Voluntary Commitments at a glance

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    World Tsunami Museum Conference

    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

    Seminars of the Sendai Framework for DRR for citizens in Sendai City

    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

    "Decision-making and Taking Action" - Promotion of Women Leadership Program

    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

    Adopt-a-Municipality Project - Tiwi Albay

    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

    Strengthening and training communities to respond to disasters in Yemen

    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

    Paving the way for building Resilience in Nepal: An initiative to understand and assess risk through the use of frontier technology

    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's Midterm Review of its own implementation of the Sendai Framework

    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

    Senior Academy for Civil Protection: the active role of the elderly in DRR

    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

    City-to-city learning between Sendai and Ulaanbaatar

    The workshop aims to contribute to urban resilience efforts in Mongolia and Japan by facilitating information exchange and peer learning.
    Global
    Active

    Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Media for DRR Initiative

    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

    ABU Awards on Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction

    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 Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness

    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 - Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience

    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

    Localisation initiative for supporting disaster displaced people in South Sudan

    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

    Community-based Education on Family Disaster Preparedness—3S Kadets Program

    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.

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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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