Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme 

Introduction 

The Comprehensive Disaster management Programme (CDMP) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has commissioned Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) to carry out Projects on three main subcomponents of the Earthquake and Tsunami preparedness component and one subcomponent under Support for Disaster Management Information Network to be implemented with financial assistance from EC.  Within this, a key assignment is the preparation of Seismic Hazard and Vulnerability Mapping of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet city corporation areas. 

The Comprehensive Disaster management Programme (CDMP) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is being implemented by the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM) and is supported by UNDP, DFID-B and the EC.  CDMP is designed to strengthen the Bangladesh Disaster Management System and more specifically to achieve a paradigm shift from reactive response to a proactive risk reduction culture.  In August 2006 the European Commission and UNDP signed a Cooperation Agreement related to the funding of three components within the CDMP Framework.

• Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness (Component 4a)

• Support for Disaster Management Information Network
  (Component 5b)