The document summarizes Bangladesh's Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme II (CDMP II). CDMP II aims to reduce Bangladesh's vulnerability to natural and climate change-related hazards through six outcomes: (1) strengthening institutional capacity for disaster management, (2) reducing rural disaster risks, (3) reducing urban disaster risks, (4) improving disaster preparedness and early warning systems, (5) mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation across sectors, and (6) facilitating community-level climate change adaptation. CDMP II will be implemented from 2010-2014 with USD $70 million in funding led by the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management.

1. Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme II Disaster Management and Relief Division (DMRD) Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM)

2. Bangladesh: A south Asian country Deltaic landscape, 25%-30% flooded annually High level of Poverty Disaster prone, people are exposed to hazards Over 300 rivers, 57 trans boundary rivers Drains entire western Himalayan runoff to the Bay Livelihoods of more than 50% of the population depend on agriculture and natural resources Population density Very High(1045/km2)

5. Bangladesh: Institutional and policy instruments Vision : To reduce the vulnerability of people, especially the poor, to the effects of natural, environmental and human induced hazards to a manageable and acceptable humanitarian level Mission : to bring a paradigm shift in disaster management from conventional response and relief to a more comprehensive risk reduction culture Overall Objective : to strengthen the capacity of the Bangladesh Disaster Management System