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The World Bank has announced that at the end of February, participants from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will discuss disaster issues in Almaty at the Forum on Financial Protection against Natural Disasters. This meeting is the first such initiative in Central Asia.
Tbilisi Municipal Assembly at a special meeting has unanimously approved the procedure for compensation payment for damage caused by devastating floods in Tbilisi. The capital city hall is ready to pay compensation to the families which became victims of the disaster, Sputnik news agency reported...
'The development of dedicated policies and implementation strategies can make forest fire management efforts more effective and efficient. We are committed to strengthen our capacity for co-ordinated response to combat forest fire, and welcome the OSCE's assistance in this regard,' said Zahid Hasanov representing the State Fire Protection Service of Azerbaijan's Emergency Situations Ministry...
The Research Institute of Earthquake Engineering Seismic helps seismic-resistant construction in Turkmenistan by improving zoning maps, issuing seismic hazard assessments, gathering data and developing special structures...
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan signed an agreement on the establishment of a Central Asian joint Center for Disaster Response and Risk Reduction in order to strengthen regional cooperation and coordination in DRR in the Central Asian region...
The overall purpose of the meeting is to gather stakeholders and potential partners of the national platform to discuss ways to improving national coordination in disaster risk management and risk reduction, as well as reporting on the progress achieved in the country, reports Trend news agency...
Voluntary Commitments
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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.