Voluntary Commitments at a glance

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    National (or local) - Spain
    Active

    Ribadesella Community Resilience in Spain

    The Civil Protection Volunteer Association of Ribadesella conducts workshops for community resilience and protection to enhance preparedness and response before, during and after disasters
    National (or local) - Australia
    Completed

    Queensland Resilient Homes Fund

    The Resilient Homes Fund includes three funding programs to improve Queenslander’s residences’ resilience to flooding through resilient retrofit, home raising, or voluntary buy-back programs.
    Regional - Europe
    New

    ENGAGE - Engage Society for Risk Awareness and Resilience

    ENGAGE brings together 15 partners from 9 countries in order to provide novel knowledge and identify impactful solutions to exploit Europe's societal resilience. Ultimately, the work of ENGAGE seeks to establish a broader, citizen-centered approach to disaster risk.
    Global
    Active

    Provide a tool to enhance the resilience of existing deteriorated bridges in the high risk zones for natural hazards using Global Analytics for Bridge Management

    UBMS Research Group aims to evolve a tool using data from Global Analytics for Bridge Management for deteriorated bridges. This tool will enhance the resilience of bridges in high risk zones for natural hazards.
    National (or local) - Spain
    New

    Ribadesella Community Resilience in Spain

    Talks and Workshops on community self-protection and community resilience
    National (or local) - Australia
    Completed

    Queensland Betterment Fund, investing to create stronger, more resilient Queensland communities

    Queensland leads the nation in delivering betterment programs that demonstrate how upfront investments in stronger, more resilient assets, saves money for all levels of government in future disasters.
    Regional - Africa, Asia
    New

    The Arab Private Sector Stakeholder Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (2021 – 2024)

    Acknowledging the critical role of the private sector in any given country and community, as employer, producer, exporter or investor. The group will work to integrate disaster risk disaster into business models and practices.
    Global
    Active

    DARAJA: Developing Risk Awareness Through Joint Action

    ‘Daraja’, meaning ‘bridge’ in Swahili, brings together the residents of informal settlements, national meteorological forecasters, city authorities and other actors to facilitate hazard awareness and improve climate resilience of vulnerable populations in informal settlements.
    Global
    Active

    Nature Protects People Project

    The Nature Protects People Project is a USAID-funded initiative implemented by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The aim is to build the capacity of planners and communities on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation globally.
    National (or local) - Japan
    New

    Empowering Youth Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction through Model UN activity

    A Model UN conference envisioned the 4th World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, engaging 400 students from 37 schools to promote the Sendai Framework's goals for inclusive and effective global disaster preparedness.
    Global
    Active

    Smart Community Infrastructures: Disaster Risk Reduction (ISO/TC268/SC1/WG6)

    We are a working group under the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO TC 268 SC1 Smart Community Infrastructure. Our working group focuses on the standardization of smart community infrastructure which could strengthen community resiliency against potential disasters.
    National (or local) - Portugal
    Active

    Risk Reduction Awareness Program in the Municipality of Amadora

    The development of awareness-raising programs to reduce risk is essential for the mobilization and participation of citizens in prevention and mitigation strategies, in order to increase public awareness of the risks existing in the municipality.
    Global
    Completed

    Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN)

    ADN provides a dynamic forum for experts, practitioners, researchers and organisational partners to identify and promote theoretical and practical solutions to reducing avoidable disaster deaths.
    Global
    Active

    International Wildfire Preparedness Mechanism (IWPM)

    The mission of the IWPM is to support, on request, agencies and countries to build national capacity and resilience to wildfire through the exchange of best practice in landscape fire management
    National (or local) - Japan
    Active

    Sendai Symposium for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Future

    It is the event where citizens can learn disaster prevention and demonstrate daily activities through sessions, booth displays, experience-based activities, and other programs in order to pass on their experiences and lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake to future DRR.

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    The map reflects the number of countries/territories or regions covered by voluntary commitments. The numbers shown on the map represent the total commitments at the regional, national, and local levels. Regional voluntary commitments, which cover multiple countries, are counted together with national and local commitments to provide a comprehensive view of the engagement in each region.

    This map, the designations employed, and the presentation of the data do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations Secretariat concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delineation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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