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Hyogo Framework

In January 2005, 168 Governments adopted a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

The Hyogo Framework is a global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts during the next decade. Its goal is to substantially reduce disaster losses by 2015 - in lives, and in the social, economic, and environmental assets of communities and countries.

The Hyogo Framework offers guiding principles, priorities for action, and practical means for achieving disaster resilience for vulnerable communities.

  • ISDR system A system of partnerships composed of a broad range of actors, all of which have essential roles to play in supporting nations and communities to reduce disaster risk.
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  • Hyogo Framework for Action A global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts with a ten-year plan, adoped in January 2005 by 168 governments at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction
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  • Global Assessment ReportUN/ISDR is presently coordinating efforts of governmental, international and civil society partners to produce a Global Assessment Report for Disaster Reduction (GAR/DRR). It is expected that the report will be launched by the UN Secretary General at the second session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2009
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  • Global Platform The main forum for continued and concerted emphasis on disaster reduction, providing strategic guidance and coherence for implementing the Hyogo Framework, and for sharing experiences and expertise among all its stakeholders
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  • National Platforms A nationally owned and nationally led forum or committee for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.
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  • Key documents Including guidelines for implementing the Hyogo Framework, reporting on the progress of HFA implementation, establishing and strengthening National Platforms, and others.
Words into action

A guide for implementing the Hyogo Framework, providing advice for government authorities and other organizations on strategies for implementation

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Hyogo Framework

Extract from the final report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction

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