INTERSECTORALITY IN GOVERNANCE

Path to increased efficiency in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) actions

Abstract

This article explores the importance of intersectorality in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The analysis focuses on the principles of public policies, challenges faced, and proposed solutions to ensure the effectiveness of DRR actions, based on international frameworks for disaster risk reduction (Sendai, 2015), current legislation (PNPDEC, 2012), and the First National Civil Protection and Defense Plan (under public consultation) outlined in Brazil. It is understood that intersectoral relationships are structuring in the disaster cycle, but their success is based on the capacity for interdisciplinary exchanges among the different agents involved. The interconnection between fields of knowledge is a source of innovative solutions in the field of social protection policies, and the inclusion and protagonism of the population vulnerable to disaster risks are the greatest assets to incorporate in decision-making for inclusive and participatory social management.