Monitoring Progress of HFA Implementation in the Arab Region

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Reporting on progress from Arab Region 2007-2009:

• National HFA Reports submitted online 2008/2009:

Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Syria, Yemen (22%!!!)

• One in-depth country review “case study” Egypt • One drought risk reduction review– Djibouti • Progress review reports sent 2007:

Comoros, Djibouti, Morocco, Mauritania

• Regional analysis and review of progress (coordinated with the League of Arab States and UNISDR - submitted to 2 nd Global Platform 2009)

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GAPS Identified!!!

• Weak and incomplete Institutional Frameworks • Inadequate technical capacity to implement DRR • Weak knowledge and info base for DRR • Weak coordination regional/national, national/national, national/local • Difficulty in reorienting from DM to DRR • Scarcity/limitation of adequate financing for DRR • Ensuring the sustainability of the set national agenda and policy to adopt the DRR

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Actions to bridge Gaps!

• Political commitment to be asserted through regional policies on sustainable development • Capacity development, training and guidance for countries to accelerate HFA implementation • Support HFA Progress Monitoring & Reporting • Focus on “knowledge” including enhancement of data on risk, hazards and vulnerabilities • Use 2009 review as a benchmarking exercise to inform future plans and regional strategies.

• Undertake a comprehensive, in-depth review with wider stakeholders engagements

(2010-2011).

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Thank you

United Nations, secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt Tel: +2-02-22665602/3/4 Fax: +2-02-22665642 [email protected]

www.preventionweb.net

and www.unisdr.org/arabstates Luna Abu-Swaireh, [email protected]

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