Sri Lanka comprehensive disaster management programme 2014-2018
The Sri Lanka Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (SLCDMP) 2014 – 2018 aims to ensure the safety of Sri Lanka by reducing the direct and associated potential risk of the country and minimising impacts on people, properties and the economy. Its overarching objective is creating and facilitating an enabling environment for multi-hazard, participatory and partnership oriented disaster management (DM) programmes which use risk knowledge as the base, in line with global conventions and frameworks.
Chapters 1 and 2 cover the introduction, the disaster context in Sri Lanka, and the SLCDMP. Chapters 3 and 4 present in detail the proposed programme outcomes, and the related outputs and activities. Chapter 5 will examine the financing plan, the project investment and the socio-economic cost benefit analysis. Chapter 6 will describe the arrangements for implementation of the programme, SLCDMP Implementation Unit and Proposed ProgrammeStructurealong with Annex 6-1 listing the implementing Ministries and Agencies. The Monitoring and evaluation process and the system proposed are explained in Chapter 7 with the necessary matrices, charts and formats attached as annexes.