Organizational Assessments to Inform Capacity Development Strategies for Disaster Management Agencies in Indonesia

Universalia was contracted by the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) to carry out organizational assessments of Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and Sub-National Disaster Management Agencies (BPBDs) to inform AIFDR ’s new program and identify major areas for priority investments in disaster risk management in Indonesia, to provide recommendations to enhance the performance of BNPB and BPBDs, and provide recommendations on how AIFDR might support organizational capacity development in Phase 2 of the program. The organizational assessment considered the organizational performance of BNPB and BPBDs, including their effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and sustainability, while also assessing the entities’ organizational capacity, motivation, and enabling environment and how these affect their performance. This was a follow-up assignment to initial diagnostic work carried out in 2012.