Table of Contents 2
Introduction 4
Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination in Asia 4
International Civilian Capabilities Deployed to Natural Disasters 10
Philippines 11
Section 1: Humanitarian civil-military coordination in the Philippines 11
Disaster risk profile (To be inserted) 11
Evolution of humanitarian civil-military coordination in the Philippines 11
National legal and policy frameworks for disaster management 15
Role of the Armed Forces as outlined in national legal and policy frameworks 16
Section 2: National coordination mechanisms and actors in disaster response 18
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 18
Armed Forces of the Philippines 19
Lead Government Agencies in Disaster Response 20
Subnational coordination 21
National cluster system 22
Operations Centres 26
Incident Command System (ICS) 26
Section 3: Coordination of Foreign Military Assistance 29
Mobilization of International Assistance 29
Coordination of Foreign Military Assets (FMA) 30
Humanitarian-Military Operational Coordination Concept (HuMOCC) 31
Multi-National Coordination Centre (MNCC) 32
Myanmar 35
Section 1: Humanitarian civil-military coordination
in Myanmar 35
Disaster risk profile 35
Evolution of humanitarian civil-military coordination in Myanmar 35
National legal and policy frameworks for disaster management 36
Section 2: National coordination mechanisms and actors in disaster response 39
National Natural Disaster Management Central Committee (NDMC) 39
Work Committees 39
District and Local Level Disaster Management Committees 40
Disaster Management Centre 40
Lead government agencies in disaster response 41
Armed Forces of Myanmar 41
Lead government agencies in disaster response 42
Section 3: Coordination of Foreign Military and Civilian Assistance 43
Indonesia 44
Section 1: Humanitarian civil-military coordination in the Indonesia 44
Disaster risk profile infographic 44
Evolution of humanitarian civil-military coordination in Indonesia 44
National legal and policy frameworks for disaster management 47
Section 2: National coordination mechanisms and actors in disaster response 48
Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) 48
Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI) 49
Lead government agencies in disaster response 50
National Cluster System 50
Subnational coordination 51
Emergency Operations Centres 52
Incident command system 52
Indonesia Rapid Response and Assistance (INDRRA) Team 53
Section 3: Coordination of Foreign Military Assistance 53
International assistance 53
Foreign Military Assistance (FMA) 57
Humanitarian-Military Operational Coordination Concept (HuMOCC) 58
Bangladesh 60
Section 1: Humanitarian civil-military coordination in Bangladesh 60
Disaster risk profile infographic 60
Evolution of humanitarian civil-military coordination in Bangladesh 60
National legal and policy frameworks for disaster management 62
National Disaster Management Act (2012) 62
Disaster Management Policy (2015) (is there an English translation?) 62
National Plan for Disaster Management (2010-2015) 62
Standing Orders on Disaster (2010) 62
Section 2: National coordination mechanisms and actors in disaster response 63
Mechanisms of Coordination at the National Level 64
Local Level Coordination Mechanisms 67
Role of Lead Government Agencies 68
Section 3: Coordination of Foreign Military and Civilian Assistance 77
Requests for International Assistance 77
Nepal 78
Section 1: Humanitarian civil-military coordination in Nepal 78
Disaster risk profile infographic 78
Evolution of humanitarian civil-military coordination in Nepal 78
National legal and policy frameworks for disaster management 80
Section 2: National coordinating actors and mechanisms in disaster response 82
Central Disaster Natural Disaster Relief Committee (CDRN) 82
National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) 83
Nepalese Armed Forces 84
Armed Forces coordination mechanisms and structures in disaster response 85
Armed Police Force of Nepal 86
Lead government agencies in disaster response 86
National Cluster System 87
Subnational coordination 88
Incident command system – (is the ICS used in Nepal?) 89
Section 3: Coordination of Foreign Military Assistance 90
International assistance 90
Foreign military assistance 91
Humanitarian-Military Operational Coordination Concept (HuMOCC) 91
Multi National Military Coordination Centre (MNMCC) 92