Mission
To work as a think tank for the government by providing policy advice and facilitating capacity building services including strategic learning, research, training, system development and expertise promotion for effective disaster preparedness and mitigation.
1. To be a premier institute of excellence for training and research in disaster risk mitigation and management and to be recognized as one of the leading institutions at the international level in this field.
2. To strive relentlessly towards making a disaster free India by developing and promoting a Culture of Prevention and Preparedness at all levels.
1. Develop training modules, undertake research and documentation in disaster management and organize training programmes
2. Formulate and implement a comprehensive human resource development plan
3. Assistance in national level policy formulation
4. Assistance to training and research institutes for programme development for various stakeholders
5. Assistance to state governments in formulation of policies, strategies, framework for capacity building
6. Develop educational materials
7. Promote awareness among stakeholders
8. Undertake and support research, conferences, publications on various aspects of DRR.
Sphere India (a network of humanitarian collaborative process)
National Focal Point for SAARC Disaster Management Centre
http://www.nidm.gov.in
http://saarc-sdmc.nic.in
http://www.ndmindia.nic.in
1. NIDM is secretariat to National Platform on DRR.
2. Policy support to national and state governments
3. Technical support to state governments and local bodies for policy and plan formulation, capacity building in DRR
4. Formulation and implementation of National Human Resource Development Plan in DRR
5. Brainstorming and advocacy for elected representatives
1. Micro-zonation studies and seismic risk analysis
2. Rapid Visual Screening of buildings
3. Geo-Informatics research studies
1. India Disaster Knowledge Network
2. Regular training in all aspects of DRR to all stakeholders
3. Training of master trainers for School Safety
4. Media interactions and workshops
5. Online training programmes for greater outreach
6. Policy dialogues among stakeholders
7. Awareness strategy and IEC initiatives
8. Templates and toolkits for mainstreaming DRR into development.
9. Training programmes on Gender, Coastal Hazards, Geo-informatics, urban risk mitigation, minimum standards of relief, community based disaster management.
1. Technical support to organizations for sustainable ecosystem development
2. Technical support in capacity building in reducing physical and socio-economic vulnerability.
3. Technical assistance in planning, recovery strategies, need analyses and risk transfer mechanisms
4. Corporate sector collaboration for CSR in DRR
1. Incident Command System Training of master trainers
2. Training for NCC, NSS, volunteers
3. India Disaster Resource Network
1. NIDM organized the launch of the South Asia campaign on Making Cities Resilient
2. HFA mid-term review in 2010
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View our training calendar
Launch of the campaign in South Asia.
Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.