Micronesia, Federate States of: National Disaster Response Plan 2016

This National Disaster Response Plan is a national policy with a sectoral approach. The purposes of this Plan are to: (I) strengthen operational structures for disaster response management at national, state, local, village and outlying islands levels; (II) allocate roles and accountabilities for disaster response management to agencies across sectors and levels of government including civil society and the private sector; (III) promote arrangements in disaster response management for all including women, youth, marginalised and vulnerable groups; and (IV) set arrangements for disaster response management in line with the changing scope of the FSM/USA Compact and the wider Pacific regional associations.

A National Disaster Committee will be established to be responsible for policy development, for the strategic management of planning and arrangements for disaster preparedness and response, for the overview of disaster events and for accessing international, regional and bilateral support arrangements for disaster response.