Country: Bangladesh
Location within Country: Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet City
Project Period: January 2008 – May 2009
The Comprehensive Disaster management Program (CDMP) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is being implemented by the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM) and is supported by UNDP, DFID-B and the EC. CDMP is designed to strengthen the Bangladesh Disaster Management System and more specifically to achieve a paradigm shift from reactive response to a proactive risk reduction culture.
National Society for Earthquake Technology (NSET) in partnership with Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) together with Oyo International Corporation (OIC)-Japan, Asian Institute of technology (AIT)-Thailand and Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre (BDPC has been engaged under the CDMP project to provide technical services for the execution of;
| • | Seismic hazard and vulnerability mapping of Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet city corporation areas |
| • | Training, advocacy and awareness with regards to Earthquake and tsunami hazard |
| • | Contingency Planning for Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet city corporation areas |
The objectives of the assignment under the three projects are ; to develop seismic hazard and corresponding vulnerability maps for the critical structures as well as the building stocks of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet city corporations including their area and further extensions ; to develop a comprehensive geo-hazard risk reduction ; to develop trainings, drills, advocacy and awareness in different cross-section of the people from government officials to community level in Dhaka, Chittogong and Sylhet City Corporation including their area under future expansions respectively.