Annex C. Questionnaires
Public sector questionnaire
1. Governance of disaster risk management
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on Colombia’s national disaster risk management system and the legislative framework underpinning the system. It focuses on coherence of roles and responsibilities among key stakeholders, priority setting and the ability to achieve objectives, and capacities for flexibility and adaptiveness to major changes. This information will be used to examine the effectiveness of disaster risk governance arrangements in Colombia.
1.1. Aside from Law 1523/2012, which laws and regulations underpin your organisation’s work related to the governance of critical risks? Please list all relevant policies and provide links where available.
1.2. What are the roles and responsibilities of your organisation in terms of managing critical risks and natural hazards within the framework of the above laws and regulations, and in practice? Please define the roles and responsibilities, and provide examples of relevant good initiatives, if available.
1.3. Which of the following disaster risk governance functions does your organisation carry out? Please select all that apply by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Design/formulate disaster risk management policies
Prioritise disaster risk reduction measures and allocate resources accordingly
Prioritise disaster preparedness measures and allocate resources accordingly
Set performance targets for disaster preparedness measures
Set performance targets for disaster risk reduction
Provide incentives for the implementation of disaster risk management measures
Monitor disaster risk management policy implementation
Evaluate disaster risk management policy implementation
Disseminate results of disaster risk management policy evaluations to the public
Promote policy coherence across government departments with disaster risk management authorities
Align competing policy objectives between different departments with disaster risk management authorities
Co-ordinate disaster risk management actions across central and subnational levels of government
Co-ordinate co-operation between government and non-governmental entities
Carry out hazard/risk assessments
Monitor disaster risks
Others, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.4. How have your organisation’s roles and responsibilities changed with the adoption of Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.5. How have your organisations’ disaster risk management capacities been reinforced/reduced with the adoption of Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.6. What means are available for your organisation to be involved in the policy co-ordination work within the National Disaster Risk Management System? Please select all that apply by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
National Disaster Risk Management Council (Consejo Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo)
National disaster risk management committees
Co-ordination platforms to discuss disaster risk management policies
Partnerships to foster co-operation between governmental and non-governmental entities
Platforms for technical co-operation (e.g. expert discussions, mutual trust building, information sharing, disaster risk assessment workshops)
Meetings between subnational and central government stakeholders
National committees for understanding and reducing disaster risk, and disaster management
Others, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.7. The National Disaster Risk Management System involves many institutions and organisations. How are their various policy agendas and competing priorities co-ordinated and aligned with the goals of the system, and underpinning Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.8. How effective would you rate the disaster risk management policy co-ordination work of the National Disaster Risk Management System? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5.
Please elaborate the rating.
1.9. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the most effective aspects of the co-ordination work of the National Disaster Risk Management System? Where is there room for improvement?
Please elaborate.
1.10. What means does the National Disaster Risk Management System use to involve stakeholders/interest groups in formulating disaster risk management policies? Please select all that apply by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Workshops with representatives from relevant line ministries
Workshops with representatives from subnational levels of government
Conferences/workshops with participation from interest groups and non-governmental organisations
Expert meetings with representatives from academia
Town hall meetings open to citizens
Public consultation process
Citizen participation website Crystal Urn (Urna de Cristal)
Others, please specify:
1.11. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the key challenges and success factors in ensuring broad stakeholder/interest group involvement in the disaster risk policy-making process in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
1.12. What accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure that stakeholders fulfil their respective disaster risk management responsibilities as foreseen by the legal framework? Please select all that apply by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Regular audits that consider resilience and disaster risk management objectives
Public hearings
Corrective measures for non-compliance with resilience and disaster risk management requirements:
Budget reductions
Legal proceedings
Fines
Other sanctions, please specify: Click here to enter text.
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.13. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the existing accountability mechanisms? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
1.14. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the key challenges in ensuring that each stakeholder fulfils his/her disaster risk management responsibilities? What are success factors in this regard?
Please elaborate.
2. Hazard and disaster risk assessments
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on the use of hazard and disaster risk assessments to inform land-use decisions and civil contingency planning, and to inform disaster risk management measures. It will also look at whether forward-looking techniques are incorporated, and how the results of these assessments are communicated across stakeholders.
