CDMP Photo book

1. Through
the Lens of
CDMP
A Photostory
Paradigm Shift In Disaster Management
Bangladesh Towards Resilience
Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme

2. Through
the Lens of
CDMP
A Photostory

3. Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme
The Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) is a flagship collaborative
initiative of the Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) and
UNDP. Developed in 2004, and scaled up to CDMP-II in 2010. The core objective of CDMP
is to strengthen national capacity to manage risks related to disasters, as well as the
immediate response and the recovery efforts. It is done through a comprehensive
approach that focuses on all hazards, all phases of disaster management, and is involving
all relevant stakeholders.
The first phase laid the foundations for institutionalizing a risk redution framework and
Phase II (CDMP II) is designed to further expand this pioneering approach. CDMP’s
activities include knowledge building and policy support with and through the
government, as well as community level interventions to reach the most vulnerable
section of the population. Communities are now integrating disaster risk reduction and
climate change adaptation measures and are more resilient.
Disaster Management has changed drastically with CDMP driving the way. When natural
disasters occur, communities at the local and government level are equipped with
training, tools and protocols on how to cope with these disasters. Communities,
governments &
The holistic approach of CDMP has allowed for many of the members captured in these
photographs to live better and safer lives. Many of them with protective and adaptive
capabilities to deal with these disasters.volunteers are all more aware on how to endure
Disasters with minimum damages, and rebuild quickly, minimizing negative impacts.

5. 02
Flood Warning Dissemination
Kazipur, Sirajganj03

6. 10,150 trained volunteers always
ready for any kind of emergency
Kazipur, Sirajganj
04

7. 05 Volunteers delivering communities early flood warning
Kashrajbari Char,
Sirajganj

8. Mock simulation activities during Barisal
knowledge fair by CPP volunteers
Barisal
06

9. Mock simulation during Barisal
knowledge fair acted out by CPP volunteers
Barisal
07

11. 02
CPP
Barisal09

12. CPP
Barisal 10

13. FSCD Volunteer Training
Barisal11

14. Earthquake School Drill
12

15. Earthquake School Drill
Barisal13

17. Faculty of Disaster Management
Koikhali15

18. School Children
Barisal Zila School &
Barisal Girls School
16

19. Shushmita Das is learning about
Disaster Management in their textbooks.
Barisal Zila School &
Barisal Girls School
17

20. 18Science & Technology University.
Dumki, Patuakhali.

21. Students of the Faculty of disaster management
Science & Technology University.
Dumki, Patuakhali.
19

23. Ali Ahmed, a farmer
fighting salinity Nilganj,
Kolapara. Patuakhali.
21

24. Nilganj, Kolapara.
Patuakhali.
22

25. Rain Water Harvesting
Shyamnagar23

26. Mili Goldar received training on poultry & duck rearing
Ghatail, Pankhali.
Dacope, Khulna.
24

27. Non firm-Borguna
Borguna25

28. Assiting to develop climate resilient crop varities
26

29. Response to Climate Change , fish sancuatry projects for the
enhancement of fish biodiversity and beel nurseries for stock enhancment.27

31. CFS
Kolapara29

32. CFS
Kolapara 30

33. 31
Farmers learning how to adapt to a changing climate
Pankhali, Dacope.
Khulna.

35. IVR
33

36. Community Radio
34

37. 35
IVR

39. MTR Field
37

40. Road construction
38

41. ????
39

42. 40
Road construction

43. Flood protection embankment
41

44. 42
Canal Re-excavation
Sylhet City

45. Road construction
Sutarkhali43

46. Flood protection damm
Bajua 44

47. Flood protection damm
Bajua45

49. Setting of flat brick road
Bajua, Dacope.
Khulna.
47

50. BFS
48Bajua

51. Flood Protection Embankment
49 Bajua

53. Shaheb khali khal canal helps 1000 farmers
Koikhali, Shyamnagar.
Satkhira.
51

54. Canal re-excavation
52Koikhali

55. 53
Canal re-excavation
Koikhali

57. Pond re-excavation
55

58. Community based pond excavation
56Kamarkhola,
Dacope. Khulna

59. pond excavation
57

60. Pond ghatla construction
58Kamarkhola,
Dacope. Khulna.

61. Pond ghatla
59 Kamarkhola,
Dacope. Khulna.

63. Tong ghor
Kuakata61

64. 62
Tong ghor
Kuakata

65. 63
Tong ghor
Kuakata

67. Mandartola housing
65 Gopalganj

68. Flooding forced the eviction of 260 families from their homes
in the Gopalganj district. Thanks to CDMP, they are now living comfortably 66

