Jordan National Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategy 2019-2022.

This National Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Strategy is a nationwide sectoral document that serves as a roadmap for a common understanding of the prevalent disaster risk and the evaluation of the current DRR system and its capacities for the disaster risk reduction goals that are decided by the National Center for Security and Crises Management (NCSCM) as the designated high-level authority. The Strategy aims specifically at (i) setting basic disaster risk reduction; (ii) increasing awareness and knowledge of disaster risk reduction approaches and opportunities and contributing to community resilience against the threats and effects of disasters; (iii) establishing legal and institutional bases for effective planning and implementation of disaster risk reduction; (iv) contributing to the inclusion of disaster risk reduction in development policies, programs, and projects; (v) establishing a strategic platform for public-private-sector co-operation in disaster risk reduction; and consequently (vi) contributing to sustainable development in the country through the programs and actions embedded in the action plan, which will harness more proactive approach to reduce exposure of human and national assets to disasters.
Regarding the item of environmental protection, this Strategy (i) is properly synergized and integrated with other relevant national strategies, such as water and agriculture strategies and climate change policy; (ii) promotes the mainstreaming of disaster risk assessments, mapping, and management into land-use policy development and implementation, including urban planning and rural development planning and management.
To enhance more inclusive economic and social growth, the Strategy proposes to (i) increase awareness of disaster risk reduction methods and opportunities through information sharing, strategic partnerships, education, and training; (ii) improve the disaster risk reduction capacity at national, district, community and household levels are improved, and disaster preparedness; (iii) effectively integrate into all disaster risk assessments and disaster risk reduction planning indigenous knowledge, women, children, and marginalized groups; (iv) create partnerships, in particular with the private sector.
To ensure the DRR Strategy can be implemented successfully, the following enabling elements have been identified (i) strong Governance mechanism and legal frameworks; (ii) understanding of disaster risk and coping capacities to inform the DRM measures; (iii) technical and institutional implementation capacities; (iv) sufficient and stable financial resources dedicated to implementing the Strategy; and (v) strengthened mechanisms to follow-up, periodically assess and publicly report on progress.