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Resolution 6: Strengthening legal frameworks for disaster response, risk reduction and first aid

Report on resolution 6:

– Date: 31.07.2019

– Country: Finland

– Type of entity:  National Society

What measures has your National Society taken to support your public authorities to make use of the IDRL Guidelines? Please select the appropriate box below. You can select more than one box.
• Dissemination of IDRL Guidelines
• Technical assistance (e.g. provided comments on draft law, regulation or policy)

Has your National Society supported public authorities to use the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review and strengthen their domestic legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction at the national, provincial and / or local levels? Please select the appropriate box below to describe the support you have provided. You can select more than one box.
• Technical assistance (e.g. provides input into a draft law or policy related to DRR, supports implementation of relevant laws and procedures, etc.)
Comments / description of activities:
In 2015-2019, Finnish Red Cross provided several times comments and inputs to reform of establish a new law for rescue services in Finland by utilizing the checklist and IDL guidelines.

What activities has your National Society undertaken in cooperation with your government 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 the outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)? Please select the appropriate box:
• Engagement and contribution in National/local DRR platforms
 • Support the development and/or Implementation of national DRR plan/strategy
 • Public awareness and public education
 • NS response and preparedness (contingency plans, standard operating procedures, pre-disaster meetings, disaster preparedness stocks)
 • DRR legislation
• Disaster preparedness and contingency policies, plans and programmes
• Preposition disaster preparedness stocks
• Training & simulation drills
• Psychosocial support and mental health services
• Water and sanitation support

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