| Promoting
the integration of disaster risk
planning and preparation into national and regional development
programmes;
Providing
advice on risk reduction strategies as part of recovery
programmes;strengthening global, national and regional institutional
structures for sustainable disaster risk reduction through
regional and sub-regional knowledge networks;
Enabling
countries to share information on strategies and best practices
for reducing disaster risk and vulnerability through regional
and sub-regional knowledge networks;
Contributing
to global advocacy on disaster reduction
through the preparation of the global report,
Reducing Disaster Risk, to promote the role
of effective policy and frameworks in reducing disaster
risk;
Supporting
an inter-agency disaster management training programme available
for officials in risk prone countries. Disaster
Management Training Programme (DMTP);
Mainstreaming Disaster Reduction
in UNDP practice areas such as :
1)
Poverty eradication and sustainable livelihoods;
2) Gender equality and the advancement of women;
3) Environmental and natural resources sustainability, and
4) Sound governance. |