Forwarding a challenging task: Seven elements for capacity development for disaster risk reduction

Summary, in English

Capacity development for disaster risk reduction is an important process to substantially reduce disaster losses, which threaten sustainable development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. This paper presents seven elements for capacity development for disaster risk reduction that has been applied in practise with noteworthy results. The seven elements are: (1) Terminology, (2) Local context, (3) Ownership, (4) Capacity assessment, (5) Roles and responsibilities, (6) Mix of activities, and (7) Monitoring, evaluation and learning. Although this set of elements should not be seen as a comprehensive methodology in itself, the seven elements for capacity development for disaster risk reduction still highlight vital aspects and seem to be a both conceptually and pragmatically interesting path to follow for increasing the impact and sustainability of projects.

• Author: Magnus Hagelsteen; Per Becker
• Department/s: Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM); Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety; Centre for Societal Resilience
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 94-97
• Publication/Series: Planet@Risk
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Full text: - 241 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://planet-risk.org/index.php/pr/article/view/38
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Global Risk Forum
• Topic: Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
• Keywords: Capacity development; Capacity building; Disaster Risk Reduction; Disaster Risk Management; Disaster Management; Disaster
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 2296-8172