Lessons learned: Disaster Management Legal Reform

The reform of the Disaster Management
(DM) Law in Indonesia provides Disaster Risk
Reduction practitioners and development
professionals with insight into the intrinsic
linkages between the legal frameworks for
DM, the place of Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR), andbroader development objectives
such as the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Practitioners working on DRR, either
at national or at the sub-national level,
can glean successful approaches from the
process in Indonesia from 2005-2009. Both
at the national and the sub-national level,
lessons from Indonesia regarding coordination
and multi-stakeholder participation in
legal reform are valuable. Other countries
that currently lack comprehensive DRR
regulation or, those that are in the process
of developing regulatory frameworks
for DRR can learn from the approaches
employed in Indonesia. Actors involved in
the international risk reduction initiatives
can learn from the diversity of experiences
evident in the Indonesian DM Legal reform
process. Whether intending to inspire
programmes or inspire partners, DRR
practitioners can map a path towards
HFA compliance from the insights of the
experiences outlined in this brochure