1. Disaster Risk Reduction and Governance. Ron Cadribo.

2. OUTLINE OVERVIEW Disaster Risk and Development
Development-Disaster Relationship.
Factoring Disaster Risk into Development.
GOVERNANCE.
Definition
Good governance
FACTORING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION.
Governance and Disaster Risk Reduction.
Governance at Central Level
Governance at Local Level
Governance at Community Level
Regional and Global Partnership Roles

3. Disaster Risk Reduction an Development
SUMMARY
Disaster Risk Reduction an Development
Disaster risk as an unresolved problem of development
Development processes and experiences
Human activities and decisions
Climatic change
Globalisation

4. Factoring Disaster Risk into Development
disaster risk can be managed
development gains can be protect against the effects of natural hazards
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 
MDG 1: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger
MDG 2:Achieving universal primary education
MDG 3: Promoting gender equality and empowering women
MDG 4: Reducing child mortality
MDG 5: Improving maternal health
MDG 6:Combating HIV/ AIDS, malaria and other diseases
MDG 7:Ensuring environmental sustainability
MDG 8: Developing global partnership for development 
Governance the missing link

5. Key Elements of Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy
Vulnerability and risk assessment
Effective early warning systems
Public awareness to understand, vulnerability, risk and risk reduction
Public and political commitment to risk reduction
Creation of multidisciplinary and inter-sectoral partnerships, including the expansion of disaster risk management networks
Improved scientific knowledge about the causes of natural disasters as well as the effects of natural hazards and related technological and environmental factors have on society.
Continued international cooperation
Strengthening of disaster reduction capabilities and coordinating structures for policy and strategy development and the development of early warning

6. The primary steps in disaster risk reduction can be reduced into three:
 Political Will
Determining and understanding the nature of the disaster risk
Identifying and developing policies and strategies that reduce disaster risk
Mobilising the political will and defining this institutional and structural mechanism that can generate disaster risk reduction policies and strategies

7. GOVERNANCE. 
Definition:
Governance refers generally to the set of instruments through which people living in a state, believing in common core values, govern themselves by the means of laws, rules and regulations enforced by the state apparatus. It denotes a system of values, polices, institution by which society manages its economic, political and social affairs through interaction among the state, civil society and the private sector.
The three components: economic, political and administrative.
Economic governance
Political Governance
Administrative governance

8. Good Governance
Institutions that of democratic pluralism that facilitate
Public participation,
Equity and rule of law;
Responsiveness; effective and efficiency
The legitimacy of political processes
Accountability
Strategic vision and.
Values of equality, empathy and tolerance.

9. Central level
Political will and commitment to sharing decision-making power
  Effective policy,
 State’s ability to use available state and non-state capacities to make and implement them.
Local Government Level
 Decentralised Local governance structures
Citizen Participation
Partnership

10. Community level
Favourable political environment that supports and promotes participatory practices, and specific opportunities for women to be involved in decision-making and implementation of development programmes.
Leadership roles
Empowerment,and ownership,

11. Governance Role at Central Level
Policy and Planning.
Coordination and Institutional Framework
Legislation
Governance Local Level 
Decentralised structures, which provide opportunities for participation, and involvement of all segments of society. Disaster risk management at local level as key element in any viable national disaster risk reduction strategy,
effective municipal and local government institutions.

12. FACTORING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION.
Political Commitment
Need for greater participation and involvement of broad range of stakeholders in decision-making.
disaster risk and coordinating structures
Decentralisation of planning and decision making powers and responsibilities

13. Governance at Community Level
community participation, and ownership in all aspects of disaster risk reduction.

14. Regional Level and International roles and Responsibilities
Defining and shaping common regional level strategy
Development of national Capacities
Knowledge, information and documentation,
Addressing trans-boarder issues
Framework for scientific, technical and professional interface with Government and Non-governmental structures.
International level,
Advocacy and galvanising support and assistance
Building of capacity
Facilitating technology development; technology acquisition and technology transfer to promote industrial development and manufacturing.
Providing development and technical assistance
Promotion of regional cooperation and integration issues
Provide finance for programmes dealing with poverty alleviation

15. Appropriate governance for disaster risk management is a fundamental requirement if risk considerations are to be factored into development planning and if existing risks are to be successfully mitigated. (UNDP, 2004:89)

16. Summary The critical importance of good governance is that it creates the favourable environment at international regional, national and local levels that permit the generation of appropriate development plans and strategies that contribute the achievement of MDGs and disaster risk reduction. Good governance should achieve increase coordination at all levels, the development of multi-sectoral disaster risk management policies and strategies based on broad involvement of all individuals, government, private sector and civil society institutions, allocation of appropriate resources at local, national and international levels, effective partnerships