Disaster Responses & Preparedness - Resilient Coastal Communities And Urban Risk (Drp-Curb)

The overall aim of the post-disaster project is to enhance human safety and security, including that of community and urban assets, by raising the awareness of urban and coastal communities of mitigation measures in areas prone to earthquakes, fires, cyclones, storm surges, and flooding. Building on the successes of UN-HABITAT's interventions in the DRR sector and programmes, the DRP/CURB Project in support of the Coastal and Urban communities in Myanmar is designed to introduce a culture of community-based response through: (i)  Gender-based community response: Building capacities of communities to ‘build back safer' through a Training Of Trainers mechanism and implementation of gender-based community disaster response in carefully selected pilot areas that are multi-hazard prone, (ii)  Mainstreaming of Disaster Risk Reduction: Facilitate the development of township, state and national level policies and guidelines on disaster resilient construction practices through provision of model houses and technical support and Land policy. (iii)  Public Education and Awareness Campaigns (PEA):  Create awareness within coastal communities and urban communities on the hazards of Cyclones, Storm Surges, Floods, Fires and Earthquakes(iv)Training and capacity development for local government(v) Providing policy support to strategic urban issues: support to formulate National Housing policy and National urban Development Strategy (v) Facilitate to formulate  Myanmar National Building Code with the partnership of Myanmar Engineering Society (vi) Facilitate to formulate Township Disaster Management Plans (vii) Promote climate smart DRR actions and facilitate to formulate State of Environment Report (viii) Preparation of Inly Lake Restoration and Conservation Action Plan