Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

GIDRM

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Mission

The Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) was founded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is implemented by the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The project was set up to strengthen the German contribution to improved disaster risk management worldwide and to support partners with the implementation of the Sendai Framework.

DRR activities

Disaster Risk Reduction Goal

The GIDRM aims to enhance the implementation of Disaster Risk Management approaches as integrated solutions in selected development projects and partner projects. Insights gained and knowledge acquired throughout previous phases serve to inform future projects while safeguarding development and protecting lives.

In phase I, GIDRM collaborated with regional stakeholders to identify risks and strengthen risk reducing approaches. As these measures were implemented in accordance with cost-benefit projections, the first phase contributed to the strengthening of a sustainable disaster risk management worldwide.

Phase II the focus shifted to highlight the increasing need for more coherence in planning, implementation and reporting regarding the global agendas particularly the Sendai Framework.

Building on previous phases, phase III focused on the complex nature of risks by implementing risk-informed development to safeguard development achievements.

Our current phase focuses on minimising risk creation and foster resilience of people, infrastructures and stakeholders across all sectors. Accumulating all lesson learned, GIDRM IV builds capacity of institutions to understand risks and apply approaches to integrate disaster and climate risks in decision making process. By doing so, GIDRM safeguards development achievements and progress for the future.

Policies and Programmes in DRR

GIDRM identifies national and subnational examples of successful agenda-coherence. With respect to the implementation of global agendas, we define agenda-coherence as concerted state action in all relevant sectors and at all relevant levels in order to achieve both common and respective goals of all agendas more efficiently and effectively. The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful tool to know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Documents and publications

21 July 2022

GIDRM: Strengthening critical infrastructure resilience through risk-informed development in Lesotho’s water sector

GIDRM aims to strengthen the capacities of decision-makers by making methods for risk-informed development (RID) interventions available. In Lesotho, GIDRM is piloting a climate risk-assessment tool with the water sector as an entry point for RID.

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

GIDRM aims to strengthen the capacities of decision-makers by making methods for risk-informed development (RID) interventions available. In Lesotho, GIDRM is piloting a climate risk-assessment tool with the water sector as an entry point for RID.

Documents and publications

20 May 2022

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM III): key messages on risk-informed development

Risks are increasingly cascading across social, economic and environmental systems, making them impossible to address retrospectively. The level of systemic risk is about to become a potential existential threat to current social-economic development.

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Risks are increasingly cascading across social, economic and environmental systems, making them impossible to address retrospectively. The level of systemic risk is about to become a potential existential threat to current social-economic development.

Documents and publications

11 May 2022

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) strengthening multi-risk approaches in Latin America and the Caribbean

GIDRM addresses complex and systemic risk by applying the principle of risk-informed development in key sectors. Public investment in resilient infrastructure emerges as a sensitive variable for recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

GIDRM addresses complex and systemic risk by applying the principle of risk-informed development in key sectors. Public investment in resilient infrastructure emerges as a sensitive variable for recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Documents and publications

11 January 2021

Fragility & Coherence - Summary of recommendation reports

This study has been conducted in the Caraga region of northeast Mindanao, in order to better understand the interlinkages between coherent planning and conflict and to explore the possibilities and limitations of coherence approaches in conflict-sensitive

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

This study has been conducted in the Caraga region of northeast Mindanao, in order to better understand the interlinkages between coherent planning and conflict and to explore the possibilities and limitations of coherence approaches in conflict-s

Documents and publications

27 November 2020

Integrated development of early warning systems: Public warnings on mobile phone

In Germany, several initiatives to disseminate public warnings and behavioural advices by government agencies and organizations responsible for safety and security directly to the affected people via smartphone applications (App) have been developed and

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

In Germany, several initiatives to disseminate public warnings and behavioural advices by government agencies and organizations responsible for safety and security directly to the affected people via smartphone application

Documents and publications

27 November 2020

Integrated development of early warning systems: Local Flood Early Warning System - LFEWS

An affordable and community-based approach with high potential for transferability. Simple and effective local flood early warning systems (LFEWS) allow local authorities and municipalities improve their ability to predict and warn flooding events and to

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

An affordable and community-based approach with high potential for transferability.

Documents and publications

27 November 2020

Integrated development of early warning systems: Tsunami early warning systems in Indonesia

The document presents a German-Indonesian cooperation for tsunamy early warning, an initiative of the German Government to support the development of a Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) in the Indian ocean.

All TEWS activities in the Indian Ocean

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

The document presents a German-Indonesian cooperation for tsunamy early warning, an initiative of the German Government to support the development of a Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS) in the Indian ocean.

Documents and publications

20 November 2020

Urban Resilience: GIDRM inputs towards urban resilience as transversal topic

This documents shares some a list of inputs developed by GIDRM that can contribute to the discussion on urban resilience among city representatives/decision makers and sector specialists.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM)

This documents shares some a list of inputs developed by GIDRM that can contribute to the discussion on urban resilience among city representatives/decision makers and sector specialists.

Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

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