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{{Short description|Disaster relief agency of Mozambique}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name     = National Disasters Management Institute
|nativename      = Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades
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|formed          = 1999
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|jurisdiction    = [[Mozambique]]
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|chief1_name     = Joao Ribeiro
|chief1_position = Director
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|parent_agency   = Ministry of State Administration
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|website         = http://www.ingc.gov.mz/
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The '''National Disasters Management Institute''' ({{langx|pt|Instituto Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades}}, '''INGC''') is the [[disaster relief]] agency of [[Mozambique]].

==History==
The INGC was formed in 1999<ref>
{{cite web |author1=Borges-Coelho, João |author2=Gary M. Littlejohn |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/un/mozambique.html |title=Mozambique Country Case Study: Impacts and Responses to the 1997-98 El Niño Event |accessdate=2008-09-02 |publisher=[[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828030045/http://www.ccb.ucar.edu/un/mozambique.html |archive-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead }}
</ref>
by Government decree no. 37<ref name="SARPN">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001856/5-Mozambique_WB_Apr2005.pdf
 |title        = Section I: The Mozambique country case study
 |accessdate   = 2008-09-02
 |date         = April 2005
 |publisher    = South African Regional Poverty Network
 |page         = 3
 |archive-date = 2007-01-01
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070101012921/http://sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001856/5-Mozambique_WB_Apr2005.pdf
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>
and operates under the Ministry of State Administration (MAE).<ref>
{{cite news
|author     = Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|author-link     = Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|title      = Mozambique: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 3
|url        = http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-6YCRLW?OpenDocument&RSS20=03
|work       = [[ReliefWeb]]
|date       = 2007-02-12
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url        = http://www.wahenga.net/uploads/documents/nationalsp/Mozambique_SP_PIF_Jan2007.pdf
|title      = Mozambique: national inventory of social protection policies, institutions and frameworks
 |accessdate=2008-09-01
|date       = January 2007
|format     = [[PDF]]
|publisher  = Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme
|page       = 6 }}</ref>
Prior to its creation, disaster management in Mozambique was under the purview of the Department for the Prevention and Combat of Natural Disasters ({{langx|pt|Departamento de Prevenção e Combate as Calamidades Naturais}}, DPCCN),<ref name="SARPN"/> a subunit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation that mainly served as a "distributing agency for external aid".<ref name="Foley">
{{cite news
|first      = Conor
|last       = Foley
|title      = Preparation is everything
|url        = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/may/31/preparationiseverything
|work       = [[The Guardian]]
|publisher  = [[Guardian Media Group]]
|date       = 2007-05-31
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>
In contrast to its predecessor, the INGC was geared more toward coordination of disaster management efforts than delivery of [[foreign aid]].<ref name="SARPN"/>

As of March 10, 2008, Joao Ribeiro was the director of the INGC.<ref>
{{cite news
|title      = Cyclone Jokwe lashes northern Mozambique, leaves 7 people dead
|url        = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/10/africa/AF-GEN-Mozambique-Cyclone.php
|work       = [[International Herald Tribune]]
|date       = 2008-03-10
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>
He was formerly the institute's deputy director<ref>
{{cite news
|title      = Mozambique faces flood fury
|url        = http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/01/2008525122036924917.html
|work       = [[Al Jazeera English]]
|date       = 2008-01-17
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>
and replaced [[Paulo Zucula]], who was "widely praised" for his leadership of the INGC, when Zucula was appointed Minister of Transport and Communication.<ref>
{{cite news
|title      = Mozambique: Guebuza Reshuffles Government
|url        = http://allafrica.com/stories/200803110962.html
|work       = Mozambique News Agency (reproduced by [[AllAfrica.com]])
|date       = 2008-03-11
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>

==Activities==
The INGC is responsible for conducting mitigation efforts (such as collection and analysis of data),<ref>
{{cite book
|author     = United Nations Development Programme
|author-link     = United Nations Development Programme
|title      = Mozambique National Human Development Report 2005: Human Development to 2015, Reaching for the Millenium Development Goals
|url        = http://databases.sardc.net/books/MHDR2005eng/view.php?bname=&id=40
 |accessdate=2008-09-01
|year       = 2006
|publisher  =
|location   =
|page       = 71 }}{{dead link|date=January 2013}}</ref><ref name="UNICEF">
{{cite web
|url        = http://www.unicef.org/har07/files/Mozambique.pdf
|title      = UNICEF Humanitarian Action: Mozambique in 2007
 |accessdate=2008-09-01
|author     = United Nations Children's Fund
|author-link     = United Nations Children's Fund
|year       = 2007
|format     = [[PDF]]
|publisher  = [[United Nations Children's Fund]] }}</ref>
undertaking preparedness measures (e.g. awareness campaigns),<ref name="UNICEF"/><ref name="BBC">
{{cite news
|title      = Army called for Mozambique floods
|url        = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6341725.stm
|work       = [[BBC News]]
|date       = 2007-02-08
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
|first      = Ruth Ansah
|last       = Ayisi
|title      = Mozambique learns from the past
|url        = http://www.mg.co.za/article/2007-03-20-mozambique-learns-from-the-past
|work       = [[Mail & Guardian]]
|date       = 2007-03-20
 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref>
and coordinating disaster response (including distribution of food, tents, and other supplies).<ref>
{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.usaid.gov/mz/doc/plan/mh_stratplan%20malaria_2006.pdf
 |title        = Strategic Plan for Malaria Control in Mozambique
 |accessdate   = 2008-09-01
 |date         = July 2006
 |format       = [[PDF]]
 |publisher    = Ministry of Health, [[Republic of Mozambique]]
 |page         = 22
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080913184241/http://www.usaid.gov/mz/doc/plan/mh_stratplan%20malaria_2006.pdf
 |archive-date = 2008-09-13
 |url-status     = dead
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url        = http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/08/MDRMZ004.pdf
|title      = Mozambique: Population Movement
 |accessdate=2008-09-01
|date       = 2008-05-27
|format     = [[PDF]]
|publisher  = [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]]
|page       = 2 }}</ref>
Since June 2008 it is also responsible, through the Reconstruction Coordination Office (GACOR), for the resettlement of [[displaced person|persons displaced]] by natural disasters.<ref>
{{cite news
|title      = Reconstruction coordination office created
|url        = http://www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news/newsletter/aim361.html#story7
|work       = Mozambique News Agency, No. 361
|date       = 2008-06-24
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 }}</ref>
The INGC prepares for and responds to both [[natural disaster]]s, such as [[drought]]s,<ref>{{cite news
 |title        = Hunger deepens in southern Africa
 |url          = http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-080.shtml
 |publisher    = Southern Africa Documentation and Cooperation Centre
 |date         = 2002-03-12
 |accessdate   = 2008-09-02
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094146/http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-080.shtml
 |archive-date = 2011-07-06
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>
[[flood]]s,<ref name="BBC"/> and [[tropical cyclones]]<ref name="Foley"/>—the three [[natural hazard]]s to which Mozambique is most vulnerable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/undp/cntry_profile.php?selectedCountry=159 |title=Mozambique |accessdate=2008-09-02 |work=Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050818031708/http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/undp/cntry_profile.php?selectedCountry=159 |archivedate=August 18, 2005 }}</ref>—and
[[man-made disaster]]s, such as the [[2008 South Africa riots]].<ref>
{{cite news
|title      = S.Africa apologises for attacks on Mozambicans
|url        = https://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSL04258746
|work       = [[Reuters]]
|date       = 2008-06-04
 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref>

