Manuals | October 25, 2017
Guide to Facilitating Community-Led Disaster Risk Management
PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY-LED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
Principle 1: Inclusion of all social groups in the community
Principle 2: Leadership by the community
Principle 3: Promotion of accountability by all involved
Community‑led disaster risk management in practice
Bangladesh: Inclusion of all community members in DRM cash‑for‑work activities
Bangladesh: Setting up the participation mechanism through clusters in a diverse community
Vietnam: Accountable government in early warning and evacuation for storms and floods
Solomon Islands: Child‑centered disaster risk management through songs and games
STAGE 1: ENGAGE
What you should know
Deciding which community to work with
Deciding when to start CLDRM activities
How to facilitate the process of engaging the community and all stakeholders
Process 1: Build inclusive foundations for community-led disaster risk management
Process 2: Reach out for buy‑in
Community‑led disaster risk management in practice
The Philippines: Reaching out for support from a local association to reduce flooding
West Timor: Joint ventures in reforestation to reduce disaster and climate risk
Guatemala: Engaging key stakeholders to increase agricultural sustainability
STAGE 2: ASSESS RISK
What you should know
How to facilitate community-led risk assessment
Process 3: Understand cycles and trends
Process 4: Understand our past, present and future
Process 5: Understand the geography of risk
Process 6: Prioritize community challenges
Community‑led disaster risk management in practice
The Philippines: Using technology to understand the geographic dimensions of urban risks
Gaza: Seeing hazards and vulnerability from the community’s perspective
Myanmar: Reducing illness by understanding and responding to flood trends
Afghanistan: Prioritizing migration challenges through transparent voting
STAGE 3: DEVELOP AND TRACK AN ACTION PLAN
What you should know
How to facilitate community-led planning
Process 7: Deepen understanding of challenges
Process 8: Agree on solutions
Process 9: Develop a community‑led disaster risk management action plan
Process 10: Track progress to learn
Community‑led disaster risk management in practice
Ethiopia: Deepening understanding of drought challenges
Mali: Deepening understanding of urban disaster risk reduction to counter flood risk
Haiti: Seeking community consensus on solutions to flash flooding
India: Persistently advocating for government support for piped water
Niger: Collaborative approaches to food insecurity and drought challenges
RESOURCES
Resource A: Overview of all stages and processes in this guide
Resource B: Recruitment and induction of CLDRM facilitators
Resource C: Good practices in CLDRM facilitation
Resource D: How the exclusion or inclusion of frequently marginalized social groups affects disaster risk
Resource E: Putting principles into practice: Facilitation checklist
Resource F: Deciding where to work
Resource G: How to introduce your organization
Resource H: Roles, responsibilities and conduct agreement
Resource I: Techniques to encourage deeper responses to questions
Resource J: Deepening understanding of disaster risk management arrangements and solutions
Resource K: Deepening understanding of livelihoods issues and solutions
Resource L: Deepening understanding of water, sanitation and hygiene issues and solutions
Resource M: Deepening understanding of housing and shelter issues and solutions
Resource N: Deepening understanding of natural resource management issues and solutions
Resource O: Example community-based disaster risk management plan
Resource P: Example household‑level disaster risk management action plan and monitoring table
Resource Q: Example participatory monitoring table
Resource R: Pocket chart voting
Resource S: Reference documents