Ensuring the realization of the full potential of the incumbent disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) policy requires
appropriate sectoral and institutional translation of its espoused principles; reflecting more
refined institutional arrangements and policy and resource support. Strengthening
institutional structures and crafting the appropriate platform for DRRM require important
decisions, particularly on the issue of mandate, jurisdiction, and response capability. A
functionally superior platform would help address issues on institutional capacity and
leadership, expediency of disaster response, stakeholder participation, and community
preparedness and protection. DRRM tenets have to be internalized, imbedded, and exactingly
practiced within institutions inside and outside of the bureaucracy. This study aims to
contribute to the current policy debate on the appropriate legislative vehicle toward
institutional augmentation and reform.
