
Cambodia
National implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER)
Overview of the DRM System
Cambodia 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
Key national institutions
Sub-national structures
Funding and budget
Integration of the AADMER and AHA Centre
Provision on international and regional assistance

Laws, policies, plans and other resources
DRM law and recent decrees
2015 Disaster Management Law
2015 Royal Decree on Organization and Functioning of the National Committee for Disaster Management (Khmer)
2015 Royal Decree on Organization and Functioning of the National Committee for Disaster Management (English)
2016 Royal Government of Cambodia Resolution (Nº: 20 SSR) Appointment of the Components of the National Committee for Disaster Management (Khmer)
2016 Royal Government of Cambodia Resolution (Nº: 20 SSR) Appointment of the Components of the National Committee for Disaster Management (English)
Earlier DRM and climate decrees, policies and plans
2002 Sub-decree National Committee for Disaster Management (Khmer)
2002 Sub-decree National Committee for Disaster Management (English)
2006 National Adaptation Program of Action to Climate Change
2006 National Plan on Avian and Human Influenza
2009 National Comprehensive Human and Avian Influenza Plan
2010 NCDM Direction (No. 315) Implementation of Direction on Community‐Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
2012 RGK Sub-Decree of Cambodia Food Reserve System
2012 Strategic Plan on Climate Change for the Disaster Management Sector
2014 Climate Change Action Plan for Disaster Management 2014-2018
2014 National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (NAP-DRR) 2014-2018
2014 Royal Government of Cambodia Resolution (No. 115 SSR), Establishment of Coordination Task Force for Preparedness, Emergency Response and Recovery of the National Committee for Disaster Management (Khmer)
2014 Royal Government of Cambodia Resolution (No. 115 SSR), Establishment of Coordination Task Force for Preparedness, Emergency Response and Recovery of the National Committee for Disaster Management (English)
1993 Constitution of Cambodia (showing amendments)
1995 Anukret Establishing the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
1997 Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management
2007 Water Resources Law
2008 Organic Law on Local Administration
2011 National Social Protection Strategy for the Poor and Vulnerable
2014 Five Year Strategic Plan for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment 2014-2018 (Neary Rattanak IV)
2014 National Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018
2017 National Social Protection Policy Framework 2016-2025 (NSPPF)
Reports and other sources
2009 IFRC Legal Preparedness for Responding to Disasters and Communicable Disease Emergencies: study report Cambodia
2010 UNISDR et al Country Assessment Report for Cambodia (hydro-meteorological services)
2014 Cambodia: Post-flood recovery needs assessment report
2014 CamDI Analysis-Report 1996-2013
2014 CamDi Users Manual
2014 Disaster Management Reference Handbook Cambodia
2016 Cambodia Drought El Niño Situation Analysis
2017 National Report Sendai Data Readiness
2017 IFRC UNDP Implementing the Law on Disaster Management in Cambodia: Developing Subsidiary Legislation