This study was commission by Puntland Ministry of Interior, Federalism and Democratization through the support of UNDP Somalia programme to assess current disaster management system in nine of the UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JPLG) districts. The district covered included Burtinle, Qardho, Galkayo, Jariiban, Bossaso, Galdogob, Bander Bayla, Eyl and Garowe. The goal of this study was to provide data, information and analysis to help understand the current disaster management system in the nine districts studied. Based on the study ToR, the assessment covered six areas: Community vulnerability to disasters; Community disaster preparedness; Disaster management capacity; Key disaster prevention, response and recovery actions and priority interventions; Disaster risk management planning and Disaster information and monitoring and evaluation systems.