2.1. Who prepares hazard assessments/maps for the below hazards in Colombia? Please check the applicable boxes by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
2.2. Which stakeholders does your organisation co-operate with when preparing hazard assessments/maps?
2.3. Do hazard assessments incorporate forward-looking approaches, such as horizon scanning or foresight analyses, to include prospective trends (e.g. climate change, demographic trends, urbanisation, etc.)? If so, who conducts these?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.4. Are hazard assessments/maps regularly updated for the below disaster risks in Colombia? If so, how often are they updated?
2.5. In your opinion, are the experts conducting hazard assessments/maps impartial? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
2.6. Are the results of hazard assessments publicly available and free of charge?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.7. Are the results of hazard assessments communicated across departments and levels of government to ensure policy consistency?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.8. Are the results of hazard assessments used in the following activities?
2.9. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the integration of hazard information into policy making in Colombia? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
2.10. Is there a process to call into question hazard assessments and land-use decisions based on the results of hazard assessments? If so, how can this be done?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.11. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main areas in need of improvement related to the development of hazard/disaster risk assessments/maps and the way they are used in policy making in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
2.12. Who prepares disaster risk assessments/maps for the below disaster risks in Colombia? Please tick applicable boxes by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
2.13. Which of the following impact criteria are used in disaster risk assessments?
3. Disaster risk reduction
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on the structural and non-structural disaster risk reduction measures in Colombia to reduce the exposure and vulnerabilities of households, critical infrastructure and businesses, and public institutions.
Non-structural measures
3.1. What are your organisation’s role and responsibilities in improving disaster risk awareness across stakeholders (households, businesses, departments and levels of government)?
Please elaborate.
3.2. How does your organisation communicate disaster risk information? Please provide examples/weblinks, where applicable.
3.3. Do your organisation’s disaster risk communication materials also provide information on self-protection and preparedness measures available to households and businesses?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
3.4. Do you co-operate with other stakeholders in the disaster risk communication process?
Yes. Please provide details in the table below. No
3.5. Are disaster risk communication efforts regularly evaluated to ensure their effectiveness?
Yes. Please provide details and/or links to evaluation results in the field below.
No
Please elaborate.
3.6. Self-assessment: In your opinion, how effective are your organisations’ disaster risk communication efforts? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
3.7. Self-assessment: In your opinion, is the general public sufficiently aware of the risks and hazards they face? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
3.8. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges for increasing disaster risk awareness in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
3.9. Self-assessment: In your opinion, have there been changes in disaster risk knowledge and the levels of disaster risk reduction since the adoption of Law 1523/2012?
Please elaborate.
3.10. How does your organisation encourage households to carry out self-protection or preparedness measures (e.g. with subsidies, awareness campaigns, rewards for good practices, etc.)? Please provide details in the field below.
Please elaborate.
3.11. Which incentives does your organisation use to encourage businesses to carry out disaster risk management measures? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Financial incentives for disaster risk reduction measures:
Loans for the implementation of disaster risk management measures
Grants/subsidies or conditional cash transfers for the implementation of disaster risk management measures
Discounts on prices or insurance premiums
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
Non-financial incentives for disaster risk reduction measures:
Awards or certification and/or endorsement of good practice
Provision of guidance for business continuity planning
Provision of disaster risk management standards/toolkits
Access to reliable hazard and risk information
Access to guidance and/or training on context-specific disaster risk management
Disaster risk communication campaigns
Other, please specify:
3.12. Self-assessment: In your opinion, how effective are the efforts to encourage businesses and households to carry out self-protection or preparedness measures? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate.
3.13. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the key challenges in boosting the implementation of self-protection or preparedness measures amongst households/businesses?
Please elaborate.
3.14. What are your organisations role and responsibilities in the design and enforcement of land-use policies?
Please elaborate.
3.15. Which other stakeholders play a role in the design and enforcement of land-use policies in Colombia?
3.16. What are your organisations role and responsibilities in the design and enforcement of urban development policies?
Please elaborate.
3.17. Which other stakeholders play a role in the design and enforcement of urban development policies in Colombia?
3.18. How does your organisation incentivise subnational governments to ensure coherent land-use and urban planning policies?
Please elaborate.
3.19. How does your organisation consult with the private sector and/or households concerning coherent land-use and urban planning policies?
Please elaborate.
3.20. How does your organisation consult with the scientific community and/or non-governmental organisations concerning coherent land-use and urban planning policies?
Please elaborate.
3.21. How is the implementation of land-use and urban planning policies monitored in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
Structural measures
3.22. Is your organisation responsible for the design and implementation of structural measures?
Yes. Please provide details in the table below. No
3.23. Which stakeholders/interest groups are consulted in the design and implementation of structural measures that your organisation is responsible for? Please list the stakeholders in the field and provide details on the nature of the co-operation (e.g. cost-sharing, joint decision making, etc.).
