NDMA NATIONAL NGO TASK FORCE

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the Apex Body for Disaster Management in India, headed by the Prime Minister of India, had set up a National NGO Task Force to promote Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in all spheres of disaster management. BJS is an active member of this task force.
Having Community Based Disaster Risk Management as the guiding principle, this task force will  be the national-level platform for coordinating the activities of both government organizations and non-governmental organizations (GO-NGOs) in the field of disaster management and will facilitate and support the formation of similar task forces at state and district levels.

Objectives

•Mapping of NGOs at state and district levels.
•Training and capacity building of various stakeholders.
•Mainstreaming vulnerability reduction through CBDRM in civil society initiatives.
•Assisting the transition from relief codes to Disaster Management codes through Policy and Guidelines.
•Guidelines for GO-NGO collaboration.
•Providing assistance in setting up NGO task forces at state and district levels.
•Integrating CBDRM in development programmes.
•Strengthening disaster preparedness, mitigation and effective response in state and districts.
•Setting up working groups on specific themes to include broad-based participation of civil society organizations

MEMBERS OF TASK FORCE

• UNDP
  
• CARE, India
  
• OXFAM
  
• EFICOR
  
• SEEDS
  
• PGVS
  
• ABCD
  
• RVC
  
• RedR India
  
• CARITAS
  
• World Vision
  
• Indian Red Cross Society
  
• BJS
  
• UNICEF
• MHA, GoI
  
• NIDM
  
• Ramakrishna Mission
  
• VANI
  
• SPHERE India

For more Details visit www.ndma.gov.in