Resolution 6 : Strengthening legal frameworks for disaster response, risk reduction and first aid | Power of humanity: Red Cross Red Crescent

National Society

Name, position and email of the focal person

Abdul Rahman Kalantary, ARCS Disaster Management Director
abrk99@yahoo.com

1. What measures has your National Society taken to support your public authorities to make use of the IDRL Guidelines?
Dissemination of IDRL Guidelines, Training / workshop on IDRL

Comments

The IDRL guideline is shared with the public authorities and a study on laws has been conducted

2. Has your National Society supported public authorities to use the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review and strengthen their domestic legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction at the national, provincial and / or local levels?
Training / workshop

Comments

A study based recommendation has been submitted to related government departments

3. What activities has your National Society undertaken in cooperation with your government towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)?
Mainstream DRR across contexts and sectors, Engagement and contribution in national/local DRR platforms / Participation et contribution aux plateformes nationales/locales de réduction des risques de catastrophe / Participación y contribución en plataformas nacionales y locales para la reducción del riesgo de desastre, Assessment of risk and vulnerability, Advocacy, Preposition disaster preparedness stocks, Psychosocial support and mental health services, Water and sanitation support, Support in food security and nutrition , Livelihoods support

Please provide more details your activities below:

4. Number of people reached through DRR programmes/projects

* In case the above data is not available, I agree to let the IFRC use the data from its annual DRR mapping conducted with inputs from National Societies.

5. What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in assessing their existing legal frameworks related to first aid?

ARCS as partner with the Ministry of Health in AFG is working together and they signed MOU to work jointly supporting the MOPH community Health Workers to be trained in First AID by financial support of WHO, ARCS also support the MoPH to developed the First AID manual as strong guidance.

6. What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in strengthening their existing legal frameworks related to first aid?

ARCS is working jointly with the MOPH to Train the CHWs of the MoPH in First AID to be more effective during their duty performance, ARCS also Doing the Commercial first AID skills to train the Authorities to staff in first AID to be more effective.

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