Outline of the Project

Project Name

The Project for Enhancement of the Disaster Management Capacity of BNPB and BPBD

Country

Indonesia

Date of Agreement

July 11th, 2011

Target Areas

Jakarta (BNPB), North Sulawesi province, regencies and municipalities (BPBD), and Bali province, regencies and municipalities (BPBD)

Cooperation Period of the Project

From November 14th 2011 until November 13th 2015

Counterpart

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB); Regional Disaster Management Agencies (BPBDs) of two provinces: North Sulawesi Province, Bali Province (Tentative); and the Regency/Municipality BPBDs in the target area (pilot provinces)

Background of the Project

In Indonesia, there is damage from droughts and forest fires in the dry season. In the rainy season, water immersion and flood damage caused by squalls or heavy rain occur frequenly. Furthermore, the country is located on the borders of the Pacific plate, Eurasian plate, and tsunamis caused by earthquakes. Examples of such disasters and resulting damage in recent years are: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in December 2004 and the Java earthquake in May 2006. Damage from both of the earthquakes was quite heavy. In addition, the most recent large-scaled disasters include: the Padang earthquake in September 2009, eruption of Mount Merapi and the Mentawai island tsunami in September 2010. These disasters have raised the awareness on the importance of disaster management.

The government of Indonesia, upon these occasions, enacted Law No. 24 on Disaster Management in 2007, and strengthened the disaster management systems of the country through establishing the BNPB (National Agency for Disaster Management). At the same time, as a part of the measures to enhance the capacity for disaster management, the government of Indonesia requested the government of Japan to formulate a comprehensive disaster management plan at national and local levels and for the enhancement of capacities for natural disaster management. Having received the request, JICA implemented "The Study on Natural Disaster Management in Indonesia" (hereinafter referred to as "the JICA Study") from March 2007 to March 2009. Through this Study, a system for disaster management at national and local levels was determined. However, BNPB, which has only a short history, does not have an adequate organization structure, budget, skills, knowhow or staff, and it is difficult for BNPB to give directions or sufficiently support the local governments in establishing BPBD (the Regional Agency for Disaster Management) or in formulating the Regional Disaster Management Plans. Additionally, although each local government proceeds with establishing its own BPBD as a permanent main agency in case of disaster, the effective activities do not seem realistic since their knowledge and experience on disaster management are lacking.

Through the background mentioned above, this Project is going to be implemented with counterparts of BNPB, provincial BPBDs in North Sulawesi and Bali provinces, and regency/municipality BPBDs in both provinces, with a goal of enhancing the disaster management capacity for reducing damage from disasters in Indonesia.

Goal and Purpose of the Project

Overall Goal

The provincial BPBDs as well as the regency/municipality BPBDs beside the pilot areas will be established and their disaster management capacities will be enhanced using the same method as in the Project.

Project Purpose

Enhancement of the disaster management capacities of BNPB, the provincial BPBDs, and the regency/municipality BPBDs in the pilot area.

Outputs

Output1. Improvement of the capacity for the regency/municipality BPBDs to accumulate disaster data/information that is fundamental for disaster risk management and improvement of the accuracy of such data/information.

Output2. Creation of Hazard and Risk Maps at the regency/municipality level in the pilot area.

Output3. Formulation of Regional Disaster Management Plans for regency/municipalities in the pilot area.

Output4. Disaster Management Drills are to be conducted in the pilot provinces as well as in regencies/municipalities in the pilot provinces.

Inputs

Inputs from Japanese Side

1. Dispatch of the Japanese experts
2. Provision of equipment
3. Counterpart training
4. Others

Inputs from Indonesian Side

1. Assignment of counterpart personnel (C/P)
2. Provision of facility and equipment (Project Office Space and other expenses)
3. Operation budget (Personal expenses as well as allowance for C/P, transportation and others)
4. Others

Please find the articles on activities in "Project Activities".