Please elaborate.
3.24. What are the decision-making mechanisms for resource allocation to the development and/or maintenance of structural prevention measures?
Please elaborate.
3.25 Self-assessment: How well are structural measures maintained in Colombia? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
If available, please also provide additional details and/or links to monitoring results in the field below.
Please elaborate.
3.26. How effective are structural measures in Colombia in terms of reducing disaster risks? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
3.27. How has the adoption of the Law 1523/2012 affected funding available for the implementation and maintenance of structural measures (e.g. via the National Fund for Disaster Risk Management – FNGRD)?
Please elaborate.
3.28. How does your organisation finance structural disaster risk management measures?
Please elaborate.
3.29. Are there provisions for sharing the costs of structural measures with other stakeholders, e.g. subnational governments or neighbouring households and businesses?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
3.30. How has your organisation co-financed structural measures through the FNGRD?
Please elaborate.
3.31. Self-assessment: In your opinion, would you say that overall the available funding for structural measures is sufficient to protect Colombia from major disasters? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
3.32. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges in the implementation and maintenance of structural measures in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
4. Disaster preparedness and emergency response
This part of the questionnaire asks for information about the response system to prepare for and respond to the complexities of emergencies and their consequences. This section will analyse co-ordination between different stakeholders in the multi-agency response network and their ability to interact effectively for optimal emergency response; the use of new technologies; investments in emergency preparedness, training and exercises; and the ability to engage with the private sector and voluntary organisations.
4.1. Is your organisation responsible for providing real-time early warning systems? If yes, is it made publicly available? Please provide details in the table below.
4.2. What is the process for initiating emergency plans following early warnings?
Please elaborate.
4.3. What accountability measures are in place for false negative/positive alerts issued by early warning systems?
Please elaborate.
4.4. Self-assessment: How effective do you rate Colombia’s early warning systems? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate.
4.5. Self-assessment: In your opinion, are there areas where there is need for improvement in Colombia’s early warning systems?
Please elaborate.
4.6. What are your organisation’s roles and responsibilities in emergency preparation and response?
Please elaborate.
4.7. Self-assessment: Have you encountered challenges in co-ordinating with other organisations with responsibilities for disaster preparedness and emergency response, e.g. overlapping responsibilities?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
4.8. To what extent does the private sector and civil society participate in emergency preparation and response?
Please elaborate.
4.9. Does your organisation engage in international disaster response and relief trainings?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
4.10. Do international organisations, bilateral co-operation agencies and international non-governmental organisations have a role in supporting emergency preparedness and response in Colombia?
Yes. Please provide details/examples in the table below. No
4.11. Self-assessment: How do you evaluate Colombia’s overall capacity for emergency management? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
4.12. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what has been the impact of the adoption of Law 1523 on Colombia’s overall capacity for emergency management?
Please elaborate.
4.13. Self-assessment: Where do you see opportunities for improvement in Colombia’s overall capacity for emergency management?
Please elaborate.
5. Disaster risk financing, recovery and reconstruction
This section asks for information on disaster risk financing mechanisms and their effectiveness in terms of enabling rapid disaster recovery. Public compensation and assistance mechanisms will be analysed, as will the role of risk transfer. This section will also analyse how the government manages its financial exposure to disaster recovery and reconstruction costs.
5.1. What are your organisation’s roles and responsibilities in the disaster recovery and reconstruction phase?
Please elaborate.
5.2. Does your organisation work and/or co-ordinate with other stakeholders during disaster recovery and reconstruction?
Yes. Please provide details in the table below. No
5.3. Is public assistance for disaster recovery and reconstruction purposes available for any of the below purposes? If so, what is the legal basis? Is information on financial transfers related to recovery or reconstruction made public after a disaster event? Please also provide a weblink to publicly available information on disbursed recovery and reconstruction assistance, if available.
5.4. Are there publicly available and clearly defined eligibility criteria for receiving public financial assistance for disaster recovery and reconstruction? If so, how is this requirement enforced?
5.5. Are there provisions against the misuse of public assistance for disaster recovery and reconstruction purposes?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.6. How are national public expenditures for recovery and reconstruction financed? Please select all that apply in the table below, and provide additional details if applicable.
