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The Role of Civil Society in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Lessons Learned from India
With the post-2015 development agenda on the table, the international community has focused efforts on parsing the way forward.
Submissions have been made by several governments, organisations, agencies and groups considering the key issues that should be taken into account and integrated into the new framework. Particularly active in the discourse is the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), a nongovernmental organisation dedicated towards bridging the gap between policy, practice and research surrounding disaster mitigation.
Through its activities and initiatives, AIDMI embodies the role that civil society should play in DRR and disaster mitigation. The grassroots NGO has invested heavily in various projects that are geared towards building societies that are resilient to hazards and are capable of achieving sustainable disaster recovery. Since its inception, following the 1987-89 Gujarat droughts, AIDMI has grown to significant heights. From building risk management approaches across all its activities, to successfully implementing the Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management approach.
Covering nine types of disasters in twelve areas in India and now eight countries in Asia, AIDMI exemplifies what dedication and hard work entails for furthering a cause.