In January 2005 the World Conference on Disaster Reduction delegates endorsed the  Hyogo  Framework  for  Action  (HFA)  to  guide  countries  in  their  risk  reduction  efforts. Among other priorities, the HFA called on countries to mainstream risk  reduction within development and operational planning and also, to ensure that  scientific inputs influence community risk assessment processes.  This  guideline  has  been  designed  to  assist  Bangladesh  to  meet  the  HFA  commitments related to the above issues. The guidelines also provide the critical  inputs towards assisting in the achievement of the national vision and mission for  disaster management. Successful mainstreaming can only be achieved through a  broad range of strategies including top down policy reform and awareness raising  interventions  and  bottom  up  (community  driven)  risk  assessment  and  planning  activities. The CRA Guide play an important role in assisting communities and  disaster management committees to identify “all hazards” risk, together with the  most appropriate range of risk reduction options that can be introduced to either  eliminate or reduce risk to more manageable levels.