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| CPR Newsletter: Securing development, peace and justice for all | |
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What's New... Policy and Legislative Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction A major outcome of the January 2005 World Conference on Disaster Reduction was the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action, in which one of the key priorities was to “ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation.” In support of this priority, UNDP reviewed institutional and legislative frameworks for disaster risk reduction from 19 countries across Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe/CIS, Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective was to learn from national experiences and formulate practical recommendations to improve this area of work. The result, A Global Review: UNDP Support to Institutional and Legislative Systems for Disaster Risk Management, highlights the need to achieve a balance between five main kinds of support for risk reduction: legal and regulatory frameworks, policy and planning, organizational aspects, resources, and capacities and partnerships. Country experiences show that if these five categories work effectively, disaster risk management objectives will be largely met. The global review also identifies some of the most common enabling factors and constraints in achieving these objectives. Drawing from the experiences in the Global Review and discussions at recent global forums, UNDP has also completed a draft of the Governance for Disaster Risk Management: How to Guide. The guide is intended to provide UNDP staff and national partners with basic requirements for reducing disaster risks, and practical suggestions on how to design and implement effective disaster risk reduction strategies and programmes. The two reports also informed discussions during a session on Policy and Legislative Systems for Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction at the June 2007 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. For more information on the review or guide, e-mail fenella.frost@undp.org. Peace Processes and Statebuilding: A joint UNDP/World Bank Study on economic and institutional provisions of peace agreements Statebuilding is increasingly recognized as an important issue in fragile and post-conflict contexts. International and national actors have recognized the critical role of establishing effective and accountable state institutions that can deliver services to people and lead to recovery and sustainable development. In this context, experts have noted that well constructed peace agreements can serve as a roadmap for statebuilding during transition periods. Conversely, poorly designed peace agreements can sow the seeds for future conflict. While the terms of peace agreements have long been studied for their effect on the subsequent conditions of peace or war, less is known about which designs are most appropriate for building functioning and legitimate states. As a first step in addressing how peace agreements could provide a stronger framework for managing the post-conflict statebuilding processes, UNDP and the World Bank commissioned a study that was intended to: provide an overview of relevant literature on the nexus between peace agreements and statebuilding in peace processes; and assess to what extent provisions relevant to statebuilding have been included in contemporary peace agreements, as well as the role of international aid agencies in the negotiating process. The study was prepared by Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann from the Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway) and Marcia Dawes (UNDP consultant).
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