During today’s meeting, the Council of Ministers approved the Prime Minister’s draft decision to reconstitute the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction in the Council of Ministers, headed by the Assistant Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers for Crisis and Disaster Management Affairs, and the membership of the Head of the Armed Forces Crisis Management Center and the Director of the National Emergency and Safety Network. Public Affairs, the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, the Director of the General Administration of Civil Protection, the Chairman of the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, and representatives of all ministries and governorates, in addition to a representative of each of the General Intelligence Service, the Information and Decision Support Center, the Administrative Control Authority, and the Suez Canal Authority. , the General Information Service, the Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the National Center for State Land Use Planning, the National Council for Disability Affairs, the National Media Authority), as well as a representative of the General Federation of Civil Associations, the Egyptian Red Crescent, and the Egyptian Insurance Federation. This is according to the need. The National Committee may seek assistance from whomever it deems appropriate to accomplish its tasks. The Committee holds a regular meeting twice a year upon the invitation of its Chairman.
The crisis or disaster is managed by the governor of the region within the geographical scope of the governorate
The draft resolution stipulates that the crisis or disaster shall be managed by the governor of the region within the geographical scope of the governorate, and the competent minister shall also undertake the management of the crisis or specific disaster, in coordination with the head of the National Committee, and in accordance with agreed upon plans. In the event of a wide scope of influence and multiple jurisdictions, a working group shall be formed by decision of the head of the National Committee. Council of Ministers.
Developing a national system for managing crises and disasters and reducing risks
The National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction aims to build and develop a national crisis management systemDisasters Risk reduction is based on an integrated institutional framework, leading to the establishment of a specialized national entity in this regard, in addition to working to effectively integrate disaster risk reduction considerations into sustainable development policies at all national and local levels, and working to support cooperation and coordination between all ministries, governorates and bodies. Concerned with crisis and disaster management and risk reduction, within the framework of the requirements of the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Achieving immediate and effective response to confront and contain crisis risks
The National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction aims to develop and raise community awareness and build a sound culture for dealing with crises and disasters and reducing risks, as well as achieving an immediate and effective response to confront and contain the risks of crises and disasters, reduce the resulting losses and negative effects, and develop the completion of recovery and rebuilding in a better way. .
According to the draft resolution, the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction is responsible for the following
– Activating the national institutional framework that is consistent with the requirements of the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction. To this end, it may prepare national policies and frameworks for crisis and disaster management and risk reduction at the national level.
– Developing mechanisms for integrating the reduction of risks associated with current climate variability and its change in the future into the program and plans for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
– Ensuring that the management of risks associated with natural disasters is taken into account in these programs and plans, in addition to preparing the necessary plans and programs to support the ability of ministries and governorates to raise their own capabilities to confront various crises and disasters.
– Reviewing the plans and programs of the ministries, governorates and relevant bodies in preparing response plans for crises and disasters, and providing assistance and advice in this regard.
– Preparing the general framework of the national plan for training in the field of crisis and disaster management, reviewing and evaluating the training plans of ministries and governorates in the field of crisis and disaster management and risk reduction, following up on the implementation of response plans to confront crises and disasters in the concerned authorities, and following up and evaluating developments in the situation on an ongoing basis.
– Providing the support required to manage the crisis or disaster efficiently and effectively.
The National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction is responsible for implementing the tasks and duties of the National Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction in accordance with the priorities of the Hyogo Framework for Action and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
– Acting as a national point of contact with international and regional bodies and organizations concerned with crisis and disaster management and risk reduction, as well as relief work.
– Expressing an opinion on joining, approving or ratifying international or regional agreements related to disaster reduction and management.
Coordination Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management
The draft resolution stipulated that a coordinating committee for crisis and disaster management be formed, headed by the head of the Central Administration for Crisis and Disaster Management, and whose membership includes representatives of the ministries of defense, interior, and foreign affairs, the General Intelligence Service, and the Administrative Oversight Authority. The committee is responsible for following up and conducting the work of the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and reducing… risks, discuss and approve its agenda, and the Coordination Committee may invite whomever it deems appropriate to attend its meetings.
A scientific advisory committee will also be formed to reduce the risks of crises and disasters, headed by the Assistant Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers for Crisis and Disaster Management Affairs. Its membership includes – according to need and for specific time periods – an elite group of experts and specialists in the various fields of knowledge related to reducing the risks of crises and disasters, and a decision will be issued on its formation. Chairman of the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, based on a proposal from the Technical Secretariat of the National Committee and a survey of the opinion of the Coordinating Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management. The Scientific Advisory Committee is specialized in providing scientific and technical support to the National Committee and proposing and developing policies, strategies and plans to reduce the risks of crises and disasters.
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers supports the National Committee by developing monitoring and early warning mechanisms in the field of crisis and disaster management and risk reduction.
– Preparing a national program to organize campaigns to raise community and cultural awareness in the field of crisis and disaster management and risk reduction.
– Establishing and developing integrated national databases in the field of crisis and disaster management and risk reduction. The General Secretariat for Crisis and Disaster Management Affairs of the Council of Ministers assumes the duties of the technical secretariat for: the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, the Coordinating Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, and the Scientific Advisory Committee for Risk Reduction. From the risks of crises and disasters.
– All ministries, governorates, agencies and concerned parties are committed to providing the technical secretariat of the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Risk Reduction with the name of its representative for membership in the National Committee, and to provide the requested data, implementation and follow-up of the plans and programs developed to confront crises and disasters and reduce their risks.
A crisis and disaster management center in every governorate
– Each governorate is committed to establishing a center for crisis and disaster management and risk reduction within the governorate’s organizational structure (emergency and public safety center – traditional operations room). This center is directly affiliated administratively to the governor, and technically affiliated with the Secretariat for Crisis and Disaster Management Affairs in the Council of Ministers.
Crisis and disaster management and risk reduction centers in the governorates adhere to the standards determined by the Secretariat of Crisis and Disaster Management Affairs in the Council of Ministers.
An annual plan for field exercises on potential disasters
All governorates are also committed to preparing an annual plan for field exercises on potential disasters in them, and submitting it to the technical secretariat of the National Committee and having it approved by the Coordinating Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management first.
The various ministries, governorates and government bodies are committed to submitting their detailed plans in the field of crisis and disaster management and risk reduction and the measures proposed to be followed, including early warning systems to confront any disaster or crisis and any amendments to them, to the technical secretariat of the National Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management and Reduction. Risks to be presented to the National Committee for approval.
– The National Committee issues its decisions to determine the levels and mechanisms of the system for coordinating the work of crisis or disaster management in its three stages (before – during – after), the formation and means of summoning and the location of the crisis or disaster management group, and how to make optimal use of the capabilities of the central operations room in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers according to the situation. .
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