ECOWAS Policy for Disaster risk Reduction

ECOWAS Policy for Disaster risk Reduction

Disaster
Policy
2006
See the publication
Year of publication
2006
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT SPECIFIC - Evacuation as part of preparedness and response planning.
Regional instruments Member countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Humanitarian Affairs Department
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

Preparedness planning involves contingency planning, early warning and evacuation. Countries have developed national contingency and evacuation plans but the quality varies.

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).