ブックタイトルRecommendations to prepare for future mega-disasters in Japan

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Recommendations to prepare for future mega-disasters in Japan

guidelines recommend that an overall approach to the people requiring special care and assistanceduring their evacuation needs to be clarified; key action items related to this objective are agreed aspart of the local disaster management plans; and that further details are fleshed out in the sub-planssupporting the overall planning. The guidelines also prioritize identifying those in need of specialcare and assistance, creating their name lists, sharing information about them and using suchinformation when they are assisted with evacuation - e.g. transport arrangements and verifying theirsurvival and safety. However, the guidelines do not provide concrete guidance on individualplanning, while tasking the municipal governments and social welfare coordinators at thecommunity level to come up with a plan and to conduct training and evacuation drills in partnershipwith relevant factors such as healthcare and welfare institutions, the private sector and voluntarygroups. Furthermore, the guidelines do not recommend a specific set of standards or methodologiesin terms of facilitating their evacuation as well as on the kinds of assistance to be provided to meettheir needs after they are moved to the evacuation centres.6. Role of NGOs/NPOs in the domestic disaster response(1) Strengths of NGOs/NPOs in the domestic disaster responseNGOs and NPOs’actual experience and accomplishments in assisting the affectedpopulations during the GEJE demonstrated their strengths and unique roles that are differentfrom Government entities or designated public institutions. With their strong knowledge andexperience, NGOs and NPOs can provide considerable support capacities that complementthe efforts of other public aid providers in the following areas:? Assistance in receiving and managing individual volunteers: As was the case in the GEJE, itis often the local Councils of Social Welfare and their support staff that are tasked to operatethe volunteer centres to receive and coordinate non-professional volunteers who show up inthe affected areas offering help individually. However, depending on the disaster’s types andscales, the local Council’s level of preparedness, as well as the number of incomingvolunteers, there are situations where the local Councils find it difficult to fully cope by themalone. Under such circumstances, resources of NGOs and NPOs can be utilised to supplementthe work of the local Councils with greater capability and flexibility. Additional support byNGOs/NPOs would help address a wide range of practical concerns including registration ofthe volunteers, planning of their allocations and deployment, matching between assistanceneeds and available resources as well as managing volunteers’safety and security. Theactivities can be implemented through collaborations between the Council’s support staff andNGO/NPO staff members experienced in the coordination of emergency relief andhumanitarian aid.49