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    National (or local) - Spain
    Active
    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
    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 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
    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
    Talks and Workshops on community self-protection and community resilience
    National (or local) - Australia
    Completed
    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
    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’, 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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.
    Global
    Completed
    The World Tsunami Museum Conference is a series of conferences organized by multi-stakeholders to share experiences, good practices and lessons learned among existing disaster-related museums.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Active
    In cooperation with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science of Tohoku University (IRIDeS), Sendai City hosts “the Sendai Framework for DRR Seminar to provide the citizens” sink in, raise citizen’s awareness towards DRR, as well as to encourage voluntary commitment on DRR activities.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Active
    In the Sendai Framework, the importance of the promotion of women’s leadership was clearly stated. In order to achieve this goal, we offer a training program to promote the leadership of women who actively engage in community planning.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Active
    Aboitiz Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Aboitiz Group and AP Renewables Inc., partnered with the National Resilience Council and the Municipality of Tiwi, to develop a comprehensive, science-based approach to community disaster and climate change adaptation.
    National (or local) - Yemen
    Active
    Contribute to improving disaster preparedness in order to effectively respond to “Build Back Better” in terms of recovery, repair and reconstruction, one of the four priorities for action identified by the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Completed
    This commitment is implemented by the Institute of Himalayan Risk reduction (IHRR). Drones and geospatial technologies will be used to enhance disaster risk assessments and development planning at Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, Capital of Bagmati Province in Nepal.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Completed
    Sendai City conducted its own Midterm Review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework, considering the importance of the local government level implementation of the Sendai Framework.
    National (or local) - Portugal
    Active
    This project is aimed for senior population who want to collaborate with Amadora Civil Protection. In this project, all the volunteers are trained to acquire disaster risk reduction skills and knowledge to implement and strength a safety culture in the city.
    National (or local) - Japan, Mongolia
    Active
    The workshop aims to contribute to urban resilience efforts in Mongolia and Japan by facilitating information exchange and peer learning.
    Global
    Active
    ABU in cooperation with UNDRR started the implementation of the global initiative Media for DRR. This is a commitment to a two-year project with the goal of enhancing the ability of broadcasters to provide useful information for climate change adaptation and disaster prevention in Asia.
    Regional - Asia, Oceania
    Active
    The competition and awards aim to inspire content producers across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond to cover the two most critical issues for the future of mankind: climate change and disaster risk reduction.
    Regional - Asia, Oceania
    Active
    ABU has been at the forefront of issues on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction. Through the summits, this commitment aims at: strengthening the collaboration of broadcasting organizations; encourage the production and dissemination of relevant content; and promote information-sharing networks
    Regional - Europe, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, the
    Active
    LINKS aims to improve disaster resilience in Europe by strengthening links between technologies and society with a focus on the use of Social Media and Crowdsourcing in disasters.
    National (or local) - South Sudan
    Active
    In South Sudan, people displaced by disasters have set up their small businesses after participating in a pioneering new approach to localisation.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Active
    The 3S Kadets Program will equip select community members with the knowledge and skills needed for community-based disaster risk management and center/family-based disaster preparedness to improve community resilience.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Deliverable update needed
    Disaster waste management (DWM) is a critical task during the initial phase of disaster recovery. The Philippine Association for Disaster Waste Management will promote the implementation of DWM through awareness raising, capacity development, and technical assistance.
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Completed
    A project aimed to increase DRR education and knowledge throughout communities in Nepal, focusing on providing DRR education toolkits and capacity building to teachers, and thus children, their families, and the community.
    Regional - Asia, Japan, Philippines
    Active
    Representatives of Makati City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) organized a study visit to Japan to explore new ideas, technology and management structure of public disaster education facilities in Kobe, Osaka, and Sakai cities.
    Regional - Asia, Japan, Korea, Rep of
    Active
    A delegation from Seoul led by the CityNet Secretariat visited Kobe and its surrounding cities for benchmarking good practices on disaster risk reduction and crisis management as Seoul prepares to enhance its resilience to counter new challenges faced by the climate crisis.
    National (or local) - Thailand
    Active
    Weathernews Inc. supports the production of highly accurate local rainfall forecasts and nowcasts that will help for early detection of weather-related disasters, leading to early warning and response in the city of Bangkok.
    Regional - Asia, Japan, Philippines
    Active
    This city-to-city cooperation initiative between Yokohama and Makati transferred the necessary practical skills to effectively and efficiently manage the response tactics of the first responders of Makati. The training was conducted in both Yokohama and Makati for two years.
