This trip report summarizes the Kathmandu 3cd Program Definition Field Trip conducted September 5-9, 2005, by Jim Buika, Project Manager from the Pacific Disaster Center and Jeannette Fernandez, component 1 coordinator. The Trip Report is organized into a Field Trip Executive Summary followed by relevant attachments.
Purpose of the Field Trip • To understand the context of past and current disaster risk management (DRM) activities in Nepal at the national level, Kathmandu Valley region, and Kathmandu Metropolitan City • To identify current DRM capacity: ministerial, municipal, and local organizational framework, gaps and needs, • To inform stakeholders of the 3cd Program in order to gain consensus on project direction, organization and potential areas of cooperation, • To establish partnerships with ministries, municipalities, NGOs, and donors, • To sign an agreement of cooperation between PDC and NSET to act as the 3cd Program Local Investigator and discuss its expected role, and • To gain feedback on the draft Kathmandu DRM Profile and Sound Practices.
Resource collections
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
