Report on resolution 6:
– Date: 20.01.2020
– Country: Australia
– Type of entity: State
– Has your government drafted, revised or adopted any laws, policies or procedures at the national or subnational level for the management of international disaster assistance? Please select the appropriate box below Law/policy/procedure adopted
Yes
– If yes, what type of law/policy/procedure was adopted?
• Environmental and Social Safeguards policy (updated March 2019, including relating to Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment)
• Guidance note on Climate and disaster risk reduction • Guidance note on Water, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Guidance note on Climate resilient infrastructure
• Guidance note on Climate change and DRR in Agriculture and Food Security
– Has your government used the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review or develop domestic legal frameworks at the national, provincial and / or local levels? Please select the appropriate box below
No, we have not undertaken any specific activities yet.
– What activities have your public authorities undertaken in collaboration with your National Society towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)? Please select the appropriate box:
• Mainstream DRR across contexts and sectors, • Engagement and contribution in National/local DRR platforms, • Support the development and/or Implementation of national DRR plan/strategy, • Public awareness and public education, • Assessment of risk and vulnerability, • Disaster response and preparedness (contingency plans, standard operating procedures, pre-disaster meetings, disaster preparedness stocks), • Adopting new DRR legislation, • Promote the development and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan, • Waste disposal, • Disaster preparedness and contingency policies, plans and programmes, • Community early warning systems, • Preposition disaster preparedness stocks, • Training & simulation drills, • Water and sanitation support, • Support in food security and nutrition, • Livelihoods support.
The Australian Government and the ARC collaborate on policy matters relating to disaster risk reduction, including through the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities, the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, the Australia-New Zealand Emergency Management Committee and the Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum. The ARC and the Australian Government are committed to working together to progress disaster risk reduction efforts in Australia through the implementation of the Sendai Framework and the delivery of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework. Australia will host the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2020. The ARC is on the working group and representatives from its National Societies will attend. The Conference will address the categories above.
– What activities have your public authorities undertaken to strengthen existing legal frameworks related to first aid? This may include promoting the need for regularly updated first aid education in line with existing guidance such as the International Federation’s International First Aid and Resuscitation Guidelines; ensuring equal participation of women, girls, men and boys in first aid training and; mandatory training for school children and teachers and driver’s licence applicants Please explain:
Nil
– Country: Australia
– Type of entity: State
– Has your government drafted, revised or adopted any laws, policies or procedures at the national or subnational level for the management of international disaster assistance? Please select the appropriate box below Law/policy/procedure adopted
Yes
– If yes, what type of law/policy/procedure was adopted?
• Environmental and Social Safeguards policy (updated March 2019, including relating to Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment)
• Guidance note on Climate and disaster risk reduction • Guidance note on Water, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
• Guidance note on Climate resilient infrastructure
• Guidance note on Climate change and DRR in Agriculture and Food Security
– Has your government used the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review or develop domestic legal frameworks at the national, provincial and / or local levels? Please select the appropriate box below
No, we have not undertaken any specific activities yet.
– What activities have your public authorities undertaken in collaboration with your National Society towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)? Please select the appropriate box:
• Mainstream DRR across contexts and sectors, • Engagement and contribution in National/local DRR platforms, • Support the development and/or Implementation of national DRR plan/strategy, • Public awareness and public education, • Assessment of risk and vulnerability, • Disaster response and preparedness (contingency plans, standard operating procedures, pre-disaster meetings, disaster preparedness stocks), • Adopting new DRR legislation, • Promote the development and implementation of the National Adaptation Plan, • Waste disposal, • Disaster preparedness and contingency policies, plans and programmes, • Community early warning systems, • Preposition disaster preparedness stocks, • Training & simulation drills, • Water and sanitation support, • Support in food security and nutrition, • Livelihoods support.
The Australian Government and the ARC collaborate on policy matters relating to disaster risk reduction, including through the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities, the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, the Australia-New Zealand Emergency Management Committee and the Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum. The ARC and the Australian Government are committed to working together to progress disaster risk reduction efforts in Australia through the implementation of the Sendai Framework and the delivery of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework. Australia will host the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in June 2020. The ARC is on the working group and representatives from its National Societies will attend. The Conference will address the categories above.
– What activities have your public authorities undertaken to strengthen existing legal frameworks related to first aid? This may include promoting the need for regularly updated first aid education in line with existing guidance such as the International Federation’s International First Aid and Resuscitation Guidelines; ensuring equal participation of women, girls, men and boys in first aid training and; mandatory training for school children and teachers and driver’s licence applicants Please explain:
Nil
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