Phase IIbuilds on Phase I implemented between May 2008 and October 2009, and intends to consolidate the gains made, as well as expand and refine the focus of activities with regards to institutional strengthening of natiohnal and district Government bodies to enable them to develop systems that can prepare them to map, identify, and respond to nationwide and localised disasters. The community-based disaster risk reduction approach is expected to enable an efficient support to the sub-national disaster risk identification, assessment, prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery.

The Project will continue to develop organisational capacity at the national-level. Phase II will benefit from a more concerted focus on strengthening coordination of sub-national DRR development and linkages between the district and national levels. The Project will retain its flexibility to respond to emerging needs within NDMD, Office of the SoS SAND and MSS.  On the other hand, the project will consolidade the foundation for more comprehensive efforts for community-based disaster risk management initiatives, while also contributing for strengthening the disaster management committee structuresin local government systems, and elicit the support of national government and external donors for future support to community-based action plans.

Increased capacity of Government at the national and sub-national levels to coordinate and manage the preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery aspects of disaster risk management