National Disaster Risk Management Policy

The need for a Disaster Risk Management Policy for Malawi has been felt through experiences and lessons learnt by government, civil society organisations and development partners in the coordination of disaster risk management activities in the country.

This policy will serve the following purposes: 

• Enhance mainstreaming of DRM in development planning and programming in order to integrate DRM into sustainable development;
• Enhance coordination in the implementation of DRM programmes by various stakeholders in the country;
• Ensure adequate budgetary processes which will allow DoDRMA to effectively implement disaster risk management programmes in order to fulfil its core mandate of achieving enhanced disaster resilience; and
• Promote enforcement of buildings and other infrastructure standards which will lead to a reduction in disaster losses.