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nalStrat
egy
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saste
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RiskReduct
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rts
ummar
y
VI
SION
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onoft
heStrat
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nsureRomani
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sil
i
enc
etodi
sas
terst
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ugh
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t i
ve,mult
i-
sect
oral
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-haz
ard ac
tions
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of-
soc
iet
y
approach.

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ORI
TYAREAS
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mpleme ntati
o nandmo ni
tori
ngo fthef our
pri
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ti
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onestabli
shedbytheSe ndaiFrame work,name l
y:
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mprov i
ngt heknowledgeandawar enesso ft
het ype
so friskandthei
r e
ffe c
ts.
2.I
ncreasi
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tyo fpubl
i
cadmi nis
trationauthori
t i
estomanager i
sks.
3.Encouragingi nvestment sinstr
ucturalandno n-
s tr
uc t
uralme asuresfor
dis
asterri
skr educti
on.
4.Str
engthe ningthepreparednes
sofresponsef orc
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rsinv
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ved,to
ensur
eane ffic ie
ntresponseatalll
evel
s.

SPECI
FI
CHAZARDS
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ecti
onso fac ti
ontarge
tas etofspeci
fichazards:floods,f
o r
estfire s
,
drought,e arthquak e
s,landsl
ides,e x
treme we athe
re v e
nts,e pi
demic s
,
epi
z o
o t
ics and z oonoses
,majo rindustr
ialacci
dentsinvolv
ing hazardous
substances,nuclearandradi
ol
ogicalacc
idents
,andmajortranspor
tacc i
dents
i
n v
o l
vi
nghaz ardousgo ods.

CROSS-
CUTTI
NGTOPI
CS
Thedirec
tio
nso fac
tionals
ocoveraseri
esofcr
o s
s-cutt
ingtopi
csr
ele
vantt
o
di
sasterri
skreduct
ion,suchassoci
alprot
ect
ion,cul
turalhe
rit
age
,busi
nes
s
cont
inui
typlanni
ng,andcli
matec
hange.

KEYI
MPL
EMENTI
NGSTAKEHOL
DERS
Cent
ral
,county and l
ocalaut
hor
it
ies
,civi
lsoci
etyor
ganiz
ations,pr
ivat
e
co
mpanies
,academicandres
ear
chi
nsti
tut
ionsandt
hege
neralpubli
c.

1
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mania’
s
Ri
skPr
ofile
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aise x
posedt
onume r
ousnat
ural,bi
ol
ogical
,andtechnol
ogi
cal
hazards.I
tisoneoft
hecount
rie
swiht
t hehighestsei
smicriski
nt he
regi
on,wit
ho v
er75%ofRo
maniansl
iv
inginearthquake-
proneareas
.

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, sastershave To reducet he
ser isks
, Ro a has
mani
beenreco
rdedinRomani a, i
ncl
udingflo ods, accel
erate
di nvestmentsin di
sast
erri
sk
ext
remetempe r
atur
e s,
s t
orms ,
e ar
thquak e
s manage mentandhasunde rtake
nas e
rie
s
and drough
t s
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ting inl oss
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ic
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ormsinrec
entyear
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damageso fo vr6.
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lion doll
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ingover2mill
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e.

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stoi
mprovetheunder
standingofri
sksfacedbyar angeo
f
hazards,notabl
ythroughthenat
ionalRO-
RISKproj
ect
,whichc o
ns i
ste
di ntheunder
takingofa
nati
onalris
kas ses
sme nt
.TheRO-RISKass
essmentcove
red10k eyhaz ar
dstowhichRo maniai
s
expos
e d:

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loo
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ought Epi
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ands
li
des

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ore
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demi
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ndus
trial
accide
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t
rans
po r
tacci
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s

2
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fr
amework
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n 2015,Ro ac
mani ommittedtot heimplementati
onoft heSendai
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ame wor
kf o
rDi s
as t
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esenti
ng a si
gni
ficant
mil
est
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naccel
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atinggl
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disas
terr
iskre
ducti
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s.

