Jordan National Platform

In 2015, a Royal Decree was issued with the approval of the National Center for Security and Crises Management bylaw, No. (20), and became effective as of April 1, 2015. It includes the responsibilities and duties expected from the establishment of the national platform for DRR.

Objectives

Sustaining coordination and strengthening multi-stakeholder collaboration to sustain DRR activities, through a consultative and participatory process, as well as through integrating disaster and crisis risk reduction into development policies and planning, in line with the implementation of international frameworks. 

Responsibilities and duties expected

• Directing national efforts in DRR, as well as providing a national information database;
• Developing the country’s risk register;
• Coordinating all national efforts to reduce disasters and crises;
• Monitoring the implementation of national DRR strategies and policies, and the responsibility of updating them;
• Identifying risks at the national level (natural, technological, man-made, existing risks, emerging risks), and their prioritization;
• Making recommendations for legislation updates, in-line with DRR;
• Coordinating with all national agencies to build and sustain capacity for DRR;
• Mobilizing support and finance for the implementation of DRR activities;
• Supporting DRR awareness activities at the national and local levels;
• Providing the required consultations to decision makers;
• Ensuring that strategic and operational plans for DRR (and developing mechanisms to ensure follow-up, monitoring, and evaluation) are developed and sustained, to protect lives and property from disaster risk.