5.7. Is there is a strategy for managing the impacts of disasters on public finances? If so, is this strategy regularly updated?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.8. What accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure the continued relevance and effectiveness of the strategy for managing the impacts of disasters on public finances? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Regular audits that consider resilience and disaster risk management objectives
Public hearings
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
5.9. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the existing accountability mechanisms? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
5.10. What is the process for deciding on the amount of funding available for reconstruction and recovery purposes from public finance mechanisms, such as the FNGRD?
Please elaborate.
5.11. Self-assessment: In your opinion, is contingency funding for disaster recovery and reconstruction sufficient to enable rapid and sustainable disaster recovery in Colombia? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
5.12. How have provisions and available funding for disaster recovery and reconstruction purposes changed since the adoption of Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
5.13. Are the government’s potential financial exposures to recovery and reconstruction expenses considered in fiscal planning?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.14. Does the government assess the availability and affordability of insurance for catastrophic risks? If so, are there measures in place to address lack of availability or unaffordability?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.15. Are national and subnational public sector organisations encouraged to purchase insurance or make arrangements to self-insure?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.16. What is the role of international assistance in supporting disaster recovery and reconstruction efforts in Colombia?
5.17. Self-assessment: Law 1523 calls for a strategic plan for the co-ordination of international assistance. In your opinion, how effective is this plan in terms of managing international assistance, and channelling it to affected areas? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
5.18. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges hampering rapid and sustainable disaster recovery and reconstruction in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
5.19. Does your organisation have a lessons learnt process in place to ensure continuous policy improvement, e.g. following the completion of disaster recovery activities?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.20. Have those lessons translated into policy changes?
Yes. Please provide details on actions taken in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.21. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the key challenges in ensuring that the impacts of disasters on public finances are effectively managed? What are success factors in this regard?
Please elaborate.
Private sector questionnaire
1. Governance of disaster risk management
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on Colombia’s national disaster risk management system and the legislative framework underpinning the system. It focuses on coherence of roles and responsibilities of the private sector. The information gathered will help examine the effectiveness of disaster risk governance arrangements in Colombia.
1.1. What are the roles and responsibilities of your company in terms of managing critical risks and natural hazards?
1.2. How does your company/industry contribute to achieving the goals set out by Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.3. How have your company’s roles and responsibilities changed with the adoption of Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.4. Is there a process for designating specific infrastructure as critical infrastructure?
Yes. Please provide additional details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
1.5. Does your company manage or operate critical infrastructure?
Yes. Please provide additional details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
1.6. Are there specific laws, policies and/or regulations that address critical infrastructure protection or resilience?
Yes. Please specify which laws are available and provide links. No
Please elaborate.
1.7. Does your company receive disaster risk management guidance from the central government, e.g. from the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD)?
Yes. Please specify in the field below which guidance is available, and how it is used. No
Please elaborate.
1.8. How is your company involved in the design of disaster risk management policies to implement Law 1523? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Workshops with representatives from relevant line ministries
Workshops with representatives from subnational levels of government
Conferences/workshops with participation from interest groups and non-governmental organisations
Expert meetings with representatives from academia
Information-sharing mechanisms or platforms for critical infrastructure operators and the government
Town hall meetings open to citizens
Public consultation process
Citizen participation website Crystal Urn (Urna de Cristal)
Others, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.9. What role does your company have in terms of co-ordinating with the National Disaster Risk Management System?
Please elaborate.
1.10. In your opinion, what are success factors to your company’s involvement in the disaster risk policy formulation and co-ordination process in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
1.11. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the disaster risk management policy co-ordination work of the National Disaster Risk Management System? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5.
Please elaborate on the rating.
1.12. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the most effective aspects of the co-ordination work of the National Disaster Risk Management System? Where do you see room for improvement?
Please elaborate.
1.13. What accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure that your company is carrying out its responsibilities as foreseen by the legal framework? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Regular audits that consider resilience and disaster risk management objectives
Internal reviews
Public hearings
Corrective measures for non-compliance with resilience and disaster risk management requirements:
Budget reductions
Legal proceedings
Fines
Other sanctions, please specify: Click here to enter text.
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.14. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the key challenges in ensuring that the private sector fulfils its disaster risk management responsibilities? What are success factors in this regard?
Please elaborate.
2. Disaster risk reduction
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on the structural and non-structural disaster risk reduction measures designed to reduce the exposure and vulnerabilities of households, critical infrastructure and businesses, and public institutions.
