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Decree No. 27/2022 approving the Operational Regulation of the Integrated Platform for Dissemination and Communication of Early Warning Information for Floods and Cyclones.

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
2022
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Série, No. 107.
Subject
Environment gen., Water
Keyword
Access-to-information Early warning system Hazards Enforcement/compliance Risk assessment/management Environmental planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Climate change Desertification Policy/planning Water shortage/drought Flood
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree establishes the Operational Regulation of the Integrated Platform for Dissemination and Communication of Early Warning System for Floods and Cyclones. The Regulation, consisting of 22 articles divided into three Chapters and a Glossary, establishes the objectives of these norms such as: a) guarantee timely access to accurate information and advance warning of floods and cyclones to all people in risk areas through the diversified use of means of dissemination and communication; b) strengthen inter-institutional collaboration between the Ministries that oversee the areas of meteorology, water resources management and the disaster risk management and reduction sector for the effective operation of the Integrated Electronic Platform for Dissemination of Information Flow of Early Warning of Floods and Cyclones; c) strengthen national and local capacity on accessing, interpreting, disseminating and communicating flood and cyclone early warning information to local communities; d) improve the capacity for analysis, interpretation, production and timely dissemination of accurate information on early warning of floods and cyclones by the Ministries that oversee the areas of meteorology and water resources management; e) establish inter-institutional collaboration mechanisms that allow an integrated articulation and rapid assessment of data and information on early warning of floods and cyclones; f) strengthen the production and processing of data and information on early warning of floods and cyclones, based on permanent rules for the dissemination and communication of harmonized and simplified messages; g) ensure that these early warning messages issued by the disaster risk management and reduction sector, contribute to timely prevention and specific response depending on the level of alert and magnitude of the event; and h) establish the Integrated Electronic Platform for the Dissemination of Information Flow for Early Warning of Floods and Cyclones.

Full text
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Website
www.legis-palop.org