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Organization profiles of organizations whose work scopes have stakes in the field of disaster risk reduction.

South Africa

Department of Science and Technology (South Africa)

Mission: To develop, coordinate and manage a national system of innovation that will bring about maximum human capital, sustainable economic growth and improved quality of life.

Organization type
Governments
United States of America

U.S. Department of State

Its aims are anchored in the President’s National Security Strategy and its three underlying and interdependent components - diplomacy, development, and defense.

Organization type
Governments
United States of America

Department of the Interior

Organization type
Governments
Belgium

European Commission

EC embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union and is the driving force in the Union's institutional system.

Organization type
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations
Japan

Cabinet Office (Japan)

To fulfill its mission effectively, the Cabinet Office has created two special organizations: four Councils on key policy fields (Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Central Disaster Management Council, and Council for Gender Equality), and Ministers of State for Special Missions.
Organization type
Governments
China

China Meteorological Administration

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has been a public service agency, which is directly affiliated to the State Council of the People’s Republic of China.

Organization type
Governments
Costa Rica

Regional Disaster Information Center Latin America and the Caribbean

Misión:

Organization type
Non Governmental Organizations
Switzerland

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

EPFL is one of the two Ecoles Polytechniques fédérales in Switzerland. Like its sister institution, ETHZ, it has three missions: education, research and technology transfer at the highest international level.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
Belgium

European Commission Joint Research Centre

As the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre's mission is to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle.

Organization type
Academic & Scientific
Germany

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Organization type
Governments

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