Disaster Management Act No. 34 of 2012. Country/Territory Bangladesh Document type Legislation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazette Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Long titleThe Act enacted to make the activities about disaster management coordinated, object oriented and strengthened and to formulate rules to build up infrastructure of effective disaster management to fight all types of disaster. Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Institution Capacity building Climate change Hazards Governance Monitoring Policy/planning Risk assessment/management Basic legislation Waterworks Flood Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes This Act enters into force immediately. Abstract This Act, consisting of 60 sections divided into five Chapters, establishes the activities to To fulfill the objectives of this Act, there would be a council named National Disaster Management Council. The responsibility of the Council, are: Provide strategic guidelines concerned to policies and plans about disaster management; Review method of existing disaster risk reduction and emergency response programmes; Evaluation of disaster preparedness programmes and provide strategic consultancy to concern authority, committee and persons for development of post disaster response and rescue operations; Provide necessary directives or consultation to concern authority and persons to arrange seminars, workshops etc. to increase awareness about related issues. Full text English Website www.emi-megacities.org