2.1. Does your company participate in disaster risk communication efforts?
Yes. Please provide details in the table below. No
2.2. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges in increasing disaster risk awareness in your company/industry?
Please elaborate.
2.3. Does your company engage in business continuity planning, e.g. emergency or business continuity plans?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.4. Are there specific self-protection or preparedness measures that your company is required by law to implement (e.g. emergency management plans, redundancy or back-up operating systems, insurance against disruptions, etc.)?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.5. What incentives are in place to motivate companies to carry out disaster risk management measures? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Financial incentives for disaster risk reduction measures:
Loans for the implementation of disaster risk management measures
Grants/subsidies or conditional cash transfers for the implementation of disaster risk management measures
Discounts on prices or insurance premiums
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
Non-financial incentives for disaster risk reduction measures:
Awards or certification and/or endorsement of good practice
Access to hazard and risk information (free of charge)
Access to guidance and/or training on context-specific disaster risk management
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
2.6. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges your company/industry faces in undertaking disaster risk reduction activities?
Please elaborate.
2.7. Self-assessment: In your opinion, have there been changes in disaster risk knowledge and the levels of disaster risk reduction since the adoption of Law 1523 in 2012?
Please elaborate.
3. Disaster risk financing, recovery and reconstruction
This section of the questionnaire asks for information on disaster risk financing mechanisms, and their effectiveness in terms of enabling rapid disaster recovery, particularly for businesses and public services. Public compensation and assistance mechanisms will be analysed, as will the role of risk transfer. This section will also analyse how the government manages its financial exposure to disaster recovery and reconstruction costs.
3.1. Are there public policies in place to provide for public disaster recovery and reconstruction assistance to companies?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
3.2. Are there publicly available and clearly defined eligibility criteria for receiving public financial assistance for disaster recovery and reconstruction? If so, how is this requirement enforced, and has your company previously received assistance for disaster recovery and reconstruction purposes?
3.3. What measures does your company take to financially prepare for disaster recovery and reconstruction (e.g. contingency funds, uptake of catastrophic risk insurance)?
Please elaborate.
3.4. For which hazards is catastrophic risks insurance available, and against which hazards is your company insured?
3.5. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges hampering rapid and sustainable disaster recovery and reconstruction?
Please elaborate.
Civil society questionnaire
1. Governance of disaster risk management
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on Colombia’s national disaster risk management system and the legislative framework underpinning the system. It focuses on coherence of roles and responsibilities of the civil society. The information gathered will help examine the effectiveness of disaster risk governance arrangements in Colombia.
1.1. What are the role and responsibilities of your organisation in terms of managing critical risks and natural hazards?
1.2. How does your organisation contribute to achieving the goals set out by Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.3. How have your organisation’s roles and responsibilities changed with the adoption of Law 1523?
Please elaborate.
1.4. Does your organisation receive any disaster risk management guidance from the central government, e.g. from the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD)?
Yes. Please specify which guidance is available, and how it is used. No
Please elaborate.
1.5. How is your organisation involved in the design of disaster risk management policies to implement Law 1523? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Workshops with representatives from relevant line ministries
Workshops with representatives from subnational levels of government
Conferences/workshops with participation from interest groups and non-governmental organisations
Expert meetings with representatives from academia
Information-sharing mechanisms or platforms for critical infrastructure operators and the government
Town hall meetings open to citizens
Public consultation process
Citizen participation website Crystal Urn (Urna de Cristal)
Others, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.6. What role does your organisation have in terms of co-ordinating with the National Disaster Risk Management System?
Please elaborate.
1.7. In your opinion, what are success factors to your organisation’s involvement in the disaster risk policy formulation and co-ordination process in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
1.8. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the disaster risk management policy co-ordination work of the National Disaster Risk Management System? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5.
Please elaborate on the rating.
1.9. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the most effective aspects of the co-ordination work of the National Disaster Risk Management System? Where do you see room for improvement?
Please elaborate.
1.10. What accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure that your organisation is carrying out its responsibilities as foreseen by the legal framework? Please select all that apply in the table below by double-clicking on the boxes and selecting “checked”.
Regular audits that consider resilience and disaster risk management objectives
Internal reviews
Public hearings
Corrective measures for non-compliance with resilience and disaster risk management requirements:
Budget reductions
Legal proceedings
Fines
Other sanctions, please specify: Click here to enter text.
Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
1.11. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the existing accountability mechanisms relative to the requirements of accountability? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
1.12. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the key challenges in ensuring that civil society fulfils its disaster risk management responsibilities? What are success factors in this regard?
Please elaborate.
2. Hazard and disaster risk assessments
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on the use of hazard and disaster risk assessments to inform land-use decisions, civil contingency planning and to inform disaster risk management measures. It will also look at whether forward-looking techniques are incorporated, and how the results of these assessments are communicated among stakeholders.
2.1. Who prepares hazard assessments/maps for the below hazards in Colombia? Please tick applicable boxes by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
2.2. What is the UNGRD’s role to ensure coherence of the hazard assessments/maps in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
2.3. Which stakeholders does your organisation co-operate with when preparing hazard assessments/maps?
2.4. Do hazard assessments incorporate forward-looking approaches, such as horizon scanning or foresight analyses, to include prospective trends (e.g. climate change, demographic trends, urbanisation, etc.)? If so, who conducts these?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.5. Are hazard assessments/maps regularly updated? If so, how often are they updated?
2.6. In your opinion, are the experts conducting hazard assessments/maps impartial? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate on the rating.
2.7. Are the results of hazard assessments publicly available and free of charge?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.8. Are the results of hazard assessments communicated across departments and levels of government to ensure policy consistency?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.9. Are the results of hazard assessments used in the following activities?
2.10. Self-assessment: How effective would you rate the integration of hazard information into policy making in Colombia? Please rank it on a scale of 0-5 by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
Please elaborate.
2.11. Is there a process to call into question hazard assessments and land-use decisions based on the results of hazard assessments? If so, how can this be done?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
2.12. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main areas in need of improvement related to the development of hazard/disaster risk assessments/maps and the way they are used in policy making in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
2.13. Who prepares disaster risk assessments/maps for the below disaster risks in Colombia? Please tick applicable boxes by double-clicking on the box and selecting “checked”.
2.14. Which of the following impact criteria are used in disaster risk assessments?
3. Disaster risk reduction
This part of the questionnaire asks for information on the structural and non-structural disaster risk reduction measures designed to reduce the exposure and vulnerabilities of households, critical infrastructure and businesses, and public institutions.
3.1. Does your organisation have a role in communicating about disaster risks?
Yes. Please provide details in the table below. No
3.2. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges in increasing disaster risk awareness in Colombia?
Please elaborate.
3.3. What are your organisation’s roles and responsibilities in carrying out disaster risk reduction measures (aside from the disaster risk communication responsibilities mentioned in the previous question)?
Please elaborate.
3.4. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges your organisation faces in undertaking disaster risk reduction activities?
Please elaborate.
3.5. Self-assessment: In your opinion, have there been changes in disaster risk knowledge and the levels of disaster risk reduction since the adoption of Law 1523 in 2012?
Please elaborate.
4. Disaster preparedness and emergency response
This part of the questionnaire asks for information about the response system to prepare for and respond to the complexities of emergencies and their consequences. It will analyse co-ordination between different stakeholders in the multi-agency response network and their ability to interact effectively for optimal emergency response.
4.1. Does your organisation have a role in emergency preparation and response?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
4.2. How is your organisation involved in the disaster preparedness and emergency response activities under the National Disaster Risk Management System?
Please elaborate.
4.3. Self-assessment: Have you encountered challenges in co-ordinating with other organisations with responsibilities for disaster preparedness and emergency response?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
4.4. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what has been the impact of the adoption of Law 1523 on Colombia’s overall capacity for emergency management?
Please elaborate.
5. Disaster risk financing, recovery and reconstruction
This section asks for information on disaster risk financing mechanisms, and their effectiveness in terms of enabling rapid disaster recovery.
5.1. What are your organisation’s role and responsibilities in facilitating disaster recovery and reconstruction, e.g. in terms of providing financial assistance for household and business recovery?
Please elaborate.
5.2. Does your organisation have access to public assistance for disaster recovery and reconstruction purposes, e.g. to channel them to affected populations?
Yes. Please provide details in the field below. No
Please elaborate.
5.3. How is your organisation involved in the National Disaster Risk Management System during the disaster recovery and reconstruction phase?
Please elaborate.
5.4. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what has been the impact of the adoption of Law 1523 on Colombia’s capacity to recover from disasters?
Please elaborate.
5.5. Self-assessment: In your opinion, what are the main challenges hampering rapid and sustainable disaster recovery and reconstruction in Colombia?
Please elaborate.