The National Council for Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation/ Conseil National de Secours d'Urgence et de Réhabilitation (CONASUR) is responsible for:

• organizing the ordinary and/or extraordinary sessions of CONASUR;
• ensuring the implementation and follow-up of CONASUR decisions;
• implementing the national multi-risk plan for disaster preparedness and response in collaboration with the ministerial departments concerned;
• coordinating social and humanitarian interventions in the event of disasters, including rehabilitation;
• training actors in the prevention and management of disasters and humanitarian crises;
• developing a culture of disaster prevention for populations and local elected representatives through communication for behavior change;
• implementing the national disaster management strategy and popularize the relevant law;
• coordinating the activities of the CONASUR branches (CORESUR, COPROSUR, CODESUR);
• managing all the resources (financial, material and human) made available to CONASUR;
• assessing the extent of the claims and prepare the declaration for the call for national and international solidarity if necessary;
• drawing up and execute the annual activity programs adopted by the Council;
• preparing the annual activity report;
• contributing to the mobilization of the resources necessary for the implementation of the annual program;
• ensuring the reception, assistance and socio-economic reintegration of displaced persons and / or who return from abroad following crises;
• designing and implementing rehabilitation programs.