10 Years CORDAID Community Managed DRR: The Essence, Results and Way Forward

The year 2015 is fast approaching and the international development community is taking final stock of progress made on the Millennium Development Goals and prepar- ing a post-2015 framework for sustainable development . Disaster risk reduction (DRR) must become a key pillar of the post-2015 agenda . The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) reports that there has been steady progress on implementing disaster risk reduction measures since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in 2005, just weeks after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 225,000 people and obliterated years of development . However, as consultations are underway for a new international DRR framework to be adopted in 2015, it is clear that a greater effort is needed . In order to strengthen people’s resilience, DRR efforts at the local level need to be supported by government policies and programs that incorporate risk reduction and have appropriate implement- ing and financing mechanisms in place . To make sure that government policies truly reflect the realities and priorities of communities, continuous engagement of all stakeholders, including people whose livelihoods are at risk, must be the starting point of all future DRR efforts .