Strengthening Global and National Capacities for Risk Reduction
UNDP supports countries in disaster risk issues and in the assessment of national capacities to address these risks. These include human, financial, technical and legislative capacity; civil society awareness and preparedness; and the institutional, operational and coordination systems required for effectively managing and reducing risk. The assessment of these resources plays an important role in determining priorities and translating them into plans and programmes.
At the municipal level, UNDP promotes urban risk assessments and supports local authorities in the strengthening of plans for high-risk cities.
At the regional level, UNDP supports the development of regional disaster risk reduction strategies, programmes and information exchange networks to address cross-border risk issues and to strengthen organizations working on natural disaster reduction.
At the global level, UNDP is developing practical guidance on governance for disaster risk reduction. UNDP is also engaged with the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and other partners to initiate a Global Forum on management practices in urban contexts. The objective is to integrate urban disaster risk reduction concerns into city planning agendas.
PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
AFRICA
Strengthening the implementation of the national disaster risk management (DRM) strategy in Madagascar, UNDP, 2005
Goma (DRC) Case Study: Volcano Risk Reduction, UNDP, 2005
ARAB STATES
Sub-regional facility for cooperation in disaster reduction among the Arab states, UNDP, 2005
Comprehensive disaster reduction programme - Syria, UNDP, 2004
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Regional programme on capacity for sustainable recovery and risk reduction in tsunami affected countries (RPCB), UNDP, 2005
Preparatory assistance to facilitate the adoption of the Hyogo Framework of Action in Nepal, UNDP, 2005
Preparatory assistance for the establishment of a Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Framework and Disaster Management Centre (DMC) in Sri Lanka, UNDP, 2005
Early Warning Systems in Sri Lanka, UNDP, 2005
Urban earthquake vulnerability reduction project – India, UNDP, 2003
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE CIS
Emergency response to sudden crisis - Bulgaria, UNDP, 2005
Natural disaster preparedness and risk reduction for communities in high-risk districts in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, UNDP, 2005
Project Title: Disaster risk management project - Tajikistan, UNDP, 2004
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Fostering knowledge transfer and the replication of best practices in disaster preparedness and risk reduction within the Caribbean, UNDP, 2005
Capacity building for the incorporation of disaster risk management in development programmes and projects – The Caribbean, UNDP, 2005
Cuba Case Study: Risk Reduction in Havana's Costal Settlements, UNDP, 2005
GLOBAL
Local disaster risk reduction in mega-cities and other complex metropolises, UNDP, 2005
A global review: UNDP support to institutional and legislative systems for disaster risk management, UNDP, 2004
New Initiatives
Project Archive
GUIDANCE AND LESSONS LEARNED
Local Level Risk Management: Draft (short version), UNDP, 2006
Global Review: UNDP Support to Institutional and Legislative Systems for Disaster Risk Management, UNDP, 2005
Support to Institutional and Legislative Systems for Disaster Risk Management, UNDP, 2005
Nicaragua Case Study: Strengthening National Systems for Disaster Risk Management after Hurricane Mitch, UNDP, 2004
Case Study: A Learning Package for HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings, UNDP, 2004
Visions of Risk: a Review of International Indicators of Disaster Risk and its Management - WCDR Version, ISDR/UNDP, 2004
ECLAC Handbook for estimating the socio-economics and environmental effects of disasters, ECLAC, 2003
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction-ISDR: Living with Risk, A global review of disaster reduction initiatives, ISDR/WMO/ADRC, 2002
Disaster Profiles of the Least Developed Countries, UNDP, 2001
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
UNDP Urban Disaster Risk in Africa (UDRA), CARE International, Zambia, 2004
Managing urbanization & risk accumulation processes: Cases from Dar es Salaam Tanzania, UCLAS, 2004
Strategies for Disaster Avoidance in Urban in Areas of Africa, Andre Yitambe, 2004
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