Global Review

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Global Review

• on Disaster Reduction
• ISDR 2002

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Objectives

• Serve practitioners in disaster risk reduction
  and related areas
• Inform on ongoing disaster reduction initiatives
  and trends - overview of application
• Develop a monitoring system for assessing
  progress
• Serve as networking and information exchange tool

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Information collection and organization process

• Advisory Panel- two meetings
• National questionnaires
• Regional reviews (7)
• Consultant/s (since September 2001)
• Agencies and experts, info upon request
• On-line debate related to WSSD
• Information system design
• Coordination with IFRC and UNDP

A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION!
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Current status ISDR process
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UNDP- World Vulnerability Report/Index

• UNDP-VWR
• ANALYSIS of key issues disasters and
  development risk and vulnerability accumulation.
  
• INDEXING countries risk, INDICATORS measuring
  risk and disaster reduction
• ISDR-GR
• OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION risk reduction globally
• MONITORING progress over time

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ISDR and UNDP collaboration

• CURRENT status for the reports
• Joint working group -compatibility
• Streamlined risk reduction frameworks for both
  documents
• Cross referencing
• Agreed mutual support for launch/promotion at
  WSSD (promotional package)

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Expected Future UNDP-ISDR

• Future joint project/process is being developed
  to cover a/ One advocacy document, with country
  index/indicators
• b/ Progress review document to disseminate the
  application of disaster reduction globally
• c/ Monitoring tool for progress in disaster
  reduction - collection and development of
  relevant tools and guidelines for various sectors

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• c/ Web site reference data base on the detailed
  information on expertise available, programmes
  /projects, systematically stored with a view to
  network various initiatives

This work should include other relevant UN and
non-UN agencies and organisations
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Framework for risk Reduction

• Risk Awareness and Risk Assessment
• Public Commitment- Institutional and
  organizational frameworks
• Knowledge Development and Information
• Application of Disaster Reduction Measures
• Early Warning Systems
• Safety Nets

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EXAMPLE
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Global Vision and Agendas

• UN system role and action
• WSSD-Sustainable development and environment,
  Agenda 21
• Climate Change
• Desertification and combating drought
• Habitat Agenda
• Gender Agenda
• Public Health
• Humanitarian transition

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Immediate future

• Expect request for feed back - UN role/agendas
  (May)
• Send additional information on specific examples
  of application/initiatives (May)
• Comments on text and future challenges (June)
• Current input papers and regional reports on the
  web

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Contact Subsystem
Contact Database
Organization
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Contact Screen Layout
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Resources Screen Layout
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The Website (Draft version)