A web-based platform kicked off on Wednesday to integrate disaster risk information into government's development planning, budgeting, policies and programmes.
The platform under the Planning Commission has been launched with the assistance of the National Resilience Programme (NRP) and technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and financed by the government of Bangladesh, FCDO of the government of UK and SIDA of the government of Sweden.
Planning Minister M A Mannan inaugurated the Digital Risk Information Platform (DRIP) at a ceremony held at the conference room of the National Economic Council.
In his inaugural speech, the minister said, "Strengthening risk governance and institutionalization of resilience is a global as well as a national commitment of the government of Bangladesh."
The economic losses caused by disasters need to be minimized, he said, adding that effective use of public money must be ensured through risk-informed investment.
DRIP will provide data and information for disaster and climate risk and vulnerability assessment and potential climate change adaptation options as well as disaster risk mitigation measures to address identified risks and vulnerabilities caused by the projects and in the project implementation areas.
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