IGAD Regional Disaster Risk Management Strategy 2019-2030

This report presents an analysis of the extent to which the prevention of displacement, the protection of the displaced, and the facilitation of durable solutions have been integrated into existing national and regional DRR, CCA and Development policies in the IGAD region. Drawing on the framework provided by UNDRR's Words into Action (WiA) guidelines Disaster Displacement: How to Reduce Risk, Address Impacts and Strengthen Resilience, the report also provides suggestions for where existing policy can be augmented to better take into account existing and future disaster displacement. In suggesting these policy approaches, it also draws on existing work by UNDRR and other organisations promoting coherence between DRR, CCA and development policies. 

This approach aligns with efforts at the global level. The WiA guidelines form a companion to the implementation of Target (E) of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), which aims to facilitate the revision of DRR policies in line with the Framework's goals by 2020. Target (B) of the SFDRR sets the related goal of reducing the number of people affected by disasters by 2030, with 'affected population' including those who are 'evacuated, displaced, or have suffered direct damage to their livelihoods, economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets' in disaster contexts.13 UNDRR has since made steps to ensure that the provisions preventing displacement and protecting the displaced are built into international, regional and national disaster risk reduction plans.