    Regional - Asia
    Active
    CityNet Disaster Cluster seminar is an annual event where members of CityNet disaster cluster gather to review the group's programs and activities and match potential resources with the needs of the participating local governments.
    National (or local) - Portugal
    Completed
    Strengthening leadership and level of cooperation in DRR among all entities of the city. The objectives are: - consolidation of contingency and emergency plans - encouragement of active citizen participation - better communication and improved public awareness - strengthened early warning systems
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Active
    The program includes a series of trainings, events, workshops, and orientations on DRR education for teachers, students, and community members in Nepal.
    Regional - Asia
    Active
    The project targeted youths from Japan, Nepal and Thailand who underwent virtual trainings through specially designed modules on disaster education, preparedness and response. The sessions were based on the Japanese bosai practice of self-help and mutual-help to develop practical educational tools.
    Regional - Asia, Nepal
    Active
    The project aims to propagate disaster education from DRR education clubs of schools to its respective communities through interactive games and tools designed both for children and adults learn about risks and its countermeasures effectively.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Active
    Restoring the Human Spirit Through Music and Involving Local People in DRR
    Global
    Progress update needed
    The International Recovery Platform (IRP) is a global partnership working to strengthen knowledge, and share experiences and lessons on building back better in recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. It is a joint initiative of United Nations organizations, international financial institutions
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Completed
    This project is a replication of the previous project conducted by CityNet Yokohama Project Office to train teachers on DRR education and utilization of DRR educational kit. This project targeted rural municipalities in Nepal and was conducted online due to the ongoing pandemic.
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Completed
    Nepal's first disaster risk reduction learning center aims to improve the knowledge sharing of disaster prevention activities in Nepal through schools and communities using creative and innovative tools introduced from Japan and localized in Nepal.
    National (or local) - Australia
    Completed
    Get Ready Queensland is a year-round, resilience building initiative that delivers an ongoing disaster preparedness awareness campaign and provides $2 million in funding to Queensland’s 77 Local Governments and one Town Authority (Weipa) to support community preparedness for disasters.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Completed
    The HANDA Program is conducted by the University of the Philippines Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI) to promote business continuity planning and disaster preparedness awareness among micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Progress not updated
    The project aims to build 10,000 housing units in Negros Occidental creating a housing ecosystem that enables low-income families to have access to land; safe and disaster resilient shelters through bamboo technology; and live in a clean, green and cohesive community.
    National (or local) - Peru
    Completed
    The General Corps of Volunteer Paramedics of Peru, also known as the Cuerpo General de Paramedicos Voluntarios del Perú (CGPVP), is dedicated to strengthening and training first response teams for disasters.
    Regional - Africa
    Progress update needed
    The Africa Youth Advisory Board on Disaster Risk Reduction (AYAB DRR) is a board established under the African Union Commission (AUC) to promote meaningful youth engagement and involvement in DRR policy development, implementation and review across Africa.
    National (or local) - Hong Kong (China)
    Completed
    The Climate Community Dialogue project seeks to engage a broad range of stakeholders, particularly the most vulnerable, to engage them in climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster preparedness, using the Talanoa Dialogue approach, and to address disproportionate negative impacts on them.
    National (or local) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Progress not updated
    To sustain the National Consortium for Societal Resilience (UK+) to enhance the UK+ approach to societal resilience, so that individuals, community groups, businesses, and organisations can all play a meaningful part in building the resilience of our society
    Regional - Africa, Zambia, Americas, United States of America, Asia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, Europe, Germany, Oceania, Australia
    Progress not updated
    In line with the celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October, the research colloquium gathers guests and speakers from around the world for a meaningful exchange on DRR
    Regional - Asia
    Progress not updated
    The DRM Unit is committed to provide support for formal DRM education for local and international citizens by addressing the root cause of vulnerability to disasters in order to uphold people’s right to life and property.
    National (or local) - United States of America
    Completed
    Ready-to-Fund Resilience is a package of resources describing how local governments and partners can design more fundable resilience projects by pulling specific policy levers, seeking key partnerships, using innovative accounting practices, inverting power structures, and rethinking processes.
    National (or local) - Türkiye
    Active
    The Atakum Municipality is implementing measures to raise disaster awareness and preparedness in line with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Plan (IRAP) of Turkey.
    National (or local) - Nigeria
    Active
    Tech Talent Hunt Initiative works to increase Disaster Preparedness of ten (10) vulnerable communities and create resilient recovery pathways for 750 displaced persons in North West Nigeria.