69. Disaster Resilient Houses Mandartola housing
67 Gopalganj

71. Cluster Village
69

72. Cyclone resilient house
70Mundapara, Koikhali.
Shyamnagar, Satkhira.

73. cyclone center
71

75. Killa
73 Gainpara-Nolian

76. Killa
74Rampal

77. 75
Killa
Gainpara-Nolian

79. Cluster village
77

80. Cluster village on raised earth
78Juktigacha Char.
Sirajganj.

81. 79
Cluster village

83. They use well organized hygiene toilet
Bajua, Dacope.
Khulna.
81

84. People are delighted to use these hygenic toilets.
82Bajua, Dacope.
Khulna.

85. hygiene toilet
83

87. Rain water harvesting
85 Shyamnagar

88. New CDMP supported methods of rain water collection
Munshiganj, Shyamnagar.
Satkhira.
86

89. Rain water collection
Pirojpur87

91. 89
safe drinking water
Munshiganj

92. The community can benefit from deep
tube wells and access to safe drinking water 90
Volanagar, Munshiganj.
Shyamnagar, Satkhira.

93. safe drinking water
Motbaria,
Pirojpur
91

95. Improving Community Infrastructure
93

96. Village Canal Excavation
94

97. Bangladesh was one of the first countries to
initiate a Comprehensive Disaster Management
Programme (CDMP) in accordance with the
2005-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action, which
shifted the worldwide emphasis in Disaster
Management towards risk Disaster Risk
Reduction.
Developed the Ministry of
Food and Disaster
Management’s 5-year
Corporate Plan (2005-2009)
Established
Disaster
Management
Information
Centre (DMIC).
Capacity
Building
Partnership
Development and
Mainstreaming
Community
Empowerment
Research
Information
Management
Response
Management
CDMP was started to achieve a paradigm shift in
disaster Management from“Response & Relief”
methods to a comprehensive risk reduction
culture. Five Strategic focus areas were identified:
Developed Community Risk
Assessment concept for
implementing local risk
reduction.
2005

98. Guideline for
Community Risk
Assessments and
Local Risk Reduction
Action Plans.
Climate Change Cell
established in the Ministry of
Environment.
Launching of Campaign for
Disaster Risk Reduction
Education.
Seismic Risk
Assessment of Dhaka,
Chittagong and Sylhet
developed.
Drafted Disaster
Management Act
Climate Change Cell
established in the
Ministry of Environment.
2006

99. 8.9
million
Were affected by
Super Cyclone
“Sidr”.
444
Community Risk
Reduction Action
Plans were
developed.
Two severe and
repeated floods in
2007 affected
13.3
Million
19,500
disaster
management
committee
members
received
introductory
disaster
management
training.
Baseline Study
on Disaster
Risk
Management
and Climate
Change
Impacts
Knowledge and
Understanding.
MoFDM established Emergency
Response Coordination with CDMP
support.
DMIC produced 200Situation
Reports.
Media campaign on Flood
Management
10,000flood affected
families supported through
partner NGOs in Six districts.
2007

100. disaster management
committee members
who received
introductory disaster
management training.
111most
vulnerable unions
have undergone
Community Risk
Assessments of the
category 9
cyclone SIDR and
flood affected
districts.
Developed earthquake contingency plans
for Dhaka, Chittagong
and Sylhetcity corporations.
12public and private
Universities and 8public
training institutes and
academies established a
network in order to provide
training on Comprehensive
Disaster Management.
30,000
CDMP
Finalized the
Government of
Bangladesh report
on “Emergency
Response and
Action Plan of
Super Cyclone
Sidr 2007”
2008

