PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY-LED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

Principle 1: Inclusion of all social groups in the community

Principle 2: Leadership by the community

Principle 3: Promotion of accountability by all involved

Community‑led disaster risk management in practice

Bangladesh: Inclusion of all community members in DRM cash‑for‑work activities

Bangladesh: Setting up the participation mechanism through clusters in a diverse community

Vietnam: Accountable government in early warning and evacuation for storms and floods

Solomon Islands: Child‑centered disaster risk management through songs and games

STAGE 1: ENGAGE

What you should know

Deciding which community to work with

Deciding when to start CLDRM activities

How to facilitate the process of engaging the community and all stakeholders

Process 1: Build inclusive foundations for community-led disaster risk management

Process 2: Reach out for buy‑in

Community‑led disaster risk management in practice

The Philippines: Reaching out for support from a local association to reduce flooding

West Timor: Joint ventures in reforestation to reduce disaster and climate risk

Guatemala: Engaging key stakeholders to increase agricultural sustainability

STAGE 2: ASSESS RISK

What you should know

How to facilitate community-led risk assessment

Process 3: Understand cycles and trends

Process 4: Understand our past, present and future

Process 5: Understand the geography of risk

Process 6: Prioritize community challenges

Community‑led disaster risk management in practice

The Philippines: Using technology to understand the geographic dimensions of urban risks

Gaza: Seeing hazards and vulnerability from the community’s perspective

Myanmar: Reducing illness by understanding and responding to flood trends

Afghanistan: Prioritizing migration challenges through transparent voting

STAGE 3: DEVELOP AND TRACK AN ACTION PLAN

What you should know

How to facilitate community-led planning

Process 7: Deepen understanding of challenges

Process 8: Agree on solutions

Process 9: Develop a community‑led disaster risk management action plan

Process 10: Track progress to learn

Community‑led disaster risk management in practice

Ethiopia: Deepening understanding of drought challenges

Mali: Deepening understanding of urban disaster risk reduction to counter flood risk

Haiti: Seeking community consensus on solutions to flash flooding

India: Persistently advocating for government support for piped water

Niger: Collaborative approaches to food insecurity and drought challenges

RESOURCES

Resource A: Overview of all stages and processes in this guide

Resource B: Recruitment and induction of CLDRM facilitators

Resource C: Good practices in CLDRM facilitation

Resource D: How the exclusion or inclusion of frequently marginalized social groups affects disaster risk

Resource E: Putting principles into practice: Facilitation checklist

Resource F: Deciding where to work

Resource G: How to introduce your organization

Resource H: Roles, responsibilities and conduct agreement

Resource I: Techniques to encourage deeper responses to questions

Resource J: Deepening understanding of disaster risk management arrangements and solutions

Resource K: Deepening understanding of livelihoods issues and solutions

Resource L: Deepening understanding of water, sanitation and hygiene issues and solutions

Resource M: Deepening understanding of housing and shelter issues and solutions

Resource N: Deepening understanding of natural resource management issues and solutions

Resource O: Example community-based disaster risk management plan

Resource P: Example household‑level disaster risk management action plan and monitoring table

Resource Q: Example participatory monitoring table

Resource R: Pocket chart voting

Resource S: Reference documents