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so,theSe ndaiFramewor
kisc ompl
e mentar
ytotheUnit
edNati
ons
Sust
ainableDeve
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s,aswe
llaso
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2030Age nda.

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ion

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lowwate
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and
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3
Key
re
for
ms
I
no rdert
oimple
mentthepri
nci
pl
esandprior
it
iesofact
ionestabl
i
she
d
thr
oughtheSendaiF
rameworkforDis
asterRiskReducti
on,Romani
a
undert
ookase
rie
sofi
mport
antste
pstothi
sai
m, s
uchas:

1 De
vel
opme
nto
fthel
egi
sl
ati
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rame
wor
k
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v e
lopme
nto
fthele
gisl
ati
vefr
amewor
kneces
saryf
ort
heSendai
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mple
mentat
ion
i
ncl
uded,amongothe
rs,thecreati
onoftheNati
onalPl
atf
ormf o
rDisast
erRiskReduct
ion
(
NPDRR).

The NPDRR repre

sents a multi
sect
oraland i
nte
rdi
sci
pl
inar
y nati
onalbody,tas
ked with
enco
uragingcol
l
aborat
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ti
esi
nvol
vedi
ndisast
err
iskr
educt
io s
n,upport
ingthe
i
denti
fic at
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fopport
uniti
esandc o
mmo nini
ti
ati
ves,
andpromoti
ngtheact
ivi
ti
esandresul
ts
achi
eved.

2 De
vel
opme
nto
fthene
ces
sar
yto
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ort
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ftheNat
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orDi
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skRe
duc
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ymai ni
nstr
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hatwasdeve
lope
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youttheact
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tyoft
heNati
onal
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for
m
wastheNat
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rate
gyforDi
sas
terRi
skRe
duct
ionf
ortheper
iod2023-
2035.

4
Nati
onalStrat
egy
fo
rDisaste
r
Ris
kRe duct
ion2023-
2035
TheNati
onalStrate
gyf orDis
asterRi
skRe ducti
on2023-2035(NDRRS)
summariz
e sRomania’
sriskprofil
eandhighli
ghtsthemaincr
oss-c
utt
ing
andhazard-spe
cificchalle
nges ,
aswell
asar easo fpo
tent
ialf
orfut
ure
acti
ons
,thatarerel
evanttoarangeofstakehol
ders.

TheSt
rat
egyai
mst
o:

For
m anumbrel
l
af o
rthenume r
ousac t
ions
and i
ni
ti
ati
vesimpl
emented bythemai n
act
orsi
nvol
vedi
ndis
aste
rri
skreduct
ion.

Pr
ovi
de useful inf
ormati
on f
o r futur
e
i
nves
tme
ntde ci
si
onsrel
ate
dtodi
sast
ersand
cl
i
mater
esi
l
ience.

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easac ommuni
cat
ionanddis
s e
minat
ion
tool
tor ai
sepubl
i
cawarenessaboutdi
sas
ter
ri
skreduct
ion.

5
Al
i
gnment
wi
tht
heSendai
Pri
ori
ti
es
TheStrat
egyi
sbase
do ntheimpl
ementat
ionandmoni
tori
ngoft
hef
our
pri
ori
ti
esofac
tio
nest
abli
shedbyt
heSendaiFr
amewo
rk,namel
y:

1 I
mpr
o
ft
ov
i
het
ngt
ype
hekno
sofri
s
wledgeandawar
kandthei
reffec
ts
e
nes
s

I
ncre
asi
ngthecapaci
tyofpubl
i
cadmi
ni
str
ati
on
2 aut
hori
ti
estomanageri
sks

