The 2015 earthquake, devastating as it was in terms of its impact on life and property, has also offered a unique opportunity to reassess the country’s resilience to disaster, and identify ways to not just improve response, but also strengthen the entire disaster risk governance system. This represents a key priority and pre-requisite in ensuring that Nepal can move forward on the path to reducing risks proactively from managing responses reactively.

This report, prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs with technical support from UNDP—comprising data and insights contributed by a vast range of experts and representatives of government, donor agencies, development partners, civil society and private sector—is a comprehensive analysis of various dimensions of the recent disaster. It examines how overall governance, institutional mechanisms, resource mobilization, capacities, coordination, participation and preparedness for disaster risk reduction/management (DRR/M) can be improved, thereby laying the foundations for a safer and resilient Nepal for the next decade and a half.

A PDF version of the document can be downloaded form the link on the top right corner of this page.