Building Resilient Cities in the Philippines Technical Assistance Package for Local Government Units Republic Act No. 10121 known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010” requires the establishment of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Ofce (LDRRMO) in every province, city, and municipality. Each LDRRMO is also required to have an LDRRM Plan which it shall implement together with local partners and stakeholders. www.emi-megacities.org
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in the PhilippinesTechnical Assistance Package for
Local Government Units
Republic Act No. 10121 known as the
“Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Act of 2010” requires theestablishment of Local Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Ofce (LDRRMO) in every province,city, and municipality. Each LDRRMO is also requiredto have an LDRRM Plan which it shall implementtogether with local partners and stakeholders.
Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement (DRRM) Act of 2010
RA 10121
New Mandate for Local Government Units (LGUs)Under Republic Act No. 10121 or the DRRM Act, provinces, cities, and
municipalities have a greater responsibility in building the disaster resilience
of communities, and in institutionalizing disaster risk reduction within their
functions and operations. LGUs need to develop the knowledge, capacity, and a
system to cost effectively comply with the law.
Speciically, Section 11 requires all provinces, cities, and municipalities to have a
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (LDRRMC). Section12 of
the law calls for the creation of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Ofice (LDRRMO), the primary purpose of which is to formulate and implement a
comprehensive and integrated Local DRRM Plan (LDRRMP).
Most LGU’s in the RP have already invested signiicant resources for responding
and preparing to disasters. It is important that these investments and resources
be in pair with international best practices in order to avoid wasting valuable
assets and time.
Your Partner in Complying with the DRRM Act
EMI partners with local government units to provide the technical knowledge andcapacity necessary to effectively comply with RA 10121. Our aim is to guide LGU’s
to establish their LDRRM Ofice, set up their LDRRM system, develop their LDRRM
Plan while optimizing their existing DRRM investments and resources, conduct
hazards, vulnerability, and risk assessment, and build capacity and competency.
Figure 1. The DRRM Act requires LGUs to have a LDRMM Council and LDRRM Ofce.
Nat. Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Act of 2010
Republic Act 10121 (Sects. 11 and 12)
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
LDRRM Council
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementLDRRM Ofce
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
S t a n d a r d s
( H F A / I S O / E M A P )
Local Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementLDRRM Plan E
Dr. Eng. Fouad Bendimerad is the Chairman and Executive Director of EMI. He has 25 years of
experience in disaster risk analysis and management with a focus on urban and megacities disaster
risk management. He has served as advisor to several international organizations, governments and
corporations, including the World Bank, IADB, UNDP, UNISDR, ProVention Consortium and others.
Dr. Bijan Khazai is a research scientist at Karlsruhe University’s Center for Disaster Management
and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM). He holds Master and Doctoral degrees in GeotechnicalEarthquake Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley where he worked on
developing GIS-based landslide hazard assessment models in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mr. James A. Buika has been a professional earth scientist for over 25 years. He is an independent
emergency management services consultant based in Hawaii, USA. He has an M.S. degree in Geology
from the University of Southern California. He is a California Registered Geophysicist and a member
of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Mr. Troy Kindred is the Lead Planner in the Disaster Preparedness Planning and Exercise Team
of Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting irm based in Virginia, USA. He has
extensive experience in civil defense and emergency management, having worked as Administrator
of Civil Defense, Emergency Public Information Oficer, and Planning, Response, Recovery and
Mitigation Specialist for the County of Hawaii.
Dr. Asteya Santiago has served as Dean of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the
University of the Philippines Diliman. As an urban planner and public administrator, she worked
as Head of the old Regulatory Ofice, now known as the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board
(HLURB) and later as Head of the Urban Planning Division of Intramuros Administration. For the
past 30 years she served as consultant for various national government line agencies.
Nathaniel von Einsiedel is a registered architect and urban planner. He was the irst
Commissioner for Planning in the Metro Manila Commission, serving for 10 years where he
formulated and administered the irst Metro Manila land-use and Zoning Ordinance, the Regional
Development and Framework Plan and the Capital Investments Program. Today, he is the chairman
of CONCEP, Inc. and Executive Director for the company’s planning division.
Mr. Jerome Zayas leads the EMI Secretariat as Technical Manager on DRM. His portfolio
includes serving as Project Manager of the DRM Master Plan for Greater Mumbai Project, Project
Coordinator of the Mainstreaming DRM in Megacities: Pilot Studies in Kathmandu and Metro Manila
Project, Social Mobilization Specialist of the Risk Sensitive Urban Redevelopment Planning Project
of Makati City.
EMI Secretariat is composed of an innovative team of local experts with the following expertise:
• Disaster Risk Resiliency assessments for a) shelter and housing; b) water and sanitation; c)
transportation; d) construction codes and standards; e) socio-economic vulnerability and
capacity; f) legal and institutional arrangements;
• Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning• Risk Sensitive Urban and Redevelopment Planning