Улаанбаатар
‘Disaster Resilient Cities’ project concluded in Mongolia
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The USAID-funded ‘Disaster Resilient
Cities’ project has been successfully implemented in Ulaanbaatar and Erdenet.
In recent years, the frequency of disasters in the world and
in Mongolia has been increasing year by year. The project, which contributed to
the UN's ‘Making Disaster Resilient Cities’ initiative in 2010, is based on the
Ulaanbaatar, Erdenet cities' ‘Family, Child and Youth Development Agency’, ‘Education
and Culture Agency’, ‘Health Department,’and Emergency Management Agency’, 9
districts of the UB city and 6 baghs of Bayan-Undur soum from 2016 to 2020.
In cooperation with the Capital City Governor's Office, the
National Emergency Management Agency, and the Emergency Management Agency of
Orkhon aimag, we provided support to reduce urban disaster risk, strengthen
community resilience, and strengthen the capacity of professional organizations
to respond to disasters.
To mention some of the activities conducted:
• The project committee established disaster management
committees with 466 members at the bagh level, they were trained by T2T ‘Be
Ready’ training module, and provided disaster risk reduction skills to 27,210
citizens.
• ‘Safe Households’ training hall at the Disaster Management Training Center of
the National Emergency Management Agency, ‘Savior Mazaalai’, ‘Safe Household’
and ‘Fire Safety Training Rooms’ at the Emergency Management Agency of Orkhon
aimag were renovated and provided with training base in order to provide
citizens with disaster protection knowledge and understanding.
• Conducted ‘Participatory Disaster Risk Survey’ with the participation of
local communities and, based on that, project team conducted risk mitigation
activities including building flood bridges, drainage pipes, flood dams,
replace electrical installations in accordance with standards.
• Developed ‘Disaster Risk Database’ in cooperation with the National Emergency
Management Agency, and launched a public website https://risk.nema.gov.mn/, that centralized in one location
in the Disaster Risk Assessment Database.
Source: World Vision Mongolia
