Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) practices in Myanmar have evolved through a process of sustained involvement of the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) with the support of IFRC and PNSs. The MRCS has been able to implement CBDRR/CBDRM activities in village and township since 2003 by building capacities of the Red Cross volunteers at township levels in community actions as well as implementing specific interventions supported by IFRC and FRC/CRCS between 2003-2013. These include National Disaster Responce Teams/Emergency Responce Team training, urban risk reduction activities, and school preparedness as well as post disaster recovery operations after Cyclone Nargis and Giri.

The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) aims at a longer-term programmatic approach towards standardization of CBDRR to ensure that the commonly agreed tools and methodologies are solidly embedded into the ongoing and future CBDRM activities by MRCS. ADPC would bring its expertise of CBDRM but focus on the Red Cross model and act as a facilitator to build capacities within MRCS during the adaptation process as well as assist MRCS in implementing it in future.

1. Documentation of CBDRR practice case studies
2. National lessons learning workshop on CBDRR practices
3. Identification of a draft minimum package of activities
4. National workshop on the minimum package of activities
5. Standardizaiton of CBDRR methodologies and tools
6. Workshop to review CBDRR methodologies and tools
7. Design of common framework for CBDRR
8. Endorsement by the MRCS governance
9. Dissemination of common framework

1. CBDRR practice case studies
2. CBDRR step-by-step methodology
3. CBDRR manual/ operational handbook
4. CBDRR training modules
5. CBDRR awareness tool box