The INGC coordinates disaster management efforts with and receives support from public and private institutions, [[non-governmental organisation]]s, and [[international organisation]]s,<ref name="Hahn">
{{cite web
 |last         = Hahn
 |first        = Micah
 |url          = http://www.ciel.org/Publications/Climate/CaseStudy_Mozambique_Oct07.pdf
 |title        = Mozambique: Northern Inhambane case study
 |accessdate   = 2008-09-01
 |date         = October 2007
 |format       = [[PDF]]
 |publisher    = [[Center for International Environmental Law]]
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015259/http://www.ciel.org/Publications/Climate/CaseStudy_Mozambique_Oct07.pdf
 |archive-date = 2011-05-26
 |url-status     = dead
}}
</ref>
including [[Concern Worldwide]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concern.net/what-we-do/where-we-work/a730/Mozambique.html |title=Mozambique |accessdate=2008-09-01 |work=Where we work |publisher=[[Concern Worldwide]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511201105/http://www.concern.net/what-we-do/where-we-work/a730/Mozambique.html |archivedate=May 11, 2008 }}</ref>
the government of [[Germany]],<ref>
{{cite press release
 |title      = Germany and Mozambique expand their cooperation
 |publisher  = [[Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development]]
 |date       = 2007-02-22
 |url        = http://www.bmz.de/en/press/pm/2007/february/pm_20070222_3.html
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20070811044643/http://www.bmz.de/en/press/pm/2007/february/pm_20070222_3.html
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 2007-08-11
 |accessdate = 2008-09-01
}}
</ref>
and the [[United Nations]].<ref>
{{cite news
 |title        = Mozambique on the right path to development, but obstacles still exist
 |url          = http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2008/march/mozambique-development.en;jsessionid=axbWzt8vXD9
 |publisher    = [[United Nations Development Programme]]
 |date         = 2008-03-29
 |accessdate   = 2008-09-01
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611060835/http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2008/march/mozambique-development.en;jsessionid=axbWzt8vXD9
 |archive-date = 2008-06-11
 |url-status     = dead
}}
</ref>
[[Ad Melkert]], the Associate Administrator of the [[United Nations Development Programme]], which provides assistance to the INGC through its Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery,<ref>{{cite press release
 |title        = UN Strengthens Government's Early Recovery Coordination Capacity in Mozambique
 |publisher    = [[United Nations Development Programme]]
 |date         = 2007-03-07
 |url          = http://www.undp.org.mz/en/newsroom/press_releases/press_releases_2007/un_strengthens_government_s_early_recovery_coordination_capacity_in_mozambique
 |archive-url  = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090520231824/http://www.undp.org.mz/en/newsroom/press_releases/press_releases_2007/un_strengthens_government_s_early_recovery_coordination_capacity_in_mozambique
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 2009-05-20
 |accessdate   = 2008-09-01
}}</ref>
lauded the institute in March 2008 as "an example of effective management of natural disasters".<ref>
{{cite news
|title      = Guebuza Receives UNDP Associate Administrator
|url        = http://www.undp.org.mz/en/what_we_do/millennium_development_goals/mdg_press_releases/guebuza_receives_undp_associate_administrator
|publisher  = [[United Nations Development Programme]]
|date       = 2008-03-29
 |accessdate=2008-09-01 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080530210721/http://www.undp.org.mz/en/what_we_do/millennium_development_goals/mdg_press_releases/guebuza_receives_undp_associate_administrator <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-05-30}}</ref>
It received "unanimous" praise from international organisations for its response to the [[2007 Mozambican flood]].<ref name="Foley"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ingc.gov.mz/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090829175901/http://www.irma.lu/ IRMA Project]

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[[Category:Emergency services in Mozambique]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Mozambique]]