Institutional Collaboration in Disaster Risk Management in Ethiopia since 2105: Practices, Challenges and Opportunities
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2019-06
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Mola, Jembeeru
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Addis Ababa University
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Institutional collaboration is the challenging aspect in DRM in Ethiopia. Due to this, there is an
increasing nature of disasters in frequency and number in Ethiopia from time to time. Therefore,
the main purpose of the study was to assess institutions collaboration in managing disaster risks
in Ethiopia since 2015. To examine this, qualitative research approach with descriptive case
study design was used. The data was collected by using both primary and secondary data
sources. The subjects who participated in the study were selected by using purposive sampling.
Seventeen interviewees were interviewed until the point of saturation. Directors, consultants and
experts from NDRMC were interviewed since they have adequate knowledge about the issue.
Semi structured KII and document review were data instruments employed for data collection. A
combination of content and interpretive analysis was used to explore the collected data. The
result indicated that even though large number of lead sector institutions and humanitarian
partners were participated in DRM practices in Ethiopia, their collaboration was focused during
the time of emergency response. Based on the finding, absence of due attention on prevention,
mitigation and reconstruction practices towards disaster risk reduction were the main challenge
that institutions face in collaboration towards DRM practices in Ethiopia. In this regard, the
next points shall be taken in to account to enhance the role of institutions in DRM in Ethiopia:
focus on pre-disaster prevention and mitigation; create center of excellence that give much
emphasis on indigenous knowledge; develop the culture of tolerance and adopt DRM laws that
enforce line ministers to do their roles as prescribed in the 2013 policy and strategies of
NDRMC.
Keywords: DRM practices, humanitarian institutions, institutional collaboration, lead sector
institutions, opportunities and challenges, Ethiopia
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DRM practices, humanitarian institutions, institutional collaboration, lead sector institutions, opportunities and challenges, Ethiopia