National Disasters Management Institute Explained

Agency Name:National Disasters Management Institute
Nativename:Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades
Formed:1999
Jurisdiction:Mozambique
Chief1 Name:Joao Ribeiro
Chief1 Position:Director
Parent Agency:Ministry of State Administration
Website:http://www.ingc.gov.mz/

The National Disasters Management Institute (Portuguese: Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades, INGC) is the disaster relief agency of Mozambique.

History

The INGC was formed in 1999[1] by Government decree no. 37[2] and operates under the Ministry of State Administration (MAE).[3] [4] Prior to its creation, disaster management in Mozambique was under the purview of the Department for the Prevention and Combat of Natural Disasters (Portuguese: Departamento de Prevenção e Combate as Calamidades Naturais, DPCCN),[2] a subunit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation that mainly served as a "distributing agency for external aid".[5] In contrast to its predecessor, the INGC was geared more toward coordination of disaster management efforts than delivery of foreign aid.[2]

As of March 10, 2008, Joao Ribeiro was the director of the INGC.[6] He was formerly the institute's deputy director[7] and replaced Paulo Zucula, who was "widely praised" for his leadership of the INGC, when Zucula was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication.[8]

Activities

The INGC is responsible for conducting mitigation efforts (such as collection and analysis of data),[9] [10] undertaking preparedness measures (e.g. awareness campaigns),[10] [11] [12] and coordinating disaster response (including distribution of food, tents, and other supplies).[13] [14] Since June 2008 it is also responsible, through the Reconstruction Coordination Office (GACOR), for the resettlement of persons displaced by natural disasters.[15] The INGC prepares for and responds to both natural disasters, such as droughts,[16] floods,[11] and tropical cyclones[5] —the three natural hazards to which Mozambique is most vulnerable[17] —andman-made disasters, such as the 2008 South Africa riots.[18]

The INGC coordinates disaster management efforts with and receives support from public and private institutions, non-governmental organisations, and international organisations,[19] including Concern Worldwide,[20] the government of Germany,[21] and the United Nations.[22] Ad Melkert, the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, which provides assistance to the INGC through its Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery,[23] lauded the institute in March 2008 as "an example of effective management of natural disasters".[24] It received "unanimous" praise from international organisations for its response to the 2007 Mozambican flood.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borges-Coelho, João . Gary M. Littlejohn . amp . Mozambique Country Case Study: Impacts and Responses to the 1997-98 El Niño Event . 2008-09-02 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828030045/http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/un/mozambique.html . 2008-08-28 . dead .
  2. Web site: Section I: The Mozambique country case study . 2008-09-02. April 2005. South African Regional Poverty Network. 3 .
  3. News: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Mozambique: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 3. ReliefWeb. 2007-02-12 . 2008-09-01 .
  4. Web site: Mozambique: national inventory of social protection policies, institutions and frameworks . 2008-09-01. January 2007. PDF. Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 6 .
  5. News: Conor. Foley. Preparation is everything. The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 2007-05-31 . 2008-09-01 .
  6. News: Cyclone Jokwe lashes northern Mozambique, leaves 7 people dead. International Herald Tribune. 2008-03-10 . 2008-09-01 .
  7. News: Mozambique faces flood fury. Al Jazeera English. 2008-01-17 . 2008-09-01 .
  8. News: Mozambique: Guebuza Reshuffles Government. Mozambique News Agency (reproduced by AllAfrica.com). 2008-03-11 . 2008-09-01 .
  9. Book: United Nations Development Programme. United Nations Development Programme. Mozambique National Human Development Report 2005: Human Development to 2015, Reaching for the Millenium Development Goals. 2008-09-01. 2006. 71 .
  10. Web site: UNICEF Humanitarian Action: Mozambique in 2007 . 2008-09-01. United Nations Children's Fund. United Nations Children's Fund. 2007. PDF. .
  11. News: Army called for Mozambique floods. BBC News. 2007-02-08 . 2008-09-01 .
  12. News: Ruth Ansah. Ayisi. Mozambique learns from the past. Mail & Guardian. 2007-03-20 . 2008-09-02 .
  13. Web site: Strategic Plan for Malaria Control in Mozambique . 2008-09-01 . July 2006 . . . 22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913184241/http://www.usaid.gov/mz/doc/plan/mh_stratplan%20malaria_2006.pdf . 2008-09-13 . dead.
  14. Web site: Mozambique: Population Movement . 2008-09-01. 2008-05-27. PDF. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 2 .
  15. News: Reconstruction coordination office created. Mozambique News Agency, No. 361. 2008-06-24 . 2008-09-01 .
  16. News: Hunger deepens in southern Africa . Southern Africa Documentation and Cooperation Centre . 2002-03-12 . 2008-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094146/http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-080.shtml . 2011-07-06 . dead.
  17. Web site: Mozambique . 2008-09-02 . Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050818031708/http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/undp/cntry_profile.php?selectedCountry=159 . August 18, 2005 .
  18. News: S.Africa apologises for attacks on Mozambicans. Reuters. 2008-06-04 . 2008-09-02 .
  19. Web site: Hahn . Micah . Mozambique: Northern Inhambane case study . 2008-09-01 . October 2007 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015259/http://www.ciel.org/Publications/Climate/CaseStudy_Mozambique_Oct07.pdf . 2011-05-26 . dead.
  20. Web site: Mozambique . 2008-09-01 . Where we work . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511201105/http://www.concern.net/what-we-do/where-we-work/a730/Mozambique.html . May 11, 2008 .
  21. Germany and Mozambique expand their cooperation . . 2007-02-22 . https://archive.today/20070811044643/http://www.bmz.de/en/press/pm/2007/february/pm_20070222_3.html . dead . 2007-08-11 . 2008-09-01.
  22. News: Mozambique on the right path to development, but obstacles still exist . . 2008-03-29 . 2008-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611060835/http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2008/march/mozambique-development.en;jsessionid=axbWzt8vXD9 . 2008-06-11 . dead.
  23. UN Strengthens Government's Early Recovery Coordination Capacity in Mozambique . . 2007-03-07 . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090520231824/http://www.undp.org.mz/en/newsroom/press_releases/press_releases_2007/un_strengthens_government_s_early_recovery_coordination_capacity_in_mozambique . dead . 2009-05-20 . 2008-09-01.
  24. News: Guebuza Receives UNDP Associate Administrator. United Nations Development Programme. 2008-03-29 . 2008-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080530210721/http://www.undp.org.mz/en/what_we_do/millennium_development_goals/mdg_press_releases/guebuza_receives_undp_associate_administrator . 2008-05-30.

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