Enhancing capacity of Regional DRM and Hydromet institutions and last mile connectivity

The project objective is
to enhance the State and National DRM & Hydromet Institutional Systems to
assure its capability in addressing natural hazard risks and develop preventive
policies, including factoring in issues of last mile connectivity, information
transmission and impact interpretation, as increasing resilience to natural disasters requires investments in DRM and Hydromet Services through better institutions, policies, and processes. The project will focus on assessing the
institutional capacity in National/State DRM agency, as well as institutions
responsible for Hydro-meteorology and identify specific activities to be
developed at country and regional levels. The targeted countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka. SAARC and other regional institutions will be targeted as well,
in an effort to identify regional actions.