Getting the Private Sector On-board: Articulating the Role of Private Sector Organisations in Disaster Policy in the Philippines

Written by Eula Bianca Villar. In February 2017, the Philippine Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) was reported to have convened a Regional Disaster Risk and Management Council with a primary objective of crafting a regional preparedness plan. Noting the increased vulnerability of the country towards natural catastrophes, disaster policy at the national level …