The Democratic Republic of Congo's Disaster Relief Organization Plan (ORSEC) defines the roles and responsibilities of the government during a disaster, and outlines the concrete actions the government plans to take during a disaster. In order to do this, it appoints the National Commission for the Rehabilitation of the Disaster-Affected to be the main coordinating body for disaster management in the country. Overall, the plan has 9 specific objectives:
- Define a system of coordination for disaster response
- Develop a repository of risks and their effects on human life, infrastructure, and the environment
- Capacity building and strengthening collaboration and cooperation between all actors
- Defining and implementing public information and education programs
- Establishing and implementing an early warning system
- Making projections of natural disasters
- Periodically performing simulation exercises to evaluate the plan
- Clarifying government roles and responsibilities in disaster risk management
- Putting in place a stockpile for prompt, humanitarian disaster response
