About: Mongolia is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, susceptible to dust storms, droughts, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and dzuds – severe winters which can kill large numbers of livestock. In the face of these hazards, this Technical Assistance (TA) will support Mongolia to develop a set of key disaster risk information and knowledge products for mainstreaming  Disaster Risk Management (DRM) into development, including on Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI). The project will conduct hazard risk assessments at the national and provincial levels and promote Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for resilience within development and DRFI, and will strengthen the capacity and ability of NEMA, ministries, local government officials and communities to better understand and plan for disaster risks. The TA will advance Mongolia’s progress in addressing the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) priorities by improving the institutional capacities of key ministries and local governments; enhancing understanding of risk; strengthening disaster risk governance; and investing in DRR for resilience through promoting mechanisms for disaster risk transfer, risk-sharing, and insurance.

The TA is implemented in close collaboration with Mongolia’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Department of Disaster Risk Management (DRMD), who are the executing agency and the implementing agency respectively. The Ministry of Finance is also engaged in strengthening DRF and insurance options.

To achieve the four major outputs of this project, ICEM provides a series of services including:

• Conducting multi-hazard disaster risk assessments at the national and local levels;

• Facilitation of Disaster Reduction planning and mainstreaming through the preparation and delivery of a DRR training program;

• Development of a strategy for disaster risk financing and revision of the national draft disaster risk insurance law; and

• Building institutional, technical, and management capacity for DRR and DRF

With these aims achieved, the project will provide replicable, evidence-based processes and tools which enhance the significant DRM work and processes already in place within Mongolia and further enable the dynamic management of existing and emerging disaster risks.