Disaster Risk Management Capacity Assessment, Somalia case-study visual

Case Study

Disaster Risk Management Capacity Assessment, Somalia

Disaster Risk & Climate ResilienceSomaliacompleted
Donor context: World BankDonor context: Norad

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Challenge

Somalia's government institutions required an evidence-based assessment of disaster risk management capacity and institutional readiness to support World Bank and Norad programming on disaster preparedness and climate resilience.

Intervention

Structured DRM capacity assessment covering key government bodies, including institutional scoring, risk registry review, and analysis of national DRM frameworks against international standards (July-September 2022).

Approach

Stakeholder interview programme across relevant government agencies, institutional capacity scoring using structured frameworks, DRM legislation gap analysis, and synthesis into a structured advisory report.

Result

Delivered a DRM capacity assessment report that informed World Bank and Norad programming decisions on disaster preparedness, institutional strengthening, and climate resilience investment in Somalia.

Proof Type

qualitative

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