NDMC PRESENTATION ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS

BRANCH: NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE

20-24 January 20919

Presentation Outline

1. Acts / Legislative frameworks / Policies / Strategies in South Africa

2. Governance and Institutional Arrangements

3. Other clusters or institutional structures available and functional

4. Integrated interface with disaster community to effect disaster management practices

5. Funding arrangements available in South Africa

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Acts/legislative frameworks/policies/strategies

The Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (as amended) is the primarylegislation dealing with DM in South Africa.

❑The Act provides for an integrated & coordinated disaster managementpolicy that focuses on:

▪ Preventing or reducing the risk of disasters (Prevention);

▪ Mitigating the severity of disasters (Mitigation);

▪ Emergency preparedness;

▪ Rapid & effective response to disasters, &

▪ Post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation

❑The Act also makes provision for the establishment and functioning ofDM Centres across all spheres of government, disaster managementvolunteers; and matters incidental thereto.

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Acts/legislative frameworks/policies/strategies

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ACTS REGULATIONS POLICIES

• Annual Division of Revenue Act (DORA)

• Public Finance Management Act,1999 (PFMA)

• Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (MFMA)

• LG Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (as amended)

• LG Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (as amended)

• Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003

• Fire Brigade Services Act, 1987• Basic Conditions of Employment

Act, 1998 (as amended), etc.

• Disaster Management Volunteer Regulations, 2010

• National Disaster Management Framework,2005

• Various Treasury Regulations regarding preferential procurement, emergency procurement etc.

• White paper on Disaster Management• White Paper on Climate Change

Response • White Paper on Fire Brigade Services

(Draft) etc.

Acts/legislative frameworks/policies/strategies The National Disaster

Management Framework (NDMF)

is the legal instrument specified by

the Act to address the need for

consistency in avoiding, reducing,

responding to and reconstructing

following a disaster through the

concerted energies and efforts of

all spheres of government, civil

society and the private sector, by

providing ‘a coherent, transparent

and inclusive policy on disaster

management appropriate for the

Republic as a whole’(section 7(1)).5

Governance and Institutional Arrangements

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ICDM (Minister

of COGTA)

Cabinet Member

s

Members of

municipal Councils, selected

by SALGA

MEC’s of each

Province

Political Structure: Established by the President

Governance and Institutional ArrangementsInter-ministerial Committee on Disaster Management (ICDM)

❑ The ICDM is a Political forum inwhich national, provincial and localgovernment office bearers consultgive effect to the principles ofcooperative governance set out inChapter 3 of the Constitution onissues related to disastermanagement. The Structure isreplicated at provincial andMunicipal level in some provinces.

❑ The ICDM is accountable to, advisesand reports to Cabinet.

Governance and Institutional Arrangements

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NDMAF (Head: NDMC)

Technical Forum

National Sector Departments

Heads: PDMC’s

Municipal officials

selected by SALGA

Representatives of other disaster

management role-players(s5(1)(e)

Experts in disaster management

designated by the Minister

Technical Forum: Established by Minister

The National Disaster Management Advisory Forum (NDMAF)

❑ The NDMAF is a technical forum in

which national, provincial and local

government and other disaster

management role players consult one

another and co-ordinate their actions on

matters relating to disaster

management. The Structure is also

replicated at provincial (PDMAF) and

Municipal level (MDMAF)

❑ Technical Task Teams are established

to deal with specific cross-sectoral

disaster management issues

Other clusters or institutional structures available and functional

▪ National Joint Drought and Flood coordination Committees

Facilitate and coordinate the development and implementation of a national integrated and inclusive drought and Flood contingency plan, which covers the preparedness, response and recovery phases of the disaster.

• National Capacity Building Forum

Facilitate and coordinate capacity building initiatives amongst the state, the private sector, training institutions, academia, other stakeholders etc.

• National Early Warning Task Team

Facilitate and coordinate the development and dissemination of early warnings relating to disasters to stakeholders and civil society

• National Joint Operations and Intelligence Structure: Major country events overseeing and managing security and non security incidents/ events.

• Various departmental structures dealing with disaster management

• Multisectoral national outbreak response team(MNORT);Electricity Committees , Nuclear – Emergency Preparedness and Response Evaluation, Operation Phakisa etc.

