The North Sumatra Provincial Governmenthas, together with the BRR (Badan Rehabilitasi danRekonstruksi); the Government of Indonesia (GOI) agencyresponsible for post tsunami reconstruction and the Niaslocal government, requested support from the Multi-DonorFund (MDF) for the proposed Nias Livelihood and EconomicDevelopment Program (LEDP). The World Bank is the partneragency. The objective of this assignment is to support thedevelopment of a disaster risk management (DRM) strategy forthe Nias LEDP project to ensure that risk reduction ismainstreamed into project design, especially the livelihoodsand civil works, access components. To achieve the aboveobjective, this report identifies the key principles of DRMrelevant to the LEDP, presents the results of a high-levelassessment of the hazards potentially relevant to Nias andthe LEDP, and outlines the risk reduction approaches thatcan be incorporated into the overall program and itscomponents. This report presents a framework for the DRMStrategy to be incorporated into the proposed LEDP.