Voluntary Commitments at a glance

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    National (or local) - Chad, Guatemala, Afghanistan, Pakistan
    Completed
    Building Community Resilience through Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
    To enable local civil society organisations (CSOs) and faith-based organisations (FBOs) to strengthen communities and local systems for resilience to disasters, in coordination with other actors and sectors
    Global
    Completed
    Support Urban Risk Reduction and Resilience Building
    Support Urban Risk Reduction and Resilience Building by undertaking research and practice, supporting education, and forming partnerships that will advance risk reduction and resilience building in urban areas that are prone to natural hazards, the impacts of climate change and crises.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Progress not updated
    Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Land Use Planning in Quezon City
    The project aims to enhance the competencies of the Quezon City Technical Working Group by conducting Risk-Sensitive Land Use Planning training and mentoring sessions to build on the previous collaboration with the QC government on the development of their Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan
    National (or local) - Nigeria
    Completed
    DRR Business support group for small scale farmers and businesses in Nigeria
    The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Business Support Group (BSG) will engage, train and support small scale farmers and businesses in the mentioned States. The goal is to put them back to business and reduce the impact of disasters.
    Regional - Asia
    Deliverable update needed
    Progress not updated
    CITYNET Disaster Cluster
    The CITYNET Disaster Cluster (DC) was established to be a collaborative knowledge-sharing platform for DRR of CITYNET members across the Asia-Pacific region, led by CITYNET Yokohama Project Office.
    National (or local) - Burkina Faso, Senegal, Chile, China, Nepal, Thailand
    Completed
    Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities
    Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC) is the first global initiative to promote the use of ecosystem-based approaches and protect communities from disasters and the negative impacts of climate change.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    ResponderCQ: A Disaster Resilience Assessment and Data Management Service
    ResponderCQ is an online disaster resilience and data management assessment service designed to facilitate rapid evaluation of core capabilities and facilitate capability improvement through an online toolkit for government, business and humanitarian organizations. The service is free for end users.
    National (or local) - Haiti
    Progress not updated
    Intense Promotion of the Sendai Framework with the Haitian communities
    UNASCAD is committed to promoting the Sendai Framework with the Haitian communities through the dissemination of communication materials such as newsletters and calendars.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Completed
    Building Resilience of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines
    The provision of Information, Education and Communication (IEC), capacity building and data back-up storage facility as one of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies to SM's Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will enable them to bounce back after an occurrence of any disaster.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Progress not updated
    Updated Hazard Maps for Selected Metro Manila Communities
    Hazard and impact maps were developed for four barangays on selected earthquake and flood scenarios, applying the Child-Centered Urban Resilience Framework that aims to strengthen the adaptive capacity and resilience of the local authorities and children of these communities against disasters.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Completed
    Building Resilient Local Government Systems in the Philippines
    NRC commits to building a resilient Philippines using S&T-based public-private partnerships, enhance LGU capacities with evidence-informed risk governance, strengthen and sustain high-level collaboration between government and industry and launch the resilience program with a core group of LGUs.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    One Billion Coalition for Resilience
    Our goal for the One Billion Coalition for Resilience (1BC) is that by 2025, at least one billion people around the world will have taken active steps to strengthen their resilience.
    National (or local) - Myanmar
    Deliverable update needed
    Progress not updated
    Myanmar: Prevent, Prepare, & Reduce Disaster Risk by Governments, NGOs, Industry
    “Strengthening Disaster & Climate Risk Prevention, Preparedness & Reduction (DCRPPR) programs of 4-8 organisations in Governments, local NGOs, Red Cross & Private sector in Myanmar through technical support by national and regional volunteers.”

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    Global
    41
    Africa
    23
    Europe
    21
    Asia
    147
    Americas
    53
    Oceania
    34
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