BSN Learns Good Practices For Developing Disaster Standards From GPDRR

Head of BSN Kukuh S. Achmad/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The National Standardization Agency (BSN) will study the good practices shared in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) to be a reference in developing disaster standards. learning that can be used as a reference in developing disaster standards so that they are better and in accordance with the needs," said Head of BSN Kukuh S. Achmad quoted by Antara in Jakarta, Monday, May 23. He said BSN also supports the implementation of GPDRR in Indonesia, by always actively coordinating with National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) through the Technical Committee for Formulation of SNI 13-08. At the international forum, Indonesia will share good practices in disaster management, one of which is the synergy between BSN and BNPB, especially through the 13-08 Technical Committee by informing various things that has been and will be done in i aspects of standardization related to disaster. The development of disaster standardization is also part of sectoral synergy to support the duties and functions of BNPB in accordance with Law Number 24 of 2007 concerning Disaster Management, namely establishing standardization and the need for disaster management operations based on statutory regulations. Therefore, according to the duties and functions in the field of standardization and national conformity assessment, in 2011 BSN formed a Technical Committee 13-08 for disaster management in order to fulfill the needs of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) in the field of disaster management.

From 2011 to 2022, a total of 23 SNIs for Disasters have been developed and established, including SNI 7766:2012 Tsunami evacuation routes, SNI 8357:2017 Disaster-resilient villages and sub-districts, and SNI 9050:2022 Epidemic disaster management system. SNI produced by the Technical Committee 13-08 is intended to support the operationalization of policies related to disaster risk reduction in Indonesia. "Another good practice that will be shared in the GPDRR forum is to take advantage of the experience of disaster management in Indonesia to the forum participants," said Kukuh.