    National (or local) - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Completed
    The commitment aims to ensure that older people are heard when designing disaster resilience building programmes, enabling Greater Manchester to co-identify potential solutions and approaches to resilience.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Progress not updated
    High-Definition Clean Energy, Climate, and Weather Forecasts for the Philippines (ECW) project aims to address the present climate emergency by providing weather and climate information to support communities to enhance their climate and disaster risk resilience, and for clean energy development.
    Regional - Europe
    Progress not updated
    MYRIAD-EU catalyses a paradigm shift towards a multi-risk, multi-sector, systemic approach to risk management. Our research programme aims to enable the development of forward-looking disaster risk management pathways that assess trade-offs and synergies across sectors, hazards, and scales.
    Regional - Africa, Americas, Europe
    Completed
    The European Emergency Circle Commitment has the goal of promoting the democratization in access to training to act in medical emergencies and risk reduction. For this purpose, we facilitate a number of courses on related topics.
    Global
    Completed
    When disasters hit, animals also experience terrible effects as people do. This commitment aims at increasing the protection of animals exposed to disasters by, for example, providing online training on animal rescue and disaster management.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Active
    The Aboitiz Group is building its capacity to build resilience on climate change impacts to assets and its employees. In our goal to be climate change-resilient, we developed a system to identify and assess risks, and to provide our stakeholders with relevant and updated information.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Active
    Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. partnered with the Climate Change Commission in conducting trainings on Local Climate Change Action Planning to increase capacities of local municipalities.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Progress not updated
    U-INSPIRE Japan provides a plaza where young volunteers, practitioners, and scientists can meet and exchange ideas.
    Regional - Asia, Timor-Leste, Oceania, Australia
    Deliverable update needed
    Progress not updated
    Similie is a for profit social enterprise tech company. Similie has created an affordable and intuitive cloud-based end-to-end Multi-hazard Early Warning System to protect vulnerable communities in emerging markets from climate hazards and help them adapt to climate change.
    National (or local) - Australia
    Completed
    Development of locally led, co-designed regional resilience strategies to support the coordination and prioritisation of future resilience building and mitigation projects across Queensland.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Progress not updated
    PDRF, through the Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PHILPREP), developed tools to increase the awareness of MSMEs to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters in the Philippines thereby strengthening disaster resilience of MSMEs in the Philippines.
    Regional - Asia
    Completed
    Kokusai Kogyo commits to innovating and delivering geospatial information technology solutions that contribute to building resilience to disasters and accelerating Sustainable Development. We commit to make accessible these solutions not only in Japan, but across Asia and beyond.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Completed
    ARISE is a UNDRR-led network of private sector entities, whose members voluntarily commit to align with the Sendai Framework. ARISE Japan is the network based in Japan. This SFVC is ARISE Japan’s Action Plan for 2019-2022.
    National (or local) - Philippines
    Progress not updated
    The creation of an insurance facility for the aggregation of catastrophic risks written in the Philippines, to be able to increase capacity, more efficiently write such business, whilst ensuring its sustainability and being able to offer such cover to the more vulnerable sectors.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    Local to Global Protection (L2GP) works for meaningful change in the humanitarian system by supporting, documenting and promoting local perspectives and responses to major humanitarian crises.
    National (or local) - United States of America
    Progress not updated
    Wonder Labs created the Living with Fire Design Challenge to enable more impactful and inclusive convergence research with communities learning to live with fire. The 2021 Cohort focuses on developing 'reimagining living with fire' projects with communities.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    The GEM Foundation is a non-profit, public-private partnership that drives a global collaborative effort to develop scientific and high-quality resources for transparent assessment of earthquake risk and to facilitate their application for risk management around the globe.
    Global
    Completed
    Build Change, the global leader in systems change for resilient housing, works to make each house disaster resilient for safer homes and safer people.
    Global
    Completed
    Our project takes a systems approach to Recovery and Renewal from COVID-19 to build Resilience.
    National (or local) - Japan
    Progress not updated
    The Video Footage Archive of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is to share the lessons conveyed by these images and to contribute to public awareness raising and learning for the future generations to be prepared for future disasters.
    Global
    Completed
    DRI is the oldest and largest nonprofit of our kind that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters by providing education, accreditation, and thought leadership in business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience and related fields.
    Global
    Completed
    At Pacífico Creative Risk Communications we are committed to find more effective ways to educate about risk, engaging citizens along the way. We help international organizations and governments around the world to allow communities to make more informed decisions with a positive, creative approach.
