39. The Committee’s functions are(1) to assist the Minister in the exercise of the responsibilities conferred on the Minister by this Act;
(2) to advise government authorities with respect to civil protection;
(3) to contribute to government civil protection planning by advising the Government on measures to be taken to efficiently manage disaster risks and optimally respond to disasters, in coherence and complementarity with the other areas that contribute to civil protection and taking climate change into account;
(4) to supervise the deployment of emergency response and recovery measures by government authorities to respond to a disaster; and
(5) to carry out any other mandate entrusted to the Committee by the Government.