101. Reflection Year
Capacity
Building
Revised Disaster
Management Act, revised
SOD, National Plan for
Disaster Management
2008-2015,
Draft Disaster
Management Policy, Policy
Matrix on Comprehensive
Disaster Management
22public training
and academic
institutions introduced
regular disaster
management
professional training
Community
Empowerment
Established the urban
volunteer programme
for Dhaka, Chittagong
and Sylhet city
corporations.
562small scale risk
reduction projects
implemented in 381
Unions of 11districts
benefitting over
600,000lives in
the pilot intervention
areas.
Partnership
Development and
Mainstreaming
Supported 44 GoB
officials to attend
3-month certificate and
diploma courses on
disaster management at
BRAC University,
Swinburne University at
Australia and Asian
Disaster Preparedness
Center (ADPC) at
Bangkok.
165religious
leaders from mosques of
the Dhaka, Chittagong &
Sylhet were trained to
mobilize citizens before,
during and after an
earthquake.
Response
Management
Research
Information
Management
Extended the early
warning, search and
rescue equipment
support to 500CPP unit offices.
Search & rescue
training for
43000CPP
volunteers.
Tsunami and Storm
Surge Inundation
Risk Maps for the
coastal region.
Early warning and
disaster information
network with
Disaster
Management
Information Centres
all over Bangladesh.
Training for teachers,
students, construction
workers on earthquake
preparedness.
2009

102. Professionalizing the Disaster
Management System in Bangladesh.
CDMP Phase II launches around six
interrelated outcomes:
Approval of Standing Order of
Disaster (SOD).
Disaster Management and Climate
Change issues incorporated into
National Curriculum.
Mainstreaming DRR and CCA
across 13 Ministries.
After AILA, two Disaster
Resilient Cluster Villages at
Dacope, Khulna were
initiated.
Bachelors in Disaster Management
introduced in Patuakhali Science
and Technology University.
Rural Risk Reduction.
Urban Risk Reduction.
Disaster Preparedness and Response.
Climate Change Adaptation.
Mainstreaming DRR and CCA into
development Programmes & Plans.
2010

103. 1.5million people
covered by the
Community-based
early warning and
response in the coastal
areas.
9,487 urban volunteers
trained to assist search and
rescue operations of the Fire
Service Department in 9
cities.
500,000people
gained better access to safe
drinking water in the saline
intrusion post-Aila cyclone
area, in addition to 30,000
others in the coastal Unions
through water and
sanitation interventions.
47,000people living in
cyclone-affected Unions of
five coastal districts
benefitted through
community level small scale
risk reduction schemes.
Launching of free
E-learning on
Disaster
Management.
43Institutions
have
incorporated
further
mainstreaming
of the DRR and
CCA knowledge
into the training
and education
curriculum.
1,700union
factsheets containing
disaster risks and
climate
change-related data
were produced for the
first time.
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
and the bulk Short Messaging
System (SMS) for weather advisory
and disaster early warning was
developed. (The Prime Minister’s
Office awarded the recognition at
the National Digital Innovation Fair
2011 and the Best ICT Initiative-
Climate Change and Disaster
Management:“Serving Citizens”in
the prestigious e-ASIA 2011.
6,539volunteers
trained under Cyclone
Preparedness Programme
(CPP).
2011

104. Enactment of the 2012 Disaster
Management Act.
2 million people are less vulnerable in 200 Disaster
and Climate change hotspots.
1160 construction workers trained to incorporate
Disaster Risk Reduction into retrofitting and
building construction.
7,500 new urban volunteers were recruited.
140 municipal mayors signed up for the global
1,500 students received post-graduate diploma
and Master’s degree on Disaster Management.
9,000 farmers trained DRR and CCA through
climate field schools.
2012

105. 110million people
gained access to
phone based
Interactive Voice
Response, early
warning system.
Five-day lead time flood forecast for 88
million people in all four river basins
(Brahmaputra, Ganges, Meghna, and
South-Eastern Hill Basin) allowing them to
save 70%of their moveable assets.
200urban
volunteers provided
24 hour support to
search and rescue
operations during the
Rana Plaza incident.
40,000 SMS
were sent during
2013 to alert disaster
management focal
points and the
disaster management
committee members.
1200radio sets
were provided to 14
community radio
stations to disseminate
early warning signals of
cyclone Mahasen.
Better sanitation
for 30,000
families through
the construction
of 5,693
hygienic toilets.
56 Community
Risk Assessment
(CRA) conducted
and 300Fast
Track CRA
developed.
Restoring
40,000 hectares
of agricultural land
through
constructing153
km earthen
embankment along
the coast.
22
Million
Students have
access to DRR &
CCA textbooks
and have it
incorporated into
their curriculum.
3million people in 39
districts are resilient due to
200completed LDRRF small
scale risk reduction schemes.
2,000fishermen
in coastal districts
received life-jackets
and solar lanterns.
18million students
between ages 8 and
17, have access to
knowledge about DRR
and CCA.
12,000 Life
Buoys were
delivered to
fishermen in six
coastal districts.
2013