    Regional - Asia
    Progress not updated
    Founded in 1994, SEEDS is committed to building the resilience of people exposed to disasters. We have been enabling this through practical solutions for disaster readiness, response and rehabilitation. Our approach has involved grafting innovative technology on to traditional wisdom.
    Regional - Americas, Asia
    Completed
    In the documentary “Tsunami Ladies,” producers Emiliano Rodríguez Nuesch and Víctor Orellana show how women fed neighbors and helped revive their local economies after the tsunamis that hit Chile in 2010 and Japan the following year.
    Regional - Asia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Viet Nam, Oceania, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu
    Completed
    The Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Network (DiDRRN) is committed to reduce the disproportionate risk of persons with disabilities in disaster by ensuring Sendai Framework commitments on disability-inclusion are implemented practically and reflected in regional and national strategies.
    Regional - Asia
    Completed
    The CITYNET Disaster Cluster Seminar (DCS) is an annual seminar during which participants from local governments, industry, civil society organizations, and others working in DRR come together to share knowledge and best practices on DRR topics.
    Regional - Europe
    Progress not updated
    EFDRR Roadmap 2021-2030 forms a backbone for coordinated and accelerated implementation of the Sendai Framework and related SDGs targets in Europe and Central Asia.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    HOT is an international NGO dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping. We work to provide map data, which supports disaster management and risk reduction.
    National (or local) - Senegal
    Completed
    A platform of stakeholders working on resilience in Senegal has been set up. The objective of the Agora 30 of Resilience is to promote the synergy of initiatives for building resilience to climate extremes and other disasters.
    National (or local) - Nigeria
    Progress not updated
    Deploy volunteer youths who possess excellent geospatial analysis and leverage on the geospatial technology and datasets to develop flood susceptibility maps and early warning platforms (indicating settlement, population, and farmland at risk) which can be accessible to community members to improve
    National (or local) - Lebanon
    Progress not updated
    LRI is committed to expand, manage and protect Lebanon’s forests and landscapes through a community-based approach. We work on building resilience to environmental threats, increasing environmental awareness, advocating for forest conservation, and advancing research in the forestry field.
    National (or local) - Chile
    Progress not updated
    Fundación Alto Río is an organization from the civil society that aims at educating and helping communities to change the culture towards Disaster Risk Management (DRM) so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
    National (or local) - Mexico
    Progress not updated
    Children are at high risk of being affected by natural disasters. With this in mind, it is essential for them to acquire the knowledge and the necessary tools to protect themselves and take preventive action before, during and after a disaster takes place.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    Global Seismic Data (GSD) is a global, full-service Structural Health Monitoring Software-as-a-Service company. Integrating innovation, technology and structural engineering into a single professional solution with its industry partners.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    The Programme on Climate Change, Resilience and Informality supports communities - in partnership with local governments - to build resilient cities that reduce risk and vulnerability by strengthening urban ecosystems, promoting investment in resilience, and advocating for people-centred resilience.
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Completed
    Himalayan Risk Research Institute (HRI) is building a platform for DRR young scientists including students, researchers and young professionals. This aims to enhance the skillset, facilitate, promote and build a scientific approach to DRR activities in Nepal.
    National (or local) - Nepal
    Progress not updated
    Working in three rural villages in Nepal, we examined communities’ perceptions of disaster risks and their views on their ability to mitigate those risks and cope with future emergencies. This project brought often hidden community voices into resilience related policies.
    National (or local) - India
    Progress not updated
    A Youth and Young Professionals (YYP) initiative to provide a platform for working in Disaster Risk Management (DRM), risk reduction, climate change adaptation (CCA) and other analogous fields to implement the Sendai Framework by applying Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI).
    Global
    Completed
    The Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG) in line with the Science and Technology Roadmap supported the implementation of the SFDRR. We aimed at fostering stronger partnerships along with clear strategies among the scientific and technology community.
    Regional - Asia, Oceania
    Progress not updated
    ADRRN is committed to promote coordination, information sharing and collaboration among Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other stakeholders for effective and efficient disaster reduction and response in the Asia-Pacific region.
    Regional - Asia, Oceania
    Progress not updated
    The Sentinel Asia initiative is an international collaboration among space agencies, disaster management agencies, and international agencies for applying remote sensing and Web-GIS technologies to support disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region.
    Global
    Progress not updated
    UPAG is committed to incorporating disaster risk reduction and resilience building in urban planning policy, practice, and research.
    Regional - Asia, Oceania
    Progress not updated
    HelpAge International works in partnership with more than 40 different organisations across Asia Pacific to promote the rights of older people. We work to ensure they are not overlooked in humanitarian response, including in programs, policies and guidelines.
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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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