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Governance

The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

UN Member States are exploring a legally binding instrument to better protect people before, during, and after disasters.

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Cover and source: Government of Timor-Leste
Policies and plans
National policies and plans
Timor-Leste: National disaster risk management policy

This policy aims to guide government objectives and strategies in order to guarantee the security and safety of Timor-Leste's citizens and their property and to safeguard its natural resources against natural or human-induced disasters.

Timor-Leste - government
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Foro APEC prepara plan de prevención de desastres

Desde que las economías integrantes del Foro Asia Pacífico declararan la reduccion de desastres un tema "prioritario" en su ultima reunion realizada en Lima en noviembre pasado, Perú tiene a su cargo implementar una estrategia común ante desastres...

RPP Noticias
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Nepal: International earthquake exercise planned for April

'The exercise would help prepare the country for a possible earthquake, reducing vulnerability and the impact of any other natural disaster,' said OCHA Nepal’s disaster readiness and response adviser Arturo Lopez Portillo...

The New Humanitarian
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Caribbean disaster management conference demands that region prepares, not respond to disasters

'Vulnerability has been compounded by the frequency and severity of hazards,' stated Jeremy Collymore of CDERA...

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Documents and publications
Côte d'Ivoire: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests (Côte d'Ivoire)
Documents and publications
Vanuatu: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

Vanuatu Meteorological Service
Documents and publications
Marshall Islands: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

National Disaster Management Office (Marshall Islands)
Documents and publications
Syrian Arab Republic: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2007-2009)

The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2007-09 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

Ministry of Local Administration
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