‘Partnerships for safe development and good governance’ is the Phase II of the
Regional Consultative Committee Program on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk
Reduction into Development (RCC MDRD).

The RCC has been implementing the MDRD program since 2004 when the
program was launched at the 4th meeting of the RCC in Dhaka. The RCC 5
adopted the Hanoi RCC 5 statement on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in
Development in Asian Countries.

The program with a two track approach of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction
into both national and sector development process had in its Phase I (2004-2007)
initiated mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in selected RCC member
countries in sectors such as Education, Infrastructure, Local Government etc.