Collect the required data by using the following methodology:
1) Identify the group(s) responsible for disaster risk management in each village.
2) Together with their members, relevant authorities and the local community members, define their main responsibilities (if this has not been done earlier).
3) Set the minimum number and type of responsibilities each group needs to fulfill in order for the system to be considered as "functional".
4) Compare their main responsibilities with the actual work they have (not) been doing (this can be assessed by interviews with its members and the key informants, review of meeting minutes, focus group discussions with the local community members, etc.). Consider also the effectiveness of such work (for example, if they established a warning system that reaches a small proportion of the local inhabitants only, such action cannot be considered as "functional").
5) Calculate the indicator's value by counting the number of communities whose disaster risk management system can be considered as functional (i.e. meeting the minimum number and type of responsibilities in an acceptably effective way).