National Disaster Management
Coordination Committee
by
Major General Gamini Hettiarrachchi (Retd.)
Disaster Management Centre
Sri Lanka
Inter Agency
Coordination Committee
National Disaster
Management
Coordination Committee
Core Group 1
Preparedness, Early
Warning,
Emergency
Operation &
Mainstream DRR
Core group 2
Relief, Welfare &
Early Recovery
Core Group3
Recovery ,
Rehabilitation
and
Reconstruction
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Inter Agency Coordination
Committee (IACC)
• Chairperson :
Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management
• Members:
Permanent Focal points nominated by
Agencies
• Frequency of Meeting :
Once in 6 Months
Draft TOR for Inter Agency
Coordination Committee (IACC)
• Coordinate activities at Ministerial level
• Provide policy recommendations to the
National Council for Disaster Management
• Provide required assistance to the
stakeholder agencies to implement DRR
activities efficiently
• Provide guidance to the NDMCC
National Disaster Management
Coordination Committee (NDMCC)
• Chairperson :
Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management
• Members:
Operational focal points nominated by Head
of Agencies
• Frequency of Meeting :
Once a Months
Draft TOR for National Disaster
Management Coordination Committee
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Coordinate & Monitor DRR activities to avoid duplication
Ensure effective use of resources
Identify the gaps and priorities in DRR activities
Coordinate preparedness activities carried out by stakeholder
agencies
Coordinate early warning dissemination
Coordinate capacity building & awareness creation activities
Coordinate relief activities
Coordinate reconstruction activities
Provide recommendations / guidance for the core groups
activities
Draft TOR for Core Group 1:
Preparedness, Early warning, Emergency
Operation & Mainstream DRR
• Assist & Coordinate
– Early warning, Search & Rescue, Emergency Operation, at all
levels
• Identify the gaps in
– Early warning system & make recommendations
– Search & Rescue Operation & make recommendations
• Advocate training, education, awareness and research needs for
Preparedness, Early warning, Emergency operation & mainstream
DRR into Development Planning
• Review/Suggest improvements in Preparedness planning
• Make recommendations to integrate DRR into development
• Incorporate DRM at Community level projects
Draft TOR for Core Group 2:
Relief, Welfare and Early
Recovery
• Coordinate relief assistance & early recovery
• Support to carryout rapid need assessment
• Identify the gaps and make recommendation in relief
distribution
• Advocate training, education, awareness and research
needs for early recovery and relief
Draft TOR for Core Group 3: Recovery,
Rehabilitation & Reconstruction
• Identify the gaps in
– Post disaster recovery & rehabilitation activities
• Coordinate
– Recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities
– Post disaster loss & damage assessment
• Develop integrated plan and consolidate appeal for resource
requirement
• Develop a mechanism to integrate risk/ vulnerability analysis to
recovery, rehabilitation & reconstruction planning process.