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Strengthening Global and National Capacities for Risk ReductionUNDP 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 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 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Early Warning Systems in Sri Lanka, UNDP, 2005 Urban earthquake vulnerability reduction project – India, UNDP, 2003 Emergency response to sudden crisis - Bulgaria, UNDP, 2005 Project Title: Disaster risk management project - Tajikistan, UNDP, 2004 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 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 GUIDANCE AND LESSONS LEARNED Local Level Risk Management: Draft (short version), UNDP, 2006 Support to Institutional and Legislative Systems for Disaster Risk Management, UNDP, 2005 Case Study: A Learning Package for HIV/AIDS in Emergency Settings, UNDP, 2004 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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