The READY Project is a collaborative effort of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the
Government of Australia Australian Aid (AusAID).
It aims to address the problem of disaster risk management at the local level by empowering the most vulnerable municipalities
and cities in the country and enable them to undertake disaster risk management. The project hopes to develop a systematic approach
to community based disaster risk management in 27 identified high risk Philippine provinces.
The
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is the executing agency of the Project while the
collaborating
National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) agencies are the
Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA),
the
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST),
and the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, Astronomical and Services Administration (PAGASA-DOST).