3Enc
me
our
as
agi
ure
ngi
sfo
nv
e
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st
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t
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truc
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engtheni
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espons
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rcesandall
actorsi
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ed,toe
nsurean
efficientr
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lev
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Thepri
ori
ti
eso ftheSt rat
egyarealsoinli
newi t
ht hec ur
rentl e
galands t
rategi
c
fr
amewo r
kgove r
ningDRRi nRomania,
aswell
aswi t
ho the
rinternati
onal
andEU- l
eve
l
commitment
so fRomania,suc
hastheUNAgenda2030, t
heEuropeanGreenDeal
,theEU
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ast
erResi
l
ienceGo al
sandvari
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ard-
speci
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ati
ons
.
Al
so,theSt rat
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atesel
eme nt
sand c
oncl
usi
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ome xte
nsive
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omacr
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ecto
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aswel
lase
xist
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goodprac
tice
sattheint
ernati
onal
lev
el.
6
Hori
zont
alpri
nci
pl
es
andsoci
alr
esi
li
ence
TheNDRRS i salso al
i
gned withas eri
esofinter
nati
onal
ly agre
ed
hori
zontalpr
inc
ipl
es,
suchastheSustai
nabl
edeve
lopmentandAcc es
sto
equal o pport
uni
tie
s ( gender equal
ity
, non-di
scri
minat
ion and
acces
s i
bil
i
ty)
,DRRbe inganintegr
alpartoft
hes us
tai
nablesoc
ialand
economicdevel
opment.
NDRRS al
socont
ri
but
estot heprogr
ess
iveachi
eve
mento
fvar
ious
Sus
tai
nabl
eDe
velo
pmentGo
als(SDGs
),s
uchas:

Makingcit
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ldi
ngresi
li
ent
set
tl
e mentsincl
usi
ve, i
nfr
astruct
ure,pr
o mot
e
saf
e,resi
li
entand i
ncl
usiv
eands ustai
nabl
e
sus
tainabl
e. i
ndustr
ial
iz
ati
o nandfos
ter
i
nnovati
on.

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ngpo
vert
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it
s Taki
ngurgentac
tionto
for
mseve
rywhere
. combatcli
matechange
andit
simpacts.

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-so
cie
ty’approach,the
uni fo
r mlybye ver yonei ns ociety, NDRRShighl
igh
tsunderspeci
ficdir
ectionsof
affe cti
ng t he v ulnerabl e gr oups act
ionsmeas
uresai
medatdiffer
entvulnerabl
e
(suc haspe o
plewi t
hdi sabili
ties, gr
oups.
elde r
ly,wo me nandgi rl
s ,c hi
ldren
andmar ginal
izedc ommuni t i
es)in TheNDRRS i saligned wi
tho therre l
evant
dispro port
ionate ways .Thr o ugh st
rategi
cdo cume ntsin pl
ace,s uch ast he
de dicatede ffortsandi ns trume nt s Nati
onalStr
at egyo ntheRi ght
so fPersons
that i mpr ove r esi
li
e nce and wit
h Disabi
li
tiesf or 2022–2027 and t he
i
nc lusion, the v ulnerabi l
i
ty and Nati
onalStrategy o n Soc
ialInc l
usi
on and
expo suret odisas terriskso fthes e Pove
rtyReductionfor2022-2027.
gro upsc anber educ ed.

8
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si
on Thev
di
sast
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no
st
ft
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at
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ti
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se
ctor
maniai
sre
s
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t
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i
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ntt
haz
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act
ionsandawhol
e-o
f-s
o c
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.

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ect
ive
s The NDRRS i
stakehol
der-s
pe
de
ci
nti
fico
fie
v
s bo
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arc
th ho
hi
ngo
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c i
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reflec
tk eyri
skpro fil
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engesi
de nti
fied,andar eal i
gned
witht heoverar
chingv is
ion.Theho ri
zontalobject
ivesar eof
multi
-hazardnatureandr elatetobr o
ads e
to fstakeholdersin
DRR.

