Risk Management

1. Risk Management

2. Key Messages Assess all likely risks, be prepared and practice. Structure the risk management process simply and avoid too much complexity. Include people from all government sectors & civil society. Clarify lines of authority & communication, and practice. Ensure top level management support and commitment.

3. Natural Disasters in Mongolia 1980 - 2010

4. Natural Disasters in Mongolia 1980 - 2010

5. Natural Disasters in Mongolia 1980 - 2010 People affected: 3,259,092 Drought 13.8% Extreme Temperature 23.6% Storm 61.7%

6. Risk management principles • Risk reduction and emergency preparedness are the responsibility of all sectors at all levels, and of all national actors • Risk reduction and emergency preparedness are part of the development process. • An all-hazard approach is essential • Emergency preparedness requires a multisectoral approach.

7. All-Hazard approach • Prepare for the full range of likely risks: natural, biological, technological and societal • Different hazards cause similar problems • Planning, early warning, health services, evacuation, intersectoral coordination, and community recovery are usually implemented along the same model regardless of cause.

8. Emergency preparedness plans must include: • dealing with death and injury; • coordination, information and support services • environmental health: water & sanitation • nutrition • maternal, newborn and child health • communicable diseases control • management of chronic diseases & mental health • pharmaceuticals and biologicals • health care delivery services

9. Features of Risk Events

10. Assessing Risk Risk is proportional to: Hazard x Vulnerability Level of Preparedness

11. Leadership for Risk Management • STEP 1: • Risk Content andIdentification • STEP 4: • Risk & Performance • Monitoring • STEP 2: • Risk Assessment • STEP 3: • Risk Treatment • STEP 5: • Incident Handling • Recruit stakeholders • Analyze likelihood and impact • Develop consensus • Define the context of the supply chain, (funding, product, classification, target population) • Identify sources of risk • Select priority areas • Select response strategies (accepting, avoiding, reducing, hedging) • Develop a risk treatment plan • Review sources of information • Collect information on high-priority areas • Select a quick response team • Monitor incidents • Develop specific and general contingency plans • Document lessons learned

12. What can go wrong in management of risk or an emergency? Unclear lines of authority - quickly need to set up a structure for who is responsible. Unclear communication - who is responsible for talking to the public, to the press, to higher ups in the government Transparency - as Shakespeare says 'the truth will out' - it is better for you to out it than for someone else to Practice/simulation – in the recent Korean ferry disaster, with hundreds of deaths, the crews have never practiced or been trained in how to deal with an emergency – don’t let that happen in your Aimag!

13. Be ready to deal with likely risks Assess all likely risks, be prepared and practice. Structure the risk management process simply and avoid too much complexity. Include people from all government sectors & civil society. Clarify lines of authority & communication, and practice. Ensure top level management support and commitment.

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