. Question on designating a focal point
		17. National disaster assistance organization
		18. Roles and responsibilities
		19. Sample information system
		20. Resource base
		21. Question on planning a resource base
		22. Statement on warning systems
		23. Categories or response mechanisms
		24. Possible needs in different types of emergencies
		25. Public education and training
		26. What rehearsals can accomplish

15. Statement on institutional framework

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Read the statement. Divide the group in half. Ask one group to work individually to list the advantages of working within the existing institutional framework, while each participant in the other group draws up a list of disadvantages. After 3 minutes, facilitate a discussion of these "pros and cons" based on items from both sets of lists.

Disaster Preparedness Framework
Vulnerability Assessment	Planning	Institutional Framework
Information Systems	Resource Base	Warning Systems
Response Mechanisms	Public Education and Training	Rehearsals

"Avoid creating new organizations for disaster preparedness. Instead, work within established structures and systems."