Voluntary Commitments at a glance

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    National (or local) - Australia
    Completed

    Delivery of Get Ready Queensland 2022-2023 across Queensland

    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

    Honing Agents for National Disaster Awareness (HANDA) Program: Disaster Preparedness and Business Continuity Planning for MSMEs

    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

    Negros Occidental Impact 2025

    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

    Strengthening and training first response teams for disasters by Cuerpo General de Paramedicos del Perú

    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

    Africa Youth Advisory Board on Disaster Risk Reduction (AYAB DRR)

    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

    Paris Watch Climate Community Dialogue for a Just, Inclusive Transition

    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 support the National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] as a forum to discuss societal resilience

    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

    International DRM Research Colloquium on Disaster Risk Reduction in a Changing Climate towards Business Continuity

    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

    Programs, projects, research and other DRR activities by the Disaster Risk Management Unit (DRM Unit) of PSBA Manila

    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 Toolkit and Guide

    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

    Underlining the risk and preventing disasters for Atakum Municipality

    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

    Pre-disaster support for vulnerable communities and resilient recovery for IDPs in North West Nigeria

    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

    Improving Disaster Resilience in an Ageing Greater Manchester

    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

    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: Multi-hazard and Systemic Framework for Enhancing Risk-Informed Management and Decision-making

    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.

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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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