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Indonesia

National implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER)

Overview of the DRM System

Indonesia has a Type D DRM System – Covers the full spectrum of disaster risk management: some elements of DRR, prevention, preparedness, early warning, mitigation, emergency management /response, and early recovery. Establishes specialist national institutions for DRM coordination and at least some local structures or roles. ​This is the most common type of DRM law found amongst countries with medium to high exposure to hazards that have adopted DRM laws since the mid 1990s. It is not necessarily based on a single law, but may be a mix of laws, regulations and assigned ministerial roles under executive government powers.
Legal framework
The DRM system is based on the Disaster Management Law 24/2007 (DM Law) and a series of regulations.
1. Government Regulation PP 8/2008
2. Government Regulation PP21/2008 Implementation of Disaster Control
3. Government Regulation PP22/2008 on Disaster Aid Financing and Management.
4. Government Regulation PP23/2008 on Participation of International Institutions and Foreign Non- Governmental Institutions in Disaster Management
5. BNPB Guideline 22/2010 on International assistance and Foreign NGOS (under review since 2014)
The 2008 regulations and 2010 Guideline concerning international assistance relate to international humanitarian assistance from international organizations and NGOs,  not to interstate or ASEAN regional assistance.
A review of the DM Law was commenced in 2016, and in 2017 the Regional Representative Council (Dewan Perwakilan Daerah) endorsed a bill to amend the DM Law.
A draft National Disaster Response Framework 2017 was being discussed by different government agencies during 2017. It will become a Government regulation defining the different preparedness & response roles, which will cover all government ministries.
Key national institutions
The national disaster management agency, better known as the BNPB (for Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana) is the main DRM agency.
Its role is further explained in elaborated in Government Regulation PP 8/2008. BNPB is directly accountable to the President, and is led by an appointed Head.
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National committees are:
1. Disaster Management Steering Committee
2. Disaster Management Executive Committee.
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Sub-national structures
​Regional governments within Indonesia have general authority over disaster management in their regions (DM Law Art.9).
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Regional Governments have established the Regional Disaster Management Agencies – BPBD  – that are responsible for local level preparedness, response and recovery (DM Law Arts.18-25).
Funding and budget
The national government’s responsibility for disaster management under the DM Law includes allocating a sufficient disaster management budget from the National Budget and also making a budget allocation in the form of a ‘ready fund’ (DM Law Art. 6).
Regional governments are also required to budget for disaster management (DM Law Art.8).
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Regulation pp 22/2008 on Disaster Aid Financing and Management specifies that disaster management funding is to come from national and regional government budgets and communities, and that governments are required to allocate sufficient for pre-disaster, disaster emergency response, and post-disaster stages (Arts. 4-5). It specifies that the National Government is to provide: disaster contingency fund; ready funds; and grant-patterned social assistance funds (DM Law Art. 5).
Integration of the AADMER and AHA Centre
​The DM Law predates AADMER, and does not mention ASEAN. BNPB is the AHA Centre National Focal Point.​
Provision on international and regional assistance
The DM Law and Government Regulation PP23/2008, relate to receiving assistance from international institutions and INGOs, not foreign governments.
Government Regulation PP23/2008 specifies that “In the event assistance for disaster management originates from a foreign state, the Head of BNPB must consult and coordinate with the Minister for foreign affairs. (Art. 17(1)).”
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Facilitation of such international assistance is discretionary under Government Regulation PP23/2008: Under Art.13, international institutions or foreign non-governmental institution in disaster management activities, “may be granted facilitation” in accordance with law.
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Laws, policies, plans and other resources

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