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New Delhi : A national workshop on data requirements for Disaster Risk Reduction Database began here on May 2, 2018. The workshop has been organized by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) with an aim to developing a uniform and credible national-level disaster database.
The two-day workshop is aimed at developing a consensus among various stakeholders on disasters and thresholds and to develop standardised systems for data collection, updation and validation to ensure accuracy and quality. Such a database would help track the progress towards achieving the targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR). Once ready, this database would be able to provide real time disaggregated data.
“It is the first step towards developing a National Disaster Management Information System that can provide real time information to various stakeholders for relief and rehabilitation response, policy interventions, planning and research for risk-informed development planning,” said R K Jain, Member, NDMA, according to a PIB release.
Speaking on the occasion, Yuri Afansiev, United Nations Resident Coordinator, India, emphasised on the need to understand implications of disasters, especially in a country as vast as India. “There is a need to integrate the proposed database to various development frameworks and goals allowing policymakers to receive reliable information, analyse it and reach conclusions to take policy decisions.”
The technical session on Disaster Information and Data Management System on Damage and Loss and Good Practices was chaired by Lt. Gen. N C Marwah (Retd.), Member, NDMA. The session also discussed global experiences and best practices in institutionalising disaster database.
The second session on ‘Discussion to record an event as a Disaster in DRR Database at National and State levels’ was chaired by Kamal Kishore, Member, NDMA. Issues such as data collection templates, data sources, and IT platform for entering, organizing and managing data were discussed during this session.
Officials from NDMA and representatives of Central Ministries and Departments concerned, State Governments, UN agencies, Administrative Training Institutes (ATIs), Disaster Management Institutes and Universities are participating at the workshop.
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