The Philippine Strategic National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (SNAP) is a road map indicating the vision and strategic objectives of the Philippines for the period 2009-2019 pursuing the strategic goals of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). The Philippine SNAP aims to build the resilience of communities to disasters. In more concrete terms, the expected outcome is to reduce disaster losses in lives, in the social, economic and environmental assets of communities and countries. The instrument is based upon the Four-Point Plan of Action on Disaster Preparedness (4PPADP). The instrument aims to Increase the resilience of livelihoods to disasters. Priority actions are clustered into five strategic objectives. Sub-objectives and components are enumerated under each strategic objective. The strategic objectives are the following: 1) Enabling environment (to adopt a responsive legal and policy framework which creates an enabling environment for all Filipino citizens and the government and guides them towards reducing losses from disaster risk); 2) Financial and Economic Soundness - Mobilizing Resources (to pursue cost-effective ways and means to offset socio-economic losses from disasters and prepare the nation for disaster recovery); 3) Supportive Decision-Making for an Enlightened Citizenry (to use the best available and practicable tools and technologies from social and natural sciences to support decisions by stakeholders in avoiding, preventing, and reducing disaster impacts); 4) Safety and Well-being Enhancement (to increase capacity, reduce vulnerability and achieve improved public safety and well-being); 5) Implementation and Evaluation of Disaster Risk Reduction (to monitor and assess progress on DRR and prepare better for disasters in terms of identified risks and warning systems). To implement the SNAP, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) shall take the following steps: a) rally the support of civil society organizations and the private sector to continue the national multi-stakeholder dialogues and other fora on DRR; b) anchor the SNAP on the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Country Framework Plan so that DRR projects are undertaken strategically and are synchronized with donors’ programmes; c) actively procure the inclusion of SNAP programmes and projects in government plans; d) commit budget line items for disaster risk reduction to implement DRR mainstreaming consistently; e) investigate sound practices and adapt them as necessary; f) utilize the cluster mechanism to put together stakeholders who share the same DRR functions such as health, education, agriculture, shelter, livelihood, and food and to advance the implementation of SNAP programmes and projects.
الفلبين · 2009-01-01