Dir
ecti
ons TheSt
by t
rate
gy
he RO-
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,
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anspor
taccidents
i
nvol
v i
nghazardousgo ods)
,pl
usex t
remewe atherevent
s.

2035

Ens
uri
ngRomani
a’
s
r
esi
l
ie et
nc odi
sas
ter
s
t
hrughp
o r
oac
tiv
e,
mul
ti
-se
cto
ral
,
multi
-haz
ard
ac
tio
ns,
anda
who
le-
of-
soc
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y
2023 appr
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h.

Soci
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iness
Cr
oss
-cut
tingt
opi
cs pr
ote
cti
on cont
inui
ty
pl
anni
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TheStr
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versdi
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ofacti
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cro
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utti
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sr el
evant
todi
saste
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skre
ducti
on,such Cul
tural
he
rit
age
as:

7
St
rat
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i
mple
mentat
ion
TheStrate
gywi l
lbeimplement e
dt hr
oughanAc ti
onPlan,whichwi l
lbe
updatedever
y3y ears
,dependingontheresul
tsobt
ainedinachievi
ngthe
propo
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ive
s.
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on Pl
an ismo r
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le
do nt heshort-
term,f o
rt hepe ri
od
2023-2027.However,ot
hert i
me l
inesareincl
udedaswe l
l,toindi
cate
i
nter-
rel
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onswiththeov
e r
allNDRRSt i
me l
i
nes(unt
il2035),asfo
ll
ows:

Sho
rt-
tem 2023-
r 2027 Me
dium-
tem 2027
r -2030 L
ong-
tem 2030-
r 2035

Keyi mpl eme nt

ings takeho l
de rs
. Coordi
nationo fimpleme ntatio
ne fforts
.
Ther espo nsi
bil
i
tyf orimpl e
me nt
ingthe Str
ategy i mplementatio
n e ffo r
ts ar e
Strategy f al
lstoc entral,co unty,and coor
dinat
ed by t he Mini
s tr
yo fInter
nal
l
o c
alpubl i
caut hori
ties,aswe l
last o Affairs
,throught heGene ralInspecto
rate
many o therk ey actors,suc h asc i
v i
l fo
r Eme rgency Situations and t he
socie
ty ,pr iv
atec ompani es,ac ademi c DepartmentforEme r
gencySi t
uat i
ons.
andres earchins
tit
utions,andt hegeneral
publi
c.TheNDRRSo ffe rsinformat i
onon
how alls takehol
de r
sc anc ontri
buteto
thi
sage nda.

L
egal
frame
wor
kimpl
i
cat
ions
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onoftheNDRRSando ft
het hree-yearActi
onPlanfor
eseethatthel e
gal
ands t
rategi
cframewo r
kwi l
lconti
nuetoevo
lveco rr
espondi
ngtothepropose
do bj
ectiv
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act
ions.Tothi
saim,theStrate
gypr opo
sesasetof acti
onsthati
ncl
udestatut
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egi
slati
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terati
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ngo fexi
sti
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nalme chani
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herevisi
ngandupdat i
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s ponseplans)
.

F
inanc
ings
our
ces
Disasterresi
l
iencer equi
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d TheNDRRS i sexpectedtos erveasa
combination o f diffe r
ent t ypes o f strategic document tos ti
mulate and
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n v
e st
me nts
,from hardinfrastructurei
n acc e
leratetheeffortsinbuil
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ngdisast
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thebui l
te nvi
ronmentt onat ure-base
d resil
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enc e,
incl
udi
ngbyguidingin
v e
stment
sol
utions, governance s t
r e
ngt heni
ng, planning and i nve
s t
me ntss uppor
ted
i
nfo r
mat i
onande ar
lywar nings ystems, throughv ari
ousfinanci
alme ans.
and c ommunity awar eness and
preparednes
s.
9
 GENERALI
NSPECTORATE
FOREMERGENCYSITUATIONS