Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU

Develop community based disaster management systems for their specific needs in view of the
regional diversities and multi-hazard vulnerabilities through a consultative process.
Disseminate important concepts of NDMA Guidelines in the various regional languages through
multi-media technologies.
Enable officials who are functioning at the district levels to be better equipped to deal with natural
disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides and other natural phenomena that are likely to
cause damage.
Train the team of district officials to enable them to introduce basic guidelines/procedures and
become aware of safety and evacuation techniques, as well as seismic-resistant constructions.
Equip the functionaries at district level to immediately arrange for basic relief work, in case of
common natural/man-made disasters without waiting for help/ instructions from external sources.
Methodology of Execution:
In the identified 54 multi-hazard districts, a systematic methodology has been adopted under the Project,
which includes:
1. Identification of Administrative Training Institutes (ATIs), in each of the 11 States for organization
of Pilot Face-to-Face Training Programme (FFTP) for Training Need Analysis (TNA).
2. Development of background material and audio and video programmes to be provided to the
participants of FFTPs.
3. Translation of background material in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Oriya, and
Telugu.
4. The Study Centre Coordinator has been identified as the nodal officer representing IGNOU for
carrying out the following activities pertaining to the Project:
To be in touch with the Nodal Officer from the District Administration to get the names of the
participants for attending FFTPs. NDMA is responsible for passing on the names and contact
details of the Nodal Officers to the Study Centre Coordinator, once the same is finalized and
conveyed by the district administration.
To organize the Capacity-Building exercise through 8 FFTPs of two day duration each, to be
attended by 35-40 participants identified by the district administration for each FFTP.
2 Resource Persons identified from different fields of study from each Study Centre have
been assigned to conduct 8 FFTPs of two day duration each.
Mock Drill of around two hours on the second day of each FFTP has been provisioned to
demonstrate skills and methods required in rescue operations, including first aid techniques/
skills.
The Main Stakeholders of the Project are:
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
State Governments
State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA)
District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)
District Administration
The Project aims at training the participants who shall further help the community to undertake required
tasks for effective disaster management.