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Other clusters or institutional structures available and functional

National Joint Operations and Intelligence Structure

The NATJOINTS is a security structure set up to coordinate organs of state in responding to security incidents but the structure also plays a key role in coordinating operational matters safety relating to large scale political, sporting events and where applicable disaster response with the NDMC as co-chair.

Various departmental structures dealing with disaster management

Various disaster management coordination structures exist internally with in sector departments (eg. MNORT - DoH, Water management – DHWS, Climate change - DEFF, Nuclear – DME, etc.)

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INTEGRATED POLICY MAKING

Intergovernmental Committee for Disaster

Management(ICDM)

Policy –making process

INTEGRATED DIRECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF

POLICY Head of the National

Disaster Management Centre

ARRANGEMENTS FOR STAKEHOLDER

PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGING TECHNICAL

ADVICE (NDMC)

ARRANGEMENTS FORNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND

INTERNATINAL CO-OPERATION

NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGENT CENTER

(NDMC)

Decentralised direction and implementation of policy

National organs of stateFocal/ nodal points

Provincial disaster management centres

(PDMCs)

Metropolitan disaster management centres

(MDMCs

Sub-metropolitan/ management centres

(MDMCs)

Ward Structures

Volunteers

National organs of state: key personnel

Municipal disaster management advisory

forums (MDMAFs) / consultative forums

National Disaster Management Advisory

Forum (NDMAF)

Provincial disaster management advisory

forums (PDMAF) / consultative forums

IDP structuresWard structures

&volunteers

National co-operationGiving effect to the principle of co-operative

governance

Regional co-operationSADC disaster risk Management Forum

International co-operationMechanisms to establish links

Integrated interface with disaster community to effect disaster management practices

FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS AVAILABLE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA

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Departments use own budgeted funds and following reprioritisation mayaccess disaster grant funding listed below

Grants for Emergency Response –

• The Municipal Disaster Grant (MDG) - The grant is meant to provide for theimmediate release of funds for disaster response within municipalities. The grantcovers amongst other items: emergency repairs to essential infrastructure toaddress the disruptions caused by disasters within communities in case theresponsible municipality is unable to cope. The grants are conditional.

• The Provincial Disaster Grant (PDG) - The grant is meant to provide for theimmediate release of funds to sector departments for disaster response. It coversemergency repairs to essential infrastructure to address the disruptions caused bydisasters in case responsible sector department is unable to cope.

• Disaster damages that require emergency response will be dealt with, throughimmediate relief grants and should be implemented within three (3) months.

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FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS AVAILABLE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA

Grants for Emergency Response –Adherence to the following Conditions of both the Provincial and Municipal Disaster Grantas stipulated in the Division of Revenue Act are a further requirement:

• Funds from this grant can only be used to purchase the items described in NDMCProvincial and Municipal Disaster Grant Frameworks and will only be released on requestof a provincial department or municipality and verification of a declared disaster as per theDisaster Management Act.

• Funds can only be released after a disaster has been declared in termsof the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (as amended).

• Other legislation are considered when funds are to be released to the municipalities orprovinces.

• It is also safe to mention that proof must be submitted that the sector cannot fund theoccurrence based on reason stated before application can be finalized to avoid duplicationof efforts.

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FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS AVAILABLE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA

Grants for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

The Municipal Disaster Recovery Grant (MDRG) and theProvincial Disaster Recovery Fund – Are meant or thereconstruction and rehabilitation of disaster damagedinfrastructure within municipalities and affected organsof state.

The grants are conditional and unallocated. The fundsare accessed through the budget adjustment process andmeant to address damages to be reconstructed orrehabilitated over the medium to long term period.

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FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS AVAILABLE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA

ASSISTANCE FROM SADC

▪ Assist with facilitation and coordination of the development of bilateral agreements and memorandum of assistance agreements; exchange programmes on good lessons to be learnt.

▪ Provide support to build capacity to establish a gender platform for DRR in RSA.

▪ Peer review by SADC

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Challenges

• Due to SA having three spheres (National - Provincial - Local levels),coordination and reporting can be challenging

• Differentiated capacities in each province and locals

• The main development plans (IDP) at local level may have riskconsiderations but implementation lags

• Varying, and sometimes inadequate, response capacities andcapabilities in various municipalities

• Management of in-migration and rapid unplanned informalsettlements 17

Thank You!