106. 2014 Urban Development Directorate (UDD) was
awarded the prestigious 2014 Asia Pacific
Townscape Award by UN Habitat for Mymensingh
Strategic Development Plan.
E-library of
Disaster
Management on
DRR-CCA
established.
469local level
journalists in 13 districts
trained in DRR and CCA.
Earthquake resistant
construction techniques
for 2000
construction workers.
Active fault map
and geological
map of
Bangladesh
developed.
6,540Volunteers
trained Cyclone
Preparedness in 5 new
Upazilas.
26,500
urban volunteers trained in
six city corporations.
185new rural risk
reduction schemes in
36 unions of 20
Upazilas benefitting
204,759
people.
42urban risk reduction
schemes in 10 city
corporations/
municipalities,
benefiting
270,000 people.

107. 1,791 professionals have graduated from 17 CDMP
supported Universities with a specialization in Disaster
Management.
1000+ publications uploaded to the E-library
downloaded 10,000+ times.
UNISDR recognized Bangladesh’s achievements as one of
the best performing countries in Asia in regards to DRR.
14 Community Radio Stations received support to
deliver early warnings.
679 Journalists trained to accurately and safely report on
Disasters.
13 Government Ministries
partnered to strengthen
Disaster Management & Climate
Change into planning.
57 observatories supported to
deliver community early
warnings.
Climate Change Cell adopted in
government to focus on Climate
Change.
2,617 citizens trained in
dealing with climate change
adaptations.
25,298 citizens participated in
agricultural demonstration
6000 farmers trained in DRR
and CCA.
Mainstreaming DRR
and CCA into
development
Programmes & Plans
Professionalizing the
Disaster Management
System in Bangladesh
14 cities are developing strategic development plans in
line with the award winning Mymensingh City
development plan.
30,000 trained Urban Volunteers.
6 Cities have Earthquake Contingency Plans and
Micro-zonation Maps for 8 million inhabitants.
10 model fire stations for 1.1 million people in Dhaka,
Chittagong and Sylhet.
Urban Risk
Reduction
Disaster
Preparedness
and Response
Climate Change
Adaptation
2.75 million people in Rural Areas are direct
beneficiaries of Disaster Resilient interventions.
390 Local Disaster Risk Reduction Projects
implemented in 40 Districts.
Community Risk Assessments developed for all
vulnerable unions in Bangladesh.
Rural Risk
Reduction
38 Climate Change Risk Atlases for the most
climate change vulnerable Upazilas.
664 Non-Farm Livelihood Adaptations were
initiated in climate change vulnerable regions.
Change Adaptation: A Trainer’s Handbook’for
government officials and other stakeholders.
Research studies policy briefs for evidence-based
Climate Change Adaptation & Impacts in
Bangladesh.
National Displacement Strategy for displaced
citizens on account of Climate Change.
95 different institutions from Government
Departments, to NGOs have received the CDMP
study on Climate Change impacts in Bangladesh.
11,502 Early Warning devices (Warning Flags, HF-Radio’s, Flood Markers,) were
established at the community level.
15, 630 Flood preparedness volunteer trained on flood early warning
dissemination & preparedness.
15975 out of 49,215 Cyclone Preparedness Volunteers have been trained in
coastal areas by CDMP.
126 Million People have access to Interactive Voice Response System (IVR).
4650 teachers trained on earthquake safety and 3,600 school earthquake safety
drills.
Flood Forecasting Warning System gives 5 day advanced warning to 88 Million
people.
1000 lifejackets distributed to deep sea fishermen in Cox’s Bazar.
2015