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.

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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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