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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility Disaster risk reduction Disaster risk reduction in Norway in Norway Aiming for a safe and robust society where Aiming for a safe and robust society where everyone takes responsibility everyone takes responsibility Strasbourg, 07 May 2007 Petter Nuland

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Page 1: A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility Disaster risk reduction in Norway Aiming for a safe and robust society where everyone takes

A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Disaster risk reduction in NorwayDisaster risk reduction in NorwayAiming for a safe and robust society where everyone Aiming for a safe and robust society where everyone

takes responsibilitytakes responsibility

Strasbourg, 07 May 2007

Petter Nuland

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

385 199 km2

Length (direct line N-S): 1 752 km

Width: min. 1.6 km, max. 430 km

Total coast line: 25 148 km

Population: 4.5 million

(Oslo: 500.000)

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 1Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 1: : Ensure that disaster risk reduction is a Ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national priority with a strong institutional national priority with a strong institutional

basis for implementationbasis for implementation Establishing a National Establishing a National Platform for Disaster Risk Platform for Disaster Risk ReductionReduction

A strengthened mandate for A strengthened mandate for disaster risk reduction through a disaster risk reduction through a Royal DecreeRoyal Decree

Adapting to the effects of a Adapting to the effects of a changing climatechanging climate

One National point of contact One National point of contact for the ISDR systemfor the ISDR system

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 2Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 2: : Identify, assess and monitor disaster Identify, assess and monitor disaster risks and enhance early warningrisks and enhance early warning

Annual National Annual National vulnerability and vulnerability and preparedness reportpreparedness report and other and other multidisciplinary and multidisciplinary and trans-sectoral reportstrans-sectoral reports

Research- and science Research- and science based knowledgebased knowledge

The The ÅkenesetÅkeneset early early warning systemwarning system

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Åkneset

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Disaster risk reduction in the school Disaster risk reduction in the school - Education and training for children - Education and training for children and youths and youths

Guides and publications on aspects Guides and publications on aspects related to disaster risk reductionrelated to disaster risk reduction

Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 3: Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 3: Use knowledge, innovation and education to Use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all build a culture of safety and resilience at all levelslevels

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 4Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 4:: Reduce the underlying risk factorsReduce the underlying risk factors

Building codes and the Planning and Building codes and the Planning and building actbuilding act

Land-use planning and Mapping risk Land-use planning and Mapping risk areasareas

Flood plain managementFlood plain management

  

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 5: Hyogo Framework Priority for Action 5: Strengthen disaster preparedness for Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective responseeffective response

A new cross-departemental secure A new cross-departemental secure digital emergency communication digital emergency communication networknetwork

New Act concerning civil defence, New Act concerning civil defence, civil protection, and local level civil protection, and local level disaster risk reduction disaster risk reduction

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A safe and robust society – where everyone takes responsibility

Challenges and the way forwardChallenges and the way forward Only 1/3 of municipalities have done Only 1/3 of municipalities have done

comprehensive risk and vulnerability comprehensive risk and vulnerability analysis the latest 4 yearsanalysis the latest 4 years

Which municipalities will need better Which municipalities will need better resilience and what is national and resilience and what is national and what is local responsibility?what is local responsibility?

How to ensure that local level has How to ensure that local level has the appropriate knowledge and the appropriate knowledge and competences?competences?

How will national level vulnerability How will national level vulnerability affect the local level?affect the local level?

How to link the local, national, and How to link the local, national, and international levels?international levels?

Plans and structures

Audits

and guidance

Excericses

Risk and vulnerability

analysis

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Thank you for your Thank you for your attention!attention!

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